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214 reviews
How to Be Champion: My Autobiography by Sarah Millican
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
fast-paced
4.0
Funny & Inspiring
Australia's Most Infamous Jail: Inside the Walls of Pentridge Prison by James Phelps
dark
funny
informative
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
4.0
Interesting history of this jail
Content Warnings
Graphic: Violence
Patrick Stewart Performs Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol (Abridged) by Charles Dickens
emotional
funny
hopeful
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.0
Listen to this after listening to Making it so after a taste at the end. I wish I got to see this live.
George Orwell's 1984 by George Orwell
dark
emotional
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
Interest way of experience 1984 as like radio performance that makes you feel as if you are part of the story.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Sexual content, Torture, and Violence
Making It So by Patrick Stewart
emotional
funny
hopeful
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.75
Love listening to Patrick Stewart reading this, yes you can hear his age come through but what an interesting life he has. The pace can be slow in parts but you want to laugh and cry in all the right moments. Well worth listening or some cases reading of this book (though the audio book has extras).
Content Warnings
Minor: Domestic abuse
Something is Killing the Children Vol. 1 by James Tynion IV
dark
emotional
mysterious
sad
tense
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
5.0
The artwork was wow! The story is not rushed but at the sometime fast as you are just dropped right into the issue at hand.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Gun violence, Violence, Blood, and Murder
The Meaning of It All: Thoughts of a Citizen-Scientist by Richard P. Feynman
funny
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
4.25
Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail by William Ophuls
challenging
informative
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
Really makes you think and contemplate each chapter. It also states at the start to make your own conclusions. The scary thing I can see some of these thing in society today. Great recommendation from a podcast.
American Prometheus: The Triumph and Tragedy of J. Robert Oppenheimer by Kai Bird, Martin J. Sherwin
emotional
funny
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
medium-paced
5.0
More detailed than the movie and is in linear in time line. Not bouncing back and forward. Loved the physics theory in here remind my days studying physics at uni. This book really gave you the story and background Robert with a few cameo chapters of other physicist that interacted with Robert. This book really explains why American scientists don't work for government over corporations, universities and other private enterprises. It is a wonderful look into a great man and a interesting challenging time.
The Icepick Surgeon: Murder, Fraud, Sabotage, Piracy, and Other Dastardly Deeds Perpetuated in the Name of Science by Sam Kean
dark
informative
inspiring
reflective
sad
tense
medium-paced
4.25
An interesting stroll down the more medial and natural science bad science. Well presented but felt listening to the audio book narrator was good but given the author does a podcast but didn't read his own book just got to me abit. Though I do love this narrator too and have head him on a number of books.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Emotional abuse, Gore, Miscarriage, Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Medical content, Medical trauma, and Dysphoria