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Episode 47; Sleeping Beauties, Review

10/10/2017

 
A collaboration of King's in Owen and Stephen bring us a modern take on the Sleeping Beauty fairy tale. However as you would expect it is not full of knights and castles instead our story is set in the modern world and shines a light on a multitude of characters affected by a rather bizarre situation.

The Sleeping Beauty of the title is no longer one person instead it is the whole of womankind who are brought down by a disease beyond most of our imaginations.

The book is brought to life by Marin Ireland who we hope to hear more from in the future.
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Audiobook Details

Written by: Stephen King, Owen King
Narrated by: Marin Ireland
Length: 25 hrs and 19 mins 
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:26/09/2017
Publisher: ​Simon & Schuster Audio
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Episode 34; The Dark Tower I: The Gunslinger, Review

14/8/2017

 
feels From a point of ignorance having not read the series before or seen the Film Paul dived into the Magnum Opus that is The Dark Tower with its first book The Gunslinger.

​With a mix of Fantasy and Western with a plash of sci-fi Stephen King proves he is a master storyteller with this hook of a book. I say "Hook" as there is a meal here but it feels like it is just wetting the appetite for the series to come.
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​Release Date:14/06/2012
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: George Guidall
Length: 7 hrs and 19 mins 
Series: The Dark Tower, Book 1
Unabridged Audiobook
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Episode 28; The Dead Zone, Review

21/7/2017

 
The Dead Zone has had something of a renaissance in recent times. Making this audiobook narrated by James Franco an almost perfectly timed release.

The story has a great protagonist weaving his way through a rather difficult existence while on a collision course with a nasty piece of work. 

​The review does take a little of the early mystery out of the story but all I will say is this is a book with so much depth it does not even scratch the surface.
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​Audiobook Details

​Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: James Franco
Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins 
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:04-25-17
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
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Episode 10; The Mist, Review

12/6/2017

 
After a freak storm on a lake in Maine, David Drayton has to go about the business of getting his home back together. Little does he know that things are about to get stranger than he ever expected with the appearance of a Mist.

Stephen King masterfully blends suspense within this character driven novella asking what happens when people become isolated from society in the face of an unpredictable enemy. Narrated with aplomb by Will Patton.
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​​Audiobook Details

​Written by: Stephen King
Narrated by: Will Patton
Length: 5 hrs and 19 mins 
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:05-23-17
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
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