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The Beautiful
- Lu par : Lauren Ezzo
- Durée : 13 h et 9 min
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Description
The first book—an instant bestseller—in the sumptuous, sultry, and romantic YA vampire series from New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh.
In 1872, New Orleans is a city ruled by the dead. But to seventeen-year-old Celine Rousseau, New Orleans is a safe haven after she's forced to flee her life as a dressmaker in Paris. Taken in by the sisters of the Ursuline convent, Celine is quickly enraptured by the vibrant city becoming embroiled in the glitzy underworld, known as La Cour des Lions, after catching the eye of the group's enigmatic leader, Sébastien Saint Germain.
When the body of one of the girls from the convent is found in Sébastien's own lair—the second dead girl to turn up in recent weeks—Celine must battle her attraction to Sébastien and suspicions about his guilt along with the shame of her own horrible secret.
Commentaires
“The Beautiful, which kicks off a new series, returns the vampire novel to popular form, evoking the style of Anne Rice and breathing fresh life into the genre.”—Entertainment Weekly
“It's true: Vampires are back, and they're more seductive than ever.”—Bustle
“Ahdieh brings New Orleans vibrantly to life, particularly when exploring the complicated racial and gender restrictions of high society through main and supporting characters of mixed-race origin. Sure to please fans of the author and of the vampire-romance genre.”—Kirkus
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Global4 out of 5 stars
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Interprétation1 out of 5 stars
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Histoire3 out of 5 stars
- Anna
- 28/11/2019
Need to up the speed of 2nd narrator
This was an okay story, nothing special but it drove me crazy how they slowed down the 2nd speakers voice so much! It was unbearable, so much so that I had to up the narration speed up to 1.5x faster.
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Global5 out of 5 stars
- oregongirl
- 09/10/2019
Hauntingly beautiful
Definitely not Twilight! This book was seductive, romantic, beautiful and heartbreaking. Odette is one of my favorite female supporting characters ever. I love her devil-may-care attitude about social norms during the time period and her spunk. Celine was haunted by her past yet moved to a new country and a new life. She was strong, stubborn, and tried hard to be independent. I still have no idea if I am team Sebastian or team Michael. When Michael was in a scene, I was all for Michael. Then Bastian came into a different scene and I was back to Bastian. I almost cried at the end. Not just because the ending was heartbreaking but I really didn't want this book to end.... like EVER. The world that Renee Ahdieh created for this book was intoxicating, and I want more
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Global3 out of 5 stars
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- Dana Al-Basha
- 04/12/2019
The Beautiful Twilight
When I saw the cover and read the synopsis, I decided to give the author another go, The story started off well enough, I even wrote it's her best work so far, half way through I became so bored, and I marked all the conversations and things that author wrote imitating Twilight, everyone says they are an Anne Rice fan but everyone is actually a Stephenie Meyer fan but love to hate on her. The court has a father figure (the uncle) and three guys and two girls. Oh and I would like to point out that Shatranj is chess. I loved the New Orleans aspect of the story, the fashion, the thriller but as usual the love story doesn't work for me in the author's books. I have to add that the narrator was SO annoying when she spoke so slowly, I had to add speed to get over it.
Examples:
-My voice catches her off guard. I'm unsurprised by this. its rich music lulls mortals closer in a way that never ceases to amuse me.... In a way, I would argue we are among the most perfect of predators.
-I posses a certain affinity for monsters.
-You're trying to scare me. It won't work.... Liar. You wouldn't hurt me.
-You don't know anything about me, he said, I've killed before Celine. Countless times.
-Wouldn't be wonderful if we could have hearts made of diamonds?
-Her blood sings an unusual melody.
-Ask me what I am. (Vampire)
-She was no lamb. She was a lion. (my eyes rolled so hard here)
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- Victoria stambaugh
- 14/01/2020
Powerful performance
The Beautiful brought together some of my favorite reading aspects old New Orleans, vampires, romance, mystery, and action. While the storyline alone is entertaining and the descriptions vivid, some of the romantic aspects aren't as believable.
However, the audible performance by Lauren Ezzo is phenomenal and brought the story to an entirely new level. Her voice performance is so emotional and powerful that she fully brings you into the heat of New Orleans, the horror of murder scenes, and the heart crushing emotions of romance.
I would recommend this book, especially the audiobook version.
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- dimana
- 08/12/2019
Couldn’t follow
I tried listening to this on audible and the narration was so horrible and flat that I would doze off. At one point I was 30min in the book and I had no idea what’s happening, I couldn’t even remember the beginning.
I cannot rate the story or the plot cause I didn’t finish it. Maybe if I had a paperback I would have felt different about it.
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- Judith hickman
- 21/07/2020
I couldn’t even finish it
The audiobook was so awful. The voice behind it was too grating for me to get past a few chapters. I kept stopping it and hoping I could get through, I could not. I bought the book to just read instead. I love audiobooks, but this is the worst voice for narrating I have ever heard.
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- Mia
- 23/10/2019
Whisper Sweet Little Nothings
This was a struggle. I can't decide if Lauren Ezzo's performance was wasted, or if the performance was part of the reason I didn't like the book. What I do know is that I would rate Twilight higher than this. Maybe not the whole Twilight Trilogy, but definitely the first installment. There is a difference between a mystery and an informational void. It was as if the shroud of mystery thwarted character development and relationship building, causing jarring transitions. Please, if you don't know how to weave the very things required for readership to invest in your story into a murder mystery, leave OUT the hunt for the killer. Just give us a will written vampire story. Honestly, this is probably what frustrated me the most. Renee Ahdieh clearly knows how to write. Her prose are beautiful, despite repeated references to the Devil. The setting is magical. Her dialogue isn't horrific. Even the killer's viewpoint, told in the first person and sandwiched between chapters didn't rip my soul from my body. It hit all of the high notes needed for all the normal tropes this embodies. If I cared one iota for the characters, this would be a solid 4 stars (repeating the same words or phrases 25+ times in a book is insanity, so I wouldn't be able to give it 5 stars). Instead, this is a book of whispered sweet nothings. I'm irritated that I wasn't listening to something better. I'm more pissed that I could have watched a Korean drama, get the same "I love you so much I'll make us both miserable just so you can live" trope, and have a full resolution to the story within 20 hours, without having to wait a year, or whatever, for the next installment. This story is so well told that you don't even have to engage your imagination to piece out a handful of possible endings. That's why readership has to be engaged and invested to even want to carry on with the sequel. Despite the completionist in me, I can guarantee you that I will be 100% more satisfied with the 5 minutes I'll spending reinventing this book, than I would reading any number of books in this setting. Heck, I might not even bother reinventing the thing. I might just go read Twilight....
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- Karina
- 29/10/2019
Story sounds promising but
The narrator is horrendous. One character is read so slowly I thought I accidentally hit the narration speed. I will be finishing the story with the actual book. I am hoping a new narrator is chosen for the upcoming book(s)
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- Bookworm
- 04/01/2020
Wow
Awesome book! I was not into it at first but, as always don’t judge a book by its cover. Looking forward to book 2. So glad I discovered this book!
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- Alice
- 13/10/2019
Irresistible
I could not stop listening to this book, I was completely enthralled with the story. The descriptions of New Orleans are beautiful and make it easy to feel like you have fallen back in time. The plot is full of suspense and keeps you guessing at every new revelation. I kept dreading that a new character I was starting to like would turn out to be the killer or in league with the killer. The book is a captivating combination of mystery, horror, romance, history, and supernatural. It is unlike the many other books I have read. The narration is beautifully done, I loved hearing so many different accents performed by just one person. You could instantly recognize where a character was from due to the acting skills of the narrator. I highly recommend this book and I can't wait for the squeal.
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