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Master of the Game

Written by: Sidney Sheldon
Narrated by: Shannon Engemann
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Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success — a beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned, she is also a survivor as indomitable as her father, who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the hard South African soil. As she celebrates her 90th birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved over the decades and asks herself: Is she the master of the game?

©2010 Sidney Sheldon (P)2007 Phoenix Books, Inc.
Domestic Thrillers Psychological Thriller Fiction Suspense
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very good book

I like the story and the reader was good but didn't like the pauses in between. most of the pauses didn't make sense and disrupted the story.

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horrible narration

I have never heard such poor narration. She kept stopping and starting with long pauses . At times the sentences didn’t make sense because of incorrect punctuation. She sounded like a robot , so much so that I looked up to see if audible used AI. The story was good , but the narrator ruined the book for me.

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uggggg This reader speed is impossible

the reader was not awesome and I had to really tweak the speed to even make it listenable, and even after, it wasn't easy. The reader felt Robotic and uneffected.

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LOVE THIS BOOK

This is one of my all time favorite books. I read it years ago and now have it on Audio. But just be aware....it is a hard one to put down. From start to finish it is one of the best books I have ever read.

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Story was Interesting, but naration was bad.

I was excited about this one, but from chapter 1 it was a slog to listen to due to the narration. It felt VERY robotic/AI like, lacked expression and there were these weird pauses all throughout. They were long enough you'd think your audio player had stopped. There also seemed to be gaps in the story, like parts were missing. I did like the various story lines, but the listening to it was hard.

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Narration was poorly edited

The story was okay. reasonably engaging. But the narration was very poorly edited, making it mildly confusing and quite distracting. It would have long pauses in places where it is supposed to be a continuous storyline. But when the storyline moves from one character to another, there would be no pause at all.

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Very disappointed

The summary was not accurate. The story was not what I expected. Would not recommend

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