Review by Booklist Review
Adorned with full-color graphics and packaged in glossy, sturdy self-covers, these titles can be shelved nicely on paperback-style racks. Although Ghostwalk would benefit from an introduction, this collection of spiritual Native American tales, backed by appropriately eerie music and sound effects, is effectively delivered with exaggerated pacing and expression. Music and sound effects also complement the performances of Ross and Jones as they read Sanders' graphic and violent suspense thriller for mature listeners. A Night in the Lonesome October, about "human and undead" characters in nineteenth-century London, is read with wonderfully chilling skill by the author. The Rebels, the second part of a lengthy historical fiction saga, is read by deep-voiced Watson, who handles multiple parts well, including southern dialects. The musical intro is well suited to the period. ~--Barbara Diltz-SilerBOXED & STARRED REVIEWS
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Review by Library Journal Review
This is the second of eight installments of Jakes's ``Kent Family Chronicles,'' a very popular series about the American Revolution written in the 1970s. The story revolves around newly married Philip Kent, a 22-year-old printer from Massachusetts who is serving in the American colonial forces. He is contrasted with Judson Fletcher of Virginia, a dissolute, wealthy tobacco planter's son. Author Jakes spruces up the narrative with vivid battle accounts as well as descriptions of the hardships of soldiers and civilians. The story is narrated by John Maurice, who reads distinctly and very slowly. Public libraries should consider purchasing if the series is still popular with their patrons.-- Susan Mills, Liverpool P.L., N.Y. (c) Copyright 2010. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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