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Michal: A Novel
- Wives of King David Series, Book 1
- Narrated by: Callie Beaulieu
- Series: The Wives Of King David Series, Book 1
- Length: 10 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Summary
As the daughter of King Saul, Michal lives a life of privilege - but one that is haunted by her father's unpredictable moods and by competition from her beautiful older sister. When Michal falls for young David, the harpist who plays to calm her father, she has no idea what romance, adventures, and heartache await her.
As listeners enter the colorful and unpredictable worlds of King Saul and King David, they will be swept up in this exciting and romantic story. Against the backdrop of opulent palace life, raging war, and desert escapes, Jill Eileen Smith takes her fans on an emotional roller-coaster ride as Michal deals with love, loss, and personal transformation as one of the wives of David. A sweeping tale of passion and drama, listeners will love this amazing story.
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- Tiasdolls
- 08-05-19
Love the historical references
I really enjoyed this historical fiction story and the biblical references, It makes you want to go back to the source, the Bible, and follow along the timeline. David is such a complex man of God. I enjoyed learning and being inspired to research Michal on my own. I enjoy this author's style of writing. I will definitely read the others!
This is the first narration I have heard by Ms. Beaulieu. I found myself distracted by the halting cadence Ms. Beaulieu fell in to while performing. I even tried to read along with the narration, but it didn't help. Overall, this didn't make me stop listening, but it lessened my overall enjoyment.
Mature Content: none
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- bartholk
- 10-02-19
Narrator was awful
I hate to put a Narrator down, but this one kept me from getting very far. She has stops and starts that make the characters sound mechanical; having no personalities. I keep wanting to just go on with the story, but it is very hard to get into it because there are no properly nuances.
I’m really bummed, and hope that this review prompts a change in narrator because I would like to hear the book in a way that makes it interesting; in a way I think it could be.
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- Paulina
- 08-04-20
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Loved the story line. It made transported me to an era that is not easily understood unless you are a bible student. I also listened to the reading and it was well done. However I would have loved to listen to different voices taking on each character's speech. The reader has a sweet melodic and very female voice. While her delivery was well done, I had trouble believing that David was speaking or any of the male characters for that matter. However, her intonation, her verbal needs at the different scenarios gave life to the story. I was pleasantly surprised. Thank you.
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- Amazon Customer
- 26-03-21
I was hoping but....
I couldn't finish the book because the halting narration was too distracting. I think the story would have been much better with a different narrator.
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- Amazon Customer
- 31-01-21
heartfelt WOW!
Loved it! Amazing to see Through Michal's eyes, be with her in all her Hardships.
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- grace
- 04-09-20
Great story line.
Loved it. I will be listening to ot again. The story fallowed biblical amd Historic documents well. The Narrator was pleasent to listen to
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- Becky Louise
- 04-07-20
very enjoyable story!
I enjoyed the story, with the verses from the Bible. The narrator did a great job as well.
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- Consumer2
- 15-05-20
Excellent storyline narrator was to robotic
The narrator is very robotic very choppy The book has a good storyline The characters were developed well and was biblical based but The narrator was difficult to listen to.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-09-19
Michal
I have learned so much about the power of forgiveness. The same being true for unforgiveness , as being a source of power to let in evil into our hearts, minds and souls . This book was very well written and performed lending an open door to discovering God's ways.
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- Dorothy Saller
- 10-08-19
Great
loved it, narrative is good, story good, like how each part starts with scripture I know