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The Curse Workers, Book One
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Jesse Eisenberg
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By:
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Holly Black
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Cassel comes from a family of curse workers people who have the power to change your emotions, your memories, your luck, by the slightest touch of their hands. And since curse work is illegal, they'e all criminals. Many become mobsters and con artists. But not Cassel. He hasn't got magic, so he's an outsider, the straight kid in a crooked family. You just have to ignore one small detail - he killed his best friend, Lila, three years ago.
Cassel has carefully built up a facade of normalcy, blending into the crowd. But his facade starts to crumble when he finds himself sleepwalking, propelled into the night by terrifying dreams about a white cat that wants to tell him something. He's noticing other disturbing things too, including the strange behavior of his two brothers. They are keeping secrets from him. As Cassel begins to suspect he's part of a huge con game, he must unravel his past and his memories. To find out the truth, Cassel will have to outcon the conmen.
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- By Natasha on 02-07-24
By: Holly Black
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Bream Gives Me Hiccups
- By: Jesse Eisenberg
- Narrated by: Jesse Eisenberg, Hallie Eisenberg, Annapurna Sriram, and others
- Length: 4 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Taking its title from a group of stories that begin the book, Bream Gives Me Hiccups moves from contemporary LA to the dorm rooms of an American college to ancient Pompeii, throwing the listener into a universe of social misfits, reimagined scenes from history, and ridiculous overreactions. In one piece a tense email exchange between a young man and his girlfriend is taken over by the man's sister, who is obsessed with the Bosnian genocide ("The situation reminds me of a little historical blip called the Karadordevo agreement").
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amazing!!!!
- By Adriana on 09-13-15
By: Jesse Eisenberg
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- Desirae
- 01-23-24
Meh - least favorite Holly Black novel
Performance was weird, narrator had difficultly keeping pace. He struggled to keep the story moving and spoke slowly a lot. I was disappointed with the slow story line and repetitiveness of the same things happening. I found myself kind of annoyed with the main character, hopefully there will be character growth in book 2. I thought the ending plans for the crime family were done hastily & I was left unsatisfied with the state of affairs. Holly Black did such a great job with her other novels & this one fell so very flat.
She did do a good job leaving off on a cliff hanger for a followup novel and building lovable side characters.
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- Kindle Customer
- 03-29-23
Good, solid series
I love Holly Black and I'm less of a Jesse E. fan, nonetheless it's a solid series.
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- Ace
- 11-12-11
Great Story, Poor Narration - To Distraction
I read this book and adored everything about it. The world, it's settings, it's characters, and it's mystery. I had been very pleased to see it on Audible after reading it. I had been further enthused when I saw Jesse Eisenberg would read it, even though he was an unexpected reader. He's an actor and I felt like he would definitely narrate very well.
I bought it and I could barely get through it. I admit, that sometimes some things are better read than said. This is one of those instances. Eisenberg's voice is not the kind you would expect to narrate, which is why I was so surprised. But I wanted to give the benefit of the doubt.
Jesse doesn't have a good range of voices or inflection. Everything is spoken clearly, but nearly emotion-less. The males characters are somewhat indistinguishable from each other. The females aren't squeaky and Jesse handles them ok, but the lack of depth of his voice makes everything run together. It becomes boring. Very boring.
The moments where gets it right are few and far in between. I think the very end of the book is when I actually feel anything concerning the characters. Hopefully, if he reads the next installment, he gets better.
You should definitely read this book instead of listening and if you're curious, preview it before buying.
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- Morgan L. Barnes
- 05-22-19
great book
was recommended by a friend. I loved this book and will continue the series. this would be a great book to big screen production!!!
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- Tammy Kimbrell
- 09-26-21
Not one of my favs but kept me interested…
Although this isn’t one of my favorite Holly Black books, she kept me interested enough to enjoy it. Overall, it was pretty good.
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- jengen
- 05-27-17
loved it!
can not wait to start the next one! I loved the story line and how it kept my attention
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- Krystalle
- 11-18-15
Like the storyline
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Sometimes I couldn't tell the difference between one character from the next because he used the same tone of voice half the time between the brothers.
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- khill
- 01-07-17
great story
another great story by Black... but narrator is definitely no Jim Dale, but it didn't ruin the experience. once you get into the rhythm of his narration it's OK. this audio book would've been amazing with a more talented reader.
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- jc
- 12-26-21
Exceptional!
Beautiful written, engagingly narrated. This series has a wonderfully realized and believable urban fantasy setting. Fast-paced and engrossing. 5 stars. Maintains its charm after multiple readings.
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- Dave
- 04-20-12
Holly Black's Next Great Trick
With White Cat, Holly Black's created a world where magic (or "working") was outlawed during prohibition. So, naturally today - business is booming for the mafia and their curse workers. Cassel's a teenage kid who doesn't fit in at the rich preppy boarding school he's been forced to attend, and he doesn't quite fit in with his family of con artists - most of who work for the mob. He doesn't have the working talents his brothers do, but he knows cons. When he finds himself about to take a walk off a rooftop in his sleep, he starts to think someone's playing him.
Black's YA books have a dark, gritty feel to them, and this one's no different. But at the same time, it's incredible fun listening as her story's long cons play out and are eventually revealed.
Jesse Eisenberg does a great job reading this - his performance is practiced nonchalance and low-key, so much so that you can't help wondering if he's just playing the odds and misdirecting your attention, making the magic feel all the more real and surprising.
Highly recommended if you like magic, gangsters, and con-artists.
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