Book description
The audiobook of The Thin Red Line doesn't just tell you about Guadalcanal-it drags you into its mud, its terror, and the crushing weight of meaninglessness that follows every shot. James Jones's prose, already a masterclass in existential dread, finds its perfect medium in sound. You hear the rain on helmets, the ragged breaths before the charge, and that devastating line about life being "pointless" not just to the tree, but to every man, every soul, including the dead. The narrator's voice, low and steady, makes the philosophical rot feel real, not abstract. It's not just war described; it's war lived, with all its shattered nerves and the awful, quiet truth that courage might be the only thing that matters until it isn't. You feel the weight of those words in your chest, especially when the dialogue snaps with raw, unvarnished grit-no fancy euphemisms, just the word "fug" echoing like a curse, as it did in the original. Jones isn't writing about battles; he's dissecting the human psyche under fire, revealing how the line between survival and surrender, between meaning and void, is thinner than the red line itself. This isn't just a classic of combat fiction-it's a haunting, intimate exploration of what it means to be alive when every second might be your last. The audiobook makes you hear the silence after the gunfire, the terrifying emptiness where hope used to be. It's not a story you listen to; it's a state of being you're left with long after the final chapter fades.
Flint
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Whistler
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Crash Enforcer
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Sexy
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Red Heroine
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MysticMingle
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Necromancer
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Sapiens
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Darkside Hooker
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Toy Town
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Solitaire
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Pixie Soldier
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Miss Fix It
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Romance Guppy
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Playing a wide variety of audio formats
Works on all devices with iOS 13 and newer
Huge amount of features for a small price
Frequent updates to add new features and improve existing ones
Advanced playback controls
Live sound processing
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice and noise reduction
Translated into more than 20 languages
If you love listening to fiction audiobooks, ListenBook has features to make the process easier.
Edit book data: title, author, cover
Use equalizer to make the sound comfortable for you
Adjust the playback speed
Enjoy dark and light app themes
Supported formats: MP3, M4B, AWB, FLAC, OGG audio files and many more (must be DRM free)
Auto-Bookmarks make it easy to find your place
AirPlay support allows redirection of audio output.
VoiceOver support
Dark mode for night owls
Convenient bookmarking system helps you mark the most important places.
Unlimited bookmarks for each audiobook
Put your own cover on the wager
Share your audiobook with friends
Lock-screen control
Customise app with extensive options
Sleep timer with shake to reset, set custom notification sounds, and a few unique options
Auto rewind depending on paused time, customize rewind times to your liking
Removing background noise from recordings made in classrooms and meetings
Changing the timbre of the reader's voice for a better listening experience