Andrew Reid

Green Wing is back!

Revisado: 05-25-24

How lucky to have more Green Wing after all this time. If you're a fan of the show then rest assured that this new series captures the spirit of the original perfectly. the script is sharp and the cast all slip back into the characters with ease.

Highly recommended for anyone who has seen the original. I wonder how easy it would be to follow for anyone who hasn't, though

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Excellent narration marred by uneven audio quality

Revisado: 12-08-18

Excellent narration of what is one of the best Jeeves and Wooster stories. audio quality is a bit iffy. very low volume in places.

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One of the best Quillers

Revisado: 08-09-18

one of the best of the Quiller tales. Suspensful and claustrophobic. The narration has a tense, stiff-upper-lip quality that suits the material well.

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fun, slightly old fashioned.

Revisado: 08-25-17

Likely the best account of Zero-G welding techniques you'll read this year. extra words needed.

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Geralt of the nights watch

Revisado: 06-05-17

The first thing that strikes you about this audiobook is Peter Kenny's decision to voice Geralt (the lead character) as a convincing impersonation of Jon Snow from the Game of Thrones TV show. As someone familiar with video game Geralt this took a little getting used to, but I soon did and actually came to like it by the end of the book.

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Complex story is well-read but a bit frustrating

Revisado: 12-01-15

Any additional comments?

Firstly, I admit that listening to a Wolfe novel for the first time as an audiobook may not be ideal. Wolfe stories are complex, and losing the ability to flip back a few pages to check things probably means I missed more details than I might have otherwise. The narration in this book is excellent, however.

The plot involves a young American journalist traveling to a mysterious east-european country where he is imprisoned by the police, is kidnapped, escapes, is recaptured and eventually ends up solving crimes on their behalf. All of this is overlaid with occult and ghost elements.

As might be imagined, the plot gets complicated and hard to follow. It seems like the story ends abruptly with a lot of loose ends but I'm hesitant in claiming that they're really loose. I'll probably understand things better on a re-read/listen.

I must admit to feeling the same slight disappointment with this book as I've felt with all Wolfe novels since The Wizard Knight. There are some commonalities in these later works that I personally find irritating.

Firstly, the personality of the narrator. Other reviewers have mentioned that the voice of the first person narrator sounds weirdly old-fashioned, like a high-school footballer from a 50's sitcom. It sounds oddly out of place in a story set in the present day.

Secondly is the portrayal of the female characters, who all inexplicably want to sleep with the narrator. I was especially disheartened when this happened even with an otherwise convincing and well-drawn character around the middle of the story.

Thirdly, there is a lot more of what I've started to call "sitting around being clever". This started in the Long Sun books and has got worse since. Basically, the characters spend pages and pages talking (in cafes in this book) to each other explaining how they worked things out, saying stuff like "I'll answer that in a minute but first I want to talk about...". Infuriating.

If you're a fan of Wolfe classics like the Long/Short/New Sun series you'll find this a very different beast, and may not enjoy it as much. If you've enjoyed more recent Wolfe works like The Sorcerer's House and An Evil Guest, then you'll probably find The Land Across entertaining.

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