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A single annoying quirk of the reader made this a difficult listen

Revisado: 04-29-25

(+) Great Woodhouse humor, and quite a few stories for one credit!
(-) Very odd performance, with occasional pauses in the middle of sentences and subclauses that interfere with the enjoyment one would otherwise get from the crisp enunciation and the effort the reader puts into performing different characters. If it doesn't bother you, you're in luck and should grab this title quick. But do listen to a sample first.

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More please!!

Revisado: 01-29-25

We miss you and your guests! Hope new episodes are on the way... We can even suggest guests if you accept requests.

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Not my cup of tea

Revisado: 11-17-23

Koontz was just a name for me until last week when I heard and adored some advice he gave on writing..So I gave this a try when I found it in a 2-for-1 sale, Perhaps you should take my review with a pinch of salt, because this isn't a genre I normally read.
The characters seemed dull and stereotypical; and the (quite interesting) premise was not developed fast enough in any way that held my interest. I got about halfway and bailed.
Hoping an author with such admirable convictions has better work out there.
The performer was fine,, except for the extremely annoying "voice" he chose for the female lead. I wish solid professionals like this were allowed to simply read the book. Are we all in kindergarten that we need characters voiced differently?

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could not stay awake

Revisado: 09-12-23

Decent story, though not as good as some Sanderson wrote later. I mean to finish it by purchasing the book. The performer's cadence never seems to vary, even as he voices different characters. I started listening 25-30 times and all I can say is this is a good audiobook to fall asleep to.

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Awful

Revisado: 07-08-22

I keep giving Goldsborough a try in case his characters start to resemble Stout's creations. They do not, but some of his books are tolerable as independent stories involving characters that happen to share those names.
This one is not (tolerable). Contrived, clunky dialogue. Decent premise that got very boring very fast.I gritted my teeth for three chapters and then gave up.

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My ideal sleep aid

Revisado: 04-26-22

The content is well chosen and varied. The narrator does have a distinct cadance, but it absolutely works for ne. If you want to listen to the story, you can, because itt nakes perfect sense: the monotone and little pauses do not in any way interfere with the stories being perfectly intelligible. if you stop paying attention, it lulls you to sleep, which would have been impossible if the reading was less monotone. As a lifelong severe insomniac. I do appreciate this podcast. Thank you.

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Best book of the series

Revisado: 10-30-21

There is still that hyper-annoying overabundance of adverbs, especially as dialogue tags, which is the bane of all Harry Potter books. But otherwise I feel like this one works on all levels as a story, and it has long been my favorite. The performance is superb - Dale has finally won even my heart; I'll go so far as to say he ties with Stephen Fry this time! (I've fallen hard for his rendition of Lupin.) If a friend was to buy a single volume in the series as an audiobook, this is the one I would recommend.

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Always fun, but not up to Fry's performance

Revisado: 09-03-21

Stephen Fry does so much better with the HP books, no idea why Audible does not carry that version.

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unspeakably boring

Revisado: 07-26-21

One narrator is okay, the other saccharine/annoying. The story left me cold and I bailed halfway. It might appeal to very young audiences who also happen to be quite patient.

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Wheaton makes a formulaic book brilliant

Revisado: 07-15-21

The story is so-so, possibly a bit more fun for those of us who enjoyed the 80s, competently written, certainly not memorable, but a decent way to kill some time. Will Wheaton's delivery, though, elevates it - the humor, the adventure, the romance all become much more personal; you end up liking and rooting for the main character(s), and I for one am off to check which other audiobooks he has performed.

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