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Amateurish story and plodding reading

Revisado: 11-14-23

Ugh that Agatha Christie trick of spilling it all in the last few pages! I found little to like about any of the characters, not even the principal DCI.

And the reading! Halting and staccato without opinion. Although I disliked the story, the author does have a wry humor which was lost in this plodding reading. It’s one thing to step back and let the author’s voice come through but it’s another to smother it in halting monotone.

The reader failed to pick up nuances of dialect and adjust his own accent to match. All his characters had the same boring poshness. Indeed he seems capable of only two character voices: narrator and “other”. I will endeavor to avoid John Hopkins.

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Not her best

Revisado: 10-28-23

Perhaps it was the dreary tone of the reader but this dragged. Not much happened, slowly. I found it hard to like any of the characters.

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Captivating story, dreadful readers

Revisado: 06-11-23

The first part is read. By. Someone. Who. Pauses. Between. Words. So annoying! Yes, I get that he wants the Mexican accent to come through but no one talks like that in real life.

The second part is read by someone who sounds like Siri on quaaludes. So dreary, expressionless and boring.

These VO artists clearly have skills, but the entire project needs a director to iron out the bumps and provide an artistic direction. This audio book is an embarrassment.

I gave up then. I’ll read the actual book rather than be tormented by this poor experience.

With that out of the way, the story is engrossing and captivating, being propelled (as far as I can tell) by character. I can’t wait to read it for real.

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A rare novel that makes you think

Revisado: 01-13-22

Beautiful writing, compelling dialog, deeply real characters, all broad to life by a flawless reading.

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Clunky and plodding, read by a robot

Revisado: 01-06-22

The childish writing, boring characters and uninspired story are rendered intolerable by the robotic reading. I abandoned this turkey.

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Unsatisfying ending

Revisado: 12-30-21

Agatha Christie famously introduced new facts at the end to tie up her stories in a neat bow. But that’s cheating and Ms Cleaves, though following in great footsteps, really should have worked some of those little surprises into the body of her narrative, rather than pulling them fully formed from a hat at the end.

The unsatisfying arc notwithstanding, I enjoyed the style. Short sentences. Fully-fleshed characters. Ms Cleaves deals with neurodiversity and gender with respect and without preaching.

Mr. Aldridge read beautifully. My minor quibble is that he could have dug into the accents a little more. His Scouse was at time barely discernible from his Devon. Ordinarily this is not important but when the author very explicitly made regionality and accent part of her characters, I think a richer Devon and a flatter Scouse would have enhanced the listening experience.

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Not an audio book, but a "radio play"

Revisado: 05-07-20

Not an audio book, but a "radio play".

Filler text added to work around misguided UI limitation.

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Poorly read but vaguely entertaining

Revisado: 05-07-20

Terrible reading.

MIT exceptionalism. You know, you’re actually not all that.

Otherwise I found it quite uplifting to hear about a woman’s success in this overwhelmingly male world.

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Masterful reading of a tale of terror

Revisado: 05-07-20

First, let me say how much I appreciate Gabra Zackman's masterful reading. She has perfected the art of getting out of the way so that the author's voice comes through unfiltered. Genius!

The material was a bit hard to take. Ms. McNamara's obsession with the GSK is a little unsettling, and her simple telling of the tale did nothing to hide the awfulness of the GSK's rampages. No amount of clinical language can hide it, and thankfully Ms. McNamara did not choose to go that route. Nor did she shy away from the evil she described.

Am I glad I listened to this audio book? Am I a better person as a result? Is the world a better place now that I know that evil stalked in my metaphorical back yard, not that long ago?

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A radio play, not an audio book

Revisado: 05-05-20

This is not an audio book, it’s a radio play. I got 30 seconds in before I deleted it. And returns are not allowed for "amazon originals" so I get to see it in my library.

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