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Great Story; Terrible Narration

Revisado: 05-08-20

September is second only to The Shell Seekers in my opinion of the Rosamunde Pilcher novels. Terrific story and characters. I have been waiting for the unabridged version of this book to be available on audible since I started my membership years ago. Sadly, the narrator is terrible. I mean, really, really disappointing and irritating. If I had not waited so long and enjoy the story so much, I probably would not have listened past the first chapter.
The narrator has a voice for children's stories perhaps but not for novels. Most of the voices for characters make them sound like cartoons. Also the narration varies from robustly loud to breathlessly low and difficult to hear. I had to keep raisng and lowering the volume while I listened; I've never had to do this with any other audible book. Very disappointing.

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Little Old Lady Voice for Scarlett :(

Revisado: 03-03-20

I have had this book and read it and enjoy the story. In my opinion, the story is an interesting take on the extenuation of the Gone With The wind narrative.
However, the voice of the the narrator is difficult to ignore. She makes Scarlett (and all subsequent characters) sound like a little old lady and therefore nothing like the spirited character the story requires. This is such a disappointment. I have only ever returned one book from audible, but this one is making me think there might be two!

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Enjoy, If You Are A Dirk Pitt/Cussler Fan

Revisado: 06-12-17

I started reading Clive Cussler years ago because my Dad recommended them as interesting history/action books without the graphic sex and violence than so many other writers of the genre stoop to.
While the dialogue can be a bit corny and sometimes the phrasing hackneyed, for the most part I find the stories entertaining and not offensive as I am not a fan of foul-language either.
Hopefully, Audible will begin to add some of the earlier books in the series as most of the Dirk Pitt novels refer to earlier adventures. Sahara, Atlantis Found and Valhalla Rising are essentials, in my opinion.
Scott Brick is enjoyable as narrator and manages to incorporate female characters without sounding distractingly ridiculous.

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Sordid

Revisado: 08-10-16

This is not the reason I read novels. The story is graphic ad sordid. Sad. I did not finish it.

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Admirable Follow-Up 2 "He Shall Thunder in the Sky

Revisado: 12-17-14

Fans of Elizabeth Peter's "Amelia Peabody" series will not be disappointed with "Lord of the Silent". The progression of character development is good. The story moves very quickly in some sections (almost too quickly) but the story is sound.
Barbara Rosenblat as the narrator is terrific as usual with only a few minor slips in character.
I would love to find more writers and series as entertaining as this! Good, clean, fun!

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NOT For Jane Austen Readers

Revisado: 11-02-14

As a fan of Jane Austen I found this book offensive. While I believe the author's desire is partly to show the 'other side' of the story or the point of view of the servant. I read JA precisely because I do not like to be assaulted with the ugly, seedy and immoral stories of characters, the likes of whom I would never choose to associate with I my daily life let alone for reading entertainment.
An author's desire to examine the disgusting under-belly of humanity to seek out motive and reason is not my idea of relaxing and entertaining reading. This was a sadly disappointing 'read'.

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Unabridged! Yay!

Revisado: 07-25-14

As an appreciative reader of the Amelia Peabody series I was thrilled to see this book in it's unabridged form. The performance by Barbara Rosenblat is unequaled in my listening experience. And the story is fun, humorous and interesting as are almost all in this series.
Please continue to petition Audible to skip the abridged versions of this series or any other for that matter!

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It Just Doesn't Go Anywhere

Revisado: 07-25-14

A lyrical turn of phrase is well and good. I enjoy an exploration of relationships, but this one leaves so much out that I found I was very frustrated that the personalities were not further developed.

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A Nice Try...

Revisado: 06-16-14

While I believe the writer was trying to explore and explain human motivations, the characters sometimes seemed bi-polar. The male characters zip between rage and kind understanding. And while the female characters have admirable and mature qualities, they giggle and talk like 12 years olds. This could be due more to the narrator than the writing. I think I may have really enjoyed this novel when I was 15, but it felt a bit like a waste of time as an adult.

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A Bit Too Sappy Ending

Revisado: 06-16-14

Overall this is a nice story. However it can be surprisingly graphic in describing some of the violent conflicts and then the ending of this one just got a bit too sappy for me. Some of the terminology gets tediously redundant. If you can overlook these flaws, it is nice to read about strong relationships and family bonds without the sordid and baser side of humanity being explored.

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