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Musical interludes are atrocious but great anyway

Revisado: 02-20-17

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

This is my first time in a Steinbeck book and it blew me away. Outstanding. This Audible version is very good. There are musical interludes between chapters that grated on me and really broke up the text. I would take one star away, or even two, except that the reader was so good he more than made up for it. Many have said they get something out of it each time they read it. I'm glad I listened to this as my first introduction; I'll read the book, too. And I'm now looking forward to East of Eden.

What does Dylan Baker bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

I wasn't sure about him doing different voices, but it worked really well and I enjoyed it. I listened at regular speed for the first couple chapters and his voice and cadence is perfect for the story. But eager to get through quicker, I listened to most of the book at 1.25x. This was not too fast and did not distort the voices. (I'll listen at that speed again the next time around, too.) I have marked Dylan Baker as a favorite reader. (Maybe he could do another version of Faust--where the reader did such terrible voices I barely made it through the first part and had to bail before the second part.)

Any additional comments?

This is a depressing story but it is gripping. I highly recommend this Audible version read by Baker.

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Read the book, don't listen

Revisado: 06-23-16

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

The _content_ of Our Republican Constitution is outstanding. If you are at all interested in the Constitution, read the book--but skip the audio book. Only listen to the book if you know that there is just no way you would ever actually read it. Barry Abrams changes his voice whenever he is quoting someone so that he sounds like a breathless, effeminate male--and if not always effeminate, definitely breathless. When he is quoting documents, he lowers his voice and gets some sort of accent so he sounds like a caricature of an old, stuffy, aristocratic Scotsman. (He reminded me of McBadger in the Disney version of Wind in the Willows.) Such inflections became very annoying.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Barry Abrams?

I really prefer the even tone of Scott Brick. He did an excellent job with Hamilton (Ron Chernow), quoting the same people that Barry Abrams quoted, but the tone of Brick provided much more authority and far less comedy.

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Avoid this narration

Revisado: 06-15-16

What disappointed you about Faust?

It's true that poetry has a meter, but this narrator reads Faust in a drawn-out sing-songy voice, drawing out the last words of a line that make the rhyme. He tries to change his voice for the many characters and the falsetto for the women is grating. It did help to listen at 1.25x but not enough. I wish I'd listened to a sample before purchasing.

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