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AI narrator not good

Revisado: 01-02-24

While the virtual narrator’s voice sounded realistic there was no correlation between the events being read and the unvarying tone of the narrator. Slightly better than a monotonous drone I will need to be more careful and avoid virtual narrators in the future. It is hard to realistically evaluate the story as the whole time I listed there was a disconnect between tales of mine explosions and a light social female voice.

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Too much emphasis on sex

Revisado: 12-29-23

Sexual attraction and speculation of romance between nearly everyone the protagonist meets vs the actual murder. What does knowing the size of the protagonist genitalia really contribute to story?

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Not true to character

Revisado: 11-02-22

This “new” Poirot’ feels too contrived and not anything like the original. Like some of the badly acted Christie movie adaptations the character and plot are distorted images of the Christie originals. Some continuations of classic mystery character have rung true but not in this book.

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Poor performance

Revisado: 12-04-20

Of all the different manifestations of this story, this was the worst. Zaphod’s accent seems like it comes from the Bronx. Seeing as the book derives from a radio play, a single narrator in multi-voice maybe entirely inadequate to the story. But this particular narrator is not up to the task.

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Jumped the Shark

Revisado: 11-20-20

I've read every book in the series with enjoyment as the writing is generally good but this time the plot has really gone off the rails. Ever since the Ross character was introduced the story lines involving him have gotten so far fetched that even the generally good character development couldn't save it.

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Hear again and again

Revisado: 11-20-20

Great story, lots of philosophy, strategy, and action. Fantastic reading of multiple characters. First rate!!!!

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Shows Promise

Revisado: 06-20-20

My biggest problem is with the book and narration is what feels like interruptions in the flow when they start reading from police reports, especially the constant repeating of "age of interviewee if under the age of 18" with the responseof"over 18". Much of the reasons onably sounds stiff and stilted especially when reading the police reports.

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Intense to the point of nightmares.

Revisado: 09-21-19

Well written and expertly performed. I could not anticipate most of the turns of plot which made it all the more riveting.

I regret paying any heed to some reviewer who panned the book. Otherwise I would have read it 18 years ago. And I should have read it when published.

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Why was this in the mystery category?

Revisado: 07-20-18

Long on chapter development but it loses the plot little of it as there was with too many coincidences and flat out improbable events with an ending so abrupt all I could think was WTF. Narrator seemed to drone. Returned it. And can’t believe I listened to it as long as I did.

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Why is this listed under Mystery?

Revisado: 04-10-16

What would have made The Last Stop better?

Putting it in a different category, seriously after an hour into the narration there wasn't a hint of mystery. If you like a rambling character filled novel you might enjoy it but whoever placed it in the mystery category did it a grave disservice.

Has The Last Stop turned you off from other books in this genre?

I do not understand why Amazon/Audible placed this in the mystery category. I'll admit that I couldn't stick it through the entire book but unless you enjoy reading the welcome to a retirement community letter and their newsletter of events or rather non-events like the senior who likes to sunbathe nude or the rambling about whether to get a resident cat to go along with the resident English Mastiff. Maybe somewhere over half way into the book something happens but I never made it that far.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Rozanne Devine?

I have no problems with the narrator, it is her material that I fault.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Last Stop?

Didn't finish it so couldn't say.

Any additional comments?

This is another in what is getting to be a long list of books that are placed in the mystery genre that don't belong in it. As a general story of folks in a retirement community it is mildly amusing but there is nothing in it that conforms to the mystery genre.

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