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Loved the Story, Not the Performer

Revisado: 08-02-21

Wild Seed was so well performed, I had high expectations going into this one. Unfortunately, the reader just ok. It was frequently very difficult to distinguish one character from another - thankfully, the material was good enough to stand on its own.

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Octavia! Robin!

Revisado: 07-22-21

I loved this book. Beautifully written and expertly performed. I couldn’t turn it off. I want to devour everything this woman has written.

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Expected Better, esp for the price

Revisado: 05-23-19

There are plenty of free podcasts out there doing better work with a smaller production budget. I really enjoyed listening and thought the whole cast did wonderful work, but I kept wondering why I paid for it. It was good, but not same-price-as-full-audio-book good. If you want an old timey, magical work podcast, I recommend Hello From The Magic Tavern.

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Great insight into newsworld, Just OK novel

Revisado: 05-10-19

I love Jessica Yellin, and for that reason, I really loved the look inside the world of news media culture. But as a fiction writer, I found the characters lacking depth. And as the performer, I had trouble with how she interpreted the narration. Wish this would have been read by a professional actor.

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Bored.

Revisado: 06-17-18

I dunno. It felt like a bad sequel. Listen for a couple of hours and just didn’t care about any of the characters.

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Important Book

Revisado: 06-12-17

The author's exploration into the lives of ten kids killed by guns on a particular day is as thoughtful and pointed as it is depressing and aggravating. It's a book that shouldn't have to be written, but needed to be.

The reader was fine, but there was an affect on the voice which I found distracting. Specifically, he had a propensity for not finishing the ends of words, which frequently pulled me out of the narrative.

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Great book, weird production decisions

Revisado: 03-16-15

I was a little leery about a novel being read by its author. Non-fiction or autobiography is one thing, but I expect a performance when it comes to fiction.

Neil Gaiman did not disappoint. This book was as well written as it was performed, and I couldn't recommend it enough.

My one issue comes more from the production side - there were several moments in the book where some dummy made a decision to add either a mechanical reverb effect or an echo to the narration. Usually, it was during flashbacks or when a recorded voice was speaking as part of the story. I found these little extras to be jarring and distracting, and at times, they made it difficult to even understand what was being said.

Luckily, these never lasted too too long. But still, I wish they would have just kept it simple. The performance was enough, no need for fluff.

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Great book and great read

Revisado: 02-26-15

Author did wonderful job contrasting Romanov family life with political life and against the lives of the peasants. This is a really fun read.

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Meh

Revisado: 06-22-14

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Not sure if it was the performance or the writing, but I couldn't figure out why anyone, let alone Achilles, would be into this guy Patroclus. He's such a whiner!

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Frazer Douglas?

Not sure. He wasn't bad - just kinda mopey. Again, that may have just been the writing.

Was The Song of Achilles worth the listening time?

It was fun because I like the classical elements. And cause I'm a big mo.

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