Kathryn

Do not like the songs

Revisado: 04-23-20

I've always loved the Little House books, grew up reading them over and over. The narrator was good enough, I guess, but her singing voice was grating, and the sudden volume increase ruined bedtime story sessions.

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In Praise of Folly meets Screwtape Letters

Revisado: 01-13-19

As short as this was, I really enjoyed it. I thought the narrator was a perfect choice to voice Lucifer. I enjoy books that give you the other side of the picture, and I thought this author had some interesting things to say about the history of Lucifer. After all, history is written by the victors.

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Koontz meets McCarthy

Revisado: 06-05-18

Disclaimer – I received a copy of this book in exchange for my review

Reading this book made me feel like I was reading the bastard child of The Road and Intensity, with a dash of Tank Girl thrown in. I love strong female protagonists, and I especially enjoyed that this one pulled no punches, and didn’t apologize for doing what she had to, even when she had to make difficult choices. I was sucked into the book from the very beginning, and it was one of those reads that I had to force myself to stop, just because I wanted it to last as long as possible. In the book, Ayla lives in a post-apocalyptic world where mankind has been mostly wiped out, and all that remains are brutal gangs of men, and a handful of people doing what they need to survive. This book has been called bleak, gut wrenching, and dark, and I agree. But I couldn’t put it down. The way the author wrote Ayla’s thoughts and emotions left me gasping, and I thought the narrator did an amazing job with the voice.

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Love the story, but needs a new narrator

Revisado: 10-02-13

Princess of Dhagabad is one of my favorite books, and so I was delighted to finally - FINALLY - find it on Audible. The story tells the tale of a young princess, unnamed until the very end, and the genie in the bottle given to her by her grandmother. In this story, genies are created by their thirst for eternal knowledge, not power or magic. The genie and the princess form a friendship that will change both of their lives.

I really do love this book. That being said, this audiobook desperately needs a new narrator. At times it feels like your mother, reading you a story at bedtime, stumbling over words and rushing the pacing. There are noticeable pauses before every word that is new to the narrator - most noticeably character names - that a more professional narrator would have had down pat before recording a book. Also, the "accent" seems very off. This sounds like a British grandmother, while the story takes place in a very Middle Eastern country.

Overall, while I do love this book, I only it gave it a 3 star rating due completely to the narration. I hope one day a new version will be released with a better narrator.

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Wish Audible had a refund policy

Revisado: 05-03-12

I have friends who love the author's blog, who follow it daily and who think she is a very funny writer. Based on their recommendation, I picked up this book.

I want my credit back.

The author's experiences are probably interesting enough, except she colors it by all these witty interludes, in a "Look at me! Look at how clever I am!" style. I really feel this book would have been better served by an editor that would have trimmed it down by 1/3.

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Great story; terrible narration

Revisado: 01-03-12

Watchers is one of the first Koontz books I ever read, so recently I decided to pick it up as an audiobook. Now, I really wish Audible had a return policy. The story holds up just as I remember, however the narration sounds like one of those awful speech-to-text books that were popular so many years ago. I'd suggest passing on this version, and picking up the book instead.

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