Tracy

In Which Biffy Forgets He Is An English Dandy And Develops A Bad Spanish Accent

Revisado: 03-15-25

I enjoyed the story, although not as much as the other two series. The narrator should have taken a few minutes to learn the characters. The scenes with Biffy are impossible to listen to without vast irritation. Yes, he has a Spanish name. But he is an English dandy. I enjoyed this narrator for the Finishing School series but wish the one from Parasol Protectorate could have done this series. I would seriously donate money to re-record the Biffy scenes!

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It’s okay

Revisado: 10-15-22

This book is too focused on “Lessons with Quesnel” rather than an actual plot. Seems to me that these lessons are a personal choice that we do not need to see in detail. It could be going on behind the scenes with clever innuendo and such to better effect.

But by far the worst part is that no one bothered to inform Moira Quirk that Biffy is English! I do not understand why she was not told after butchering his accent in Prudence. It completely ruins a very emotion-laden scene to have Biffy sound like some mustache-twirling Spanish caricature instead of a quintessential English dandy. Try imagining him saying “What ho!” in this horrible accent. Surely there was enough time after Prudence was recorded to let the narrator know. I seriously would pay good money to have her re-record all Biffy scenes.

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Poor narration

Revisado: 07-20-22

I love Dennis McKiernan, and it was a relief to be able to play this book at 1x speed, as for the Iron Tower trilogy I had to play it at 1.2x….due to….all…..the dramatic….pauses. So irritating. But then it quickly became apparent that this narrator never bothered to figure out who the characters are or how to pronounce their names. “Tuckerby” is not difficult, but he says Tuckbury. Seriously? Half the time he says Kian and the other half he says Kinan. The Bosky has an “o” in it - not a “u” - but he says Busky. How can someone with obvious voice training not be able to read the words as written? It’s like fingernails on a chalkboard.

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Not happy with the narration

Revisado: 11-25-21

I loved this book when I read it a few years back. I am not fond of the narration, however. It’s stilted and sounds like she is reading a textbook rather than a novel. She works too hard for precision and loses the conversational tone. The Irish accents are also odd. Scottish are so-so. I just finished listening to Shadowy Horses, which was outstanding, so maybe my expectations are too high.

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Excellent

Revisado: 11-25-21

Audio narration was outstanding! I had read the book previously and enjoyed it. One of my favorites!

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