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Dont let this recording be your first reading.

Revisado: 02-14-24

Was recorded as a radio play from the abridged version, then simon vance was paid to fill in all the Missing chapters when it was released as an unabridged audio book. he made bo attempt to match the characterization used by the other readers. even within chapters, vance jumps around between characterizations and confuses voices. was probably forced to record this in a hurry.

very difficult to not become frustrated listening to. Vance is a great narrator when he's not reading for female characters and the book has few or only a single speaker the whole time.

this is not that.

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Simon Vance at his greatest

Revisado: 03-12-21

Simon Vance effortlessly moves through characters and accents, adding energy and movement to a briilliant work of multu generational historical fiction. He has done well in honoring the drowned to which he has given voice.

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Badly edited. shallow information.

Revisado: 12-24-20

hard to listen to due to terrible grammar and english usage errors. information was surface level and poorly organized, as though this was more of an anthology of indoor gardening facebook group posts than an actual guide or reference

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Simon Vance is a genius at narrating spite

Revisado: 12-15-17

this book is the most uncomfortable coalesced crystal of awkward I have ever allowed myself to get through. 10/10, would drown myself in thought provoking cringe again. read this book to be forever cured of spite and the notion of the rational self interested man.

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Simon Vance ruins his own near perfect narration.

Revisado: 10-02-17

I am heartbroken. Simon Vance is the gold standard of reading Dostoevsky, but he ruins his own performance by losing track of which characters are supposed to have which voices. Completely pulls you out of it, and mischaracterizes individuals at key moments. I offer the following example, though it isn't the only one.

Rogozhin and the Prince, and the contrast between them, is a central theme of the novel. Irony vs Candor, self loathing passion vs sincerity without self awareness. In the first chapter, Vance gives a *perfect* performance for these two. The two characters are nearly the same age, and Vance gives them a voice that is similar in physical tone and age, but polar opposites in emotional tone. Rogozhin is a dark, brooding sneer, and the Prince a light warm entreaty.

Then, the next time Rogozhin appears, Vance appears to confuse the character with an old man, and then forever after, whenever Rogozhin speaks, he is given a boisterous old man's voice, inexplicably. Completely ruins the subtlety of the character. After a very intimate scene between Rogozhin and the Prince was butchered with this voice, I had to abandon audiobook completely to avoid ruining the novel.

So frustrating, because Vance is *so* good. Check out his reading of "Notes From the Underground" to get an Idea of how good Vance can be when he doesn't have to juggle multiple characters.

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