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A Question of Attraction
- De: David Nicholls
- Narrado por: Erik Steele
- Duración: 11 h y 23 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 18
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 17
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 17
It is 1985, and Brian Jackson, a working-class kid on full scholarship, has started his first semester at a university. Brian harbors a dark secret: He wants to appear on the wildly popular TV quiz show University Challenge. When he finally makes the team and his dream comes true, life seems perfect, especially given his infatuation for a fellow teammate - the beautiful, brainy, and intimidatingly WASPy Alice Harbinson. But just when Brian thinks he has all the answers, he discovers the question of attraction is the most mind-boggling of all....
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3 out of 5 stars
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British regional accents massacred by an American
- De Dan SB en 04-09-23
- A Question of Attraction
- De: David Nicholls
- Narrado por: Erik Steele
British regional accents massacred by an American
Revisado: 04-09-23
If the awful English accents aren’t bad enough just wait for the Scottish! This fairly entertaining book is frankly butchered by an awful reading. I’m not sure what had me cringing most, Nicholls’ coming of age observations or Steele’s attempt at an “Essex” teen. This one deserves a re recording, please find a Brit to voice it next time.
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Black Swan Green
- De: David Mitchell
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
- Duración: 13 h y 8 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 773
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 512
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 513
Black Swan Green tracks a single year in what is, for 13-year-old Jason Taylor, the sleepiest village in muddiest Worcestershire in dying Cold War England, 1982. But the 13 chapters, each a short story in its own right, create an exquisitely observed world that is anything but sleepy. Pointed, funny, profound, left-field, elegiac, and painted with the stuff of life, Black Swan Green is David Mitchell's subtlest and most effective achievement to date.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Captivating
- De Angie en 06-28-06
- Black Swan Green
- De: David Mitchell
- Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne
You say Tomato
Revisado: 01-26-13
Captures life in 1980's middle England perfectly, disturbingly realistic depictions of small village & comprehensive school drudgery.
A subtle coming of age story with one drawback, the narration.
If the lead character of a novel is a 13 year old boy please audible, pretty please hire an English actor.
The pronunciation of vowel sounds by this narrator are incredibly jarring. Pretty clearly an American doing an English accent and not all that badly EXCEPT for all of his vowel sounds!
Not being English also leads to the narrator woefully mispronouncing place names and butchering regional accents that are scattered throughout the book.
The narrators rhythm and acting skills are really quite good but he shouldn't be reading English characters without some guidance. Easier just to hire a Brit in the future, PLEASE!
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