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Give back my old Guards Guards

Revisado: 07-05-23

Where is the audiobook I bought gone ?
This is RUBBISH garbage HORRIBLE.
I hate the narration.
I purchased Nigel Planner reading not this piece of junk !
Return what I purchased immediately

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Excellent, Enjoyable and Entertaining Story

Revisado: 06-23-23

Easy to follow, excellent narrator of interesting and engaging spy traitor within highest rank of British intelligence, The Circus.
George Smilie is a fabulous character who kept me listening to every nuance of the English language.
Very very enjoyable
Ticks every box for a great weekend listen it never ages.

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Pratchett Is Always Wonderful

Revisado: 11-23-22

Melbourne, Australia
I’ve loved listening to all
of his books several times over, especially those narrated by Nigel Planer but Stephen Briggs is nearly as good too.
Every single book is stunningly funny and very clever … read as a series or stand alone they’re exceptional.
Start with Witches Abroad or Guards Guards … your family will become engrossed immediately enjoying listening them with you.
Make sure you purchase the old recordings rather than the new ones just released. I purchased Reaper Man’s new version it’s hopeless in comparison, such a disappointment that Pratchett’s excellent books are now rendered truly dreadful. Reaper Man has almost all male characters, yet they’ve used a woman to narrate men’s voices making them sound weak and foolish with a female trying to deepen her voice. Why the publishers massacre Terry Pratchet’s audio books like that is beyond belief. Yet the publisher employed a man to do the voice of “DEATH” and he was so excellent you’d think clever publishers would want him to read the many other male characters too. But no, they ruined the book with this poor woman doing her best to sound almost like a male child … instead of a strong male characters.
Hated every minute and couldn’t finish …. I’ve heard all the original narrations, every one delightful narrated and truly so funny you’ll be helpless laughing.
The female narrator can’t do that, needs a man’s voice to carry off these men’s so many varied accents and the clever timing of Pratchett’s male characters.
Buy the old recordings of his books !

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What happened ?!

Revisado: 10-28-22

I’ve read all the Slow Horses … they were brilliant, but this book
failed to get traction.
I was irritated by the narrator’s monotone , unusual for Barrett maybe he was bored to tears too.
Skip this one

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Audio Distortions

Revisado: 08-06-21

Audio slowed and dreadfully distorted. Downloaded and removed many times but unable to correct speed to sound normal.

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Awful Narration

Revisado: 06-29-21

Melbourne, Australia
This book may good, may even be brilliant. I haven't a clue because I found the narration too awful to listen a second longer.
The summary made me smile, I loved the idea he'd put real people he knew in it, and some didn't like it at all, O E even attacked his car. I thought I'll enjoy this, I like that mad fish kidnapped someone from Earth to cook and eat, that sound like a funny book doesn't it! I'll never know .
Why do authors read their own work? Most are dreadful. Stephen King is the worst writer/narrator Ive ever ever heard, but his books are wonderful !
Perhaps this author's book is wonderful too.

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YAWN

Revisado: 06-06-21

Could see that end coming like a freight train, there is no surprises here folks.

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Enjoyable. A satisfying intrigue

Revisado: 11-21-20

Lyndel, Melbourne. Australia

Often a author's subsequent books are just the same old story just in different a setting, leaving the reader disappointed by weak storylines and hurried endings.
But not this novel ! Though I felt the beginning a little slow to my own taste, I was unable to stop listening as the twists and intrigues had me in gripped, I was on a rollercoaster of emotions !
Scared for my favourite characters, holding my breath, then the relief as another villian is exposed just to be plucked out of my comfort to be thrown another shocking event
..... it's taut and timely with solutions only to knock the assurance of who's really running the conspiracies and corruption in the very highest levels of government, courts, police, business and self interest very wealthy elites.
Guaranteed a good listen here.

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Another wonderful book in The Watch Series

Revisado: 10-30-20

If you're new to Disk World's The Watch Series, starts with Guard's Guards where Captain Vimes along with Carrot, Colon and Nobby hilariously fight a huge magical dragon and helped by Lady Sybil Ramkin the breeder of the tiny Swamp Dragons so popular as cigar lighters. The Lady is captured, chained to rock and offered as dinner to the wicked fire breathing dragon. Let the fun begin !!
I loved every word read and laughed til I cried. That's the first book to listen to, but all Terry Pratchett's books are Stand Alone.

The Fifth Elephant Sam Vimes has married Lady Sybil the richest woman in the city and is now not only Commander of Watch
but Sir Samual Vimes and His Excellency The Duke of Anhk Morpork, much to poor Mr Vimes' dismay. He hates the aristocracy in all its forms and appalled to find himself one of them.

The Patrician has ordered The Duke to attend the Coronation of the Low King of Dwarves but everywhere His Excellency The Duke of Anhk Morpork goes so does the Commander of The Watch and where the Commander of the Watch goes, he finds a crime: much to his wife's dismay.

I'd previously read all Disk World books and later tried out the audio version, WHAT A DELIGHTFUL TREAT ! The narration of every Disk World book is brilliant, clever and so very very funny.
I highly commend immersing yourself and family in the magnificently funny exploits and thoughts of Sam Vimes,. Excellent Rendition !!!!

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Wonderful Imagination

Revisado: 10-19-20

Australia
Captain Vimes and his rag tag men live on the edge of reality where magic even grows in the wild
But Captain Vimes won’t have a bar of magic, Kings either. Meet Lady Ramkin and the Patrician a former assassin and the Librarian of Invisible University, a orangutan.
The humour and clever wit of the British had me in stitches as the hapless but lucky squad finally catch the dragon King who’s been flaming Ank Morepork.
Read it to the children they’ll love it too.

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