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This book + Michael Kitchen = perfection

Revisado: 02-19-17

This story/narrator combination is so perfect! I love Michael Kitchen! He has a clipped way of speaking that fits the main character so well. I've listened to mostly all of his narrations and this one is by far the best.
This is a beautifully written story and I feel very grateful to have spent some time in Scobie's head.
Give it a try!!

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cute story, narrator distracted me a little

Revisado: 07-10-16

The story was cute and fairly predictable, but enjoyable nonetheless. The narrator was slightly distracting to me. He sounded like Seth McFarlane from Family Guy. Some of the voices sounded just like a few of the characters on Family Guy. I heard some definite Carter Pewterschmidt in the main character and Stewie Griffin in the British neighbor :)

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If you love Ten/Rose, you'll love this.

Revisado: 11-07-14

David Tennant reads this and he does an awesome job mimicking the voices of Rose, Mickey and Jackie, so the fact that there's only one reader doesn't detract from enjoying this story. There are also some great Doctor/Rose moments in there that make this more than worth it.

Definitely recommend for fans of the Tenth Doctor, Doctor/Rose shippers and just fans in general.

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Warm nerd fuzzies

Revisado: 09-03-14

This one has it all for me. The premise is great, an extremely smart young woman stumbles upon and soon becomes the apprentice of the great, but now retired Sherlock Holmes. They have a really cool meet-cute and several adventures throughout the book that builds their working relationship and friendship and sets everything up for the future books.

The narrator, Jenny Sterlin, is perfect; her distinct voices for the two main characters especially. I'm right now through the first 6 books in this series and I have to say, whenever they address each other as "Holmes" or "Russell" in that specific voice, I kind of just melt. I really do love them and Sterlin's characterization of them through her narration.

Also, it's an intelligent series; when you're done you actually feel like you might have just finished a classic or something like that. I'm not an obsessed (not a negative connotation here) Sherlock Holmes fan. I have read a few of the Conan Doyle stories, seen a few of the movies, and I will say, I am in love with the BBC tv series Sherlock with Cumberbatch and Freeman. This book and series remind me of why I love the tv show so much, which is because it gives you a more human version of Holmes and all the characters that are associated with the original franchise.

I would definitely recommend this book and also the series to anyone that just loves those warm, nerd fuzzies that come from reading/listening to a satisfying and intelligent book.

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Atmospheric alternate-take on vampires

Revisado: 05-12-14

I really enjoyed this audiobook. The narrator was wonderful, he performed each of the characters in a distinct voice and the main antagonist voice was really eerie. And his narrator voice was great. Overall, I just loved his performance, and I couldn't imagine this story without his voice.

The story itself wasn't anything super special, but it was very enjoyable and it had a slightly different take on vampire lore than usual. The setting, the descriptions of the south and the river and the narrator all came together for me to make this one of my favorite listens in awhile.

I would definitely recommend giving this one a try.

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Didn't catch my interest

Revisado: 02-20-14

Almost all of the reviews I read for Doc were 4 stars or above, everyone seems to love this book but me.

I really liked the premise and the first third of the book was promising, I felt like the author was setting up an intriguing story, but it just never took off. The last third of the book read like just more set-up and it didn't ever get off the ground for me.

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A one-man show!

Revisado: 02-05-14

I would definitely recommend this audiobook to anyone, whether you've seen the movie or not, or have even read the book before. The story and characters are classic of course; But John C. Reilly's narration is a veritable one-man show. He does an amazing job giving voice to each of these characters. There were even a few parts during his narration of the group therapy sessions that I teared up a little it was so emotional!

I hope Reilly decides to make narration part of his regular repertoire.

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Name-dropping history book (in a good way)

Revisado: 01-16-14

This is exactly the type of name-dropping history book that I like to read. The author goes through a condensed biography of both Irving Berlin and Woody Guthrie (he puts a little more detail into the Berlin section and you can tell he really loves Berlin and his music). He also goes through a condensed history of early popular music and does some song and composer name-dropping.

The PDF mentioned on the audiobook cover was not included, but after emailing Audible customer service, they have since added it, so that's a great little addition with the song lyrics and a list of recommended listening.

I love all kinds of music and popular culture history and I thought this book was really interesting. I definitely enjoyed it and would recommend it to fans of pop. music/culture history.

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Loved Gaiman's narration!

Revisado: 12-24-13

This was my first Neil Gaiman audiobook and I was not disappointed. I so enjoyed his narration that I didn't want the book to end. It's just one do those story/narration combinations that does the job so well that it puts you in a different world while you're listening.

I would definitely recommend and I really look forward to listening to more of Neil Gaiman.

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Richard Armitage's voice!!!

Revisado: 11-17-13

I bought this only because Richard Armitage was the narrator. I love his work and was excited to hear him read this. I was blown away by the number of voices he creates for all the characters. I wasn't expecting that, but he's wonderful. This version is abridged so it's not ideal, but it's definitely worth it just to hear Armitage's performance.

Definitely recommend.

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