Judy

Labyrinthine plotting, excellent narration

Revisado: 08-31-24

Second installment in promising series. Voice actor expertly differentiates among numerous characters - each has his unique voice via accent, cadence, and pacing. This is how it's done.

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Mosley Lite

Revisado: 07-10-24

Formulaic, derivative, gratuitously misogynistic, and predictable.
Would return if the Audible Overlords would allow: I fell for reviewers' hype.
Save a credit by digging into your library to revisit Easy and Mouse - the originals.

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S.L.O.W.

Revisado: 08-03-22

I gave Ravenwood more than a fair shot (over four hours of my listening life I'll never get back), but the plot was thin and just didn't gel and the characters remained painfully one-dimensional, cloying and, especially among the secondary female cast members, were flat-out annoying. Audible would not honor my attempt to return this title, so I'm stuck with it, which doesn't make me like it any more.
Save your credit. This one snores.

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A real "stinker"

Revisado: 06-08-21

Maybe the least engaging, most annoying male narrator I've heard on any Audible selection - and my library contains over 1,200 titles. Distracting mispronunciations of common English words and little differentiation among characters' voices. Also, way too much excruciatingly detailed info on one main character's intestinal maladies and their resultant embarrassments and inconveniences (see headline). Ugh.
Will try to return.

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Next book...or maybe one after that

Revisado: 02-14-21

Debut works are, well, debuts. I say Ben Parris has a super future - which is hinted at in "Wade:" - I'm looking forward to his second or third work. This one's a freshman outing, with clunky exposition and awkward, self-conscious character and relationship development, but there's hope here. Please keep writing, Ben, and I'll keep reading.

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C'mon, guys: who REALLY wrote this?

Revisado: 08-24-19

Not the C.J. Box I've read for just about forever, unless it's a recent re-release of an early effort. Rookie errors in characterization (a rustic bad-guy cowboy comparing protagonist to Inspector Clouseau?), incredibly stilted dialog and a plot that meanders along for about twice as long as is really necessary - nope - can't be C.J. Box. And then there's Christina Delaine's narration (as opposed to voice acting): flat, with little differentiation among characters and tone deaf. I advise steering clear and waiting for next Joe Pickett installment..

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Softy me couldn't do it...

Revisado: 07-11-19

I'm one of those, "I'm fine, as long as the dog's OK" kinda readers/listeners, and was good with this first Chet- and-Bernie adventure for a while (knowing that Chet eventually would triumph), but there's just too much canine pathos here for this old dog softy. Am unable to read/listen to fiction depicting abused/neglected/ignored dogs, so my relatively negative rating says lots more about me than it does about Chet and Bernie - but I couldn't get through it. If Audible will allow me to return this one, I will.

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Just plain old WOW!

Revisado: 07-11-19

Louth pulls it all together here, and makes it look easy: pacing, plot, character development, dialogue - all totally spot on. Have been reading/listening to procedurals for the past 40 years, and this one rings ALL the bells. You GO, Nick Louth - am so looking forward to more from you and DCI Gillard.

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Delicious

Revisado: 06-24-19

Yep, I'm a self-avowed Vidal groupie: have read "Burr" about five times over the past 20 years and was thrilled to see Audible finally added it to its catalog. You either get Vidal or you don't: he was acerbic, exacting, scholarly, bitchy and enormously entertaining. Our politics don't always line up, but his insights into the paths by which the U.S. arrived at its current point-in-time on the world stage are spot-on. Listen carefully: rewind and review, if need be. However, you'll not consider America's Founding Fathers (and a few of its Mothers) as you had previously after listening/reading "Burr." You GO, Gore!

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MAJOR volume, production problems

Revisado: 06-24-19

I've downloaded a SLEW of episodes (OK - maybe three) in this smart, well-written series (which I love) in the hope that one of 'em will have been recorded with sufficient volume that I don't have to listen to it in a flippin' cloister or deprivation tank to actually hear it.
C'mon, Audible: I'm blowin' credits here and could use some help: this series deserves WAY better than this production hell hole.

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