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Terrible Narration

Revisado: 05-02-21

This book might have been interesting, but I’ll never know. Less than about three minutes into it, I had to stop. The narrator mispronounced very basic words which was so distracting I had to stop. Does anyone listen to them to proof them before they are sold?
Absolutely terrible

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Great Book- Terrible Reader

Revisado: 10-31-20

This is a Wambaugh classic- I read it when it first came out and is a gritty, sometimes hilarious glimpse into the world of police officers almost anywhere. The narrator, however, was very distracting and the voice characterizations were horrible. All the white cops sounded like they were from New Jersey- this is LA, not Hoboken. Great story, loses something in the translation

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Like Listening to an Accountant Read a Phone Book

Revisado: 07-12-19

John Douglas and Johnny Dodd do a tremendous job putting this decades long story together in a manner that flows quite well. It is packed with details-many not known to the public before now-and first person interviews. It is a terrific book, with one-rather large- downfall. The reader, because it is not narrated, it is read. And poorly at that. It is like listening to an accountant read the phone book and he didn't even bother to learn how to pronounce basic words (liberry, for example), let alone less common words, like Quantico (he pronounces it KwanTEE co.). All in a boring, flat monotone. The only reason I listened to the entire book was because the story was so good. I could go on and on, but suffice it to say I hope this reader has a regular job, because this clearly isn't his thing.

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Great Story With a Cast of Thousands

Revisado: 10-09-18

This could have been a terrific story, however, it jumped from place to place and introduced 10 or 15 new characters at a time. I had great difficulty keeping track of who was who in the story.

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Terrific Book-Horrible Narrator

Revisado: 08-03-18

I could only bear book this until chapter five-it is an engrossing book, but the narrator's cadence was absolutely distracting, not to mention annoying. He sounds like a sportscaster reading for a weekly highlights film-every sentence starts out like an exciting announcement, only to be brought down to an unexpressive monotone at the end. EVERY sentence. Horrible, Horrible

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Wambaugh is GREAT- Narrator, Not So Much

Revisado: 01-12-17

Joseph Wambaugh is THE master of the LAPD novel and has been since the 70's with New Centurions. The Glitter Dome has a great cast of characters, but the narrator made them all sound like whiny dinks. The voice characterizations are lame to non existent and the narrator mispronounced simple words like "valet" and names like "Robles". Great story, terrible reader.

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