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Not as good as usual but still okay

Revisado: 04-07-18

What did you like best about The Black Cat? What did you like least?

I read this when it first came out and I didn't remember not liking it as much as I thought. The story had some of our usual favourite characters, but still not enough to make this a great story.

What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

The animals talking to each other and having such an impact on the story was just cringe-worthy.

I've like her occasional uses of animals in the past, but this was just over the top.

What didn’t you like about John Lee’s performance?

Ruthven is pronounce Riven not Rooth-ven!!! Grimes even makes a big deal of this mispronunciation in many of her earlier novels.

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I don't understand the love for Kate

Revisado: 09-16-17

Would you recommend Less Than a Treason to your friends? Why or why not?

Not now that I've read/listened to the whole series...it's too much of the same thing.

Any additional comments?

I don't understand the love for Kate Shugak either by all of the other characters or by the readers. I found very little evidence in the books that she's earned it. She's not nice, treats people like crap and just does her own thing with very little regard for anyone else. And she's always right. Yes, we know that she's beautiful beyond belief (although she just doesn't know it - sigh) and that she can have sex anywhere, anytime and in the most incredible positions. Also sigh. Oh, and with a single look from under her eyelashes, she makes every man weak in the knees. She's also one of those annoying people who think her dog has a right to be everywhere.

In this book she runs away - again - and everyone thinks that's just fine. Adults don't deal that way - selfish teenagers do.

What's kept me reading and listening for all of the books (although, for me this is the last one) is that I like a lot of the other characters and the descriptions of daily life - historically and present time - has been well-told and interesting. It's not enough for me anymore.

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Narrator can't get Perez's name right

Revisado: 09-16-17

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Sure it was an interesting story and I enjoyed most of the characters.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

There were a few issues around the fact that this book is based in Scotland and the narrator is English, but beyond that I found myself correcting him every single time he mispronounced the main character's name...that's just the worst in an audio book. His pronunciation of Perez was pathetic and annoying and detracted from the book for me in a very big way.

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I like these stories but...

Revisado: 08-02-16

What made the experience of listening to The Confession: An Inspector Ian Rutledge Mystery the most enjoyable?

I really can't stand Simon Prebble's Scottish accent - it's awful.

What three words best describe Simon Prebble’s performance?

Generally good, just can't do a Scottish accent at all (I know, more than 3 words!!)

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New narrator not bad, but...

Revisado: 06-25-16

Any additional comments?

it drove me nuts that he kept say "C - S - I - S" instead of "See-Sis" which is how we actually say it in Canada. We don't spell out the acronym at all. With all of these books set in Canada, it made me wonder why someone didn't correct him.

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