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Good book, dry performance

Revisado: 09-16-22

The story was excellent but the read was dry and monotone. It often sounded like a child was reading in the way punctuation was ignored and pauses at inappropriate places. The reader sounded depressed and uninterested. The good part is the story carries itself so you forget the horrible reader.

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Disturbing world of Drugs

Revisado: 06-11-21

The book was interesting enough, it's an old book told at a different time but a lot is still relevant. The story keeps you in engaged but three are soft vet disturbing parts and acts. Be prepared for very explicit disgusting acts of human depravity.

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Not what I expected

Revisado: 02-13-20

The book seemed unfinished, there were stories left undone and untold. The reader was distracting, he over pronounced words and under inflected tones. It was difficult to finish but I was waiting for it to get better.

I saw the movie many years ago and though it was harsh and tragic it was better than the book, oddly enough. I chose the book because I thought I would get more of the back story but that was not the case they were totally mismatched.

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Great imagining

Revisado: 06-07-19

I've read a couple of historic time travel books, some done well, some ok and some not so well. This was perhaps one of the best I've read. You can't overthink the time travel paradigms or you'll never read on...take it at face value and enjoy the story. Stephen King knocked it out the park with this one.

The narration was spot on and the history (and "history") was terrific. Just an all around good read about a subject that still has people talking today over 50 years later.

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How an audio book should be done

Revisado: 06-07-19

The story was riveting from the very beginning and the performance made it even better. It was much better than I thought it would be and I was truly attached to all the characters. A fully immersive experience.

You'll laugh and cry and be angry from one moment to the next. Loved it!

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Whiny and unrealistic

Revisado: 06-07-19

I haven't finished the book and I'm not sure I'll be able to but I wanted to capture my initial observations. Though the narrator is a good reader, as reading goes, he's not a very good narrator. The voices don't fit the characters, I know that's subjective, but it's hard to distinguish the characters. And his 'Southern Belle' accent is way off. It takes away from the listening experience. And he does this pause after every period, it makes for choppy stiff dialogue.

I do like the question the book attempts to answer or raise...Christains justifying owning slaves, in the name of saving them. I think th he writing lacks real depth, but it is a hard subject to write about honestly. JMHO!

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couldn't finish the book

Revisado: 01-23-19

I've been a Stephen King reader for many years and I just started listening to audibles in the last few years. As with The Wind in the keyhole this one was difficult to listen to. I didn't realize it was Stephen King until I started it and I'm like oh my God that sounds like Stephen King narrating. As other people have said he is great on paper and a great story weaver but he is horrible at narrating please leave that to the people who have a talent for it. I couldn't finish the book it's so hard to follow and stay with just because he's absolutely boring, you get lost in the narration and forget the story.

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Not like other books

Revisado: 12-04-16

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

It got me through my commute, but it would've been a waste otherwise.

Would you ever listen to anything by Anne Rice again?

I love the old Anne Rice stories, so yes I would hoping to rekindle the love I had for her books.

What didn’t you like about Simon Vance’s performance?

The accents seemed disingenuous and forced. It was hard to dechiper them even though they were recognizably different. I know that sounds strange, but true.

Did Prince Lestat inspire you to do anything?

No

Any additional comments?

I was excited when I saw the Chronicles were being continued, but disappointed when I listened to the book...very contrite and overly superficial.

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Again narrator didn't fit the character

Revisado: 05-26-16

What did you like best about this story?

The story, the historical elements

How could the performance have been better?

A better narrator. The voice was too tame, too refined to fit the character.

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Great story, horrible narrator

Revisado: 05-26-16

What made the experience of listening to Death of Kings the most enjoyable?

The story alone. It was hard listening to this unenthusiastic narrator. His mispronunciation of words was extremely annoying. It always took a moment to realize what or whom he was speaking of.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Stephen Perring?

Johnathon Keeble hands down. ALL the other narrators left much to be desires

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If the narration had been better I would say yes, but it was hard just getting through the book at all. I was so caught up on the narration that I often had to rewind to hear parts again.

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