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Fantastic dramatization

Revisado: 10-06-24

The only thing I didn’t like was that it was unclear to me when I bought it that these are BBC produced dramatizations (great at that by the way), so they are condensed versions of the several Earthsea books, so it does feel short and plot events fly by. Still, it’s a fantastic production of the Earthsea books, TLHOD, and the last piece on the author is also great

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Caveat Emptor, listener

Revisado: 08-26-24

“Buyer Beware” is the bitter moral of this story. Ironically, buyers of the audiobook version of the novel should keep the same warning in mind.

The story has a great premise with some good bits, but middling overall among King’s vast offering. Not his best neither his worst.

However, what drove me off the wall were the very low production values. Perhaps it was recorded on a budget in the early years of audiobooks, so it almost sounds like they were experimenting with these things, and definitely no one did a final edit. I had never before encountered this puzzling use of totally jarring, unnecessarily distracting, inappropriately placed, tacky jingles, sometimes even louder than Stephen King’s narration. The audio equivalent of topping a hotdog with ketchup, mustard, and then… chocolate fudge, why not?! Also, listening to him read out loud goes from interesting to boring, as his voice can drone on at times and his range of voices is limited, not at all up to par with a voice actor’s.

For these reasons, I cannot recommend this audiobook at all. Do get the paperback if you are a Stephen King fan, but do not waste expensive credits on this cheap audiobook that brings the story down.

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