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Short Stories At Their Best

Revisado: 01-31-25

Loved the multiple narrators, particular Frances Sternhagen. Some stories are definitely stronger than others and the mixture of horror in with other genres like sci-fi and gothic is incredibly fun. Particular favorites were The Jaunt, Mrs. Todd’s Shortcut, The Man Who Would Not Shake Hands, & Word Processor of the Gods.

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Hugh Grant an Excellent Narrator

Revisado: 12-23-24

The story is very good and I was most struck by Hugh Grant’s narration. Distinction amongst characters without being overly dramatic was a particular highlight. A really good version of a must-listen.

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Really great book

Revisado: 11-20-21

I enjoyed this book a lot. Many things mentioned by other books or shows are discussed in better detail here.

Other reviewers say they don’t like the narrator, but I enjoyed his reading.

If you like to learn about the Simpson case, I highly suggest this book.

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Terrible Narrator Makes Story Less Interesting

Revisado: 08-10-21

I love this book and was looking forward to the audiobook, but this narrator is terrible. Like others in the review section state, the narrator sounds like a high school student being forced to read a passage from an English textbook. Too bad. Maybe they will re-record it later on with a better narrator? Hope so.

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Good story, excellent narrator

Revisado: 11-04-20

Tom Mison read the story really well and in a very engaging manner. Enjoyed it over other versions I have heard.

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Loved the story—music added to it

Revisado: 06-10-20

Loved the story. I noticed that other reviewers dislike the music in the background, but I found it added to the story. I would suggest listening to the sample and seeing if you like it. If not, get the non-booktrack version. The story is worth the use of one of your credits.

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Meh

Revisado: 04-21-20

The story was pretty convoluted and overly confusing in my opinion. Narration was as good as ever, but this will not be a Poirot story I reread/listen to again.

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Love This—Please Add Other Episodes!

Revisado: 04-20-20

Love the show and having it as an audio file translates really well. I don’t feel like i missed too much from the episodes. Pleases me the rest of the episodes available too!!

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Don’t skip this story and don’t skip on Franco

Revisado: 04-17-20

I loved the story. Stephen King is a master of writing realistic characters with just hints of mystery and the supernatural about them. And having James Franco as the reader was a surprisingly good choice. Some have mentioned that he is a bit monotone, but I think that works—a lot of the story is narration. He does the characters different enough to distinguish them from another. The vocal changes between dialogue, narration, and thoughts/flashes/visions was really well done. The story was riveting and well read. Highly recommend it. I am bummed that James Franco doesn’t have more narrating credits because I would absolutely listen to him again.

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Came for the Narrator, stayed for the story

Revisado: 01-29-20

Big Donald Sutherland fan and so, despite the fact that I hated this book when we had to read it in high school, I bought it. All I can say is WOW. The story of this man’s struggle was so moving. Sutherland’s reading was perfect—grizzly and slow, careful and contemplative. A really perfect pairing. I would recommend anyone who hated this story in high school but are now adults to give it a try. If you don’t like it you can always swap it for something else, but give it a chance first.

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