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Liked the story but narration could be better

Revisado: 11-30-24

Did not like the female voice talent’s narration of this book. Had a weird cadence and was a bit singsong. Liked the story enough to bear with it.

The male narrator sounded better.

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Narration cadence too clipped

Revisado: 08-03-24

Could not get into this but pushed myself to finish it anyway. The narration felt clipped with phrases delivered almost in the same hurried/staccato cadence. It was strange because the narrator’s delivery of dialogue was good. But the main narration just kept flying past me.

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Terrible narration :(

Revisado: 11-24-23

This was hard to listen to. I could not get through even half of the first book in this bundle. The frenetic, high-pitched screechy voice is unpleasant and difficult to follow. The “woe-is-me” tone used for one of the characters makes the character sound so inane. :( I should’ve tried a sample first

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Took some will to continue

Revisado: 10-22-23

Did not enjoy the narration and I almost did not continue past the first two chapters. Took several restarts and I managed to get to a part that became interesting to me and I finished it. Story was ok, a bit predictable.

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Love the short story format

Revisado: 08-30-23

This was perfect for my jogs - snackable urban fantasy stories with a likeable main character.

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Different narrator from first two

Revisado: 08-22-23

Didn’t notice that the narrator was changed for this book before I downloaded it. Just realized it as I was listening. The new narrator isn’t bad, but I found the first one to have more charm in his accent.

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Too much coffee, not enough mystery

Revisado: 11-28-20

Really wanted to like this, as I like coffee and coffee shops and cozy mysteries. But the story went past the 60% mark without any significant movement in the plot. Most of the mystery elements were dropped towards the last 30% of the book. The writing gave me the impression that it was trying to impress readers with the sheer volume of coffee and New York facts. It felt very heavy handed and sort of elitist, and trying too hard to drive coffee obsession down the reader's throat. I wish this first book had been part of the Audible Plus library so I didn't have to spend a credit on it.

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A satisfying conclusion

Revisado: 04-13-18

A satisfying conclusion to a wonderful series. Love all the patient set-up of details that lead to this book. I’m glad to have bought the actual (deadtree) books as well. It was such a pleasure to listen to this while reading the book and looking at the illustrations :)

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Another enjoyable case

Revisado: 02-27-18

I enjoyed this despite what I think is a lack of twists. But the story being woven around real events, I found the narrative very interesting.

However I believe there was a slip in the recording— particularly in the assignment of accents. Anderson had a wonderful Irish accent until before the final chapter when suddenly he had an English accent. It confused me for a moment. But otherthan this small detail, I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this.

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