Kristin J. Johnson

Nostalgia made new

Revisado: 07-25-15

I had forgotten how good these stories were. Although they're full of testosterone and not the Disney versions, they make great listening. These are the myths and legends of society. Angele Masters does a great Gaelic accent, and is at her best when voicing old women and heroes.

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Fitting sweeping performance of an epic finale

Revisado: 07-16-15

Game of Thrones vs. Wheel of Time. Body count is heavy on both sides. Heroes and magic are abundant. But the struggle is for existence itself in WOT. Kate Reading and Michael Bell have to play out the whole panoply of life, death, love, hate, sa'angreal, a'dam, Seanchan and Sharran, Andor and Aiel, and Rand and Co. Michael Bell makes the lords and other men sound similar but different, while Kate Reading has a way of making most women sound as imperious as the men think they are. My favorites of the voice impressions are: Elayne, Min, Perrin, Mat, the Dark One, Thom Merrilin, Loial, Graendal, Olver, Tuon.

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Timely and socially relevant as well as a compelling story

Revisado: 07-01-15

I got the Kindle version but rarely read it after buying the Audible narration. The narrator is gifted, even at Kathy's and Colleen's voices. Kathy, Colleen, DW, John,Jakarta, and Mike Vincent are compelling characters, but the narrator makes them sing.

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Creepy paranormal horror thriller

Revisado: 05-27-15

At first I thought that Daniel Dorse's voice was too casual and world weary for the material, but it's perfect. Especially when he voices other characters. The world weariness and cynicism fit Wendover, and the unlikely hero of the tale, Freeman Mills, who is like Rick in Casablanca, if Rick in Casablanca were trapped in a home for troubled kids and a spiritual battle between good and evil.

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Footnote: Laugh, cry, collect stray animals

Revisado: 05-26-15

Mona Simpson nails the nerd coming of age genre, and the narrator's Eli voice is fantastic. Also his Hector and Boops voices.

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To make women swoon

Revisado: 05-05-15

Kudos to Mr. Armitage for being passionate yet elegant like the poetry, and to Audible for including some poems I never read before. Hat tip for including Edna St Vincent Millay!

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Prefer Nina to Landau and either to Jiri and Leo

Revisado: 05-03-15

For me, the narrator has the right wry ironic dry tone, but he seems to sympathize more with Nina than Landau. My favorite moment: a Frenchwoman who sounds more like Dr Ruth Westheimer!!

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Fascinating, collegial

Revisado: 04-28-15

Dennis Boutsikaris is magnificently collegial. The entire performance is riveting. The story is undeniably compelling. My favorite moment is reciting Ada Lovelace's correspondence. Runner up: the moments with Eckert and Mauchly. Also: blogs.

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Brilliant Portrait of sin and Art

Revisado: 04-12-15

Simon Prebble is the perfect narrator. He does fine with the voices, but it is his wry smiling cheekiness even in the most grotesque moment that embodies the spirit of Wilde.

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Titanic performance

Revisado: 04-12-15

Kate Winslet is at her best when relating the bourgeois Thursday night gatherings at the Raquins. The voices are perfect. I'm not compelled to care for anyone except Madame Raquin and sometimes Thérèse but it is a portrait of vice and Justice.

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