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Good Story. Poor Narration

Revisado: 04-07-18

Would you consider the audio edition of Purple Cane Road to be better than the print version?

No.

What didn’t you like about Nick Sullivan’s performance?

If you're going to imitate a regional accent, at least get someone with that accent to coach you or review your final product. Way to many instances of repeatedly mispronouncing local words, places and names and also of pronouncing common words the way they are spelled rather than the way they are pronounced by the vast majority of people. Sullivan appeared to at times get confused between a Cajun accent and Jamaican, maybe only spending time in New Orleans (with many accents; very few of which resemble the rest of south La.) rather than true Cajun country. Also, he would use a thick accent for a character in one sentence, then no accent at all for that same character a few sentences later - a definite sign of either laziness or complete lack of review by anyone editing the recording.

Any additional comments?

Aside from a couple of very minor technical inconsistencies, story was good enough to overcome the previously-mentioned narration shortfalls.

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Didn't meet my expectations for Tom Hanks

Revisado: 01-07-18

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Hanks' performance seemed to vary by story - sometimes good, frequently sounding disinterested and sometimes even sounding like it was his first time reading the story.

Any additional comments?

I'm a big fan of Tom Hanks movies and generally thought every thing he touched was gold (even his involvement w/the WWII museum in N.O.). This book and the narration did not meet those expectations. Like the narration, the quality varied by story. Some of the stories were interesting and helped me pass time on several long drives. However, there were several misses. I will probably move on to another book before finishing this one.

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Annoying narrator

Revisado: 06-29-11

Tip: listen to this at 1.5 or 2x speed. This helps alleviate the reader's annoying drag.

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Should be required reading

Revisado: 06-12-11

Excellent book. This was my first Sowell book and I will definitely be reading more of his works. Unique, objective way to look at the fundamental differences between core visions that helps explain the polarization of political and social philosophies throughout the ages. I think this book will be as relevant a hundred years from now as it is today. This book should be required reading for anyone to be able to vote.

Only problem with the audio version might be that it made me think so much as I was listening that I frequently lost focus on listening and was constantly rewinding. Made it through the audio version and am now reading a hard copy to see what I missed.

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Badly Scratched Record

Revisado: 11-09-10

Literally hundreds of "skips" throughout the entire recording, usually occurring every 1 or two minutes. I should have paid attention to prior reviews. Based on the fact that this recording is still available after those reviews, there is obviously no quality control from either audible.com or Blackstone. Save your credit until this is replaced with an updated version.

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Good, but a lot of filler

Revisado: 10-23-10

It seems that the publisher pushed for this to be a certain minimum length. The first four and half chapters are filled with repetition and often seemed like an info-mercial - filled with teasers about what they were going to tell you later, but very little real insight. These chapters could have easily been condensed into one introduction section, maybe 15 minutes max.

Beginning near the end of Chapter 5, the content became useful and I gained more insight than I had on a different voice training cd I listened to years ago.

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