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Boring

Revisado: 10-17-23

I thought I would hear accounts of all of Weinstein's crimes. Instead,, it is a litany of details on how all the execs at NBC were terrified of this fat blowhard. The worst part, however, is Farrow's attempt at accents which are simply laughable, comical and ridiculous. Perhaps, because he's Woody's and Mia's son, he thinks he's especially talented or something. I have no idea but someone should have told him he was making a complete fool of himself. Also, he claims to be a writer. Does a real writer not know that "wreaked" is not a word?! My god. The word is "wrought," Ronan. Learn it. He mentions a few of my friends in this book and misrepresents them terribly. I cannot take this guy seriously.

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Narrator hard to understand. Slow moving.

Revisado: 08-03-23

Hard to understand Asian narrator. there are better books out there on this same subject.

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Bad narration

Revisado: 04-11-23

Of course, Israel Keyes' story is a good one for us crime buffs but this book is very hard to listen to because of the narrator. Many mispronunciations and he has this style of saying a few words... then a pause (in the most peculiar palces) and then a few words...and then a pause, etc. He repeatedly says "Keyeses" when dealing with the possessive, instead of plain old "Keyes," as it should be. But the pauses are the most annoying aspect here. Don Kline's massacre of the text was so distracting, it made what should have been a really riveting book a chore to get through. It's one of the worst narrations I've ever heard.

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Awful narrator

Revisado: 03-25-23

I thought this was going to be a story about N. Korean prison camps. Sadly, it's not that but still a good story. The problem is the narrator. For some odd reason, whenever she's quoting someone in the story, she SCREAMS the text. Like when she speaks in the voice of the author, she's fine but as I said, in certain parts of the story, she simply shouts for no particular reason. It's VERY strange. I like to listen to audiobooks as I go to sleep and with this one, she keeps waking me up with her yelling. Really, really unpleasant. I will NEVER get another book with this bizarre narrator!

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Narrator makes so many mistakes

Revisado: 03-17-23

This is a really riveting story and kept my attention, no problem BUT the narrator. Oh my gosh. Says "prostate" instead of "prostrate." Says "exscaped" instead of "escaped" about 25 times. He says "quirrel" (rhymes with sqiuirrel) instead of "quarrel."
And he speaks like an automoton, accenting really weird word choices-- "someone he went to school WITH." It's just odd and very distracting. The mispronunciations are the worst though. LIke once or twice, you can forgive but this happens so many times, I lost count. There's also a mistake where the same fraction of a sentence is repeated twice--he didn't check his recording well enough. I'll never buy another book narrated by this guy.

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Love this book!

Revisado: 08-23-22

This book is wonderful and goes into great detail about what these children and the other victims endured. People here have complained about the detailed account but I think it needed to be written that way so we could see what monsters these parents really were. I usually don't like women narrators but Karen Peakes tries to do a really good job of doing men's voices, children's voices, etc. She pulls it off most of the time and an "A" for effort! Her intonations are spot on--and can be frightening--which is exactly what you want in a book like this. Also, it's pretty obvious she read the whole book before narrating it. I was quite impressed with her and now, will buy other books she has narrated.

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Not so good

Revisado: 08-23-22

The only kind of books I listen to are true crime books, so I have a lot of experience with them. This one is laughable at times. One of the funniest phrases was "dead corpse" and another, the word "strangulated." LOL Which, of course, is not a word. Anyway, the story is interesting just because of the killer's sheer number of victims but the narration--OMG. The guy talks in little bursts of three or four words, using very strange inflections. It's so distracting, you can barely focus on the story! The man is in need of serious elocution lessons. Do NOT buy a book with this guy (Michael Goodrick) narrating. Trust me. If you want an amazing reader, look for books narrated by Kevin Pearce. I buy books solely based on his involvement with them. He's that good.

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Ridiculous

Revisado: 05-01-21

Stories that were without credibility. Had a hard time slogging through it. Sorry I bought it.

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Not wild about the narration

Revisado: 08-15-18

I really liked this book but the narrator, I felt, didn't read the lines in the natural way a kid would say them. He's great with the different voices, however! But yah, I found him distracting and sometimes, I'd be thinking about him instead of what was going on in the story! That shouldn't happen. And where's the chapter with the mummy?! Audible? What's your answer to this? Maybe we should all get a partial refund since part of the book is missing!

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