Rhiana Desiree Casias

Good story, not so great narrator.

Revisado: 05-17-23

Good story, not so great narrator. The narrator did a poor job of conveying feeling, especially in that parts that really necessitated passion or high-end emotion. Really deflated the story thr author was aiming for.

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Didn't like the narration

Revisado: 07-21-21

Didn't like the narration. She made the female characters sound like five year olds...all the SAME five year olds. Story was also slow to get moving. Couldn't finish it.

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Great story, whiney narrator.

Revisado: 09-19-18

Story was great but it was a bit distracting that the narrorator always made Tess sound like whiney little girl. It is like she only had one emotion the whole book.

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Great story, but maybe a different narrator?

Revisado: 03-20-18

Loved the book, a great story and characters. However, I was having a hard time with the author as narrator. I am not sure if it's her accent or she is a mumbler, but at times (especially during high-emotion passages, such as panic or sorrow) I had to back up and relisten to what she was trying to say. I love it when authors narrate their own works, but this one made listening a bit difficult at times.

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Performance lacking

Revisado: 11-22-17

Loved the story and series, but the performance was lacking. It was difficult at times to determine which character was speaking, or if a section was inner diolog or conversational. Bring back Jennifer Ikeda!

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Started well, ended poorly

Revisado: 07-28-15

Not a fan of George Guidall. He does a poor job as differentiating characters and lacks emotion queues. The story itself was set up for potential, but it's energy petered out to less than a fizzle near the end. The closing of the story was anticlimactic and highly disappointing.

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Mediocre at best

Revisado: 06-03-15

Not as engaging as would be expected for such a horrific time in history. Jack the Ripper is a fascinating topic for me, I have even visited the White Chapel district in London and retraced the murder scenes of Jack. I was expecting a little more suspense, drama, anything! But it never came. Also, the narrator was a bit overly dramatic in his readings than what the story called for. I stopped listening 5 or 6 chapters shy of the end because I was so bored with the story and zoned out. Very disappointed.

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Meh

Revisado: 04-29-15

I love Neil Gaiman, but this was a little TOO out there for my taste. Won't be contributing the series.

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Good, but won't be continuing the series

Revisado: 04-08-15

As an archaeologist, I enjoy the Earths Children series for the authors creative interpretation of the archaeological record. The first few books in the series were good, but this book has triggered a disinterest in the series. I frequently skipped pages to fast forward through the MANY pleasure sessions shared by the two main characters. I feel like this book is the shifting point between decent historical fiction (in a way) to cheese romance. I don't think I will be continuing the series.

As far as performance, more clearly defined breaks between chapters and section breaks could be better made, but this may be an editing issue.

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Great introduction to archaeology for the general

Revisado: 01-31-15

As an archaeologist, it is both difficult and tiresome trying to explain to people what it is that I do (or don't do). This book has taken a holistic, informative, and entertaining approach to explaining the basics of archaeology. Although the author focused on sexier examples of the field (because let's face it, no one wants to read about artifact cataloging or surveying a a chicken processing plant no matter how curios they are about arch), she does a fantastic job at explaining the core values that make archaeologist love their job. I would highly recommend this book as a supplementary read in an intro to archaeology class. Performance compliments the story perfectly.

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