Anne

Baby version. Very short story of the cod.

Revisado: 08-25-24

A real disappointment. I’ve enjoyed Kurlansky’s books, but this isn’t worth the short time it takes to listen to it. At a little over an hour, it certainly isn’t worth a credit. Very much a surface treatment of cod. Narrator even sounded bored!

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Lackluster entry.

Revisado: 03-23-24

I rather enjoyed some of the earlier books, but no longer. Gave up on this one about halfway through. The “bad guys” were obvious almost from the moment they came on the scene. No mystery, little atmosphere, and the main characters have become boring.

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A,little disappointing, but mostly a good listen.

Revisado: 12-16-23

The best pieces weren’t the stories. The essays on Allyn and Troy, along with the concluding letter to a would-be writer, were great. The stories with Allyn were good, but I think Ngaio Marsh is seen/heard better in longer works. If you have not read any of her books and were disappointed in these short pieces, try some of her longer pieces.

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Very disappointing.

Revisado: 09-28-22

I was delighted to see a new title that wasn’t a collection of short stories and I didn’t look at the length. This is not a book. It’s barely a novelette. It feels more like an intro to a novel that was born prematurely. No character development, no building suspense, just an introduction and an abrupt, disappointing conclusion. The mature Phryne appears to be too much for the author.

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S-l-o-w paced.

Revisado: 06-14-22

Rather tedious, with too much of the slogging work of following this that and the other to no avail. No one shines in this mystery.

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Go for the print version.

Revisado: 03-22-21

Truth in Reviewing: I only endured the author’s reading for 3.5 chapters. It. Was. Terrible. While the book itself may be fine, the first couple of chapters didn’t particularly impress me.

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Good listen from a book that was a good read!

Revisado: 02-07-21

Of course, it always helps to start with a good book, and Aird’s rather unusual mystery provides excellent characters in an enjoyable plot. The reader gives life to the characters, the locale, and the search for answers to solve an old mystery, as well as a modern one.

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Maybe better in print

Revisado: 11-02-19

I really expected to enjoy this book, but I found it dull and disorganized. The author calls it a “domestic history” and there is detail about household expenses and general lifestyle of royals. Unfortunately, there was precious little about how the royal households were actually organized, much less about the people who did the work to keep things running, or even those who directed those people. As a recorded book, it drags. Not because the reader did a bad job - he just didn’t have much to work with.

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I enjoy listening to these

Revisado: 06-28-19

The performance by Peter Hoskins is excellent and the stories are interesting with some humor. The author includes a good bit of background material that makes them even more interesting to me. Best mysteries? No. A good, light book to listen to, yes. Very much so.

The publishers make the point that the attitudes toward women and aboriginals were typical of the period - those attitudes can be annoying. It doesn’t spoil the books and Upfield shows a degree of admiration for Aboriginals and includes strong women in many of his casts.

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Too long

Revisado: 02-09-16

I enjoyed this book at first, but then got really tired of it. I found the two main characters interesting, and the plot seemed to offer interest. Unfortunately, the plot got stuck somewhere in the middle and the author seemed to be searching for a lead even more than her detectives. I gave up about two hours from the end when she pulled in yet another red herring.

I may try another entry in the series in print, where it's easier to skip around. I did like most of the characters, and I like the premise of the series.

Michael Page did a good job with the reading.

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