It's Just Me

What happened to this series?

Revisado: 01-03-21

The Knit and Nibble books have been a nice escape from the daily drudgery, as well as an inspiration to knit all-the-things when I can steal a few minutes here and there. Imagine the disappointment of reading this book and discovering that 92% of it is about the food people are eating, making, gifting for Christmas. The mystery is barely there; you have to listen closely or you'll miss the knitting altogether.

Added to these sad tidings, the performance of the reader becomes downright annoying. Her lilt at the ends of sentences becomes so pronounced at some points that I wondered if she was asking me questions rather than telling me a story. All of the character voices were the same -- using the same hesitating, choppy dialogue with the familiar questioning lilt. The narrator turned interesting, caring, and intelligent characters into stereotypes -- such a travesty.

I'm sad to see this happen to such a promising series, but I can't recommend this book, especially to those who have loved the first few in the series, as I have.

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Great Story, But...

Revisado: 11-27-20

I read this book years ago, and I enjoyed it. I downloaded it here to listen to the story again while driving, and I'm currently finishing up chapter 4. It's definitely fast-paced and interesting, just as I remembered. However, Nance should hire a reader for his books, as he's extremely difficult to follow. First, he reads too quickly and with very little emotion; he sounds like he's reading hard-boiled detective stories. He also doesn't differentiate between characters in dialogue, so that it becomes hard to figure out who's talking, especially because he blows through dialogue like a tornado. Finally, his sibilants are so pronounced that they distract the listener and detract from the whole experience. I recommend listening to the sample to see if you can deal with these issues before purchasing. I do recommend the book, though, even though I may decide to revert to finishing it via the text rather than the audio book.

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Huh

Revisado: 10-14-20

People told me this was a great book. I don't get it. It felt like a book desperately in need of an editor. The long, dull passages were much too long, and the last quarter of the book left me feeling "meh" about the book as a whole. The beginning chapters were actually great, but the book didn't live up to that greatness. I'm not sure why, after reading the ending of this book, anyone would choose to keep reading this series. It takes all kinds, I guess.

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What were they thinking?

Revisado: 03-29-20

This is an excellent story. However, the production of this audio book has much to be desired. The reader (Rifkin) is moderately okay, but his rendering of Jonas' voice is whiny and completely out of character. The worst part of this production, however, is the music that crops up here and there throughout the story, sometimes drowning out the voice of the reader. The music isn't even that great; it's melodramatic, annoying, and distracting. This would have been a much better audio book had the producers dispensed with the music and let the story stand on its own. It's a classic, and it can.

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