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Good story ok reader

Revisado: 01-21-25

I thought the reader was ok. She was not the best at making male voices sound different to each other, the little girl voice sounded like a parody and her American accent left something to be desired. I particularly found jarring every time she pronounced Parka as Parker . I think maybe they could have hired an actual american actress instead? No complaints on the story which was interesting and as good as any other from Aaronovitch.

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Great worldbuilding, fantastic reader

Revisado: 09-19-24

I’m so happy I discovered this series and can’t wait to dive into it more. The reader was fantastic and the main character very well written as well as the overall world of magic realism.

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Interesting world but repetitive and dragging

Revisado: 09-05-24

I feel like the overall story was interesting but it could have been a much shorter book. I found myself listening for the first time in 1.5 speed because I just wanted to get to it. Lots of fights and battles if you are into that sort of thing, but I don’t need so many details about fights if it doesn’t significantly advance the plot. The main character had been very well delineated in the first book yet this book goes over and over again on the same points about his psyche and his troubled past, maybe not trusting the readers memory enough? Same for other characters and issues that were repeated several times. Trust the reader more, shorten the battles and repetition. It could have been a shorter book. The reader did a good job, no complaints on that score.

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Terry Pratchett is always great

Revisado: 05-05-23

I have all of the original recordings and have been buying the new ones. So far I have loved the rereadings of the witches series but I’m not too sure about this one. It’s good just maybe not great.

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Terrible narration

Revisado: 05-05-23

I am just starting with this book so I’m not sure how much I like the story but the narration is terrible, it sounds like someone’s grandma reading a fairy tale to a very small child and the characters just sound awkward and weird. I’m sorry for Amanda Plummer but she’s a better actress than an audiobook reader.

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The reader is terrible, the topic isninteresting

Revisado: 04-25-22

I wouldn’t have minded it if either we could have heard the actual voices of the people being interviewed or maybe some actors. The author is absolutely terrible at reading and makes it really hard to get through a book that otherwise might have been interesting .

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This is about the quality of the files not the book: Skipping audio

Revisado: 10-20-20

I am about halfway through this book and the audio keeps skipping. It is skipping every few minutes, so much that it makes it hard to understand the content. The audio files must be defective since it is not the player that skips ahead but the actual audio.

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One of the best performances I have heard

Revisado: 10-20-16

Simon Vance did an excellent job. This is not an easy book to read yet his voice, his pace, his tone made it justice. It is mesmerizing, both the story and the narration are excellent.

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Great book not so great performance

Revisado: 03-10-16

The book is amazing, different from anything I read in my life. But the book sounds like it was read by a computer.

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Terry Pratchett at his best

Revisado: 12-01-15

A great Christmas story! It should become a classic. I love all stories involving the character death.

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