Nick Danger

Terrible performances and sound.

Revisado: 08-26-24

This performance is very difficult to listen to. Some of the actors are very loud in the mix while others mumble or whisper their lines. At time the mix has distortion added to try to make it sound like you are listening to an old scratchy cassette tape - this results in an inaudible mess. The story itself is an attempt to cram every time travel paradox meme into a single story.

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Interesting story - mediocre narration

Revisado: 08-27-14

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The story started very slowly, but became interesting after the first hour or so. The book is a good exploration of memory and reality - including the natural ambiguity that arises from their interaction. E. L. Doctorow is an excellent author, but is not a very good narrator - his voice is a near monotone and he doesn't seem to be able to express the emotions necessary to bring the book alive. It was frequently difficult to tell the difference between the two speakers in the book given Doctorow's limited skill at narration. This became even more confusing because it was sometimes difficult to distinguish when the main character was talking "in the present" and when he was remembering the past. A professional narrator would have made these distinctions much clearer.

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Excellent story and Claire Danes was great!

Revisado: 08-27-14

If you could sum up The Handmaid's Tale in three words, what would they be?

Thought-provoking dystopia.

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Atwood's book is an excellent examination of a society based on religious fundamentalism. Claire Dane provided an excellent reading of the book - out of the hundreds of audio-books to which I have listened, this is the best performance by a reader that I have ever heard.

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