Vanessa

Why are the chapters so confusing? Not consistent

Revisado: 11-03-17

I love Holmes and have long since exhausted ACD's canon, so I devour solid Holmesian fiction. This series elegantly incorporates, enhances and builds on the canon while gently tweaking some details. But this series is unique in the fresh inflection brought by the heroine, Mary Russell. I highly recommend this series if you are a Baker Street irregular. I also recommend it for feminists (acknowledging the issues inherent in the historical context) and anyone who enjoys historical fiction with tremendous cultural detail (Palestine/Arabia and India are examples of places this series has gone and I have several books to go!).

So, with all that praise aside, the reason I am writing this review is because the chapter breaks the listener hears from the narrator are unrelated to the chapter breaks as they appear on the screen (in the App). By the end of the book, I heard 30 chapters announced but the list of chapters I could use to navigate ended at 20. So confusing and frustrating. Within the first few chapters, the two numbering systems were already off (not matching). The App's chapter 20 included both longish and shorter chapters all crammed together. I know because the narrator told me! I listened to this book entirely on my phone/in App, but when I checked the chapter list for the book on a laptop (Audible's website), it was yet another, third chapter numbering system, which had 22 total chapters! Good heavens.

I recently finished the sci-fi comedy trilogy of the Bobiverse on Audible (which is excellent as well!). These books had many tiny chapters and each and every one was listed separately for navigation. It can be done! And of course there should be no problem with lengthy chapters... just leave them alone! So, that is my only complaint, really. I returned another book in the series for some audio problems but this is not about sound quality or skipping -- nor is it about the story quality or narration quality. I am frustrated with poor production regarding the variety of ways this audio has been chapter-ed.

That said, I am loving Audible, the Mary Russell series and almost all of the functionality of the App. Thank you.

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