Janette A

Great story; horrible narrator

Revisado: 03-13-25

This narrator is not the right one for this story. I have the original Recorded Books version read by George Guidell. It is so much better. I couldn’t finish three chapters of this new version. The story itself is very good.

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The story

Revisado: 09-25-24

In my opinion the narrator does not do a good job with the characters’ voices. George and David are fairly good, but her voicing of Queen Meg is frankly poor (IMHO).

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A well-written story! Fun and engaging.

Revisado: 05-10-24

I like the fact that Fry is British, therefore he has the accurate speech of the trained actor he is. But I felt that how he voiced Ron Weasley was off. Ron sounded like an adult with the kind of timbre found in an older man, notj a 12 year old boy.

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Good story, poor narrator

Revisado: 01-31-24

Unlike other narrators of Brother Cadfael stories, this narrator made no effort to create different voices for the characters, it was annoying and didn’t do justice to the story.

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This is a classic Clancy thriller

Revisado: 10-11-22

I enjoyed the story which in is set a couple of years after the events con The Sum Of All Fears. I know many reviews panned the narrator. However, like a few other reviewers, I think the issues are the result of poor sound engineering. Whoever did it slowed MacDonald’s narration too much resulting in a monotone effect. As another reviewer recommended I listened to the book narration 1.5 rather then the usual normal speed of 1 and the result was effective and non-monotone. My only complaint was the narrator should have paused longer when changing scenes.

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Started a bit slow, but I really enjoyed it

Revisado: 09-01-22

As always, R.C. Bray does an excellent narration. The story is a bit slow at first but when it moves from Casimir’s back story, it speeds up. Other listeners have that Casimir sounds too much like Joe Bishop in Alanson’s Ex-Force books, but I think it is Bray’s actual voice, and no hints of a Maine accent as Hoe has. I like the humor. And while the dog provides much of that humor, he be comes a major character. And imagine having to reposing modern technology to someone from the Fourth Century!

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Excellent story; mediocre narrator

Revisado: 09-01-20

I enjoyed the story when I read it and await the follow up coming in 2021. But I did not like the narrator. He voice is pleasant, but as another reviewer noted, she was all over the place with the various accents. For example, Callum has always had a deeper voice with an accent that reflected his upper class background. Her rendition of Lily and Ieuan didn’t have the “lilt” that the prior narrator used. They didn’t sound Welsh. I hope that Laurel returns for future books in this series.

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A wonderful story!

Revisado: 05-11-18

I bought the audiobook based on a newspaper review. I am so glad I did. It is so good: funny, thoughtful, entertaining. It is a book that you can read and finish with a smile on your face and in your heart. The narrator is perfect.

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Funny and the reader is fabulous.

Revisado: 04-28-15

Not only is this book laugh out loud funny, but the NASCAR and racing part of the story are right on. Loved the reader.

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