Elizabeth M Venden

Different Narrator Needed

Revisado: 03-16-23

I might have enjoyed this more reading it or with a different narrator. As narrated, the characters all sound like 50+ year-old exhausted, depressed women, even the men. The story was fine, a bit simplistic, but I felt no connection to the characters, which was probably due to the poor narration.

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I can’t

Revisado: 12-17-22

I couldn’t get past the prologue. The narrator’s cadence and way of talking was so annoying that I couldn’t continue. Maybe this book is great, but I can’t listen to it.

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Left hanging

Revisado: 11-07-22

I enjoyed this book, although I never would have spend a credit on it if I’d noticed how short it is. I feel like this isn’t quite a full book. The attention to detail and fleshing out of the story is missing from this unlike the first book. It was decent and the narrator is very good, but I was left disappointed. I won’t get the next book in the series.

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Inconsistent audio

Revisado: 10-19-22

The story is compelling, but the inconsistent volume and quality of the audio (conversations, interviews) made it too difficult to listen to. I finally had to give up, because I had to constantly go back or turn audio up or down.

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Ignorant Assumptions

Revisado: 11-09-21

I am halfway through this, but had to stop and review. The creator of this podcast is so grossly ignorant of Catholicism, Catholic education, and teen psychology that it makes this hard to listen to. There’s an obvious anti-Catholic bias. He makes it sound like teaching world religions is an unusual thing. Every Catholic high school teaches world religions. He also dramatizes how frequently the church talks about the antichrist which is not a major focus in Catholic education at all. So many things that he states as fact are flat out incorrect. I guess Dungeons and Dragons is also going to be blamed for turning this kid into a satanist. This is so poorly researched compared to other Wondery podcasts that I’ve listened to.

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Authors shouldn’t read their books

Revisado: 05-02-21

I love Rick Bragg’s writing and have purchased all his books, but I can’t stay awake listening to this. I finally gave up and use it as a sleep aid. He has a great, slow, mellow voice with a great southern accent, but there’s no inflection. I will still read his books going forward, but will only listen to this when I have trouble sleeping though.

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