Wilson Edwards

Marketing meets Monotone Droll Worst Read Ever

Revisado: 12-07-20

Seth Godin is a marketing genius. However he is the most abysmal audio reader of all time. Slow doesn't describe it, he crawls through this book, with the is flat tone and mechanical delivery. You would think he could put some feeling or energy into this since this is his work. Big advice skip it.

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Geat story -awkward narration

Revisado: 05-05-18

George Christie was one of the key leaders of the Hells Angels, highly intelligent, tough character. He exposes Sonny Barger as an insecure, backbiting old man. The voice actor who reads the book just didn’t cut it for me. He sounds like a guy more comfortable as the voice of Country Fresh Lemonade or a nature film.

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Toby Stephens is no Ed Bishop

Revisado: 05-09-16

What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?

Better actors, full production elements, sound effects, and a longer less condensed version of the story.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Phillip Marlowe-however this rather amaterurish version of Marlowe doesn't work.

What didn’t you like about the narrators’s performance?

The narrator tried too hard to evoke a film noir influenced style to his read. It was not only ineffective it was style over substance. The beauty of any Chandler book is the words, the late Ed Bishop who performed these same stories in the 1970's on BBC articulated and emphasized with ease the language and attitude of Chandler. Toby has the pipes but gets lost by not understanding the context of the character. It's especially annoying with the inferior mix of audio, a lot of background bursts of voices which are mere fragments of the original production, The whole production although sharp in some sections sounds too post modern and ironic.

What character would you cut from Raymond Chandler: The Long Goodbye (Dramatised)?

That should read what actor? The gentlemen playing Terry Lennox was horiffic, sounded like a 17 year old boy. No Jim Bouton.

Any additional comments?

Unfortunately Ed Bishop has passed, and the original 1970's era actors and producers are likely not available. I admire the fact that you would take this task on and Toby is talented, but not ready to step in Ed's shoes. As for the paired down production elements and lesser actors it's a real disappointment. Instead-reissue the superior production from the 1970's. The producers should have offered the lead to Elliot Gould who besides being a great actor, is a huge chandler fan and the star of the 1973 film adaptation of the book.

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