KimH

Great listen!

Revisado: 09-28-20

I usually listen to audiobooks while doing other things like cooking or housework and my attention can wander. Not with this book! Easy to follow and great storytelling.

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Enjoyable story, mediocre narration

Revisado: 09-20-20

The Coffeehouse Mysteries series is an enjoyable way to pass some time. Great snowy afternoon binge. I’ve learned about coffee and cooking through these books - you can practically smell these scenes. I make pasta sauce recipe (I think in book 1). I picked this one at random for my first Audible version. The narration was fine but not particularly engaging, and I think Claire’s ex-mother-in-law is from France but seems to have a British accent here?

I think I’ll stick to the print/Kindle version unless a long afternoon of baking is ahead of me.

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I love her words, but this delivery not so much

Revisado: 09-19-20

Audiobooks fit my life better these days, but in this instance I’d prefer to read with my eyes and let my brain give RBG a voice. The narration seems so stiff. It’s not terrible, just not working for me the day after RBG’s death.

The author is very lucky to have had these experiences and I thank him for sharing.

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Returning this Title -Didn’t Even Make it Through the First Half

Revisado: 09-18-20

I enjoyed Edinburgh Twilight. It was way too long and the performance was a little over the top at times, but you could at least follow the story because the narrator gave the characters fairly distinct voices. And he did a decent job on the female characters, not like some others.

In contrast, the narration in Edinburgh Dusk sounds pretty much the same whether he’s reading character dialog or descriptive scenes. It took too much focus to figure out whether this was DI Hamilton talking or any other character. I dozed off and woke up just in time for the very disturbing child molestation scene.

This narrator is much better suited for nonfiction than anything requiring a dramatic reading. I was not drawn into the plot, could not follow the action, and just don’t care about the story enough to finish this book. It’s not worth it to me and I will return this for something else.

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Better when read yourself

Revisado: 12-08-19

Sadly, I enjoyed this much more when I read it myself. The audiobook performance was a little flat. But if you don’t have the time to read, it will still be enjoyable if you can pay attention.

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Major disappointment

Revisado: 10-08-19

The narration was awful and the story was just ok. Couldn’t tell the male characters apart, they all sounded like Chris from the other books., and she made no effort to approximate accents, pronunciation, or personality established in the earlier books.
The storyline, especially Marcus’ backstory was stuck in 1st gear for more than half the book. I went from liking Phoebe to just wanting her to die and be gone.

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