Lawrence J Binding

The narrator is terrible

Revisado: 02-01-16

What would have made Occupied Earth better?

I love audiobooks and 99 times out of 100, the narrator is terrific. But I am about a third the way through the second story and I have to say that the male narrator makes my teeth ache. It's like fingernails on a chalkboard. Listening to this guy (Michael Hinton I guess) narrate an book is like listening to a high schooler trying ever so hard to earn an A with C- capabilities. His cadence is terrible. He tries to switch accents (British)...and it's cringe-inducing. But most aggravating is his inability to pronounce the letter "T" when it is in a word ("better" is pronounced "be'er" or "but if" is pronounced "bu'if". It just completely ruins the story. He does it over and over and over. This is the first time I have reviewed an audiobook truth be told. I am usually very happy and almost always proceed to the next great listen. BUT I HAD TO WARN YOU. Steer clear of this narrator.

Has Occupied Earth turned you off from other books in this genre?

No. Just the male narrator.

Would you be willing to try another one of Elise Arsenault and Michael Hinton ’s performances?

Not Hinton..or should I say Hi'on.

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

No idea...the narrator kills the story for me.

Any additional comments?

Do not have Hinton narrate any more Audible books.

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level 26: Brilliant narration

Revisado: 09-01-11

This is a story that breaks new media ground, as it's billed as the first-ever digi-book. It's beautifully narrated and extremely well crafted. If you do download the audio book, make sure that when you listen you have pen & paper handy or a voice recorder so that when the passwords for the cyber bridge links are spoken, you can get them down for future reference. The cyber bridges are password-coded links to mini-movies that expand on parts of the book. I will definitely download book two. Funny thought; I wonder if reading the book would have been as interesting as listening to the narration. John Glover really does a masterful job of capturing all character voices, especially Sqweegel...and reads at perfect pitch and pace.

I really enjoyed this. Hope you do to.

Oh, by the way...this book is not for the squeemish. Extremely violent, depraved and laced with every four-letter word you can imagine.

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