Lorene Stilwell

Twists and turns with disappointing ending

Revisado: 06-11-24

The narrator is slowly improving. Almost consistent characterization of man characters. Supporting characters only annoyingly cartoonish half the time, found the story ending too pat and not particularly believable. Author still telegraphs the ending through last quarter of the book.

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Bad cartoonish narration makes worst story in series a disaster

Revisado: 06-09-24

I have been following the books in chronological order and this is the weakest so far in characterization and plot, These weaknesses were highlighted and made worse by the new narrator, not only can she not maintain a standard voice for the main characters, her vocal performances include shallow annoying cartoonist renditions of all the characters and stereotypically offensive imitations of Irish Chinese and Italian American accents, The most blatant example of a bad reader ruining a story I’ve encountered. A sad contrast to the subtlety and skill of Callie Beaulieu the previous narrator. I see this clown Suzanne Toran is listed as the reader for the rest of the series. If her performance continues to be this bad I may not be able to finish the series.

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Better with Daniels

Revisado: 03-20-24

The reading was rather flat it was only because the story itself was well told and moved at such a good pace that my attention was held. Mr. Daniels has obviously learned his sense of story from his decades in the theatre but it would have been so much better if he had read his story in his own voice.

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Not what I was expecting

Revisado: 08-05-20

From the description I thought this was a book about what it was like to be in prison. It was not it did depict the criminal mind with a poetic perception and intelligence. The author is gifted and extremely messed up. I did enjoy the book and hung on every word even though it wasn’t what I was looking for.

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Hilarious commentary on society

Revisado: 08-08-19

A tight well paced funny story. Wherever you work and however you fit into society- this will strike a chord.

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Authentic voices?

Revisado: 06-26-19

It is long - really long. But that’s to be expected. I just wish they had given the actual subjects the chance to read their own contributions in their own voices. It would have made it easier to listen to as only a few voices over such a long stretch can be a bit monotonous.

What I did like is they let all the different people state they’re own opinion, without editorializing. It was fascinating to hear so many contradictory perceptions of the same subject side by side and allowed the listener a depth of information not usually found.

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I miss Katherine Kellgren

Revisado: 12-31-18

The new narrator didn’t quite find the characters voices & every time she mispronounced Rannoch it made me cringe. The story as always was great fun & filled with the innocence of an earlier era

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Good story

Revisado: 12-12-18

Fun& more serious than I imagined. The bad British accents were annoying though. As a British ex-pt I would have preferred no accents. Get a British reader. Most Brit performers can do multiple regional dialects

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Better than the tv series

Revisado: 08-06-18

By following along in George Martins words I was able to get deeper into the characters minds and have a greater understanding of the world of seven kingdoms.

Roy Dotrice is a wonder as the narrator.

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Goodbye Tom Ripley

Revisado: 09-25-16

What did you love best about Ripley Under Water?

the more Ripley changes the more he stays the same: the same multi-layered characterization of the protagonist, the same mundane sociopathy, the same lucky breaks. In this last story Tom Ripley's self-absorption is more apparent than ever and the reader wonders: what is going on with his wife and her friend? why do other psychopaths fixate on Ripley? when is it all going to catch up with him? But Tom Ripley never does. He is the canniest survivor and one of the most likeable sociopath in literature. It helps us understand why and how we tolerate the sociopaths in our government, our media, and right next door.

What did you like best about this story?

the nuances of the relationship between him and his wife. and the continuing exploration of how far a man can go without a soul.

What about Kevin Kenerly’s performance did you like?

as always subtle and dead on.

Any additional comments?

I wish there were more Tom Ripley but in this last book I sensed Patricia Highsmith was tiring of him. I will have to explore more of her works. There are few of her skill.

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