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A flat re-telling

Revisado: 12-30-24

The story is timeless and full of emotion, but Hugh Grant gave it very little emotion.

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 charming characters in narration

Revisado: 03-13-24

I particularly enjoy Agatha Christie stories, which include both Poirot and Ariadne Oliver.  Hugh Fraser’s narration is excellent. His Ariadne Oliver is hysterical and he nails Poirot.

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Narration was irritating and pompous

Revisado: 03-09-24

It is a PD, James novel, so it is worth reading. But for her last Adam Dalgliesh story, it is a shame that it was more predictable than any of her other novels. And the ending was full of asides with minor characters, when, as a listener, I would much have preferred a little more time spent with Adam and his future.

The narrator was very difficult to listen to. Many of her hard consonants were so painfully piercing that they hurt my ears. All of her men’s voices were extremely stilted and emotionless, the men sounding as if they were in pain. Adam Dalglish was extremely unappealing . it is a shame that the previous narrator was not available. I will not listen to this again, although I would if a different narrator was available.

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 As much psychological study as mystery

Revisado: 01-09-24

PD James always wrote beautifully, but this book has reached an extreme of psychological character studies. We are told much more of what is going on in the characters’ minds then we hear of action. It becomes exhausting. The narrator is usually good with characters, but in this book, she has chosen a particularly bloodless, flat voice for Dalglish. 

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I love the gang

Revisado: 11-13-23

So much tenderness, so much humor, and a bit too much in the murder count. I did prefer the previous narrator. This woman is good, but she tends to let a couple of the voices fade away indistinctly. And we do want to recognize our characters from the previous book. I’m sorry to hear that Richard Osman will not be writing another Thursday murder club book for a while.

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Jim Dale is wizard!

Revisado: 01-11-23

Jim Dale’s reading of the Harry Potter books is the best available audio listening. His characterizations are spectacular.

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Anthony Horowitz, bring on more!

Revisado: 01-07-23

I watched “magpie murders“ on TV before listening to the audiobook. They were two very different experiences. I loved the additional characters and plot twists in the book. I highly recommend it!

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Heartwarming stories, beautifully read!

Revisado: 06-30-22

I have read the James Herriot books several times and listen to them at least twice before, but they never grow old. Christopher Timothy is superb. However, in transferring this book to audible there were a couple of dozen glitches: times when the audio track would repeat the previous two or three seconds of narrative. There isn’t any missing text, the narrative just stutters every now and then.

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Witty, fast moving, poignant, and splendidly acted!

Revisado: 08-15-21

This live recording of William Nicholson’s play is far more moving— and funny!—than either of the movie versions I have on DVD. I have read many biographies of CS Lewis, and this play, although it creates a couple of composite characters, is truer to the picture I have learned to make of C S Lewis and Joy. Martin Jarvis and Harriet Harris truly are splendid.

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Vintage Mary Stewart with special appeal to horse lovers

Revisado: 07-05-21

A very pleasant story, just enough suspense, with a lovely descriptions of Austrian countryside and loving descriptions of the Lippizaner horses. I found the narrator’s tone to be rather flat, with no appreciable difference between one character and another, although she was very easy to understand.

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