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A fun listen!

Revisado: 10-19-19

I enjoyed listening to this book - lovely story and nice narration (other than an annoying American accent). I can’t believe anyone found the ‘erotic’ tales offensive! They are pretty tame stuff that move the story along.

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Lengthy but entertaining listen

Revisado: 10-10-19

This is a retelling of the Arthurian legend - it is actually several books combined (quite a deal!). Excellent narrator and entertaining story as long as you enjoy fantasy. The narrator (Davina Porter, who also superbly narrates the "Outlander" series) is a huge plus. If you enjoy lengthy, well-narrated tales featuring strong women (yes!), this is a read you will enjoy.

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Read this book, but don't listen to it

Revisado: 06-14-19

This is wonderful read; the narrator, however, is awful. Every American accent (women, men, all races, all ages) sounds like a whiny boy from Jersey. I couldn't take any more! A fantasic book to read - unless the next book is entirely devoid of American characters, I hope either there's a different narrator or the narrator makes no attempt at accents.

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Read this book, but don't listen to it

Revisado: 06-14-19

This is wonderful read; the narrator, however, is awful. Every American accent (women, men, all races, all ages) sounds like a whiny boy from Jersey. I couldn't take any more! A fantasic book to read - unless the next book is entirely devoid of American characters, I hope either there's a different narrator or the narrator makes no attempt at accents.

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Interesting life of Clementine, but ....

Revisado: 06-14-19

This is an interesting listen. The author spends a bit too much time on how Clementine looked, and likes her subject a bit too much, leaving the listener to conclude the Winson was a bit of dunce. Of course he wasn't, but there's very little discussion of choices he correctly made (unless they were choices she suggested).

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A fun listen

Revisado: 06-14-19

This book isn't a life changer, and the mystery aspect is thin, but it's a fun listen. The two main characters are witty and the narrator's voice is lovely.

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Dull listen

Revisado: 04-26-14

What would have made Elegance of the Hedgehog better?

I read the prior reviews and gave this a chance, but the characters had no personality traits beyond self-satisfaction with their towering intellects. I listen while on long walks, so depend on books that have some plot or interesting characters. It doesn't matter to me if they are novels, or biography, or history, but they do need to be well written and interesting. While this may have been well written, it was so pedantic that I moved on to another book after chapter 6.

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

There were some useful observations made by the characters, but they didn't push the characters or the action forward.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 08-28-10

After completing both Pillars of the Earth and World Without End, I was looking for something epic, well narrated, with interesting characters. I read other Audible reviews that referenced back to the "Outlander" series. I was hooked from the beginning. Davina Porter's narration is perfect, whether she's voicing Claire, Jamie, or any of the other characters, major and minor, male or female. Claire is a witty, 3 dimensional character and the story is highy entertaining and engrossing. I would highly recommend both this book and the series.

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A great find

Revisado: 08-28-10

I was drawn to this book because it was read by John Lee and it was on sale! I kept putting off its reading and found the first part (pre-prison) to be frustratingly predictable. The remainder of the book is worth it, though. As one reviewer noted, it appears Dumas was paid by the word; but that just serves to prolong the pleasure. Fans of Pillars of the Earth, World Without End, and other epic unabridged novels will enjoy listening to this book. John Lee never disappoints, and his narration is perfect.

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Humorous and quick read

Revisado: 09-07-09

I could listen to John Lee read a menu and be entertained. This is a darkly humorous look at modern India (I have no way to judge its accuracy) and the neverending politics of wealth. I didn't really understand why it was written as a sort of "letter," but that wasn't particularly distracting.

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