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A Good Use of Voice

Revisado: 07-16-24

I enjoyed the distinct voices as the narrator read. Unfortunately, the reading was filled with mis-read words that often changed the intent of the sentence or just as often made the sentence entirely bereft of meaning.
I also felt the pace of the reading was unnecessarily slow.
The story, itself, was very thought provoking from beginning to end.

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Extraordinary Narrator — Wonderful Translation

Revisado: 12-05-23

The narration was superb from beginning to end.
He made it very easy to listen and follow.
I could not ask for more. Thank you.
Edith Grossman’s translation is wonderful!

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Exquisite Reading

Revisado: 08-06-23

The narrator gave by far the most accurate rendering of any audio book I have ever listened to. It was a pleasure to appreciate her superb reading and character interpretation as well.
The writing was compelling page after page; an especial delight was reading descriptions of life in the period including small things like noting multiple daily mail deliveries.

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Inspiring, Well Told, Enjoyably Narrated

Revisado: 06-04-23

Learning so much more of Ms. Porter’s journey has left me more impressed by her than ever.
It was heartrending to hear her tell of the pain her children experienced when she felt compelled to speak openly about the failure of her marriage.
And painful to think, had she not done so, we would likely have lost her as a congresswoman.

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Compelling Story - Superb Narration

Revisado: 05-10-23

Butler develops a novel exposition on a traditional vampire theme that held me in thrall from start to end. I loved her writing, plotting and character development. I thought the novel was a thought provoking study on free will and privacy.
The narration was by far the best of all the many audiobooks I have listened to. Adenrele Ojo clearly did a lot of preparation. The accuracy of her reading and the tenor of her voice was exceptional. I am so appreciative of her effort.
I hope you enjoy the reading and writing as much as I have.

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Reading, Quite Weak

Revisado: 04-10-23

Page after page of mispronunciations. Neither the reader nor the editors took the time to see that common everyday words were pronounced correctly. It was a continual irritation and a disservice to the book, which had quite an interesting thesis which is well propounded.
A real disappointment!

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Audible Reader Takes Too Much License

Revisado: 02-05-23

It is very frustrating, listening to the story and recognizing page after page the reader is changing the authors words over and over again.
She routinely makes small, but annoying changes, for example résumé becomes CV. Many small changes like that.
Worse, she adds words and occasionally drops words. Sometimes she adds an entire sentence and is entirely comfortable completely reworking a sentence.
She changes names of things like a movie theater and people.
It’s distracting and disheartening to feel the reader believes she knows better how something should be written than the author.
And all, it made it hard to listen.

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A Pollyanna View of Climate Change

Revisado: 01-13-23

A story about what could come to pass if people and events colluded to turn around the rapid warming of our planet.
There was impressive creativity in the story development, but the storyline itself felt terribly weak.
The reading was generally very good, but for quite a number of mispronunciations, small changes of words from the written text, and, at least, one occasion, of a sentence left out entirely. All of this suggested that not much attention was paid to reviewing the recording for faithfulness to the text.

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Living in Two Worlds

Revisado: 12-11-22

The essays reveal in very personal terms the pain and suffering of exchanging a birth land for a new home.
The reading of Ms Kay is quite smooth and assured. It has been a pleasure to listen as she read. I especially appreciate how well she read non-English expressions. Thank you.

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An Intimate Journey

Revisado: 11-10-22

An extraordinary telling of a life’s journey along a surprising path. Hannah invites us to see inside the world of an autistic and in a manner we might normally never have access to. It feels unbelievably intimate and engaging. I will be forever grateful.

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