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Horrible Narration but Good Story

Revisado: 06-25-17

What did you love best about The Case of the Velvet Claws?

Classic whodunit.

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Cendese is the single worst narrator I've heard. I've listened to several Perry Mason's now.
His choice of voices are normal, Kentucky Colonel, bad Jimmy Stewart impersonation, mob muscle thug, breathless airhead female and a couple of others. All except "normal" are extreme and usually the voice does not go with the character. The judge might get the mobster voice, and Paul Drake usually gets the high pitched breathless voice. He totally misses the subtle voice changes for different characters used by other narrators.

That said, I've listened to several and keep listening. I just accept that Perry Mason in general is formula, campy and anything but deep literature, and try to ignore the narration. Cendese also improved (some) as the series progressed.

Bottom line. The stories are fun and worth listening too, just accept crappy narration as part of the package.

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Clear Summary of the Evidence For Evolution

Revisado: 05-07-16

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This book presents the evidence in support of the Theory of Evolution clearly and concisely. This book should be read (listened to) by anyone who wishes to understand evolution and the facts that support it.

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Fun

Revisado: 01-31-16

Fun and lighthearted. This is one of the best Mrs. Pollifax stories. Definitely not serious literature.

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Horribly Bad Narration

Revisado: 05-31-15

How did the narrator detract from the book?

This narrator gave the elderly Mrs. Pollifax the voice of a silly high pitched young girl. Awful. Simply awful, Other books in the series were read by the excellent Barbara Rosenblat with an appropriate intelligent, humorous, lower pitched voice. Listening to this after the others in the series was like listening to finger nails on the chalk board. It is as if instead of trying to complete a series by using similar narration, the new narrator tried to be as different as possible from the previous narrator. Unfortunately, since the previous narrator was excellent, this means this narrator was bad in every possible way.

This book should be rerecorded by Ms. Rosenblat or some other competant narrator. The story itself is typical Mrs. Pollifax, with typical coincidences and escapes. Mrs. Pollifax fans will enjoy the story.

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