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The Narrator Mumbles!

Revisado: 01-06-25

I will try another recording of this book. The narrator mumbles the ends of the sentences. There is no way to understand him unless the volume is turned up and even then half of the story is lost.

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Narrator Ruined The Book

Revisado: 05-29-24

I believe if the book had a male narrator, and one much better than Rebecca Burns who reads in an almost monotone voice, it would have been a much more interesting story. As it was, I left with almost two hours to the story and really didn't care who done it! I couldn't listen to Ms Burns any longer.

Additionally, if you don't follow every single word, you end up wondering what the heck happened and why the characters end up in a field or a deserted mansion. Strange book and I do like MRR.

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The Narrator Ruined It

Revisado: 10-20-23

I must return the book. I found myself talking over Fiona Hill’s Joyce demanding her to stop whispering! This is terrible. Well, do take everyone’s advice and buy the print version. Why they used Ms Hill again for the fourth book after such negative reviews is beyond me.

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How Tedious!

Revisado: 10-08-23

Chapter 10. I would like to return this book but at Chapter 10, what do you do except hope it gets better. Omg, so much vomiting! This is worse than listening to the news.

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Great Story But Incredibly Bad Narrator

Revisado: 08-24-23

Who chose the gravelly, frog-in-her-throat Hilda Fay to read/narrate a Tana French book? Horrible! The accents, too! I’m not even halfway through this book and have to take breaks from listening to the narrator. Could she please clear her throat? My god. Breslin’s voice grates so much on my nerves that I could scream. Other than that … French writes so well that it keeps me listening. Maybe I’ll stop listening and purchase the Kindle version to finish it.

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So How Much Suffering Do You Want to Listen To?

Revisado: 06-17-23

You’ll know when you’ve had enough. My stopping point is the death of the bullocks. No, we cannot find imagined utopia, through religion, dreams, or wishing we had another lifehood. There’s no panacea, no free lunch, and certainly no end to man’s cruelty and ignorance. I don’t recommend listening to this. It’s depressing because it’s the world we live in. We need to try to change this world, right here, right now. Stop the pollution, stop the cruelty to animals, and take care of one another.

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Thoroughly Entertaining for Holmes’ Aficionados!

Revisado: 05-31-23

Excellent, all around! Damian Lynch is superb. Do wish some of the plot and the individual characters would have been expanded, but maybe we will learn more in subsequent stories.

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Ended Early - Narration & Accents Were Too Much

Revisado: 05-02-23

This would have been a great listen but for the annoying accents. It just go to be too much and at five hours left in the book, I had to give up. This is a shame because the story is excellent like all of Brooks’ historical novels.

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I Tried

Revisado: 11-26-22

If this story were made into a TV Mini-series, no one would watch it past the snipe-hunting scene. Inexorable boredom!

I’ve tried to read this novel, and now listen to it, at least three times, but never can get to the end. We know the end. Do we have to entertain the ridiculous lives of the privileged wealthy to understand basic human ethics and morals?

Again, I tried. And who am I to judge these people living in a life so far away and in the past? Life is short. Love is elusive. Dreams don’t come true. I think Tolstoy realized that people wear their karma on their heads!

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Returned Book Unfinished

Revisado: 08-25-22

I couldn’t listen to the narrator’s interpretation of the characters. It became so annoying! Perhaps if I would order a hard copy of the book I would appreciate it more.

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