Jane Perkins

Love the Dolby

Revisado: 03-28-25

This short story is very unlike Dickens and had I listened without knowing who wrote it, I would have guessed it was Poe. The original music and the sounds make the experience more atmospheric. I believe anyone would enjoy this.

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Unexpected ending!

Revisado: 01-01-25

I thought I knew what was going to happen, but got a double surprise. And an unexpected ending. I don’t dare say nothing else less I give something away. I think I may have to read this again some day.

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I hate virtual voice

Revisado: 11-27-24

I’ll never again listen to a book narrated by virtual voice. There is no emotion and a few words were even mispronounced.

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A nice story with mystery

Revisado: 11-14-24

First of all, pay no attention to the reviews that say the narrator has a lisp. She does not. I think they want the name of the heroine to be Althea but it is Alethea, which probably makes them think that is a lisp when pronounced properly. I enjoyed the mystery part of the story and how it unfolds. Not your usual romance story.

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Plodding

Revisado: 07-16-24

Way too long. I listened on my iPad in bed so I could skip many portions when I fell asleep. This story could have been done in 10 hours - less than the 18 hours it is. I will avoid future books by this author that are this long.

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Great narration

Revisado: 07-14-24

Pay no attention to reviewers annoyed by what they think is mispronounced words. The narrator is British and is pronouncing words like many English. All the reviewers had to do was google “how to pronounce” grimace or Boadicea to learn she pronounced the words correctly. The story was excellent, going into several directions not predictable. Both main characters are mature so no silly misunderstandings.

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Good, but…

Revisado: 05-18-24

What’s with authors not paying attention to history when writing? This story is full of anachronisms. She uses words not even invented during the time period, like narcissism, egotism, and angst. One other thing that was distracting was the use of modern cliches and song lyrics. Other than that, it was a good story with excellent narration.

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Danger Will Robinson! I

Revisado: 04-07-24

Beware of a narrator who sounds like a talking robot in the 1960s. Since she sounds like a pupil learning to read, she makes the characters in the book seem like they are simpletons, ruining the whole book. With a different narrator, this book would be rated much higher by anyone who listens to it.

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Rating dragged down by narrator

Revisado: 04-06-24

There’s nothing more annoying than hearing an adult read like they are a 5 yo learning to read. Combine that with bad mispronunciations and you have a book you can barely listen to being read aloud. Especially egregious is the mispronunciation of nautical terms. I don’t understand why the production company does not prepare the narrators in advance.

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Only one complaint

Revisado: 03-08-24

The narrator failed to pronounce several words correctly, a bugaboo of mine. It was especially annoying that she would pronounce the title of marquis sometimes as the English do and other times as the French.

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