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Great story to get lost in

Revisado: 03-18-25

I loved this. Such a good story, interesting, transporting, and entertaining. The narrators did a great job with the characters as well.

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Very good

Revisado: 03-06-22

I’ve listened to the last 3 of the series because I enjoy mysteries and Richard Armitage’s narration so much—the first two were a bit disturbing to me. I greatly enjoyed this one. A pretty original storyline without the excessively disturbing elements.

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Fantastic

Revisado: 01-13-22

I always love Agatha Christie, but listening to Richard Armitage’s narration was truly transporting. So much fun.

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Great Novel, Mediocre Performance

Revisado: 07-07-16

Would you consider the audio edition of The Dark Lady's Mask to be better than the print version?

Definitely not.

Would you be willing to try another one of Jilly Bond’s performances?

I'm not tempted to.

Any additional comments?

I really loved the book, but I couldn't deal with the narrator. She was ok when she was just narrating the story, but when she started to do dialogue it was cringe-worthy. I just felt like she made all the women--these strong, intelligent, proud women--sound hysterical and whiny.

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Terrible Narrator

Revisado: 04-14-16

What disappointed you about Fool's Assassin?

The narrator was awful. I listened to most of the other Robin Hobb books and the narrators were on average quite good. The narrator was painful to listen to. Didn't get Fitz or sound like him. I agree with other reviews that it was difficult to tell characters apart. And the monotone! Most of the time it sounded like a child reading something aloud that wasn't really sure how to infuse it with any cadence, emotion, depth, nothing.

Would you be willing to try another book from Robin Hobb? Why or why not?

Definitely, I'm pretty obsessed. I was disappointed with this, and am hoping I won't be by the next one.

Would you be willing to try another one of Elliot Hill’s performances?

Probably not which is disappointing since he also does the next book in the series.

What character would you cut from Fool's Assassin?

Shun. Absolutely painful and I do not see what the point of her was.

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Frustrating

Revisado: 11-16-15

Is there anything you would change about this book?

Yes, I would have liked a more compelling story, less creepiness and grisly details, and for it to be much shorter. There were probably more than 100 pages of nothing happening.

What could Robert Galbraith have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

See above, and I thought the ending was such a disappointment. I expected much more.

Any additional comments?

I still love Robin and Strike, I really enjoyed their personal story although I found a few things really frustrating and implausible and ridiculous. I just wish the mystery had been done a little better, ultimately it became very boring. I would write more but I'm afraid it will contain spoilers. The narrator was perfect though - he did a fantastic job.

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Excellent Story, Fantastic Performance

Revisado: 02-06-15

Would you consider the audio edition of The Empty Throne to be better than the print version?

No - but it brings a different experience to it, I loved both.

Which character – as performed by Matt Bates – was your favorite?

Uhtred! Matt Bates does a great Uhtred - almost as good as Richard Armitage. ;-)

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Good Narrator

Revisado: 05-05-14

Where does The Burning Land rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It was really well done and the narrator did a great job with all the different characters and accents. My one complaint was that I don't think he researched proper pronunciation for characters' names and all place names.

Any additional comments?

I thought the narrator did a great job - at times I felt like it was too fast paced but on the whole it was very good. However, I prefer Richard Armitage for this series. The third book that he narrated was incredible.

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So much fun

Revisado: 12-10-13

Would you listen to Sylvester again? Why?

Probably - it was a fun story and Richard Armitage did a great job narrating it.

Which character – as performed by Richard Armitage – was your favorite?

Sylvester

Any additional comments?

A very fun listen--Richard Armitage is amazing and I love the story. I always feel guilty about reading/listening to abridged books, but it was kind of nice in this instance. Someday I will read the whole thing, but this was great.

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Enchanting

Revisado: 08-26-13

Where does A Discovery of Witches rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

I'm new to audiobooks and this ranks at the top.

What did you like best about this story?

Everything.

What does Jennifer Ikeda bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

She was absolutely amazing. At first I wasn't sure, but she did such an amazing job with all of the characters' voices and all of the accents and there were a few. She did a fantastic job of bringing the characters to life. I actually did the e-book/audible mix so I went back and forth between reading and listening. I'm usually more of a reader, sometimes I read a paragraph a couple of times, or sometimes I skim, but a lot of the time I was actually enjoying listening to the audio version more because I thought she did such a great job with the characters' voices and expression.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

The whole book moved me.

Any additional comments?

I started out very skeptical of both the book and the narration. There were some things about the book that I thought were a little cheesy, sometimes I thought something was dragged out a little longer than necessary, I was reminded of a number of other books along the way that I thought she was influenced by, but I think it was a wholly original work. I truly lost myself in the story and about halfway through I thought "wow, I feel bewitched and enchanted like she's put a spell on me." That sounds corny and I hate corniness but I really felt that way. I absolutely loved it, and in moments of tension when I didn't know what was going to happen, I was beside myself and heartbroken. I'm just hoping I like the next two as much and that I'm not disappointed. I am SO relieved and ecstatic that Jennifer Ikeda reads the next one as well. I hope she'll also read the third.

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