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Terrific Narration

Revisado: 10-30-23

Ian Carmichael sounds like Lord Peter, no surprise since he has played the character on screen. But he also does a stellar job with the other voices and really brings the story to life. It’s a great mystery but does show its age with some unfortunate cultural stereotypes and language.

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Great narration of a terrific period piece

Revisado: 10-06-23

This is one of my favorite non-Miss Silver books by Patricia Wentworth, particularly the obstinate hero. The narrator does an excellent job.

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A charming story well-voiced

Revisado: 06-14-23

This is a delightful book with a heroine who falls in love with the countryside and then with the right man. The narrator has done an excellent job of giving each character a distinct personality.

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Terrific performance + great story

Revisado: 05-24-23

The narrator did a wonderful job making so many characters distinctive. An excellent and complicated mystery marred only a little by the casual prejudices so common to that era.

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Ponderous & not as entertaining as it could be

Revisado: 02-06-23

The author is so familiar with all of the voluminous drawings, diaries and notes Beatrix Potter left, and so intent on tracing every single leaf she ever drew to connect it with the same leaf in a story she published twenty years later, that he loses perspective and the reader drowns in minutiae. Thinking back over the book, there is an undertone of the author actually grudging Beatrix her success despite some fierce obstacles (family, societal expectations). Her success isn't described, explained or enjoyed. My frustration with the writing was increased by the narrator's delivery. This book was read by someone determined to place emphasis in every sentence, and it was tiring to listen to.

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Great story undone by erratic narration

Revisado: 06-01-22

I love ECR Lorac's books, but the narration does not do this book justice and was so annoying I returned it a few chapters in. There are awkward pauses in the recording and the narrator has a selection of annoying voices. Very disappointed.

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Brilliant performance; jarring dialogue

Revisado: 03-30-21

Richard Armitage does his usual brilliant job of creating distinct multiple characters and his performance is outstanding. I can't say the same about the dialogue, which is jarringly 21st century modern for a book set in immediate post-WWII England. The story is charming, if a little too "tick all the boxes", but the author badly needed an editor to point out that no educated British teacher in 1946 would chide someone by saying "It's an ego thing with you". Only the Armitage performance kept me listening, although as it went on, there were paragraphs of 21st century phrasing that set my teeth on edge.

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A delight

Revisado: 12-08-20

This is one of my favorite Georgette Heyer romances, containing scenes that make me laugh out loud, not to mention everything necessary in a Regency romance - duels, dances, a trip to Bath, and at least two love triangles. I thought Eve Matheson did a splendid job with the voices, particularly with distinguishing the male characters who are friends and who have a great deal of conversation with each other.

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Wonderful but condensed

Revisado: 12-08-20

Richard Armitage does a splendid job, but be aware he is reading a condensed version of the book. The editing has been well-done, and wouldn't be too noticeable if you hadn't read the book. If you have, some sub-plots are missing.

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Very entertaining dramatisation

Revisado: 08-06-18

This radio version condenses the original Trollope novel very well, stays true to the story while taking some necessary dramatic license. Well-acted and very enjoyable.

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