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Painful to listen too

Revisado: 04-27-22 El oyente recibió este título gratis

Had I realized this book was written in first-person present I would have had second thoughts on listening to it. (I got it free) Not having looked at the length, I also didn’t realize these were all short stories.
I hate giving bad reviews, but the narrator trashes what might have been okay stories. Why? Aside from having a female narrate a both male characters in the first story, she drones on in a deadpan voice and doesn’t even bother to try differentiating between either character or any character for that matter. It took me several lines before my mind changed from ‘The killer is married?’ to ‘Crap, we’re in a cops head now’. Followed up by, is he divorced and gay, or is the partner he’s talking about his buddy from the job… or both?
The girl tied to a chair doesn’t sound at all scared but bored to tears.
The only murder taking place in these stories is the narrator.
The second story is truly awful. The number of things wrong is too many to count, and it’s not the narrator’s fault.
I'm not wasting time on the third.

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Lots of information in a compact book

Revisado: 03-19-22

I grabbed this book (Yes I got it freed) because I was hoping to find new information I didn't already know. The good news is that it has a lot of good information.
The issues had with the book was not about its content... much. There are editing issues. In one of the chapters (I think it was Chapter 6) where someone claps and is talking in the background. Then there is the 'Please review this book' three hours in. While I understand that reviews are gold bars to writers, this push for a review came off as d!ck!$h at best. Another thing that irritated me was the 'superfood' label. Any person with an ouch of common sense knows this idiotic buzzword is something marketers take advantage of and try to convince people that food X is a silver bullet.

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Different Narrator

Revisado: 09-25-20

While my wife and I love Nick Russell's books, this narrator doesn't work for us.
All the characters were deadpan, what was supposed to be snappy dialogue fell flat.
And all the female voices sounded like they were bored to tears.

Loved the story, though.

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Long winded

Revisado: 09-24-20 El oyente recibió este título gratis

The narrator was great, but someone should have told the author that excessive exposition does not a good book make.
Much of the wonderful witty banter was buried in long winded monologues.

I would have given the book a four star even with this newbie mistake if the last three hours hadn't felt like a week long church sermon.

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Hidden Gem

Revisado: 08-20-20

Void Fate is not our usual type of story, but both my wife and I are glad we listened to it. And yes, we listened to it all in one go.
It was an intriguing mix of Langdoliers and Twilight Zone. A nice psychological thriller, where the reader\listener gets a glimpse of different perspectives. Sorry, can say much more without spoilers.

The narration was good, but we had trouble distinguishing characters\voice.

We received this audio book free in exchange for an honest review.

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Couldn't keep my attention

Revisado: 08-13-20 El oyente recibió este título gratis

Listening to this short story, I kept wondering why I couldn’t get into it. Was it the narrator who read so slow as to extend the length of the audio book, or the excessive leading pronouns that made me think of a first-grade reader, and made the main character borderline narcissistic?
As I listened on with the narration speed increased, I started wondering about the plot. Granted, cozy mysteries do bend the rules of credibility in order to make a good story, but the author seems to have done this with a heavy hand, even when unnecessary.
You’ll either love or hate this story, but it’s not for me.

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Very Good

Revisado: 08-12-20 El oyente recibió este título gratis

If you like Arthur Conan Doyle and history, you'll enjoy this audio book.
We learned a lot of things about Doyle's life we never knew.

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Very Good

Revisado: 07-18-20

For those who've never read Poe's work, do remember that he was born in 1809 and died in 1849 at the age of 40.
His style is very poetic, and not for everyone.
My wife and I were raised on these classics, and the movies that were based on them.
Kevin Theis may not be Vincent Price or Bela Lugosi, but he does well.
It's easy to imagine him as an actor on the stage.

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Wonderful to listen too

Revisado: 07-15-20 El oyente recibió este título gratis

I didn't know a thing about Jeeves and Wooster until my wife got all exited about finding this audiobook. FYI - we got it free in exchange for an unbiased review.
The stories are engaging, and the narrator amazing. The range of his voice has every character recognizable.

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Good introduction for first timers

Revisado: 07-15-20

If you don't know anything about herbal remedies, this is a nice introduction.
For those who want to consistently use various remedies and don't have the greatest memory, I'd suggest a physical book for ease of looking up what you'd need. Besides, you can't dump everything a plant is good for in a single one hour audiobook.

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