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Narrator 5, Stories 3

Revisado: 09-03-24

There's nothing really wrong with these stories, but I just don't think Dorothy Sayers is a very good writer. The narrator brings them up to a much higher level than they deserve. If I had had to read these in a physical book, I'd have given up. That said, it's a great value if you like your books by the lb.

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Can't Believe I've Never Heard of This Woman!

Revisado: 03-02-24

If this is an accurate retelling of Liz Renay's life then we have all been done a disservice by not knowing about her flashy, gossipy life previously.

The narrator doesn't start out great, but she improves, and her inflection reflects the emotion of the scene- which I like. The one drawback to this story is that this is an obviously self-written biography (no ghost writer), and while it is dramatically correct, and perfectly coherent, there are very few flowery connecting phrases to spin out the story or make it flow. It's packed with drama, but in many cases I would have loved more details, and an actual author might have given us that. It ends in her thirties, surely this charming woman has more to say!

Regardless of my minor criticism, an extremely interesting life, wish it was longer, and I'm about to go get her juicy follow up sex tell-all *right now*.

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Author is a Try-Hard ...

Revisado: 11-29-23

...when it comes to enflowering the language to such a degree that's it embarrassing to hear, and the narrator (who has a nice speaking voice) is only making it worse with his not very believable accents. Bummer! I actually bought 4 of this authors books at the 80% discount, but they are going to languish unread since the same narrator is throughout the lot.

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Audible Requires Reviews Now....

Revisado: 08-15-23

...and that is a bunch of crap. I gave it five stars,that should be enough.

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Narrator Doing 'Native American Voice'...

Revisado: 07-31-23

.... was beyond Cringe, good lord. I really wanted to listen to these stories, but after a few hours I had to throw in the towel. I had to speed it up to make his 'normal' reading listenable, as well. A damn shame because it was extremely interesting.

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Great Novel, So-So Author Narration

Revisado: 07-16-23

I'd like to begin positively by saying I really liked this story. The author did an excellent job of describing people in their own minds and situations, and he sure can turn a phrase. His voice is superb, gravely and sexy even, and fits the main character very well. However, this book could have been elevated to incredible status of he had even a days worth of voice coaching/acting. He just.... reads it. Audiobooks are a *performance*, I want to be immersed in their world for a little while. Also, he does zero distinction in voice between ANY of the characters. Not even a differentiation between male and female, which makes it very hard sometimes to know who is speaking when the main character goes from a long inner monologue, and then back into conversation. A shame. Could have been five stars instead of three if only he'd been assed to think about this.

That said, it's not enough to put me off his books, The man can write!

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Shame on audible, five stars should be enough

Revisado: 07-03-23

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*****

Revisado: 06-06-23

It was a great book, and my five star rating straight across SHOULD reflect that. I don't see why we are now required to leave a written review just to leave a star rating, though. Audible doing yet another foolish update.

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Quite Good

Revisado: 05-19-23

If you read the reviews over the many versions on audible, you'll see the main complaints are A) the narrator is weak, or B) Undine is a terrible and narcissistic person, and so they hate the book as a result and give it a poor review. While it's true that the narrator here is a poor choice, and yes, the main character is a selfish and vain creature I still really liked the story. I don't know if Scarlett O'Hara's personality was loosely based on Undine or not, but wow, I kept coming back to the idea.

The ending was of the book was *perfect*, and quite funny in a way because I just wasn't expecting it. Undine Spragg will live out her days ...trading up~

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So Beautifully Narrated I Never Wanted It To End

Revisado: 02-13-23

See Audible... THIS is the type of quality narration you should strive for with EVERY book (yet you don't)!
A gorgeous story that needed nothing else to make it more wonderful than it already is, but her narration elevated it to the superb level. A joy to listen to, and I will listen to it many times in the coming years, I'm sure.

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