Mispronounced words

This is a very interesting plot, although a little shaky. My biggest bugbear was with the constant mispronunciation of everyday words ie indictment pronounced indict ment. Very irritating, and I found it distracting. I agree with other reviewers vis a vie the accents. They were a bit all over the place. Having said all that, overall it was enjoyable.

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Very enjoyable

I really enjoyed this book. Only a few dodgy moments withe the accent. Some strange long pauses in the narrative, but otherwise a really good listen.

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Believable characters

The story took me right back to Liverpool in the sixties. I loved the many references and reminders of the great songs that were being played then. The plot unfolded smoothly and sensibly and was well told.

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Great Characters - great ending

As others have mentioned the writing in his book does sometimes seem a little amateurish but I found the overall story made this a great listen. By halfway through the book I found myself totally immersed in the story of the main characters and willing them the outcome they deserved. I found the narration only added to the depth of the characters and really brought to life a very emotional end to the book.

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Slow

This story is told in alternate chapters about a young group of Liverpudlian lads who form a group in the early 1960s and a police investigation in 1999. I enjoyed the memories of the 1960s as I was a young teenager then but overall the story was very slow.
The Liverpo accents were good but the Police Inspector talked so monotously I nearly fell asleep. Also editing was bad due to big gaps of silence between sentences.

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Terrible narration

Suspicious of this narration, obviously not from Liverpool. The miss pronouncements of local colloquial expressions are evident throughout the book.
The author can’t even be bothered to actually visit Liverpool to do his own research choosing instead to get a third party to do it.
This would appeal to the people who only know the rumours of Liverpool not the actual truth. In the book he refers to the dj in the cavern, which history tells us was bob wooler, but he doesn’t know his name. No mention of Alan Williams either. Why 3 pseudonyms. No history of his own time spent in Liverpool. Not impressed at all

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Poor writing

Very badly written, felt like a school kid’s effort. The amateur sounding narration did not help at all. Part way though the second chapter was as far as I got, so I couldn’t comment on the story itself, which did seem interesting from the description.

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