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The Last Assignment

By: Benedict Ashforth
Narrated by: James Warrior
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Summary

A short ghost story from the best-selling author of Abbot's Keep. A photographer reluctantly agrees to take images of an abandoned manor house on the Dorset clifftops only to find the building is not completely empty.

©2014 Patrick O'Neill (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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godd story bad narrator

The story was good and would have been so much better had the narrator not sounded like he was giving a Hop on Hop off Bus tour of a mundane town.

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The Last Assignment

Fine. Decent enough but needed more... something.
I found the narrator fine, although I had it sped up.

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Spooky story

Good little spooky story to fill a half an hour gap.
The narration could have been better but was adequate. Didn’t really add or take anything away from the story.
All in all this authors tales are quite captivating.

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Some Great Ideas, But Not Quite There

I really enjoyed Abott's Keep, but this felt like a rough draft of that story so I was surprised to see this was originally published in 2015, a year after Abott's Keep. The themes of isolation, hidden secrets (literal and figurative), and the supernatural elements blending with or being created by extreme mundane events, with these horror aspects relentlessly pursuing the unfortunate who happened upon their secret, are all present in both. They both share a modern gothic sensibility with a more contemporary setting and technology than typical with the classic gothic stories. But there's seems to me something less polished, almost amateurish, about The Last Assignment, especially when compared to Abott's Keep. It stands out to me particularly as it appears to be across the entire production, writing, in general prose, horror elements, inclusion of modern elements, and the actual plotting and pacing of the story, and the narration that many have already raised an issue with. I won't harp on about the performance, but some bizarre stresses and pronunciation were really jarring. This is as much the director and producer's fault as the narrator for not picking them up.

There are some really interesting ideas here, particularly in the turning up of the eerie photos and the things seen in the photos, but for me it somewhat fell into the uncanny valley of great concept that could have been implemented better and so it stuck out. I think that really is my takeaway from the whole production -- it's so close to being rather good that its faults are more glaring and more jarring for me personally. There is a sense of top tier amateur work all round when I was expecting something more after Abott's Keep. I am only so critical because I did enjoy aspects and other works by the author.

If you want a super quick bit of horror and you have Audible, I would still recommend it. It's more than worth the free download and half an hour listen. I would just say that of you were only going to listen to one, Abott's Keep is a much better option. I'm certainly still interested in reading more from this author.

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"The silence settled on me."

A short (30+ minutes) and predictable story recounted by a photographer assignments to take promotional photos of a large Dorsetshire Georgian house about to be placed on the market after it's very elderly female owner had been pronounced dead. Well written and a little creepy, it was a quick read to fill an odd half an hour but nothing special. The narrator, James Warrior, was competent but was unable to add anything to the tale.

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Enjoyable story bad narration.

Enjoyed this Ghost story but the narration by James Warrior was dull and he had no enthusiasm while reading.

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Entertaining

Not a bad little story a photographer has to photograph a Gothic-style mansion where funny goings-on happened while the owner was alive, a son that was to be married and disappeared where did he go? When developing his photos he is sure he sees a ghost of the once owner.
The narration was lovely and clear and very short just right when you have a spare 30 minutes.
Not at all frightening but interesting.

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Enjoyable but...

I enjoyed the story, but disliked the narrator. I found his performance quite flat, and added nothing to the sense of malice and unease that should have been portrayed.

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A short little horror story but very enjoyable and the narrator was excellent telling the story.

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Good story

the miss pronouncing of some words put me off but its ok not bad

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