Reviews by ralph

Name: ralph (Dublin, Ireland)
Reviews Written: 2
Titles Rated: 18

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  • Blue Remembered Earth
    By Alastair Reynolds
    Narrated By Kobna Holdbrook-Smith
    Overall
    (103)
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    (2)
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    (2)
    One hundred and fifty years from now, in a world where Africa is the dominant technological and economic power, and where crime, war, disease and poverty have been banished to history, Geoffrey Akinya wants only one thing: to be left in peace, so that he can continue his studies into the elephants of the Amboseli basin. But Geoffrey's family, the vast Akinya business empire, has other plans.
    "He's written better."
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    The narration is not as bad as some people think (to me anyway). The book is based around Africa and once you accept that and that all the accents are African based, then its all good.
    My main problem isn't with the voice, its those stupid pan-pipes that are there inbetween a lot of chapters. I would be quite happily listening away in my own little world and then that effin noise would come along and get me all riled up.

    The book itself is not as good as his other work. At this stage I have listened to pretty much all his books available on Audible and this is probably the one I liked least, but still enjoyable for all that... just loose the pan pipes.

    4 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • The Count of Monte Cristo
    By Anlexandre Dumas
    Narrated By Andrew Timothy
    Overall
    (103)
    Performance
    (3)
    Story
    (3)
    The Count of Monte Cristo is an adventure novel by Alexandre Dumas.

    Published in 1844, it is often considered one of the great thrillers of all time and, along with The Three Musketeers, Dumas' most popular work.

    Falsely accused of treason, the young sailor Edmund Dantes is arrested on his wedding day and imprisoned in the island fortress of the Chateau d'If. After staging a dramatic escape, he sets out to discover the treasure of Monte Cristo and catch up with his enemies.

    "Poor narration"
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    Despite the description, the audio quality was fine to my ears, but like another reviewer I did have a problem with the rustling pages and the introduction of what was going to happen in the coming chapter.

    The book itself is good, but there are a couple of occasions where the author goes of on a complete tangent (for up to an hour if felt like) on an introduction to a new set of characters.

    I think its poor audio production rather than quality that spoils this one for me.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
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