A fun side story novella in the Privateer Tales universe

Overall:

While short this is a really fun story and gives the listener a good sense of what stories set in Jamie McFarlane's universe are like. It's a great series of books and I can guarantee anyone who enjoys listening to this book, as I did, will enjoy the series.

Performance:

The narrator was crisp and clear. I actually preferred some of the prior narrators of Jamie McFarlane's work but can't really identify a reason why and am therefore not deducting for it.

Story:

This is a short novella that takes place in the same story universe as Jamie McFarlane's Privateer Tales and tangentially involves some of the characters fun that story. Having said that, the main character (and entire world) are entirely new to the series and the story holds up perfectly well as a stand-alone with its own HEA. It's s different sort of story of others in the series (even though labeled as book 6), but has the author's usual hallmarks of excellent writing, with great action scenes and strong characters in an enjoyable plot. Fun to read as a book, and just as fun to listen to on audible.

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Awesome

if you have ever been in a situation where you needed help. You wanted it to end like this.

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A nice spin-off story

new characters help us see life on a planet in the privateer universe.

good narration distinct voices with good emotion

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Too short and unaware of a character.

Wasn't a fan of the reader and the story I'm still unsure of. Felt like a pointless character who will take so long to get caught up on the basic tech of the world that he will just end up being a boring burden. Hope I'm wrong.

Strange Narration

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Laurel Schroeder?

No specific person, but just someone who didn't have such a strange way of speaking. Laurel speaks very fast but also has unusually long pauses between sentences. It's very off-putting and might even just be an editing problem. I'm not sure.

Was Cutpurse worth the listening time?

Yes

first off its in the wrong order

Would you listen to Cutpurse again? Why?

probably but it's short most was covered in book 8 just went in to more detail on the kids found on the planet so need to listen after book 8 not 5 so should be book 9

How did the narrator detract from the book?

think narrator needs to slow down a bit but like the other narrator better

like eating nails

I tried twice to read this story, but could never get past the irritating chipmunk style of the moderator!!!

this is one of the worst books I have ever heard

I gave up only being part way through. I could not listen another minute of the horrible narrator. The story line was nothing like the previous books.

choppiest narrator ever

She sounds like a robot. There is no pacing and barely any inflection. She makes it very hard to hear the story. Where is the emotion?

Changing narrators is never good

Changing narrators is never good, especially when you switch from a well known powerhouse to an unknown whose cadence and delivery is so different and at times, distractedly incompatible with the characters, events and actions being narrated that it turns what should have been the enjoyment of a great story into a tedious sequence of regrets.

I cant help but wander if this was a financial issue or a scheduling snafu, but whatever it was that made audible switch from Mike Narramore to Laurel Schroeder, please, stop messing with a good thing please. if it aint broke...don't hire another narrator. Anyone who listened to Joe Abercrombe's first law series knows what I am talking about.

Please stay with a proven reader on good story's.