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Necroscope IV: Deadspeak
- Narrated by: Michael Troughton
- Series: Necroscope, Book 4
- Length: 17 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Horror
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- Graham Kennedy
- 17-04-19
Oh Dear, what have they done!
As a long-term fan of Brian Lumley, I really felt I needed to write a review for this one.
Firstly, the good: This is another great story, the whole series of Necroscope books are truly exceptional and well worth a read, or listen (in the case of the prior 3 books).
The bad: This is the 4th in the series and brings in a new publisher and with it a new narrator. It's never good when narrator changes part way through a series, but in this case, it is a total disaster. I quite like Michael Troughton as an actor, but his voice is completely wrong for a book as dark as this. The whole tone of voice, inflection etc really just doesn't fit. At times I thought I was listening to the narration of a famous 5 book. Trust me, Necroscope books are not Famous 5! If this was a lighter book or a “youth fiction” book he’d be great.
Pronunciation: The narrator really has some issues here, I get it for some things but when you are mispronouncing the name of the main protagonists (Wamphyri) of the book you have a problem (surely you would check with the author). 5 minutes on the Brian Lumley web site would show how it is pronounced (it is in the FAQ!), and it certainly isn’t “wamfry”, which sounds (and was pronounced) more like something you’d call your cute pet goat, rather than the most evil, blood thirsty race in creation!
Voices: Some truly horrible ones here, which really don’t fit the book (probably partly down to the narrator’s tone of voice). Starts on a low with some gypsy women which sound like bad Yoda impressions. Most of the ‘female’ voices end up as the worst ‘comedy old lady’ you’ve heard, and the main vampire (remember, evil blood sucking demons) sounding more like a kindly Gandalf.
Sound effects: Wow, were these overused. Less annoying that the above issues, but again they didn’t fit or where of poor quality. Wolf calls that sound like someone shouting “owwwwww” into a tin can, echo on some things being "thought" (but not all!), the list goes on.
I hope the publisher takes this, and other reviews on board and switches narrator for the future books in the series (and re-record this one… PLEASE!). They have some good narrators reading other Brian Lumley books (such as Simon Vance), so why not use one of those, at least they’ll be familiar which the style.
I can’t see myself purchasing others if they don’t.
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- mr andrew d james
- 12-04-19
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A great book, ruined in large part by poor voice acting and inability of the narrator to read the words put in front of him Both narrator and producer should hang their heads in shame
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- Anonymous User
- 15-04-19
Great story but...
Enjoyed the story as I am a fan of the books , however the narration was poor with terrible pronunciation. Shame they didn't use the same narrator as the other necroscope books.
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- Michael
- 19-04-19
Having a hard time with this one!
Firt of all I should say it's not because of the story because thats great! As other reviews have said, the new narrotor is totally unsuitable for this title, the voices are all wrong and the pronounciation of many words such as Wamphyri is completley wrong which really distracts you from the story. The original narrator for the series was a 1000 times better, please audible suggest to the publishers that they bring him back for the remaining titles or at least get someone more suited, as another reviwer sugested Simon Vance would be good I think.
Heres a little tip for Michael Toughton: HOW DO YOU PRONOUNCE WAMPHYRI?
"Vam" as in vampire – "phyr" as in fear – and "i" as in eek! Vam-fear-ee, with a hissed, slightly extended emphasis on the fear bit!
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- sam Horgan
- 07-04-19
Why !!
The narration has changed from the previous books. This has a big impact on what are already established characters. There is also added effects that are completely unnecessary,I feel like it's been done due to the lack of depth In the voice actor. On current form I doubt I will move forward with the next book/books..
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- Craigie
- 05-07-19
Great story however the narration let's it down.
If you can put up with ancient evil vampires sounding like Father Christmas then this books for you!!
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- Michael
- 20-09-20
Disappointing
I have been following the Necroscope saga on audible and loving every book. Unfortunately, I was left very disappointed after finishing this one. My disappointed started in the first chapter and it's all due to the narrator.
This is an excellent story that is exceptionally well written (though someone should point out to Brian Lumley that Bram Stoker was Irish not English!). The story is, however, let down by poor narration.
I know that it is difficult for any narrator to take over half way through a project when characters have already been developed. I do think that Michael Troughton had a tough job taking over from the amazing work James Langdon has done with this series. So, I may excuse him for getting Harry's mother's accent wrong and a few other inconsistencies but getting key words wrong in the narrative that form part of the bedrock of the author's world is inexcusable.
Who on earth are the Wam-Free??? It's Vam-Fear-E. I know it is spelt with a "w" but there is a ton of sources that clearly point out it's pronounced as a "v" - as in Vampire. And even if the narrator was excused for pronouncing it with a "w" why on earth has he changed the rest of the word from "phyri" (fear-e) to "phri" (free)?
The mispronunciation of what are, arguably, the most important characters in the series is unbelievable. It is such a glaring and annoying error that it distracts the listener from the story every time it is said.
Michael Troughton is a truly excellent actor, I doubt anyone would debate that. However, he has failed to do even the smallest amount of research into this book series before embarking on this project - very unprofessional in my opinion. I doubt if he would be so lackadaisical with a character he was portraying on tv.
Asking a few simple questions before starting this project, going online for just 10 minutes or simply listening to a previous audio would have given the narrator all the information he needed to complete this project successfully.
I should also add that his portrayal of many of the characters is simply not dark enough. Rather than a wamphyri (Vam-Fear-E) talking it sounds like a "baddie" from a kid's program.
Unfortunately, this book has left me considering whether I want to continue with the series or not as I did not get to enjoy the story as much as I should have due to the irritating narration. I won't even go into the totally unnecessary sound effects.
This book needs recorded again with a different narrator more suited to dark nature of the story. Or, maybe it is simply time to switch to paper format.
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- Emse
- 15-06-19
At this point not sure I’ll finish
I read this book long ago so I know the story is as great as the previous however the narrator is so bad along with the awful sound effects that has been added at this point I’m not sure I’ll finish this book and I’m only on chapter 2!
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- E
- 03-11-21
Poor Narration
I love this series of books so much however I just could not like the narrator. All of the pronunciation of key names, locales, accents were drastically off. So bad that by Chapter 11 enough was enough...Faethor, scourge of the 11th century, master vampire was granted all the malice and terror in his voice as a 1980s Microsoft Engineer....who's just been sacked....on their birthday.....
Sorry narrator but you really should have researched or at least listened to the previous versions held on Audible and at least made an attempt to ensure continuity of accents and tone.
Disappointed fan, better luck on the next in the series I hope?
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- Richard Dixon
- 06-10-21
narration fell short
still not a fan of the new narrator, he seems a little limited, even hammy in parts, Harry's mother who was very young when she died had been made to sound like Monty Python's Spam Lady. I'll hold out better hope for future books as maybe the performance will improve
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- BKS
- 08-05-19
The narrator apparently needs to read a dictionary
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- michael
- 14-07-19
I hate to be harsh, but....
I'm actually just starting the Deadspeak, but felt the need to leave a review.
I read these books many moons ago, and loved them, so I was thrilled to see that they had finally made the transition to audio format. I travel quite a bit, and as such, have blazed through the first three! I had forgotten how much I loved the series. Anyway, I really thought the first three were narrated very well, and the stories speak for themselves. Deadspeak, however, leaves a bit to be desired on the narration. I hate to join in on bashing the narrator, but seriously, the pronunciation is outright terrible at times! Extremely distracting. And please, PLEASE leave the sound effects out. It's just not necessary. I love Brian Lumley's writing, and I can't help but think that the sound effects 'cheapen' the experience somehow.
Cheers!
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- Kim C.
- 21-05-19
Wtf seriously!?
Is this some sort of a joke? The narrator is terrible, and with the sound effects, the vampires sound like they are house ghosts from Harry Potter. This would have been better if they used text to speech on an Adobe pdf. The Texans accent and wolf howls sound like they're from a 1980s comedy. I haven't checked but if the narrator is the same for the following books, I'll not be purchasing them.
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- Andy
- 10-08-20
Great story, but...
A good performance, but the pronunciation let it down. The previous narrator had it right, and there's a guide in the books themselves, so I'm not sure how "Wam-free" made it through.
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- LeeWMurdock
- 13-08-19
Great Story, Bad pronunciation.
Title says it all. The narrator mispronounces many words which pull you out of the story. Luckily the story is strong enough to pull you back. It’s pronounced Vamfeari dammit.
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- Eric S.
- 20-05-19
performance just....didn't work for me
I really try to not be overly negative when it's not called for, I can say I wasn't a HUGE fan of the previous 3 books performer, but would happily take him back in a second. The performer wasn't terrible at his job, but his voice and mannerisms didn't fit at ALL with the story or characters. There was obviously overlap in characters from previous books, and to hear them "Speak" now was just jarring... Harry's mom as an example sounded shrill and nagging, a lot like Mrs. Kravitz if you've watched reruns of Bewitched. This is a series of books I have great nostalgia for, and was looking forward to listening to after reading them many years ago, and I nearly couldn't make it through. The added change of vocal effects and sound effects was.. interesting.. not something I hear a lot of in audiobooks, but wasn't actually a negative.
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- Adam
- 26-09-21
Horrible performance of a good story
Narration is acceptable. Character voicing are bad enough to pull you right out of the story. Couldn't even finish the book after listening to the previous 3 and loving them.
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- Jeremy in Denver
- 25-03-21
love the story, but this audiobook is bad
Audiobooks should not have sound effects. They added wolf howls, echo effects to voices, and other distracting garbage that makes this torture to get through. None of this was in the first 3 books. This one is just awfully done.
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- nicholas
- 22-11-19
Just as good
Ok some points
1. The narrator has been getting complaints. It’s really not that bad guys and girls. He had a pleasant voice. Sure the pronunciations aren’t correct or how we heard them in the previous books but it’s not the end of the world. In the US editions it’s Vamphyri in the UK and rest of the world is Wamphyri (he pronounces it wamfurry) other words like Sigil have that hard G, Thibor is said like it’s spelled with that TH like This and The.
But it’s not horrible. You’ll get used to it. Trust me.
2. The story is just as good. Harry loses his Necroscope abilities and has to get them back, the entire book focuses on that
3 the main villain Janos is hit and miss. Great inteoduction and menacing, then disappears then comes back blah blah the ending like all of these books so far is a bit anti climactic for me.
Just feels a bit rushed with that ending
Otherwise great novel.
Book 2 is still my fav though.
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- Andrew Markley
- 23-06-19
not fond of this narrator.
the narrator of the first three books in this series seemed to have a grasp on the characters and who they were, there were no weird sound effects or anything like that, however for some reason they switched to a new narrator for this book and added in weird sound effects which made it less pleasant to listen to. I don't think that he did a bad job, but it was the sound effects that ruined it for me. Also he made Harry sound a bit like an immature boy, not a man who has seen and done the things that Harry has. I love this Series of books and have been waiting for years for them to he available in audio format and look forward to the rest.
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