Good story, poor narration

I thought Dick van Dyke did the worst English accent in Mary Poppins. Not any more. A good story was ruined by dreadful accents. Come back Scott Brick, all is forgiven!

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SCOTT BRICK REQUIRED

when you like a person and some one else stands in you ask if scott brick can update this book, he would make it 100% better

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Terrible change of narrator spoils a great series

Where does Sacred Stone rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Story- A solid Clive Cussler adventure, and just right for a bit of entertaining listening. Pretty good story, as long as you can suspend belief every now and then, but that's part of the charm with a Clive Cussler book.
Narrator - not the very worst I've heard, (although his female and non-American accents are grating) but not a patch on Scott Brick. Seems such a pity to change the narrator to add books1 & 2 when the rest of the series is by Scott Brick and we have got used to how the characters should sound.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Has to be Juan. Such a complex person, always puts everyone else first and such a sad back-story.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of J Charles?

Has to be Scott Brick. I don't know if any feedback gets back to Penguin Randomhouse, but PLEASE re-record these first 2 books in the series.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did, because I wanted to hear the story, but the change of narrator, odd accents and his strange pauses or weird emphasis on words spoilt my enjoyment.

Any additional comments?

Why change a good thing when it's not broken and has been having great reviews?

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Could not finish this book....

This was a book I wanted to listen to, I love the Juan Cabrillo series however the narrator spoiled this for me, I simply could not get into the story ....Not without Mr Brick, when you get so used to hearing one narrator....(and lets be honest) Scot Brick does a great job, it is difficult to even begin to try and understand a story when all of the characters voices have changed. Why ruin a great series by making these sort of changes...big mistake Random Audio, if ever I see another book with a change of narrator I WONT BUY IT. 😡😡

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Disappointing audio

The narration of this book was awful, with terrible attempts at accents and pronunciation which made it an uncomfortable listen. Therefore it is difficult to value the story honestly due to lack of enjoyment it provided,in fact it became a chore. I don't think I will use Audible for my next CC book, and I shall definitely avoid this narrator at all cost.

Poor plot, horrendous narration

Far too many characters. Plot was naff. The narration was the worst I've ever heard

Great story poorly read.

Has the narrator been to england? We don't all sound like Bert from Mary Poppins.

oh no

I have listened to all Oregon books and many other Cussler ones. I really tried to listen to the Oregon 1 and 2 but couldn't manage it. The stories were not quite up to scratch but the narrator was appalling.. Please don't waste your time

Good story but narration let’s it down

The story is another good instalment in the series but it just doesn’t sound as good as the Scott Brick narrated books. As others have said the British accents are not good but otherwise it is ok and if not compared to other books in the series maybe would not have the lower rating.

awful. bad story and poor performance

poor story, badly written and terrible terrible British accents. keep clear.of this. other Oregon books much better