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The Eyre Affair
- Narrated by: Gabrielle Kruger
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Summary
There is another 1985, somewhere in the could-have-been, where the Crimean war still rages, dodos are regenerated in home-cloning kits and everyone is deeply disappointed by the ending of 'Jane Eyre'.
In this world there are no jet-liners or computers, but there are policemen who can travel across time, a Welsh republic, a great interest in all things literary - and a woman called Thursday Next.
In this utterly original and wonderfully funny first novel, Fforde has created a fiesty, loveable heroine and a plot of such richness and ingenuity that it will take your breath away.
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- Charlie
- 06-06-13
Audio problems mar an otherwise entertaining read
I really like this book, having read it a number of years ago. It's a great entertaining and witty story. Gabrielle Kruger does a decent job of the voices of the characters, although she sometimes seems a bit flat in the descriptive sections.
What really drags down the rating for me are faults on the files themselves. So far I'm about 1/3rd of the way through, and on almost every chapter, you get sections of maybe 10 seconds where the audio skips back & repeats, up to 5 times, then skips forwards over the next sentence or two, ruining the flow. This file NEEDS to be re-mastered. I've only tried the Enhanced format so far, so I'll be trying one of the other file formats to see if this is better. I'm also going to raise this with Customer Support, as it is a major flaw in an otherwise very good book.
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- Helen
- 07-09-13
Terrible Narrator!
I gave up on this after only a few chapters, because the narration is just appalling. She speaks too fast, like most amateur readers - nothing compared to proper acting - and reads with all the enthusiasm and personality of a bin liner. You can even hear her gulping as she runs out of oxygen in her race to the end of the chapter. What were they thinking?
Jasper Fforde books are about fun and character. Gabrielle Kruger is apparently not.
Shame, as I like the set up, but can't rate it too highly as I had to give up so early on....
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- Amazon Customer
- 16-02-17
Interesting but poorly read.
Where does The Eyre Affair rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Quite a good story if you can follow in with the flat and fast narration.
How could the performance have been better?
The narration was too fast and lacking in characterisation and emphasis. It was a little like someone reading a workshop manual in a mostly flat monotone. The diction was good but the lack of emphasis on events on characters meant that I just drifted away and missed important story moments.
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- Nicola
- 07-07-14
Made me smile every time I listened.
Where does The Eyre Affair rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
Amongst the top 5 Audible audiobooks I've listened to so far.
What did you like best about this story?
The puns, the jokes, the character names, the little pieces of humour slipped in amongst the paragraphs.
Which scene did you most enjoy?
Every scene was enjoyable for its own reason but the ending. ?..well....
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
This is not an emotional book, not designed to tug at your heart strings.
Any additional comments?
If you enjoy Douglas Adams or Terry Pratchett then this is for you. Fan of Agatha Raisin? This is for you. Enjoy science fiction? Crime novels? This is for you.
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- Twistlelass
- 31-07-13
Thursday is my new favourite
Would you listen to The Eyre Affair again? Why?
Such a good listen, funny, clever and full of engaging charecters The Eyre Affair was so good that when it finished I wanted to listen to it all over again to pick up the bits I might have missed first time round.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Thursday Next has to be one of my favourite charecters of all times. She's clever, confident but oh so human. Love the fact that she hardly ever has a plan but just blunders along like the rest of us and her Swindon sounds far more interesting than the ours.
What does Gabrielle Kruger bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
Gabrielle Krugers wonderful voice charecterisation really helped propel the story along. She's an excellent narrator and I hope she does the rest of the series.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
"Loved Jane Eyre but hated the ending? Well Thursday Next may be able to help with that"
Any additional comments?
I want my very own dodo
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- Lena Brossmann
- 11-10-18
One of the best book series, very badly read
I adore the whole Next series, they are fantastic bits of writing and everyone should give them a go, as books. The audio version is not at all great unfortunately, as her style very much reminds me of someone reading aloud in class and has a lot of swallowing noises and awkward delivery.
The books are funny, I remember laughing out loud while reading, they are clever and unusual and very absurdist with a great cast of characters. None of this comes across in the audio version and the narration is very stiff, unfunny and has no diversity. It's a huge shame but I don't think I'll be finishing it even, although I was immensely looking forward to getting the whole series. The narration ruins it too much to enjoy.
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- Saffi
- 16-05-19
Fab story & narrator, crap sound mixing & quality
The story was exciting and interesting. It was a great tale to help me get over the lack of unread Douglas Adams books remaining on my shelf. The narrator was expressive and never boring. However, the recording and sound quality was not great.
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- Gabriel
- 12-08-16
Not a bad book, but sometimes a bit hard to follow
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
I would recommend, but not for everyone.
If you’ve listened to books by Jasper Fforde before, how does this one compare?
I haven't read any other books. I will probably give the next one a try.
Was The Eyre Affair worth the listening time?
The concept of the book was fine, but even although it is a fantasy novel some of the story and the altered history were a bit hard to swallow. I couldn't reconcile how the chain of events would have played out to create this version of the last 150 years.
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- d t
- 08-04-18
What's the problem? It's great
I think it's been updated because the many complaints about audio quality are now unfounded. I think I previewed it a year ago and thought indeed the audio was bad. For that reason I've heard it after listening to the whole of the rest of the series, and it was worth it.
It's read well by Gabrielle - I agree it may be too fast for some and isn't really a listen while you're doing something else.
It's funny and engaging, not the best, not the worst but worth it.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-02-18
Loved it!
Very enjoyable to listen to and given there were a lot of male characters the narrator covered them brilliantly.
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