Abridged, bad sound quality

Not a huge fan of the narration, but I could have lived with it had the sound quality been better. At times, Robinson's voice is so quiet that I would turn up the volume to make out words, then be deafened a moment later when a different character spoke.

When I started listening to Discworld books, I didn't know the narrators so I bought based on where I was in the se Either when I purchased this it didn't say it was abridged or it still doesn't say that. But it is abridged, big time. It is so abridged that large sections of the plot make no sense at all.

Save your money or credit and buy the OTHER version of this title, narrated by Nigel Planer. You'll get the whole story and a much better listening experience.

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Great story, terrible sound editing

The performance switched abruptly between practically whispered exposition and shouted dialogue from the witches. While Granny Weatherwax and Nanny Ogg are indeed assertive women, the result of this sudden, and repeated, volume change is jarring. Really difficult to listen to. Of smaller note, the narrator pronounced practically every name differently than how at least three other narrators have pronounced them. Not the worst of crimes but certainly serves to remove one from the story

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Too much amiss

I bought this book because I love it, I had read it many times. Disappointed. A lot of funny stuff just wasn't there!

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Sound quality

Wonderful book but the audio had a huge variance. At times some of the conversations where half whispered and half shouted and I kept having to adjust the volume and at times the only option really was just dealing with the loud bits of the conversations so I didn’t miss things.

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good story, poor audio

It is a fun story, but it is recorded at a ridiculously quiet level. at times you can barely hear it

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Always a fan of Terry Pratchett

Short but sweet story. The only reason it's not 5 stars is that the volume on this reading isn't balanced. I had to turn my volume all the way up to barely hear the whispering parts and then they'd start screaming and my ears would figuratively bleed. But otherwise a great performance and a fun book.

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spotty sound

I enjoyed the story, the performance was good, sadly the sound engineering was poor with the audio dropping out completely at times.

Volume Equalization Required

Big Terry Pratchett fan, and this is his usual brand of comedy, but the narration goes back and forth between inaudible whispering and "this one goes to 11" shouting. The contrast made this recording very difficult/annoying to listen to during my daily commute. In addition some of the voice acting was extreme enough that I couldn't make out what was being said.

mistake buying this version

dont get this version, there is no reason to skip the full book. The book is amazing.

Narrator is unbearable

I love the discworld books, but the narrator of this one is awful. His voices for the witches are irritating and load, and the narration is too quiet by comparison. So your options are to blow your ears out to hear the narration or only hear when the witches talk.