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narration ruins the story

Overall
1 out of 5 stars
Performance
1 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-13-24

Virtual voice narration diminishes the quality of the story. There is no characterization, emotion, drama or humor. Mispronunciations are distracting: polish instead of Polish, son in law for 'son-in-law' and exPARty multiple times even while explaining the proper pronunciation of ex parte, among others. This was not a good introduction to this author for me.

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My issue with the narration

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
Performance
3 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-21-21

I like Wilhelm's mysteries set in Oregon. I find it distracting to hear place names mispronounced. If there are place names that are based on languages other than English (for example, Indigenous, French, Spanish), the reader needs to find out how locals/natives pronounce those names. They aren't always obvious. It was jarring and annoying to hear Malheur (in this story) and Willamette, Spokane, Deschutes, Wallowa among others (in other Wilhelm stories) not pronounced in the manner of the people who live there. That's especially true when it is in the voice one of the characters, who supposedly would know better. I imagine the late Ms. Wilhelm (a resident of Oregon) cringing. I sure did.

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