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Great story. Best narrator in the business.

Reviewed: 03-05-25

Fun story and it keeps you guessing who the villain is.

George Guidell takes the excellent writing and stories to another level.
Every character stands out by the sound of their voice and each personality shines in his narration.
If you catch the Longmire TV series after listening to these books; you will recognize the characters but you will hear George's voice in your mind and wish it was the audio track combined with the good acting. (except the casting for Henry Standing Bear)

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So-so Reacher effort. Bland story. Bad narrator.

Reviewed: 03-05-25

Since this became a father/son effort, the story line/writing has declined. Half the time Reacher is more superman than usual, defeating a dozen bad guys at a time or starting to sound a bit sensitive and woke.
They are killing off a great franchise.
Scott Brick as the narrator is a deal breaker. He starts out emoting every line. No sense of emphasis. He has the same straining voice whether he is talking about Reacher making quick, life saving decisions or the color of the flowers in a bouquet.
Imagine the Winnie the Pooh movie with Eeyore voicing all the characters.

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Entertaining series goes bad. Narrator same.

Reviewed: 12-06-23

Great series but the story line in book four seems sour.
The narrator for the first two books, Lesley manville, was amazing. Great voices and and inflections.
Book three narration went downhill but the story line kept us entertained.
Book four was returned.

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Enjoyed the story but the narrator was boring.

Reviewed: 11-07-23

Story was good but the narrator was disappointing.
With all the excellent talent out there, why choose him?

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A great part of an amazing series. Can’t stop reading them.

Reviewed: 10-25-23

Louise Penny has a talent for creating visuals that you can’t forget. Her descriptions are so beautiful and compelling that you feel like she must actually be living there amidst her characters.
The narrator is spot on with his accent and makes the characters come alive.

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Good story. Totally inadequate narration.

Reviewed: 12-13-22

This narrator is very weak compared to John Lee who voiced the previous books.
Guerin Barry has a very mechanical style, which early on almost sounds like AI. His voice for Gabriel Alon is too soft and lacks the character we expect of the hero. And his female voices are totally unbelievable.
Thankfully the story line saved the day.

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This book is a beating. With a lousy ending.

Reviewed: 11-02-22

What a disappointment.
We have devoured every Longmire book and were looking forward to this one.
One of the qualities of these books is the Native American tie-in. And Walt's excursions into the spiritual dimensions has been entertaining. But this book, while educational and we can feel Craig Johnson's passion, was an unfortunate, never-ending voyage into confusion and malaise.
We kept going thinking there would be a redeeming ending that would make the journey less painful but it was not to be.
This audiobook goes back. Thank you Audible for your returns policy.
The sad thing is the thought that the Longmire series we have enjoyed is over. I'm not sure we would take a chance on his next one.

Ending on a positive note.
George Guidall continues to be one of the best narrators in the business.
He takes the excellent writing and stories to another level.
Every character stands out by the sound of their voice and each personality shines in his narration.
If you catch the Longmire TV series after listening to these books; you will recognize the characters but you will hear George's voice in your mind and wish it was the audio track combined with the good acting.

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Reacher series goes over the edge. Awful narrator

Reviewed: 08-15-22

Have all the Reacher audio books and many in print. This book finishes it for me.

I don't know if it is the younger co-writer but the character has soured. One of Lee Child's talents was creating a much larger than life hero with enough subtlety that the reader willingly suspended his disbelief at how Reacher could defeat multiple enemies without a scratch.
This Reacher defeats even more with unnecessary, in-depth descriptions of all the moves and injuries.
This is like a comic book version of the real series. All that they left out were the old BAM! POW! like the old Batman TV series.

The narration has not been the same since they stopped using Dick Hill. The choice of Scott Brick was an unfortunate decision. Scott has a very narrow range of voices and inflections. Every line he delivers has a downward, depressing ending and all the characters emotions come out as growls.

So for me this was the imperfect storm which caused me to return the book and move on from Lee Child. There are too many innovative other authors out there.

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Boring narration.

Reviewed: 02-12-21

Don't bother with the rest of the series.

Martin Freeman is a disappointment after Stephen Fry's amazing narration of The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy.
Freeman is a stellar actor but his strength is his great facial expressions. As a narrator, he is pretty dry read.

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Come for the story. Stay for the genius narration.

Reviewed: 02-12-21

Love the book.
Stephen Fry's narration takes it to another level. He makes the characters come alive.
You will never read the book again without hearing his character's voices in your head.

Don't bother with the rest of the series.
Martin Freeman is a disappointment after Stephen Fry. He is a stellar actor but a boring narrator.
If you can't see all his great facial expressions, you are left with a dry reading.

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