Justin

Half breed

Reviewed: 08-20-24

This book seems to me to perpetuate the myth that all the Native American people have been eradicated. That is not true. I don’t think anyone of mixed lineage would refer to themselves as half-breeds. It felt wrong here also. Otherwise pretty good. It wears one down to hear the enumerated list of systematic injustice in the name of manifest destiny and white Jesus. We must stand witness to history, especially our own. We must not forget.

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Insufferable narrator

Reviewed: 06-03-23

Volume swings wildly from whispers to shouts with no warning. Narrator likes to try to sing but does so exceptionally poorly. Narrator likes to descend in volume slowly to imperceptible volumes then scream to blow out your eardrums.
Usually I suffer through bad narrators and finish the book. This is the first time I’m stopping. I can’t finish this book with this narrator. Literally insufferable.

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Excellent

Reviewed: 03-11-23

I usually don’t place much emphasis on narration, in my opinion if the narrator goes unnoticed that is ideal. After listening to this audiobook I listened to another that was rather poorly narrated, there were sections where I was cringing listening to how the narrator spoke in a bad way unrelated to the story.
Then I thought back to this audiobook and by contrast how excellent it was. The narrator does do some accents for characters but they are faithful and helpful and not at all bad or distracting.
So I’m summary , excellent narration as judged by someone who usually tries to ignore narration.

As for the book itself I don’t think this is the best place to review it but I liked it a lot. The beginning was a bit slow I would say but once we get past the prison part i think the novel was sensational and an absolute page turner despite its great length it maintained that high level of interest and excitement throughout . Actually I though maybe too sensational and out there but I mean I guess it’s a fiction novel so the impossibilities and extremely unlikely circumstances are just what you get.

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Narrator gets quiet frequently

Reviewed: 12-29-21

In an attempt to be a dramatic narrator, he gets quiet frequently then breaks out in dramatic increased volume then goes back to whispering which makes it pretty annoying to listen to always modulating the volume to match the narrators style. There were plenty of times I had to rewind bc he got quiet and I missed what he said.

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