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AI Voice narration

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3 out of 5 stars
Performance
2 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-10-24

The narration done by AI is horrible. All characters sound exactly alike, even the 5-year-old child, making it hard to tell who is speaking. There is also no change in tone. Frankly, it almost ruined the book for me. AI is going to have been improved significantly before it becomes viable for narration.

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Great Audible Original Cozy

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 12-16-22

Very cute and funny. Molly Harper definitely thinks outside of the box. I look forward to to other books in this series.

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Not Mystery

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-21-22

Very disappointing. Nothing is resolved. The listener is just left hanging. And there is no mystery to solve; just a series of life events.

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Unbelievable

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3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-24-22

Unbelievable action. Main characters too self-congratulatory. Repetitive phrases and descriptions. Author should let the characters' actions show their superiority, instead of constantly telling the reader how wonderful they are.

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Badly recorded

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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 10-22-21

The dialog is so soft that the narration has to be turned way up. If you don't want to be blasted on the narration, you miss what the characters are saying, sometimes missing important information. This is probably not the narrator's fault. It could have been tended to by the recording technician.

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Good book, but why?

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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-29-21

Why in the world would you hire a British reader for a story set in Massachusetts with a major character from the Bronx, New York City? Both areas have very distinctive accents that would have added greatly to the telling.

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Great Story, Annoying Narration

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4 out of 5 stars
Performance
2 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-13-21

The constant mispronunciation of the Spanish names and words almost ruined this book for me. I almost stopped listening and deleted this book, even though the story is terrific. Why can't Audible find narrators who are professional enough to learn the pronunciation of foreign words? This narrator also has a very narrow range of tones, making it confusing in figuring out which character is speaking.

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Pronunciation, Please!

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

Reviewed: 05-18-21

Good story, well written. But PLEASE, narrators, if you're hired to perform a story with foreign language places and characters, learn to pronounce the foreign words correctly!!!

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Couldn't finish this book

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3 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-23-21

As a Texan, I resent the stereotyping of the characters. As a Baptist, I resent it even more. The author obviously doesn't know anything about either.

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Dog Lovers Unite

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-19-21

I loved it! And I totally sympathize with the main character. People who don't understand the nature of dogs shouldn't be allowed to adopt them.

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