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A nice start to the series

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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 02-28-11

Since my reading is further along in the series, my first audiobook was the ninth in the series, and it was fantastic - kept me going on my long runs on the treadmill; so I moved on to the next, Narcissus in Chains. God awful. I had noticed it was a different narrator from my previous selection, but I was willing to give it a shot...but I just don't get what all the Cynthia Holloway fans enjoy about her. She sounds so whiney! So I started back in the beginning cuz I saw Kimberly Alexis did the narration for the first few books. Kimberly's my girl. She does a really strong Anita, smart, confident, still with right amount of sarcasm and snark. I saw one review that said she made Anita sound too strong, which struck me as odd. If you like an Anita who can handle herself, stick with Kimberly; if you want a whiney, obnoxious Anita, go with Cynthia-narrated audiobooks.

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Pleasantly surprised.

Overall
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-30-11

I wasn't sure how I felt about Kimberly Alexis' narration in the beginning, but she definitely grew on me. Now I've moved on to Narcissus in Chains with Cynthia Holloway, and I find myself missing Kimberly...

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What's up with this narrator?

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2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-30-11

I've been reading the Anita Blake series for a while and decided to download the audiobooks for listening while running. I started where I left off in the series, Obsidian Butterfly, and was pleasantly impressed with the narration (Kimberly Alexis). So I moved on to Narcissus in Chains. God awful. Cynthia Holloway...who doesn't know how to pronounce "wereleopard" - it's just like "werewolf"! So many mispronunciations, and terrible distinctions for different characters. (Accents, anyone?) And maybe it's just because I started off with a different female narrator, but Cynthia sounds kind of whiney to me.
Besides cringe-worthy narration, it's terrible editing. I know it's an abridged version, but some critical things were left out of the story. I couldn't get through the whole thing. I turned it off, went out and bought the paperback, and now I'm downloading the first in the series, Guilty Pleasures. Maybe since it's been so long since I read it, it'll keep me distracted from my running. Plus, it's got Kimberly Alexis.

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