Tina - Dragon Momma

Strange & Wonderful Koontz

Reviewed: 01-30-25

I love Dean Kuntz in general. This book did not disappoint. The narrator was fantastic

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Slow then sudden data dump

Reviewed: 01-25-25

A long pleasant listen overall ... but - very - drawn - out. Then a sudden gallop to the finish. In the last hour, I felt like I was watching Oprah - "you get some" and " you get some" and "EVERYONE GETS SOME ". (facepalm) An satisfactory ending. (shrug)

I realize some people really enjoy enjoy this style. Not for me.

The narrators were fabulous.

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A little jumpy but good overall

Reviewed: 12-11-24

This book jumps back and forth in time. However, it was very good overall. The voice acting was very well done and each individual character was easily distinguishable without being prefaced by an annoying X said and Y stated. I would recommend this book.

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such a fun and goofy romp.

Reviewed: 11-28-24

This was definitely not what I expected but boy oh boy did I have a good time. Very talented voice actor. The sound design was fantastic. everything about this was unexpected and simply really fun. I would highly recommend it for a day when you just really need to escape.

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FUN FUN FUN

Reviewed: 11-21-24

Good clean goofy fun. lots of laughs. creative. I thoroughly enjoyed this ride.

I will look for more books by this author and by narrator. both were fantastic.

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Please bring back ACTUAL**VOICE** ACTORS

Reviewed: 11-20-24

I truly appreciate that Audible includes these books with our membership.

however, can we please leave video actors on the screen? there is a vast difference between screen acting and voice acting. it is painfully obvious in books such as this one. It appears the only voice acting lessons that the two main stars received was in how to enunciate words. Congratulations! I heard every single syllable very clearly. painfully clearly. no acting just every single syllable. I would much rather have an artificial intelligence robot read me the book quite frankly.

also, the sound engineer needs to go back to school. I believe the sound engineer felt that the listeners were falling asleep between scenes and therefore felt the need to blast the music to 30 times the volume that the voices were at. I was not asleep. The music between the scenes was incredibly and painfully loud. I was constantly scrambling for the volume, completely ridiculous.

(My son has a multi-year degree in sound engineer and video engineering so I do speak with some knowledge about these matters)

I miss the days when actual actors could act. there are too many actors on screen already that are only there because they are beautiful to look at. The two actors in this book are very talented when they are on screen. these two actors, however, do not have the prerequisite voice training required for voice acting.

Also, the sound coloring between the voices in the book was atrocious. For example, the footsteps: it did not matter how fast or how slow the action was progressing. the footsteps sounded as though someone was sleepwalking! no matter if we were chasing a subject or walking slowly towards someone. It was completely maddening.

Please take a lesson from the Masters in full story audiobooks:
sometimes late at night. you can find old radio programs that are literally called " those old radio shows'. these are wonderful examples of true radio dramas. the sound engineers were artists and quite often the voice actors in them had were true actors and truly entertaining. Again, audible; I truly appreciate that these books are free. however, please take a week or two, perhaps a month or two more to polish them and make them the works of art that I know they can be after listening to radio programs from days gone by.

Thank you

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Exactly what I need from this author 😊

Reviewed: 11-19-24

Good gruesome fun. This is the escapism that I expect from this author. A nice short story that was fun and distracting.

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fairly good for a free listen

Reviewed: 11-18-24

I may be judging this harshly since this is the second book in a row. I have listened to that featured as a main plot line. a memory issue. the pros was good. the characters were never fully developed. I feel I never got to know the characters well. The snow storm seemed a bit contrived. Otherwise it was a pleasant distracting listen. all I expected from this book was to be distracted and relaxed and this is exactly what I received from this book. overall, I would recommend this book.

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surprisingly good listen. Excellent twists and turns.

Reviewed: 11-17-24

I would listen to this author and this narrator again anytime. highly recommended. never a dull moment. Very enjoyable. Excellent pacing.

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Excellent free listen

Reviewed: 11-08-24

I wanted to try a book from this author for free before I purchased one. I was really happy with this read. The story flowed very well. the narration was really good. The characters were believable. The mother was neurotic and very worried all the time which pretty much describes me as a mother, LOL.

I do recommend this book to other readers/ listeners.

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