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Terrible Narration

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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 09-25-24

I just can’t get through this book because of the person reading! The narrator has a speech impediment and pronounces her l’s as w’s. So “she called” sounds like “she cawed.” It just keeps going like this. Also, she narrates in a very immature way. I just can’t handle this after all the amazing narrators I’ve enjoyed in hundreds of other books. I guess someone decided to get an amateur for this one. Too bad.

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Another awesome story from Adrian Tchaikovsky

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

Reviewed: 06-27-24

I enjoyed the way this novel grabbed me and pulled me into its world. Just a great book!

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Amazing Story, but some parts felt unresolved

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

Reviewed: 06-12-24

Loved the narration and most of the book. The only thing that was lacking was the conclusion or at least some kind of continuation of some of the side stories. The creatures are beautifully described. Maybe a sequel would’ve helped.

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Pretty Good Story but narration was weird

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

Reviewed: 12-26-23

The story was good but just seemed to lack something compared to some of Koontz’s best work. Also, the narrator was just so wrong for the book. She has a chipmunky, tiny girl voice that was a contrast to the mature vocabulary choices in the book. I often thought there was very old-fashioned wording with outdated slang and pop culture references. Then, there’s literally a Gidget-like voice reading words like Babel and pronouncing it as “Bayble.” It’s Babel as in Tower of Babel, you know, from the Bible? I’m thankful this was a free title.

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Definitely one of King’s Best Books in Years!

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-09-23

There are some extremely weird reviews of this book but it quickly became clear that that 1 star reviews came from the delusional people who belong to the former guy’s cult. There were one or two tiny references to that former guy. Big deal.
The only thing that bugged me was the pronunciation of “cafe” which the narrator read like “caff.” I’ve never heard it pronounced that way before. It’s usually pronounced “kaffay” with the emphasis on the “ay.” I wish I could type the little character above the e. Am I the only listener who was thrown off by caff? We have tons of cafes all around us in populated areas - surely the narrator has heard someone say they’re eating lunch at the cafe (kaffAY). Otherwise, it was awesome! Stephen King is one of a handful of Master storytellers in America and this is one of his best.

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Another Excellent Story!

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

Reviewed: 10-25-23

Part of the charm of these novels is the narration, and combined with awesome writing, it just is a pleasure to listen to.

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Excellent!

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

Reviewed: 10-20-23

The best element of this story is how the author pulls you in by just describing thoughts, feelings, impressions of his relatable characters. The observations of characters is just so skilled.

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Awesome Story and Narration!

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

Reviewed: 10-05-23

One of the best books I’ve ever found! I truly appreciate this author and wish there were more books this excellent but now the bar is raised pretty high.

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Loved the writing and narration

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-23-22

I thought the narrator got it right for each character’s voice. Charlie Parker is from Maine and so he would logically have an accent from that region. The last two novels just gave him a generic accent but this one really gave me a feel for his background in Maine. Also, if other reviewers would have paid attention to the story about Angel, they would have picked up on the hints that Angel most likely had a Puerto Rican accent since his parents were probably from there. His had Awesome narration and was an engrossing story to listen to.

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Overall a great story

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

Reviewed: 07-09-21

I did have a struggle with the narration. She read everything as if it was a downer and her voice was a very tense and edgy. This would’ve been so much better with a softer sounding narrator. However, the story was excellent and it was refreshing to have the sex a little less in your face. I hope more of these are written in a new series.

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