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BLACK In The Box (BLACK #5)

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BLACK In The Box (BLACK #5)

By: Russell Blake
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Artemis Black's world is coming apart in the days leading up to Christmas. His relationship is on the rocks, he's struggling to make ends meet, he's gone days without sleep, and when he's called in to investigate a brutal murder at a big box store in Long Beach, he's at the end of his rope. Racing the clock to clear a young woman's name before she's charged with homicide, Black gets more than he bargained for, and finds himself enmeshed in a web of deceit and betrayal that will require every ounce of his and Roxie's sleuthing prowess if they're to survive the night. Hard-Boiled Mystery Private Investigators
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I feel owed something for finishing this book with virtual voice. I'm going back and listening to books 1-4 as a palate cleanser.

Don't Waste Your Time

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The story might have been better than I'm giving it credit for because the A.I. narration was painful. Just... DON'T!

Painful

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I will not buy another virtual voice book again. It ruins the story. Very disappointed.

AI voice

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I love RC Bray and search out books he narrates. That is how I found this series. I listened to the first 4 books and really enjoyed them. I I have gotten to know and appreciate these characters and this story line. Unfortunately, AI ruined it. I can fully understand wanting to give AI a try but RC Bray gave life to these characters and AI choked them out in the back of a minivan and buried them in a shallow grave. So sad.

Stop with the AI VOICE

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If i could have givgiving it a minus 4 stars i would have- I would have rather listened to someone with their mouth wired shut read this instead of AI. the worst reading... I am a fan of the BLACK BOOK SET.. but not this AI reading this book.. completely ruined the storyline and characters.. go back to paying someone with a pulse to read!!

AI reading was terrible

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the AI mispronounced some words, had little to no inflection in obvious places. I won't be listening to another AI narrated story again

don't recommend AI reading

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The use of AI voice is horrible. Takes away from the overall story.
I only made it to chapter 10 before I just had enough

AI Voice Horrible

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My wife and I have hugely enjoyed the Black series through Book Four, but were leery of sitting down to listen to Book Five because of Audible's decision to use Virtual Voice. We were right. It was a huge mistake. It's one thing to use Virtual Voice for non-fiction or technical titles, quite another for books utilizing characters and their dialogue. Hearing Black and Roxie's banter presented in the same voice and with the same inflection was disappointing, to say the least. Audible rightly presents human readers as 'performing' the book. That was not the case with Virtual Voice. There may be some economic advantage to using Virtual Voice, but Audible would be wise to restrict its use to pure narrations and not performances. We gave the story a one-star only because we knew it would get people's attention and we would like to see Audible respond.

Virtual Voice and Literature.

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I absolutely love books 1 through 4. R.C. Bray is the voice of this series. I revisit them annually. But he AI Voice doesn’t serve the story or series well. Despite really wanting to know how the 5th Black book plays out, I’m struggling to focus with the AI voice. I doubt I’ll even finish the audiobook. Can someone just pay R.C. Bray, please?

Can someone please pay R.C. Bray?

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Very little, If any, inflection. Also, difficult to know which character was talking. Why couldn’t different voices be used? Doubt I will listen to another virtual voice book again.

Virtual voice ruin good story

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