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THE DARKNESS

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THE DARKNESS

By: Stephen R. King
Narrated by: Virtual Voice
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Find your way through the darkness with seven new thrilling short stories by bestselling Amazon author Stephen R. King. Do not let the lack of light stop you from discovering more adventures and stories that will keep you up at night and ignite the imagination. There is no place to hide in, THE DARKNESS! Horror Thriller & Suspense Scary Suspense Exciting
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Narration was stilted and awkward. Stories good but not King’s best. I am an avid King fan but these stories did not seem to have his usual eloquent magic.

AI Narration Ruins The Experience

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The the story plots and character development were passably good. The AI narration ruined them for me : Cold, unemotional delivery in a fake British accent makes for an unpleasant "read". The AI isn't working, Audible!

Disappointing

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Didn’t know it was an AI narrative. It took away from the stories. Also didn’t know it was a collection of stories that ended abruptly. Would not have used a credit. I’ll learn to be more careful. I’ve been a King fan forever but this did not measure up for me.

Not my favorite

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I hated the AI voice. Too flat and monotone. It really ruined the entire book

AI is awful

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Sorry, I couldn’t even finish listening to the entire book…the dron-y weird monotonous voice lost me…too bad because I love Stephen King…

Perfectly good book ruined by AI reading

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It was like a three year old reading the encyclopedia . They know the letters and most words but not enough

Did not enjoy the narration at all

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This was pretty good. The computer generated voice and the neutral names made it difficult to tell if the people in the stories were male or female. Good Stories though.

The stories

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The AI voice ruined what would have been another great set of stories from King. Mispronouncing basic words, bad accent and no soul ruined the entire experience. I couldn’t even finish the stories.

Unfortunate choice with AI

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I thought this was the the darkness not 5 different stories that don’t have an ending. The AI voice was awful.

Not good

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Virtual voice is a little creepy and the AI still needs a little work to sound completely human.

All the stories were good, but most of the endings left something to be desired. Makes sense since they are only short stories.

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