![]() ![]() In this particular case, I didn't find the story gripping enough to overcome the few issues I had with the narration, but it wouldn't put me off trying another Ann Patchett novel in the future. It makes me think that audio is a very risky format for an author, because any issues with the narrator can ruin their otherwise enjoyable novel. For example, in this particular book, the narrator rendered the Australian character in an American accent which I found very distracting (I live in Australia, so there's a clue to why that issue struck me in particular). It may be that, after some of the brilliant narrations I've heard on audio now, that my expectations are getting too high. For an audiobook we pay for, I'd expect that all of these problems would have been over-dubbed during the production. I kept listening for them rather than listening to the story itself. She has a nice speaking voice, but there were a lot of hesitations or half-stoppages in the reading which I found distracting. I think perhaps with a different narrator I might well have got to the end, so perhaps the main issue for me was technical issues with the recording. Plots and settings are always shared and this one was chugging along okay. ![]() The story is reasonably well put together, and although parts of the plot reminded me a great deal of another book, I don't think it's fair to write it off it solely on that basis. ![]()
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