Miss Michelle Bebbington

OK for a free book

Reviewed: 03-12-24

It's ok for a free read, but if I'd paid money for it I'd have been badly dissapointed. The narrator was good and brought more life to the story, the plot was predictable though, and I wasn't invested in the characters at all, I found myself not caring which of the men she ended up with in the end, as they both may as well have been cardboard cutouts for all the personality they had.
It grated on me that the narrator didn't know how to pronounce Isla, and if she reads this... it's "eye-la".
It was a decent story though and I did listen to the end, which was full of action. I think it would have been a lot more enjoyable with better character building and some emotive descriptions.

Conclusion: Give it a go, you might like it.

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A gripping story

Reviewed: 03-07-24

I loved this. This sort of thing isn't usually the sort of book I read, but I thought "hey it's free why not". Once I had started it however, it totally gripped me. I was late to bed, and the following day got up early to listen. I finished it all in less than 24 hours, and the ending was a real twist. As others have said, there are clues all through the story as to what the ending might be, but unless you actually know it, it wasn't obvious and I really didn't guess.
The last chapters twisted and changed your expectations so much, it could make you dizzy trying to follow it, so I didn't want to stop listening. I even went back a few times just to make sure that what I heard, WAS what I heard.

Highly recommended.

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Great story

Reviewed: 29-02-24

It's hard to find a really original story, and this is pretty close to it. Some of the elements were a little predictable, but on the whole it's not copying anything. I'm not sure if it was because I listen while working, but some of the events were a little confusing, however it may be better on 2nd listening.

The narrator was the thing that irked me. She is pretty good, however some of the voices she did didn't make sense, I can tell she was trying to make different voices for each character, but the accents were a little odd and certain characters sounded like they were old even though it was supposed to be difficulty talking (from what I understand anyway).

If I knew what I knew now, I'd definitely buy it again, and I will listen again to see if I can concentrate more 2nd time through.

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I am enjoying the series although it's long winded

Reviewed: 27-12-23

I am enjoying this series so far, I have only 2 things that I am not overly happy about.

One is the long winded bits where skipping over details would have made it a bit better, although I know I do get bored easily.
The other is that although the narrator is great at voices, she often makes the heroine sound like she's on the verge of tears when she is saying normal things, it makes her sound weak, whiney and unlikeable, whereas, with a different way of reading the words, the heroine could have sounded more like her character which is determined and stubborn.

Saying that I will carry on as it's a good story.

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Mary Sue and Mr Perfect but otherwise enjoyable

Reviewed: 08-12-23

I had to say, I really enjoyed the story, apart from the author going into way too much detail with the small actions where a vague description would have done, and in fact, less detail would have got the story moving better and given more sense of the issues going on. The Heroine is a Mary-Sue and the Hero a Mr Perfect, but for a 3 in 1 book and only 1 credit for the lot, it was worth the listen. Books 1 and 2 moved better, and most of the issues were in book 3, but by then I cared about the characters and wanted to know what happened.

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Great story, terrible narrator

Reviewed: 26-11-23

The narrator's voice was wrong for this book in my opinion.
She made the characters sound creepy, her intonations didn't make sense and she only seemed to have one emotion.
Some of the place names were pronounced wrong, and the main character, in my opinion, had an accent which was too strong.
She wasn't monotonous, but somehow she seemed to make every conversation sound like it was amused questioning, amusingly suggestive or just plain amused.
She may have been better with a different book, but I didn't think it worked with this one.

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I'd have paid for this

Reviewed: 07-11-23

For a free book this is great, even though it's only short. I really enjoyed it and the performances, including background music, are really good.

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Not my usual sort of listen

Reviewed: 07-11-23

I was looking for something different and decided to take a chance on this book. The first chapter made me want to turn it off, but I stuck with it and I am happy I did.
It's disturbing, but addictive. The people are not caricatures, they are realistic characters, the villain is ingenious and the narrators are excellent.

I may look for other stuff by these narrators and by Adam Cesare.

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I wish I had read the reviews

Reviewed: 27-10-23

It's a decent story for someone who isn't a Pratchett fan, but if you are, then it's a remake, but not even on Discworld, it's in England, which really defies the point.
Die hard Pratchett fans, this is only going to get you frustrated and annoyed at the writer, if you just want a story about a different type of football, and don't love Pratchett, then go for it, it's actually entertaining in it's own right. I just wish they had called it something else, e.g. "Unseen Academicals - rewritten".

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Great story but the narrators nearly ruined it

Reviewed: 07-10-23

The narrators on the previous books are great, but the female narrator sounded like she was thinking of something else, or was bored throughout, her voice just didn't work with this book.
The make narrator was better, but again, he didn't sound like he enjoyed reading it, and the accents were just wrong, plus there was occasions where he gave the wrong inflection to sentences, as if, again, he wasn't really paying attention to what he was reading.

Please keep the same narrator throughout next time you make a series!

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