shoot the narrator

good tale . ruined by the worst voice i've ever had to endure . who ever let him near line of work must be deaf .just get a load of most of his pronunciations . when he said milan i was physically sick . worst of all where is south work ?

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An excellent story marred by simply appalling narration
The narrator is, obviously, not a native English speaker and the pronunciation was grating.

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Really enjoyed it!

This is the first book of hers that I've listened to. A really good exciting story. I got used to the narrator. what is it with Americans and English accents. Why do they go over the top. But he was well into the story and made it exciting. I just wish he would sort out those elongated vowel sounds. I don't use them. I'm a Northerner but even I know you you don't pronounce passage as pa-rssage.
Anyway I begin to get to know the characters and like them. Hope they reappear in future.

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"Veil of Lies"

I kind of enjoyed this despite myself, so to speak. It was a decent enough story and plot, and an interesting set of characters, but somehow it just didn't hit the spot... I found that I had to keep reminding myself that it was supposed to be happening in 1383, and not in Victorian London, or after the Restoration... There was a lack of atmosphere in general, to be honest, although there was plenty of 'period' detail and constant mentions of bowls, not glasses, of wine, and descriptions of clothes with lo g pointed sleeves... And although I'm sure that Jeri Westerson knows the period well, and spent time researching it, that just didn't come across, we the whole book was just kinda flat.

But the biggest gripe I have, and the reason why I almost gave up before the third chapter, was the quite dreadful, unbearably phoney and misguided 'posh' accent used by this narrator. Quite apart from various mis -pronounciations, Mr Butler, whom I hadn't heard of till now, thankfully, seems to have decided that 14th century nobility pronounced every word with a flat letter 'a'... So instead of the 'a' in 'flash' sounding like the 'a' in apple, it's pronounced 'flaash' like the flat 'a' in 'apart'. And this goes on and on, 'paassage' 'slaash' 'eyelaash' to the point where you want to stick waax in your ears to make it stop !!!

I'm just thankful it was free, or at least 'Included in my membership' .

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strange violent outbursts

disliked the narrators affected voice, it didn't sound natural and was irritating. The story was monotonous and weak

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Weak Mystery

There are two mysteries in the story and neither is very strong. I know the character is designed to feel human by giving him flaws but he just came across as stupid and unlikable.

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Great story. Awful narrator.

The awful "plum in the mouth" upper class accent and inability to pronounce simple words and place names properly totally spoils a really good plot.

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The narration is the worst

I have to admit I never got far in this book - this is possibly the worst narration of all the many books I have listened to. I had to rate the story with a star, but it's not valid as I never could listen to it.

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Bloody Awful

I can’t comment on the story because the reader was so bad I couldn’t finish it and had to return it halfway through. I just couldn’t handle the appalling accent anymore. For the love of all that is holy and right with the world, please stop butchering London accents. I got such rage at hearing Southwark being annihilated that hearing damp pronounced darmp repeatedly in a fake posh accent felt like the equivalent of a microwaved cup of tea.

I might read the book though. I *think* it had potential, I just stomach the narration and find out.

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Absolutely dire 😩

Narration is risible and completely out of context with the era. Sounded like a Victorian panto performed by Kenneth Williams and Penelope Keith. Many anachronisms by the American author. So bad, I could not finish and glad it was a freebie.

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