Why can this man not pronounce Kovacs?

Drove me absolutely nuts! The story was great but I just couldn't cope with this!

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A straight forward combat Misson? Not!

Tak on what seems like his usual finding trouble arc that takes an unexpected set of turns leading him into the future by way of his past..

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Bit of a let down after the first two. !Amended!!

"Why change the narrator? I like Dufris for a lot of his other readings but this isn't good, it doesn't do the book any justice at all. He even has Kovacs pronouncing his own name wrong..."

That was my review before they had this excellent concluding part of the Takeshi Kovacs trilogy re-recorded by the same reader as the first two, Mr Tod MclLren is a chap who can actually pronounce the protagonist's name, hence a straight 5-star review for an excellent scifi novel which is easily as good as the first two. Very strongly recommended and not just to competists, there are some magnificent set pieces in here.

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One small annoyance

If the narrator had read or heard the previous books in the series he would have known how to pronounce the protagonists name. other than that I enjoyed this

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Great book

Good book and well narrated. A great close to the trilogy. Looking forward to me from this author.

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Great final book, wish there were more in the seri

The final book of the Takeshi Kovacs series keeps up the amazing universe created in the previous two, with some amazing new details about the characters in it. Would love to see some map of haarland's world as it's hard to keep track of all the geographical locations

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kova-ch

brilliant story, great performance, shame the narrator was unable to pronounce the lead characters name correctly.

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It’s pronounced Koh-vatch FFS!

Listening to this 3rd book I was at first baffled as to why the Narration started at what sounded like the far end of a giant concrete pipe., making me wonder if there was anything wrong with my device’s sound quality.This “effect” is used repeatedly throughout, which does become annoying. My other pet peeve is the narrators pronunciation of the main character’s name. Spelled Kovacs it is, as the previous 2 books and narrations have evidenced pronounced “Koh-catch! And not “Kovax” a mistake the narrator repeats throughout the book.

Storywise there is the usual blood sex and intrigue but unlike the previous books this story feels disjointed, with too many characters appearing all the way through. The plot does untangle itself after a fashion, but feels like it falls short of an ultimate ending. Worth a listen if you can unclench your tweet every time the narrator says”Kovax”.

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Another fine installment

There were a number of times I thought the story was about to wrap up in a fantastic ending only for another twist in the story.

Very enjoyable throughout. Well passed and well read.

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"We are all chasing ghosts"

This is a long book about a very long journey, a sort of love story although the loved one is long gone and it is bitterness which drives the main protagonist onwards.. At times confusing, but then, when the dead can usually choose to return in new bodies, often looking very different from the original, when. what takes place in the virtual worlds can be as meaningful as in the "real" one, when allegiances shift and turn, when more than one personality can inhabit a single body as well as a single person having dual, but different bodies, each with it's own course of action and outlook despite sharing some joint memories, ... t would be somewhat suspect if it were not.

This is the second of Richard Morgan's books I have had the great pleasure to hear, the first being the marvellous Altered Carbon. I am glad that I was already squinted with his imaginative world through that shorter and (slightly) less complicated book as it did help me to understand what might be going on. But William Dufris's excellent narration, wonderfully intoned and always tinged with the right amount of emotion, really helps the listener to follow through all of the twists and turns and sheer unexpected happenings of this thought provoking novel, plus certain passages are given a slight echo chamber effect when flashbacks are being experienced or conversations recalled.

Lots of fplotting and fighting, strong language and a little explicit sex, this is a book to become immersed within. I will definitely return and listen again in the future.

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