but the narration sounds annoyingly like a robot
583509
worthwhile and engaging story we should all know, but the narration sounds annoyingly like a robot. also could have benefited from some acting scenes to paint a more vivid picture, too many of the same still shots over and over
96901
First of, the narrator. I loved, looooved her Irish accent. English is not my mother tongue and it was quite charming and fascinating to listen to. But, the narrator has an issue pronouncing an S in the words. I got used to it by the middle of the book though, and it would not influence my review if not for other things. Throughout the whole book, it seemed as there was no end to sentences. No commas, no exclamation points, no punctuation whatsoever. It just went on and on in one fluid, unstoppable string of words. Most of the time, I couldn't say who's speaking. At least not for a bit or two after the sentence actually finished so, no variation in her voice. Not all the time, but enough to become annoying. And, if he is whispering something (MC in steamy scenes), narrator should lower her voice by at least few decibels. Not shout those whispered words. I understand their job isn't easy, but in this book, it ruined the story. From what little of the book I managed to read, I surmised I would enjoy it much more, and rated it higher, if I read more of it instead of listening. Unfortunately, I wasn't able to due to, well, life. So, there it is. Narration aside, the story is solid read. Characters felt real, romance felt real, and even if it's obvious who's who and what is going to happen (no need to be Watson or Sherlock to see it a mile away) the story is engaging enough to keep reading. So, if I find time to read it (not likely due to life), number of stars could be revised.
1735729
I love John Saul, but the narrator for the audio narration, Angela Dawes, sounded like Forrest Gump.  She slowly made all one syllable words sound like two syllable words.  It was so annoying that I couldn't finish listening to the book.
1841075
We had listened to Anne of Green Gables by Tyndale Entertainment and were excited to listen to the next book in the series.  Unfortunately we found the narrator's voice very robotic and boring and it would have helped to have other readers for different parts similar the Tyndale Entertainment version for the first book.  Could only listen to about 10 minutes before my daughter and I decided to turn it off.  Surprised they didn't get someone a little more animated for this given how lively the characters are in this series.
1487872
The narration is horribly annoying. It's impossible to watch this film for more than 10 minutes at a time. Narration's Track volume is much to low compare to the sounds coming from the movie and is constantly fading in and out. The person who did the audio for this narration didn't know what he/she was doing. Also narrator's voice is so flat, anemic, irritating and void of any expression.
2083558
The sound is decent, but everytime you touch a button, it makes incredibly loud, annoying beeps. When you turn it on, it announces in a loud, annoying voice, that it is turning on and you should use bluetooth. I hate turning it on and touching it.
1601227
the story itself may have been okay, but I listened to this on audio, and the narrator, Lorna Raver, ruined it for me.  I found her voice like nails on a chalk board.  After listening to clear, crisp narrators voices for Mists of Avalon, and Earth's Children series, this book was a very sore disappointment.  Also, I feel that a story set in ancient Britainia should have at the very least, a voice reading with an accent for the area the story is set in.  I could go on, but I will end by saying that not only her voice, but her shouting, etc, made me think of a high school production.
3485648
The lines are obviously ripped from the show, background space noises, alarms, and all. These sound really out of place coming from plastic dinosaurs, and would still be out of place if the audio quality was better, but as it is it's a garbled mess.

There's also no way to replace the batteries, which I feel is a massive oversight for plastic dinosaurs that are so expensive.
3558781
*I listened to this book as an audio recording*

while the story itself was fairly interesting and engaging, the narration was infuriating. At first, I appreciated the use of different narrators for the different main characters, but this quickly became annoyance at secondary characters' voices varying between the narrators. One would read a character with a deep southern drawl while another would voice them without discernable accent-- it was extremely distracting.
2458766
I was looking forward to "reading" this on Audible.com very much, but after 5 minutes of listening to this robotic narrator, I am sorely disappointed.  I can't bear to listen to this apparently very good book read by a computer voice!  I'm going to return it.
3243895
I love the convenience of having both a download and the DVDs but I could not take the narrator and have been unable to do more than a few lessons. In contrast I have done most of the Pimsleur French courses. Having audio only is convenient for me as I listen while I am running or hiking, so I guess I am less likely to do this course but the real problem is the narrator. She isn't a native speaker, seems kind of stuck-up, and you get bored while she is flipping her hair and going really really slow for all of us idiots who don't already speak French. It is a shame because I think it is a well designed course but I can't make myself watch with this narrator.
2229948
Parts of this book were laugh out loud funny, but I found the wild vacillations of the narrator, from Jack Handey-style oblivious cluelessness to sudden astute self-awareness and observation - inconsistent and a little annoying.
150153
Having a hard time getting into this because the narrator's voice is both annoying and just wrong for this kind of book.
2815259
No battery check, Battery dose not last long enough, Odd sound of narration.
3940077
For the narration, it's mostly second person with occasional third person. Sometimes it goes to first as well, but that's reserved for when a character is speaking.
3767235
I'm trying to listen to this on CD. The narrator is so horribly annoying I don't know if I can finish it. Her voice raised for Pascal is the most grating thing I've ever heard.
328510
The only issue I have with this is the narrator. He sounds mechanical and monotone. Frequently mispronouncing words. If you weren't reading along with the narrator, it would be confusing.