Read the Book, Don't Listen to it on Audible
589921
First off, Tiffany Haddish is just plain, ol' funny.  I've watched much of her stand up via you tube after seeing her in Girl Trip.  Some of what she covers in her stand up is covered in her book but in greater detail.  It is a very interesting, somewhat crazy life that she has had which is probably the reason why she is so funny.  I got this book after seeing her on the Daily Show.  She was hilarious and Trevor Noah could not stop gushing about her and laughing about her stories. With that said, I utilized Audible to "read" this as I spend a lot of time in my car.  Unfortunately, I think something was lost in the translation/ reading of this. Tiffany narrates this herself and hearing the stories never left me cracking up (though some of the stories were not supposed to).  However, watching those same stories played out in stand-up would make me laugh even though I knew what was coming. She has impeccable comedic timing but maybe it just doesn't translate to her actually having to read lines from her book as opposed to delivering a story on stage.  Other reviewers indicated that they thought this was a funny book and I simply have to attribute it to *listening* to it as opposed to actually reading it.  Nonetheless, I still gave it 4 stars because the stories themselves are simply crazy and interesting and it gives insight to the life of someone whose success is self-made.
4467618
BOTTOM LINE:  Don't buy the Audible narration with Peter Giles.  HE'S TERRIBLE!!!!!  In my opinion, PETER GILES IS THE SINGLE WORST NARRATOR I'VE HEARD IN MY 3 YEARS OF  BEING AN AUDIBLE SUBSCRIBER. He can't even read a sentence with any kind of flow--he's not just a bad narrator--he's actually poor at reading aloud.  He pauses in the wrong place in the sentence, his voice is too loud in the wrong places, and too soft in others; his voice quality is ridiculously breathy/husky--like he's imitating Clint Eastwood.  (Not to mention can't do different voices.)  This thing is clearly poorly produced and this guy was probably hired because he put in the lowest bid, not because he had the most talent.  I know other people have complained about Giles, but I have started the series from the beginning after watching the very enjoyable and well-done BOSCH Amazon Prime series, and I'm just shocked that Michael Connelly's team let a such an inferior narrator read some of his books (apparently there are more in the series) after starting out with Dick Hill, certainly one of the best narrators out there--really a pleasure to listen to.

Angel's Flight is a decently good detective procedural--maybe not Connelly's best, but certainly quite a good Harry Bosch book, which I would give 4 stars to for the text without narration (I read it after returning the audio download), but Peter Giles was so bad that after a page and a half I returned the audio download to Audible for a refund.  (I'm grateful they make it so easy at least.)
457361
The book is excellent but the audio version is deeply flawed. First, the reader is OK, but his Newfoundland  accent is way too fake "Irish" (he sounds like the lucky charms leprechaun). But the main failing is the endless reading of recipes. When you read the physical book you can skim the recipes, but in the audio format you have to sit through every ingredient and every step, it really makes the story drag.
508349
Listened on audible...LOVED the book but the narrator for Isis grossed me out.  I didn't even want to listen to her chapters. I had a horrified look on my face throughout her chapters listening to her swallow and make irritating throat sounds.  Prepare to be mortified through the Isis chapters and even Tammy had quite a few moments of irritating mouth sounds, but you will love listening to the rest of the book. My fave was Coco.
4206982
The story content was interesting but the narrator ruined it.  I would recommend reading the book and stay away from the narrated version.
2775444
Not a fan of the book as audio.  Would prefer the book, so that I can see what is being spoken of.
4032228
This book content is fantastic but the Audible reader is unbearably bad. The reader's melodramatic and lilting voice is awful and completely distracted from the author's great work. I recommend reading the book or listening to Audible on 1.5 speed to get through it quickly.
1623172
Great book. Do not get the audio. It is not the book.
2119499
I honestly can't comment on the writing or story. I bought the audio book, and the reading performance is so terrible, I couldn't listen to more than a few pages worth. It seems like the reader pauses for a minute between each sentence. I'm sure it's more like a few seconds, but it was enough to make me crazy. I've read and/or listened to the other four books with no issues.  Not sure what changed here.
1642779
Listened to book on audible and hated the sound of the readers voice so I could not enjoy this book. Sorry.
1072220
I haven't read the book but this review is just about the audible version. I listened to the first two books and loved them, but this one sounds like Siri is reading it. It was physically painful to listen. 3 stars because Im sure the book is amazing if its anything like the first 2.
640515
I must admit that I had high expectations of this book - so many great reviews, and the sort of history that I love. Unfortunately, for those that buy the audiobook, they may find it exceedingly painful. At first I thought the publishers were at fault, choosing a poor reader with no familiarity with the text.  I was then surprised to see it was the author.
  The author chooses to read this as if he is reading to a 4 year old. His exagerrated intonation makes you wonder whether little red riding hood will suddenly appear. And on words that are unfamiliar to the author, he will pause then speak the word slowly - as though to say 'now that was a very big word wasn't it?'  I have listened to about 200 audiobooks, and I must say that this is the worst read of all of them. And I must admit that 2 of the others near the bottom were also read by the authors of those books.
  Still, despite a painful reading, it is an interesting story. This is not great literature, but Bergreen succeeds in bringing Magellan's world to life. So I am giving the story four stars and the reading one star. The next time he considers creating an audiobook, I hope he chooses a professional reader.
3379421
I am a huge fan of this series. I have read it 3 times. so i hoped i could enjoy the audible version just as much. sadly this is not the case. the abridgement butchers this book so much it is almost unrecegnisible. i would very much love an unabridged version.

so if you love this book do yourself a favor and save your money.

maybe we can get the unabridged version, i sure hope so
3332571
This is a great book.  Buy it and READ it.

Just DON'T BUY the audio version.  The narrator is terrible and ruins the whole thing.
3074243
I am an audiophile and listen rather than read many books now.  I enjoy the narrators performance and how they bring a story to life.  I listened to the first book in the series, Mr. Churchill's Secretary, narrated by Donada Peters and enjoyed it enough to get the second.  To my surprise the author changed narrators to Susan Duerden.  I really do not like her narration.  Her cadence is off and I swear every sentence ends with an upturn of voice.  Hard to describe, but very annoying and totally distracted me from the book.  I tried for an hour because sometimes you get used to the narration.  That was impossible for me.  I checked and Susan Duerden narrates all of the rest of the books in the series.  Guess I will have to give up on the series.  I don't like them well enough to "read" them.  Too many good books and good narrators out there.

So, my rating is totally on the audio book.  If you are an audiophile I don't think you will like this one.  Since I did not finish the book I cannot comment on the book content.
4479724
Don't use the Audible service I spent 2 hours wasted and still doesn't work on my PC.  I bought the book from the book store in 10 minutes.
4333482
I listened to this on audiobook and the narrators are fantastic.  I had not read the print version first, so I had no preconceived ideas about how they should sound.  They did a fantastic job and I would love to listen to another book narrated by these ladies.

That being said, overall, this book was boring.  Had I not been sitting in my car with nothing else to do to pass the time (except driving), I don't know that I could have gotten through it.  BUT, on the other had, it turned into the proverbial train wreck (no pun intended), that I HAD to finish it to see how it was going to play out.

I won't bore you with a recap of the story line, as most are familiar with it by now, and if not, there are several reviews here on Amazon which outline it well.  If you are interested in this story, and enjoy audiobooks, this was nice to listen to; even if the story may not have been the best.