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Originally Posted by pidgeon92
I've heard a few bad ones, but Donna Tartt, reading her book The Secret History, has committed a crime against humanity. I plodded through an hour, and I had to give up. Why a woman with a Southern accent would read a first-person narrative of a man from California boggles the mind. One of the other reviewers who managed to plod all the way through claims she even yawns during the performance (the book is 22+ hours).
Thankfully a professional was hired to narrate The Goldfinch, and he was one of the best narrators I've listened to.
Who else do we need to avoid? |
I quite liked Tartt's voice (imho it's suitable for a youngster) and intonations, and how she did Bunny. The worst experience of listening to someone was Jeff Woodman in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close. Though it has grown on me a bit later