I've just finished listening to Cluny Brown by Margery Sharpe, narrated by Anna Parker-Naples, who now heads my list of "Worst Narrators Ever, Women's Division." There are many narrators I don't like, some fewer I'll never listen to again, mostly for issues such as rampant mispronunciations, odd cadences, or generally exaggerated tones of voice. But I can't think of another female narrator who's done worse voices, inappropriate and inaccurate to the character.
I started this looking for a light listen in the middle of the night; I might have liked it (mildly) if I'd read it. As it was, I tried to recast the narration into a neutral voice in my head to make it bearable and it wasn't worth the effort. I finished it only because it was short, at seven hours.
(If anyone's interested, head of my Men's Division is Joseph Porter, for the same reason - inaccurate and mismatched character voices.)
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