I'll go for some low-hanging fruit as well.
Five stars each for my three favorite and most-listened to narrators: Simon Vance, Frederick Davidson and Nadia May. Are they my favorites because I listen to them most, or do I listen to them most because they're my favorites? Much more of the second than the first.
I'll also give five stars to two others for now, to whom I've listened to much less: John Lee and Timothy West.
One star goes to two narrators I mentioned in another thread, Joseph Porter and Anna Parker-Naples. Absurd stagey voices that don't suit the characters (a Boston Brahmin shouldn't sound like Gomer Pyle).
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Originally Posted by sun surfer
I'll start with a few of my favourite and least favourite that I can remember.
Lisette Lecat - 5 stars
I've listened to her over a number of the No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency books and absolutely love her narration.
Fiona Shaw - 5 stars
Really outstanding narrator in my opinion. I listened to her on Nora Webster.
Emma Thompson - 1 star
Great actress, terrible narrator. One of the worst audiobook experiences I've had was listening to her narrate The Turn of the Screw, a great novella dragged down by hideous narration, and the absolute kicker is that you cannot preview her narration for it, as the sample is of Richard Armitage who does a fine job but only reads the introduction.
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I've heard only one book by Lisette Lecat,
Purple Hibiscus by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, and I thought she was wonderful. Unfortunately, I don't like the #1LDA books.
I thought Thompson was adequate reading
The Turn of the Screw.