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Originally Posted by CRussel
Yeah, not my favourite. But I've never been as big a fan as you of Simon Vance, though I generally like him. My absolute least favourite narrator is Ulli Birvé after being forced to listen to her intolerable Georgette Heyer mysteries. No inflection at all, totally s l o w and monotone. I actually returned it.
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Like you, my favorite was also my first. Or vice versa. There are several narrators who objectively are as good as my top three, but the top three established themselves by being early and several. They couldn't be dislodged.
And sometimes the voice, which in other situations is great, just isn't a good fit. I wish, for example, that Patrick Tull had read more of Cornwall's Sharpe books. He was excellent. Frederick Davidson read most of them and his voice wasn't right for either Sharpe or Sgt. Harper (and in fact, his Sgt. Harper* runs a close second to Mrs. Wogan as worst voice characterization of all time). I prefer Timothy West reading Trollope to Vance, although Vance is fine.
*On reflection, given that Harper was in almost all the Sharpe novels and Mrs. Wogan was one and done, he may beat her out at that.