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Originally Posted by Catlady
Wow. I'm surprised. I've listened to her narration of other books in the Maggie Hope series, and certainly did not have a negative reaction, although I prefer Donada Peters, who narrated the first book.
Duerden didn't elicit any strong opinions from me; I neither look for her narrated books nor try to avoid them.
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At the start of the book, my reaction was mearly "oh, this reader isn't as nice as the first". By the end of 2 hours, it was really grating on my ears.
I wouldn't automatically avoid her in some other series, she has a good voice and I think she could read more conventionally if she wanted or was directed that way.
I read some Audible reviews before posting here to see if I was alone in my reaction. The reviews on the reading of book 2 were pretty bad, to the extent that many mentioned dropping the audio version in favor of print.
Less was mentioned in later reviews, but I figured those were by people who didn't mind the reading style of the first few and continued on.
I suppose it depends on what you're used to hearing. I notice that sing song lilt if anyone uses it around me. I listened to one of the HR people talk to our group for about 5 minutes yesterday and I couldn't focus on what she was saying because I kept noticing that intonation, even though she doesn't do it as strongly or frequently as the book.