The Worst Audiobook Narrations EVER!

[BenG]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

So when we see flaccid, do not use a k.

I suppose issybird and badgoodDeb have spoiled many a book for you by pronouncing it that way.

But seriously, one mispronounced word would not ruin a book for me.

[AnemicOak]

Originally Posted by BenG

But seriously, one mispronounced word would not ruin a book for me.

Ruin a book, no not for me either, but it can sure jolt me out of the story.

[Sweetpea]

Originally Posted by Cherry Picker

While we're on it, the BEST audiobook was just released. It is the complete reading of Sherlock Holmes read by "Mr. Global Treasure" himself...and I don't even own it yet (that's how good it is).

Which one is that?

[Cherry Picker]

Originally Posted by Sweetpea

Which one is that?

Sherlock Holmes, unabridged, definitive collection here read by Stephen Fry.

[Red Falcon]

Originally Posted by Cherry Picker

Sherlock Holmes, unabridged, definitive collection here ready by Stephen Fry.

I already have Simon Vance's set and bits and bobs of the Holmes Canon by other narrators and all of the BBC dramatized ones. This was an automatic buy for me anyway.

[pwalker8]

Originally Posted by Red Falcon

I already have Simon Vance's set and bits and bobs of the Holmes Canon by other narrators and all of the BBC dramatized ones. This was an automatic buy for me anyway.

Same here. Simon Vance's Complete Sherlock Holmes plus Tull's reading of the Sign of the Four.

[Ranny]

I thought Simon Vance's narration was excellent, don't see the need to re-purchase.

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[issybird]

I've been listening to Victorian novels this year and I'm loving them. I recently hit a snag, though, with a Thomas Hardy* novel, A Pair of Blue Eyes, read by Anna Bentinck. She was awful. She made the female protagonist sound like a ninny and the male sound like a dolt. I persevered until about the 15% point and I hated it so much I gave up. I plan to read the rest of the novel and it's already so much better.

*This is Hardy's first novel published under his own name. Hardy is so depressing; nothing could get me to re-read Jude or Tess, but I'm hoping his despair wasn't so great early on.

[Catlady]

Originally Posted by issybird

I've been listening to Victorian novels this year and I'm loving them. I recently hit a snag, though, with a Thomas Hardy* novel, A Pair of Blue Eyes, read by Anna Bentinck. She was awful. She made the female protagonist sound like a ninny and the male sound like a dolt. I persevered until about the 15% point and I hated it so much I gave up. I plan to read the rest of the novel and it's already so much better.

Huh. Maybe it was a mismatch of narrator and material. I like Anna Bentinck; I've enjoyed her narrations of several suspense books (e.g., The Wicked Girls, Behind Her Eyes).