Narrator is terrible, story is fantastic!

The first book was amazing, this book is also amazing but audible have used different voices on each reading. This wouldn’t be so bad if the female narrator in this book didn’t sound like a robot. Disappointing as it ruins the book at little.

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Disappointing performance

The story is good -not as good as the first one, but still interesting-.
The performance though is really frustrating. The female acting/narration is great but the male one is really bad. The male narrator is very monotonous and accents every sentence mid way and before commas making it sound like he is reading from a list....
Impossible to focus on the story and get into the feeling.
I'll probably just read the book.

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Awful narrators

Why do the narrators have such difficulty pronouncing such simple words as “shone” It is not pronounced shown. Their attempts at accents are abysmal. Really detracts from what is quite a good story. Bit of swashbuckling fighting, magic, romance. Easy listening if only they had chosen other narrators.

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Great story, not too happy about the performance

Loved this second book, but I struggled a lot with the parts narrated by Kate Reading: I found her rhythmic cadence unpleasant as nearly every sentence is read in the same. It became quickly monotonous and redundant. Luckily it's less problematic towards the end of the book, as there are more dialogues in the parts she narrates, and the dialogues are not affected by this issue and sound more "alive" and not repetitive.

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disappointing narration

Extremely ittitating having multiple people narrate. Also, why change the narrator from the first book? He was excellent. These people live in London, why are they American? Good story buy I found myself wanting it to end so I could stop listening. I'll probably buy the last book rather than through Audio.

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Totally wrong narrators

Neither of the narrators is right for the role, which is pretty off-putting and nearly made me give up on the book. However, the story is really compelling and I find the world that VE Shwab has created really draws me in - to the point where I could put up with the narration, but it is a real shame.

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awful narration

I loved the first book in this series the narration was very good, and the characters excellent. However the narration of this book spoils the story. i found it very difficult to relate to any of the characters it was just dull. In the end i finished the book but it was very hard going. Hence, i have not bothered with the third book in the series i think i will just buy the book to find out what happens. Sorry but what a disappointment for such a great story.

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Excellent story but awful narration.

When I began listening to the first in the trilogy, I wasn’t sure it was for me but I very quickly became a devotee, despite Lila sounding like Eliza Doolittle. This story is also excellent, so good that I had to try and ignore the truly poor narration. I prefer one reader and the reason for that is abundantly clear in this case. Although I didn’t like the previous narrator, he was definitely a better choice than these two in this instance. I realise that the author is American but the story is set in London and the two readers English accents leave quite a lot to be desired. Even worse, some characters overlap and the voice characterisations of the two readers are totally different, with Michael Kramer frequently sounding like George Sanders in the 1940 version of Rebecca. Audible - please keep the same narrator for series. Moan over! This is an excellent trilogy, which I highly recommend. Off to download the last one.

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terrible narration

I loved the first book in this series and was keen to finish the series as I loved the concepts in it. I couldn't cope with the narration this time. the female narrator phrased almost every sentence like a question and I really tried to force myself to preserve, but after a few chapters I just couldn't take it any more so I've given up and will get a hard copy and get my 7 year only to read it to me!
couldn't comment on the story as it just doesn't come across.

Thrilling.

A slow start, but eventually the excitement began and the thrill returned. Book three next!