Excellent Story and Narration

THE DONUT LEGION by Joe R. Lansdale is an excellent, entertaining novel as I have come to expect from all Lansdale releases. What takes this story to the next level is the narration by multiple people including the author, Joe and his daughter, Kasey. Brad Sanders along with four others give this listen many layers. Seven different folks reading one novel and put together seamlessly, what a pleasure!

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A great story!

I always enjoy Joe Lansdales stories! This book is wrapped in adventure, mystery, love, and features some beloved East Texas local places! It was fun to listen to!

Performance production poor.

The story was cute, pretty light and the characters didn’t have a huge amount of depth. A little too cutesy for my taste. I prefer some of his other writing. The sound production was quite awful, each character was obviously in a separate room. Some definitely sounded as though they were reading from a script, too much intonation and slightly stilted. Unfortunately due to the poor performance quality it was too easy to stop believing in the magic of the story. I just ended up wincing inside at the awkwardness of it. Some of the voice actors were great, such as who ever was Grover and the new Sherif, beautiful purring tones, made for audio. Overall it was entertaining but I felt let down and wish I hadn’t spent my credit on this particular book of J.R.Lansdales.

cults, donuts and noir of my!

Not Lansdale’s best but a fun book either way. The only real gripe I had is that the audio recording goes sideways towards the end and sounds like the narrator recorded in an empty office while on his iPhone using the speaker option.

A good book with a bad recording

Joe Landsdale's story is a fun one. The only problem I have is that some of the recording quality is lacking, especially towards the end. The narrator sounds like he's reading at the bottom of a metal well, distant and tinny with some slight echoes thrown in for good measure. it's a shame because the story is good. it deserved better.

Decent story, ok casting, bad producer

The story was pretty good, and I felt like the casting of the characters voices was good most of the time, except for a few. The biggest problem with his audiobook was that the producer obviously had the narrators separated in time and space. At times it seemed to jerky and halting. Other times characters did not understand the emotions and tone of the conversation. The worst part was probably the last few chapters were. The main narrator was apparently in a echo chamber. It did not match the rest of the book at all. I would recommend re-recording the last few chapters. All in all I enjoyed the book and it was worth the daily deal price.

This audiobook will make you smile, especially if you love Joe Lansdale

Okay, so this thing has multiple narrators. And some of the audio quality varies. But I don’t think these are drawbacks. In fact, they’re pluses in my book. Joe Lansdale is the narrator, and he’s fantastic. And every other voice brings a lot of joy to their performance. This thing is like an independent film in audio form. Sure, you might see some seams from time to time, but that just adds to the whole experience. If you are a Joe Lansdale fan like me, then you’re gonna love this.