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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
book great; reader so irritating,
By Shannon McClendon "gatsby" (seattle) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Railway Children, with eBook (Audio CD)
I already knew I liked this book of E. Nesbit's (not my very favorite of hers, but good and my 5-y-o son loves trains, so that's an added bonus), but the reader really ruined it for me. We only listened to the first disc and then I couldn't stand it any more, so I'm ordering a version read by a British actress which I hope is more tolerable. When the CD started, I thought she was going to read it all the way through with an American accent, which would have been fine. But no, she attempted to do British accents for the characters. Her accent in never accurate and rarely consistent even within a single sentence. I found myself cringing every time a character spoke. Also, her voice is saccharine sweet. She does do a good job of portraying a young child's voice as her voice is naturally fairly high.
3.0 out of 5 stars
A comment on the audio version,
By kalanamak (Pacific NW) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Railway Children, with eBook (Audio CD)
I'm fine with the content, but the reader doesn't do British accents very well. Okay for a 6 year old, but it got on my nerves. If the speaking lines are going to have a British accent, why not get a British reader who has some abilities in local accents?
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The Railway Children, with eBook (Tantor Unabridged Classics) by Edith Nesbit (Audio CD - December 1, 2008)
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