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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
great book, disappointing and distracting performance,
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This review is from: Spook Country unabridged audio (Audio CD)
It's hard to know how to rate this in terms of stars, as the book itself is excellent, and the reading is not! I've settled for 3 stars.
I'm a longtime Gibson fan, but this is the first one I've digested via audiobook. I see he's read NEUROMANCER himself, and would be curious to hear it-- I'll bet it's infinitely better than this reader's performance. It's really such a disappointment that I would just stop listening, if it weren't for it being Gibson's story. There are numerous characters who require at least a modicum of accent, and this actor has NO facility in that area. I can see someone being a bit shy of doing Cuban immigrants who have a Russian background, but I only realized one guy was supposed to be British when I heard a stray "cahn't"! Otherwise, plain old middle American. I wonder what William Gibson thinks of it? Even pronunciation of character names is erratic-- surely getting a character's NAME consistent ought to be a basic criterion! Bah. |
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Spook Country unabridged audio by William Gibson (Audio CD - 2007)
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