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Fever of the Bone
- Narrated by: Saul Reichlin
- Series: Tony Hill & Carol Jordan, Book 6
- Length: 15 hrs and 2 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- FrannyC
- 10-04-17
The most annoying narration I have heard
I nearly returned this book because the narration was so incredibly plodding. Every word was picked out in a jarring staccato akin to a toddler learning to read. And the accents were even worse; never in my life have I heard such a bad Liverpudlian accent!!
Having said all of that, the only reason that I endured the narration was because the storyline showed promise. Having got to the end, I'm quite pleased that I did. I will listen to the next in the series as long as it has a different narrator...
21 people found this helpful
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- mollyeyre
- 04-05-17
Very poor writing - lots of bad language
I found the actual story OK, but realised that my interest was waning when I started to look to see how much more of the story I still had to listen to - only to see I was less than a third of the way through.
I usually love Saul Reichlin's narrations, but in this story he sounded very stilted and very slow - as if talking to a three year old, articulating his words very purposefully.
I was unimpressed by the CONSTANT reminders that various characters were lesbian - how this added to the tale I do not know - frankly I don't care about anyone's sexual preferences - I cannot think it makes any difference to the way that they carry out their work. I just find it unnecessarily intrusive!
This book reminded me why I stopped reading books by Val McDermid
18 people found this helpful
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- Dana
- 21-01-16
So frustrating
This book was a real struggle for me, and has well and truly put me off buying any more in the series. Tony has turned into a whinge-y sap, and Carol, a completely unlikeable drunk who hates Tony for reasons that make NO SENSE WHATSOEVER.
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- Mrs. R. H. Barnett
- 06-03-21
Awesome series
I love Val McDermid, especially the Tony Hill / Carol Jordan series.
Many of the reviews I’ve seen complain about the narrator, he is a ropey in the first book but gets better - and you’ll be so engrossed in the story you won’t care.
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- soosie
- 02-06-20
Really great read
This whole series is excellent and the narration by Saul Reichlin is second to none!
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- A. Macgregor
- 01-06-16
A little predictable but good overall
I did get that annoying feeling I knew the answers quicker than the detective team on this one but overall a good, compelling story.
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- Ms. R. H. Ball
- 02-02-21
fabulous!
literally loved this. my first audiobook and I was hooked
from the start. highly recommended
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- Kindle Customer
- 12-10-20
Loved it
Edge of my seat all the way through twists and turns kept it going to the highly unexpected ending. Fantastic
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- fuzzyhead
- 10-10-20
Not too impressed
wasn't as thought provoking or jaw dropping as other ones by Val macdurmid. I've read several disparaging comments about the narrator. I found that he was good . I liked the way he portrayed the authors protagonist and subsequent characters. Thanks to all involved in the making of this audiobook.
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- Pete Wood
- 23-07-20
Great story and an enjoyable read!
Within the first chapters it is easy to see how this was dramatized for television. The characters are vividly drawn and complete. Strangely I guessed the reason for the victims and why they dies the way they did, (if you read it you will understand 'strangely'), none of this took away from what a great book this was.
The narrator was exfellent and played apart in bringing the story to life, however he should steer clear of scouse accents, as it drifted between scouse, Welsh, Pakistani and a combination of them all. It didn't detract from the overall at all.
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- Andy Cleaver
- 03-08-18
My first Val McDermid
High body count but great twists, some predictable as is the interaction between the main protagonist's but overall a good Detective Novel