Great story killed by terrbile narrator

I have been a Dale Brown fan for years and read pretty much everything he wrote as it was published in hardcover. Now I listen to audiobooks to while away the time on my long weekly drives. I loved this book when I read it years ago, and was looking forward to hearing it, and maybe getting a slightly different experience through the narration, as often happens with a really good narrator. But this narrator is the worst I have ever heard. He speaks way too fast, uses a monotone no matter what is happening in the story and all his characters sound alike. When he really tries to portray a different ethnicity his Russian sounds like a Japanese character out of a bad WWII movie. This is my first review ever, and after just finishing Clancy's Dead or Alive read by Lou Diamind Philips (a fantastic narrator) listening to Richard Allen was like getting my wisdom teeth pulled. Never again. Save your money. Listening to this was truly awful. Thank god it was short.

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Great book , audio seriously abbridged

it's a great book, and the audio is great for what it covers. however so much was left out that the meat of the story kind of falls apart.

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Not as advertised. SERIOUSLY ABRIDGED.

The ad copy for this audiobook says nothing about it being abridged, but it is SERIOUSLY ABRIDGED. It only took about 5 minutes for me to realize how bad it was. I called Audible to ask about it. They are aware it is abridged. I didn’t ask them why they don’t mention that in the description. I did ask for a refund. They refused to do so. Hopefully others will do before purchasing what I did afterwards, which is check the reviews. Looks like many others have had the same experience as I did.

Terrible customer service by Audible. They misleadingly and apparently knowing omit a vital piece of information from the description of the audiobook, and then refuse to refund me for their mistake. Be cautious, everyone.

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original book great abridged audio book bad

I have read the original novel and it is great. this audiobook is clearly abridged and they cut out all the parts that center around the main character. if you are pushing poorly abridged and poorly read audio books at least have the sense to label it abridged.

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Horribly Abridged

This version leaves out so much with regards to plot and character development that it’s nearly impossible to understand.

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Very disappointing narration

Very disappointed by the narration of this book.The narrator speaks way to fast I couldn't listen to 5 minutes before giving up. I should have read the reviews ..

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It was pretty good book stir line could be done a

But it was pretty good it needs a little more help in the storyline it was explaining pretty decently though

Not advertised that it was Abridged

I would not have bought it it I had known it was abridged. There were several parts of the book that were missing that I was looking forward to hearing. Don't buy it if you have already read the book as this will be a huge disappointment.

Excellent

love it Can listen to It all the time ove and over again great read

Too fast....

The narration of this book was way too fast. Agree with previous review that lack of distiction on voices is also an issue. Don't buy.