This recording is a mess

The first short story here wasn’t too bad but after that the stilted language and lack of editing of the recording showed up. The reader seemed to do the best she could given the language in the story. But no one edited the recording. Aside from odd stops and starts, one whole chapter was a series of outtakes from other stories, starting with the ending of a story that hadn’t even played yet. I tried to return the book at that point, but I guess I had listened to too much to return it. I recommend taking this book off of the Audible website before others borrow it Perhaps it can be fixed? Audible recording is usually high in quality. I can’t imagine what it would do to the Audible reputation if someone borrowed this book before others.

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Poor Editing!

The stories are light and fun but who ever did the editing should b fired. There were some messy parts for sure!

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Painful

Poor writing, continuity, and production. The last chapter of one book was switch with the 2nd to last of another. During one point in a book there is no reading, but you can hear paper shuffled, and chairs moved. In the first two books the aunt has children (living out if state), but from the third book on she is childless. The main character is just silly. Who hugs their bank manager? Ok, maybe if I got a loan with 0.0001% interest, but on the street after meeting them for the third time? No.

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I'm confused

I have listened to the first 2 and they were pretty good but at the end of the second story it jumped to the end of the third story where the main character is telling who committed the 3rd murder in the 3rd story and there is all this background sounds , someone walking and the reader is clearing her throat and repeating what she just said. I am really disappointed.

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Editing is not worth paying for

I wonder if any editing is done for the recording. There are several pauses, you'll hear the narrator flipping the pages of the script and starting the reading again from the previous sentence. This recoding is not done with the quality that Audible usually has.

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Interesting story, narration and editing poor

I like how the story is developing, and I'd like to know what happens next, but I just can't take any more of this narration. It's like 8th-grade over-acting class. And if the author doesn't know the difference between the definition of "subjective" and "objective," well there isn't a lot of hope for 5 more books. I'll take my credit back and try again.

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Fern Grove enjoyment

The Fern Grove Mystery Series Books 1-6 is outstanding. Abby Reede writes wonderful cozy mysteries with characters that I felt like family. Elena Marino’s narration is an amazing performance. I have read all of the books in the series and listening to the audio was joyous. I remembered when Tracy came to work with Aunt Rose, when Tiffany was hired, and when Tracy met Warren and their romance began. This is a wonderful collection of stories and I am looking forward to listening to the audio if Abby Reede’s next Books.