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The Name Curse
- Narrated by: Alexander Cendese, Lauren Ezzo
- Length: 9 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- Robinsuey
- 16-06-22
Good Romance
The Name Curse is romantic without being pornographic. I didn’t feel like a voyeur and dirty while enjoying the love story of Bernice and Matthew.
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- Kindle Customer
- 21-04-22
Super cute story
A really cute story, I really liked the narrators voices for each character. Really brought them to life.
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- KTemean
- 24-02-22
Cute Alaskan camping love story
Laugh out loud story. LA writer meets Portland women stuck in place, until her mother buys a Groupon for a week camping trip for her. Problem, she isn't outdoorsie. Fun read.
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- Lindsay M.
- 17-09-21
Like the story, but the narrators...
I always feel bad leaving a critical review, but I wish I would have seen more people saying this before I jumped in. I am partway through chapter 7 and am really looking the story so far, but I cannot stand the two narrators. The female narrator sounds like she's British and trying to do an American accent poorly (she's not), and it's really distracting. And the male narrator just had an odd interpretation of the text that makes his character a little unlikeable. I also really don't like both of their opposite sex character voices. This may just be a personal opinion, and they may be totally fine for others, but I figured I would share my experience. Anyway, I've just purchased the paperback and plan to read that instead.
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- Amy
- 05-09-21
Great story
Pros: This was a great story but predictable. If you need a good light read with fun characters this is it.
Cons: The female Narrator sounded way too old for this character and her male voice was far from desirable. The male narrator was also too old and over acted but his female voice was much more tolerable than the actual female. The entire time I felt like I was listening to a story about 2 60 year olds rather than 20 somethings.
Still enjoyable if you can try not to focus on the voices, but it would have been a better read.