The narrator made listening hard work

Storyline was great. Narrator was terrible please don't let her do anymore.
I loved the story, and Hanlon was a really good character. I persevered with the narrator because of the book. But having to hear a story where the story teller didn't inject any atmosphere into the story was real hardwork.
Ready for the next book hopefully with a new narrator.

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Not the easiest listen

I struggled to keep engaged with this narrator. I would not choose to listen to another book narrated by her

The content of the book is very explicit in terms of child sexual assault by paedophiles. It was hard to listen to, and I'd not have chosen this book if I'd been aware of the content in advance. I felt the author relished in repeating the details. There are disturbing images that cannot easily be forgotten and I felt quite upset and angry. Obviously this is a work of fiction, but the fact that we live in a world where things like this, and worse, actually happen is just overwhelming.

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Stolen child

Great book to read couldn't put it down
buy the book and enjoy.
Great read

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Good story

This was a good story and I have listened to all the books, however the narrator did not work with the book. The voice was too monotone for the type of content that sadly spoilt the enjoyment of the storyline

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brilliant new find

I read a freebie, loved it, bought this one, and will be reading all of these books. addicted.

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Good

Good as always ( I’ve read some of the Hanlon after this one). However I did find this one a little darker than her later books. Narration excellent.

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As gripping as always but not well performed

Alex Coombs’ writing is excellent, and these books capture your full attention from the start. Unfortunately the narration on this falls way below the standard we’re used to, which made it difficult to listen to.

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So so could be better

The overall story wasn't too bad but it became very difficult to follow sometimes due to poor editing. There were no real pauses in between paragraphs which could sometimes be very confusing as it appeared that the narrator was still talking about one person's perspective when they had in fact changed. Its a basic narration, bot bad but not great with no real variation in tone or voice for different characters. Obviously it's a bit grim in terms of subject matter so be ready for that but overall ita bot too bad, looking forward to listening to the next.

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Don’t expect a following of the previous books

Well, it’s like this book was written by someone who didn’t read the previous books. The main character on this book is very shallow, specially in comparison with the previous ones.

If you haven’t read them you will meet a main character described as myth, very shallow. She is an almost inhumane robot., not much likable or dislikable The story is ok though. Always hard to listen to stories with children that suffered. But it is an ok crime book.

The reader sounds like a robot, but I could bear it.

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The Stolen Child

Thoroughly enjoyed the story and never had any Issa with the narrator’s pronunciation. She may have a slight lisp which made her delivery most enjoyable. Nothing to complain about. JRR

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