Pretty sure this is being read by a robot

I would give more information but the narration has put me off. I have managed 5 minutes and have lost the will to live.

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Poor sound quality

First to have to say, this is a fantastic book. Unfortunately it sounded like Stephen Hawkins was reading it. It’s the first time I’ve heard such poor quality from Audible. Hopefully I won’t again.

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Who decided this was ok to release?

This may be an unfair review as I’m only 2/3 of the way through the first chapter but felt compelled to write a review and share the pain I’m sure many others have felt!!

When I first started listening to this title I instantly had to check who the narrator was. Having gotten used to the smooth tones of Michael Pritchard in prior Tom Clancy books I thought that Bolinda may have given Steven hawking a go at reading this one! I am going to stick this one out as the rest of the books I have listened to (starting with the John Clarke series and then on to the Jack Ryan universe) have been very enjoyable hence the overall rating I gave this. I’m sure the story itself will be brilliant hence the story rating but wowzer is this difficult to listen to! It’s not so much reading a story, it’s more like just reading words from a poorly structured sentence.

Poor form from Bolinda for releasing this title in this state, it’s going to be an arduous 33 hours!!

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the worst narration ever

I loved the book. but this narration is like listening to a mid nineties Microsoft office voice.
it's terrible. nasal. metallic. just awful

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Such a great book but john macdonald ruins it

I’ve read the book, watched the film currently listening to this after 3 other Tom Clancy books and this is just horrible to listen to the voice sounds slurred or stoned and so you can’t hear the crispness which makes listening easier, his voice is slow and monotone the worst story teller I have ever heard!! Awful what an absolute shame as I was really looking forward to this.

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Alexa has more range in her voice than John

Have listened to the previous works of Tom Clancy suburb righting and previous narrator was excellent John macDonald is unbelivbley monotone

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Great story line

I read the original book when it first was published and am now working my way through the series as audiobooks to refresh what happened to who and where.
This book was yet another great story and it's interesting to read the plots now that technology has moved forward some what.
However it was a bit long winded in places and I struggled slightly with the scene changeover from one part of the story to the next as the narrator didn't pause long enough and sometimes it was quite confusing however I did enjoy it overall and would recommend it to others

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Tense!

I’ve read all the original Clancy books, probably more than once over the years but am trawling through the Ryan series again on Audible. I’ve seen several reviews on here saying this narrator was ‘un-listenable’...& I wasn’t too keen when I first heard him either! Stick with it...as you get used to his tone, it’s actually pretty good however I would say he needs to get his pauses better between opposing voices in a conversation
As for the story, top class as always from Clancy. If your only exposure to this story is the very poor movie, then your in for a great ride

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Great story, dull narrator

I love this books but unfortanately the narrators aren't that good. So far Scott Brick is the best, Michael Pritchard is alright, John MacDonald is just dull and Lance C Fuller id just awful.

Enjoyable listen

I enjoyed listening to this audio book. Tom Clancy's books are always a good listen.