A collection of pure gems!

I thoroughly enjoyed these wonderfully diverse but equally gripping bite-sized nuggets of Mick Herron perfection!

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Poor stories , average performance

Julia Franklin really isn’t to my liking . She ruins Mick Herrons books for me . Obviously she floats other peoples boats.

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Terrible narration.

I love Mick Herron books but the narration by the female reader was so terrible I had to turn it off and return the book. Truly awful. First time I've ever returned one.

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Let down by narrators (Sean Barrett excepted)

I have enjoyed all Mick Herron books to date but am sadly underwhelmed by the Dolphin Junction collection. None of the characters had any real depth and there was no real plots to speak of. And the narration.....Hey ho. Roll on the next Slow Horses novel!

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Narrator gets in the way

i devour Mick Herron's books, but never before on audible. The narrator, while suffering blocked sinuces, attacks each syllable with relish and Dick Van Dyke level accents. It all gets in the way of the story.

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Truly awful narration... except Sean Barrett!

I am a huge fan of Mick Herron. The stories in this collection are very enjoyable, however the entire book is let down by the poor narration. It's almost most unbearable and if it had been any other author I would have given up.

The exception of course is Sean Barrett... I would be perfectly content to listen to him reading the phone book.

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Unlike Mick Herron writing style

l have listened to most of Mick's books and have loved every one of them. This was not up to the usual quality of writing, except for the Jackson and Molly story. Or is it that l have become so used to Sean Barrett

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Great Stories But Virtually Unbearable Narration

I'm half way through and the stories have been great - kind of Stephen King style macabre and not what I am used to from Mick Herron but still very compelling.
My complulsion to write a review at this stage is driven solely by the absolutely terrible narration so far! I mean unbearably bad. Currently listening to The Other Half and it's the same female narrator from one of the previous stories, All I can say is I have never in my entire life heard anyone speak with these speech patterns. Imagine putting the inflection of EVERY single word in exactly the wrong place, then you will be half way to understanding how incredibly irritating this is. The other narrators have been only marginally less awful.
I am persevering because it's from one of my all time favourite authors AND because Sean Barrett narrates one of the later stories. If I had not known about Herron's work previously and not listened to the Slough House series there is no way I would have listened beyond the first couple of minutes.

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As ever the greatest living entertaining thriller and suspense writer.

Mick Herron has a sublime talent. This is a book that is laid out in a perplexing manner for the average Slough House obsessive not to mention the other tales.

Do not be faint hearted, prepare for one of the best reads from MICK Herron Ever! Thank you Mr Herron. Leonie Frieda

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Patchy!

The short stories are really a stopgap until the new Jackson Lamb novel comes out later this year, and it worked for me. The jewel is, of course, the Sean Barrett narration of the JL story which was really enjoyable.

As for the others, they are still interesting, though I agree that the narration of them was sometimes annoying and other times OK. For me it was the high-pitched excitement style, like a new puppy bouncing around, which I found most difficult. We are all so used to the wonderful tones of SB which serve to enhance the words and pleasure of any story he reads.

However, being a narrator is a not any easy task, especially when the characters are so diverse, I couldn't speak in a male voice and I assume that men trying to speak in a female voice is equally challenging.

The story lines did enough to hold my attention, and attention was needed in a couple of them to follow the plot, they are not all a light listen.

Overall - a hit!

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