better narration required

Not a fan of this narrator but the story is excellent. Irritating new pronunciations of some of the prominent characters

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

4 people found this helpful

Great story, terrible narration

Not the narrators fault. An error to change the narrator late in the series. Gaunts ghotsts are my favourite novel series I will defend it to anyone. But the way the characters were portrayed was so jarring to me that I found myself desperately waiting for it to be over. Gaunt Larkin and Zweil especially they sounded cartoonish. A sad thing to have a first low point while reading these books. The story was good. Perhaps a little slow at the start to build tension. There were certain strange moments that seemed as if Dan Abnet had got someone else to write certain parts. It felt more light hearted and whimsical than his usual writing style. But that could also be down to the narration.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

Not my favourite story of the series

Because of the way that they are being released on Audible, there has been a gap of several stories between this one and the last one that I listened to. This makes for a very disjointed story as several developments have been skipped over.
This story is well written, but again costs some likeable Ghosts as casualties, which is a little demoralising.
I think that this a well red, though he lacks the versatility of accents that Toby Longworth normally brings. Unfortunately, as Toby has narrated the whole series so far, this change is VERY jarring and makes an honest assessment of the performance difficult.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

What the feth has he done to Larkin’s voice?!

I was apprehensive when I saw the narrator had changed for this issue in the series, but gave it a chance.

Started off okay, clearly a talented narrator and showed a good array of Tanith/Scottish accents. But by the emperor, he absolutely butchered Larkin (as another reviewer has noted).

Really broke the immersion for me and I couldn’t power through, had to leave it unfinished. You’d think if you were picking up a series from another narrator that had done the previous dozen books, you’d do a bit more homework, especially on the fan favourite characters…

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

2 people found this helpful

I've had to read the next two

they should have exposed this narrator to at least ONE of the previous audio books right!? some people are dressing it up and I wish they hadn't. TLDR Candid review. I couldn't get more than 10 minutes in, it was insufferable to me.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

1 person found this helpful

brilliant grunts ghost novel

okay very used to Toby longworth doing the audio for the grunts novels, not sure why he wasn't doing this. - however I thought the narration was good. sorry very good not the best gaunts story but the depth of charterers and the plot is still gripping as ever. always worth the credits..

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Shame about the voice

It's very hard to listen to when you've started from book 1 to book 12 nobody sounds the same and all the characters you've gotten to know sounds wrong

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Story is great - narration takes some getting used too...

Despite some of the reviews the narration is not terrible and the story is as per fantastic. takes some getting used to after Longworths supurb narration but still quality... other then Larkin... ignore Larkin...

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

The change in narrator hurt

Great story, but feels off kilter with the different narrating. Maybe if the narrator had been used from the start of the series.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

Change of narrator, changes everything.

I just couldn't get the same feel of the book or the story without Toby Longworth. It shows me that audible books, the narrator is a huge part of the enjoyment, and success. Hopefully Mr Longworth will reappear with Gaunts Ghosts again soon.

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!

7 people found this helpful