‘Liverpool accent “ made me Rolf

Interesting story spoiled by narrator’s laughable attempts at stereotypical English accents especially “plumy” and “Liverpool

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Quite enjoyable

I quite enjoyed listening to this. I thought it was a unique story and I enjoyed the switching narratives and they way they came together in the end. I thought the characterisation could have had some more depth and some of the dialogue and storylines were predictable. On the whole though I enjoyed listening to it and it was narrated well.

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Good story, terrible accents

I nearly gave up on this early on because the British accents, especially the 18th century ones were so appallingly done, but I'm glad I stuck with it because the story was gripping and engaging as well as intelligently plotted. Overall very enjoyable despite the poor attempts at sounding English..

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Rattling good yarn

The story is great, the performances were mostly excellent, except the poor chap who was meant to produce a believable British accent had not got hold of the difference in pronunciation of lieutenant in British English. It should be leftenant, not lootenant. There are other howlers, but given this is the rank of one of the main protagonists, this is a bit of an oversight. Other than that, the readers do a really very good job in separating the different characters.

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interesting story with some irritating things

1. Author has no idea how pre decimal currency works. half a crown is 2shillings and sixpence so it would not clear an 8 Shilling debt. 20 shillings to the pound, not 16 as assumed and a crown is not a pound it's 5 shillings . This really annoyed bad research.
2. narrator has absolutely no idea what regional British accents are from where. Birmingham/brummie doesn't not sound like bad Indian subcontinent even if the character is Asian. Liverpool/scouse not hard. they'd sound like the bloody Beatles not (and this was random) a pseudo Glaswegian accent(not a bad attempt though) . this 2nd got me in trouble as i actually exclaimed "what the actual f***" when I heard it and oke the mrs up who was asleep

If you could not give two sods about historical or linguistic continuity you should enjoy this it's a fun yarn.

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Hornblower/Alien Steam-Punk Adventures!

This review really relates to all 3 volumes of this series.
A wonderful mash-up of lots of sci-fi and fantasy tropes, fleshed out with the occasional appearance from real-life historical characters. Initially a bit confusing but after a while one can just relax and wallow in the pure fun of the story. Very well-written, the author easily masters juggling several story-lines at once. As I'm British I'm particularly pleased that life on board a circa 1800 Navy battleship is so well evoked and there's plenty of hard sci-fi mixed up too.
Fabulous performances from both readers, Kristin in particular manages a really good cut-glass British accent, somewhat reminiscent of Downton Abbey's Lady Mary.
Top class entertainment!

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So different!

The story is really not like anything I have ever listened to. I have enjoyed it and the narration is spectacular I have nothing but praise for them excellent.

I have gone on to listen to book two and although different it has quite a lot of similarities to one. A bit long winded in parts but I still enjoyed it. Now for book three.

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A fun and quite unique adventure

A fun and quite unique adventure that is worth your time, even if it's just to hear the narrators flex their craft.

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Rivetting sci-fi fantasy

If you could sum up The Daedalus Incident in three words, what would they be?

Marvelous, exciting, imaginative.

What other book might you compare The Daedalus Incident to, and why?

Not sure it does compare to any other book I've read. This is like a mash up of Master and Commander In Space meets The Martian Chronicles.

Two universes: Ours but a 100 years or so in the future and another parallel universe where time has run slower so it is only 1780 or so and they have working alchemy which allows them to fly sailing ships in space to the other planets in our solar system which actually support life. The story runs in parallel but the characters in the two universes eventually meet to combat a common enemy.

Which character – as performed by Kristin Kalbli and Bernard Clark – was your favourite?

They're all excellently portrayed. Some slightly dodgy English accents and pronunciations from the American readers but not bad enough to be off-putting. They both give excellent performances.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Its all exciting stuff. Couldn't wait to get back to listening to it.

Any additional comments?

I initially found it rather odd having sailing ships in space and this put me off a little. However, give it a chance and you'll see it totally works in the context of this novel and the two universes. It builds up into an exciting story with characters you'll get to really root for. The sequel is also excellent and I'm really looking forward to book 3 which is surely coming.

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A great story twist

I really enjoyed this book. The story is mind bending and fantastic.
Very well read and I could connect to all of the characters.

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