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Winter's Gifts

A Rivers Of London Novella

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Winter's Gifts

Von: Ben Aaronovitch
Gesprochen von: Penelope Rawlins
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The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series.

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THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND...

When ex-FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an 'X-Ray Sierra India' incident, the operator doesn't understand. He tells them to pass it up the chain till someone does.

That person is FBI Special Agent Kimberley Reynolds. Arriving snowbound Northern Wisconsin, she finds that a tornado has flattened half the town - and there's no sign of Henderson.

Things soon go from weird to worse, as neighbours report unsettling sightings, key evidence goes missing, and the snow keeps rising - cutting off the town, with no way in or out...

As the clues lead to the coldest of cold cases - a cursed expedition into the frozen wilderness - Reynolds follows a trail from the start of the American nightmare, to the horror that still lives on today...

©2023 Ben Aaronovitch (P)2023 Orion Publishing Group Fantasy Krimis Paranormal & Urban Fantasy Polizei Zeitgenössische Fantasy

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the way she dies the male voice irritates me a lot. otherwise her performance is fine, but it pulls me out so much and makes the men sound like caveman and somehow all the same.

the story is Okey, I don't like the speaker much

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The spin-offs in the rivers..-universe are great fun and give the opportunity to explore the magic tradition of other countries and continents, or the inner workings of side characters. It is great that all these other voices from the series have different narrators, who are usually superb.
In this case though, it's a little complicated. Whilst P. Rawlins is doing a perfect job giving a voice to willfull, ambitious and proud Agent Reynolds (especially the acting of the child in the last third and of the religious reflections and monologues is flawless), her voicing of male Charakters is hard to listen to. They all sound the same and like caricatures. This could be partly overlooked, since we only get to know the other characters through Reynolds eyes, if there wasn't a romance unfolding.
Unfortunately, this will be the audio book of the series to which I will return the least times..

Good story, unconvincing narration

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Oh boy, where to start? I really liked Kimberly Reynolds in the Peter Grant books so I was looking forward to this little spin-off. AND I was really thankful, that it's narrated by a woman. I've listened to the german version before the english one and that is read by the same bloke that reads Peter Grant. Now that's a really strange sensation.

Here's the problem though. As good as Penelope Rawlins ist in the role of Kimberly Reynolds it's just downright painful to hear her speak in a man's voice or what she seems to think sounds like a mans voice. It's deep alright, but all the men sound the same and they all sound - pardon my French - dull, dimwitted and very old. For the first hour or so I thought Bill was way past 70. She really does a good job with the little girl in the story, then comes a 14 year old boy... 70 again. So that really makes it a lot less joyful to listen to.

As for the story. I'll make it short as I don't want to spoil. It's just no comparison to Peter Grant. Yes, it's only a novella and so the story unfolds more quickly (too quickly for my taste), but that doesn't have to be a problem. The spin off around Tobias Winter ("The October Man") was great. But this one just seems rushed and a bit shallow. Ben takes a lot of shortcuts with the story and it just lacks the thoughtful background that makes "Rivers of London" so joyful.

A bit disappointing, really.

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The performing actress's voice is squeaky and sounds like AI. Hardly bearable listening to. Such a pity because the other Aaronovitch books have been performed greatly, I really didn't expect that.

Bad voice performer

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Not the strongest of stories in the Rivers of London series.

And there seems to be some audio issues, since some parts are really hard to understand since they sound strangely muffled.

Issues with the recording?

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War zuerst irritiert über die Sprecherin, aber da sie unabhängig von Peter Grant erzählt, macht es dann Sinn!

Sprecher

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Die Geschichte spielt diesmal in Amerika. Auch wenn Peter Grant nur ganz am Rande auftaucht wieder ein schönes Buch mit toller Geschichte. Mein Problem ist die Vorleserin: Sehr schöne Sprechstimme, aber eine seltsame Betonung und unangenehm, alles nivellierender Rhythmus im Vortrag. Der Tonfall erinnert leicht an Texas - für mich wirklich anstrengend. Super zum Einschlafen, aber nicht zum anhören.

Zum ersten Mal ziehe ich die deutsche Variante vor.

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I have yet to come past an aronovich i didnt like
This is gripping and hilarious and i loved the speaker

Extra “brownie points” for a FEMALE heroine to Mr A.

Minor issue- the story is too short- now i have to wait AGAIN for a new story😭

Overall awesome

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I was really dissapointed. The reader is kind of monotonous and has the most annoying accent - no Kobna for sure. The story is okay, but I was hoping the plot would have a deeper connection to the Peter Grant stories. Clues to what Lesley is/was up to would have been interesting, or a more meaningful background to the magical world in the U.S. would have been good. The story seemed kind of random.

Not as good as the other books

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I've been trying to listen to this book for several days now. It's very difficult to follow, probably a mixture of the boring performance, the poor narrator and the unclear/unrelated story. This is no comparison to Peter/Kobna. I've listened to the first 9 chapters over and over again and still have no idea what's going on and why I should care about any of it. Ben, please give us a new Peter book soon.

Difficult to listen to - definitely no Peter Grant

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