Winter's Gifts
A Rivers Of London Novella
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Winter's Gifts
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Czyta:
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Penelope Rawlins
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Autor:
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Ben Aaronovitch
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...
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the story is Okey, I don't like the speaker much
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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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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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Bad voice performer
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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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