One of my favorite authors... brought to life by the narrator's phenomenal talents. Nuanced performance. Amazing characterization. Brilliant pacing.

I like this Audible Presentation very well. Post the MainSails, Square up the Yard Arms, set the Stunt sails ! None of the terms are probably right, but good enough for a great listening.
Three Cheers for the Sofie! Hurray Hurray Hurray! And one more for Captain Aubrey! Hurray!

The story is a faithful reading of the book and very enjoyable.

The narrator's voice and peculiar pauses takes a bit of getting used to. Sometimes sentences and paragraphs on different topics run together.

One of the best written novels of the Napolionic era. Great characters and storyline. Read them all!

Absolutely submersive. Looking forward to the next book in the series. Great character potrayals by both the author and the reader. Love the nautical language.

good story. some quality was lost in performance. but more lost due to quick story change and me not fully comprehending the old english grammar.

this is a magnificent book. Patrick Tull does a splendid job, but honestly, I prefer Simon Vance as a narrator for the series.

The story and performance combined for an excellent adventure. You can get lost in the details of sailing a ship, but I just took what I could from those descriptions and focused on the story. The narrator does an excellent job of bringing the characters to life. While he doesn't have a different voice for each character, I had no trouble discerning which character was talking. You can actually feel Capt. Aubrey's heft and imperfections in the narrator's performance. Very well done!

A thoroughly enjoyable experience despite this reader's utter ignorance of nautical terms. The descriptive art of the author carried me into battle all the same and kept me totally enthralled with the story. The personalities of the characters were cleverly drawn and then brought to life by the superb narrator. I feared I would be at a disadvantage without the printed page for reference but that was not the case. I have already put book two on my wish list and look forward to further adventures with Captain Jack Aubrey and his friend, the doctor.

I decided to try this genre...read the reviews beforehand, and thought it was something I could be entertained with.
The only thing that kept me going until the very end was the fact that I didn't want to waste the credit used.

Right now, I'd have to say yes but if I found another author that did the the same kind of genre but with less description, more action of the battles then I'd give it another go.

Probably not.....his monotone way of speaking made it hard for me to understand the book....let alone enjoy it.

Disappointment....at best, the ONLY interesting parts were the battles scenes---even then, the amount of description put forth....bogged it down.

I tried very hard to "get into" the story BUT from the start, I just couldn't. I don't know if it was because of the narrator or just that the book spent way too much time bogged down in the useless (to me) details. The whole time, I waffled between giving up on it or pressing on. I usually can get caught up in the story but with this one, the only thing it did for me was provide 'background' while I did other things