julianne

I am speechless. I have always enjoyed Janet's books, even the somewhat bizarre "Wicked" series. But this one seems to be so contrived. The plot is unoriginal, the narration is poor, Lorelei King even makes a mistake, says "what--oh" and then reads it right. I have never heard that in an audio book before. I just didn't like anything about this book. But in order to be fair, I listened to the whole thing. It took me two tries to get it done.

The great Joan Hickson, marvelous as Miss Marple, was a very poor narrator. I could barely understand much of the book. Perhaps it was a case of age, but Miss Hickson sounded as though she had a mouthful of marbles.

Call me a hopeless romantic, it is true. I enjoyed this book very much and am lookiing for more by Ms Robards. I thought the narration was excellent. All in all, it did not disappoint.

I have all of the Royal Spyness books on audio. I have listened to them each about three times in the last year. They are fun, romantic, interesting and so darned enjoyable that I want to know when Ms. Bowen will be writing more. Does anyone know?

The narrator is fantastic--I love Belinda's voice and really, all of them. Her "Wallis Simpson" is hilarious.

This book was a disappointment. I really didn't lilke the narration which, at the very least, should have been done in a faux Italian accent. I certainly didn't like the gruesome aspects of the story. A really good writer can get the image across without using such graphic description. I would not buy any other books by this author or narrator. It was just not a good experience. I do feel that the publisher's description of the book was misleading.

I really enjoyed listening to this audio book. It followed the predictable formula for Janet's books, but I never tire of it. The mystery is interesting and the characters are fun. I can't wait for the next Evanovich book or the next collaboration. Lorelei King is just the best.

Nothing could help this book

No

very good voice

none

The writing was tedious, unfocused and pompous. The characters were ok, the naration was exceptional but nothing could save this book. I truly despised it. The story could have been told in about three sentences if one eliminated the garbage meandering of the author.

I started to listen to this last night. After 30 minutes or so, I determined that it was so far out and so grim that I no longer had any interest. Also, I could not make head nor tails of what the dickens was going on. Something about the Grim Reaper stealing away with Souls of dead persons. The title does not give one a hint as to what it is really about. I am disappointed that I spent my good hard earned money on this book.

After listening to this audio book for about an hour, I determined that it was just too weird and perverted for my taste. I deleted it from my I-touch and will get it off my computer since I have no interest in trying to listen to it again. I only gave it one star because I had to do something with the stars--not because I thought it worthy of a star at all.

The narration on this book is so annoying I could hardly stand it. The writing is very "first grade" quality. I have read a number of M. C. Beaton books and keep hoping they will get better, but hope doesn't change the fact that they are just plain amateur. I wouldn't recommend this book at all.