The Book of Mormon

By: Joseph Smith Jr. - translator

Narrated by: Sean Crisden

Length: 25 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Here is an audio edition of the sacred text of the Latter-Day Saint movement that followers believe contains the writings of ancient prophets who lived on the American continent from approximately 2200 B.C. to A.D. 421. A fascinating listen for religious scholars and denominational adherents alike.

Public Domain (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

A good alternative to the standard recording

It is nice to be able to control the playback speed and to skip the chapter headings, sometimes.

Great for repeated listening

Narrator has the right amount of theatrics. Very clear speech. Easily listen faster speed. I am using this as a review source as I've read the Book of Mormon many times.

Hard to Judge such workmanship

No matter how many times I read this book I’m taken from the image of someone who is writing parallel storylines, then the pages and pages of or or or or just to make sure he covers all the bases he stole it or he gave it or he received it or or or then to the pages of acting like a compass is a new magical gift or serpents killing everything and eating raw flesh and then the pages of exact duplicates of the 1611 & 1625 versions when he had to get back to preaching parts. The whole time I try to be open to possibilities but just feel like I cannot barely stand the lies. One of my favorite imagines is what is done with “LukeWarm” but I kept reading...

Anyway of course like always I recommend reading and more reading.

A person can never read enough, though do keep in mind GIGO -garbage in garbage out, so try not to offend the followers with questions they cannot answer, because they obviously will not be able to answer them.

If you would like to discuss parts feel free to write me and we will look at the text together and not focus on the writers life choices because to start a religion without a huge govt like we have now was very easy imagine going with a band across the landscape and all of the sudden you don’t want to believe anymore... where will you get your food.

Just too funny, like now the network of a church non profit business model is immense and to get out well... see how easily it is to discuss factors of control, so we will just talk text how about that. So this time I will give 3 stars for years of mind manipulating effort.

Meanwhile read and read more. I think I will top this off with another reading of the Koran.

Good book but...

What did you like best about The Book of Mormon? What did you like least?

Love the book but the presentation was terrible. Sean Crisden was great however the book was hard to navigate and heaven help if you lost your place. Also, the chapter and verse were repeated (the verse twice) before every verse which was quite annoying.

The Book of Mormon

This is an incredible and inspired record!

I highly recommend it!

I plan to listen to it again and again.

The Truth

Each time I read or listen, it strengthens my belief. It’s a must read to help see the truth.

Very poor production

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

Well except for all the time I spent listening to the author repeating the numbers of the chapter and verse.

What didn’t you like about Sean Criden’s performance?

Very flat. It would be a fantastic audio book if it had been done like a performance. But it sounded like a librarian reading a dictionary.

Do you think The Book of Mormon needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

I'd like to read the 2/3rds of the Golden Plates that were sealed, yes

Any additional comments?

I really hope you redo this. I would be enthralled if this was done without the verses and with a passionate perfomer narrating it. This was a disappointment.

Not pleased with the narrative style

Would you consider the audio edition of The Book of Mormon to be better than the print version?

No

What did you like best about this story?

Content is interesting

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Sean Criden?

Anyone who doesn't keep repeating the book, chapter and verse with every single verse.

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

3 Nephi

Any additional comments?

Record this again without the book, chapter and verse with every single verse and then I might download it to my Kindle again. Until then I will just continue to read the book.

Another Testament of Jesus Christ!

If you could sum up The Book of Mormon in three words, what would they be?

The Book is True!

What other book might you compare The Book of Mormon to and why?

I compare it to The New Testament, because it is a composition of a family, through the ages that struggles to follow God's command..with great opposition by two of the brothers who start their own clan. It is a story of great adventure as the Nephites send missionaries to the misguided Laminites to try and save them. It is full of mighty spirit filled sermons and testamonies...It also is a book for our day..as it tells of the Gadianton Robbers who were a secret society who infiltrated the government and turned the minds of the people. The account unfolds as each head of the Nephite population writes down an account of his days ..some of them are long and some incredibly short...but always fascinating as it tells of great faith in the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ!!

What didn’t you like about Sean Crisden’s performance?

He was really terrible and I was very disappointed because having finally found the Book on Audible his reading was tedious and why he gave the book, chapter and verse with EVERY verse, is incomprehensible to me!! There are so many talented narrators why this man was chosen is a mystery.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

I was moved by the Spirit as I know the story well...and despite the narrator, it is always good to renew the account of a very great and faithful account of the Journey they embarked on being led by the Hand of God.

Any additional comments?

Please Audible...replace this recording with a narrator who can bring this beautiful book to life for the benefit of all who listen!!

This book contains the words of Christ

If you listen to this book as if Christ is speaking to you, pray to know if the words are his, and try to listen with your heart as much as your mind, you can know that this is a record of God's children on the American continent and a record of Christ's teachings among them after his crucifixion and resurrection. I leave my own testimony that the words in this book are the words of Christ to us in our time.