If Books Could Kill: A Bibliophile Mystery

... and the narration is so bad as to be unbelievable! The ridiculous imitation of male voices and british accents is so irritating that it is hard not to throw the the iPod to the floor and stomp on it.

I was very excited to find a mystery series about someone who binds books. I enjoyed the sections where the author detailed the intricacies involved in the process. Then the storyline plummeted from there. I made myself listen to 21/4 of the 3 books I had downloaded. My husband listened to the 3rd one with me and commented on how terrible it was. Perhaps we are too old (in our 50's) to enjoy the humour & plots. Perhaps if the reader had been more animated and had read in a more fluent manner, it may have been less brutal to listen to the story. Derrick (main love interest through out the series) rendering was terrible.

the book had possibilities but was obscured by the bad character voices

I like a good actor in the narrator role; this narrator sounded confused about her characters

I own all the books in this series, both on paper and as e-books. I obviously enjoy them a lot, and I was delighted to find them on audible. Sadly, I haven't been able to finish listening to even one of them, as the narrator irritates me so badly with her supposed British accent. This noise pains me and makes me want to throw my iPod into the sea to make it go away.

As I know there are quite a few Brits involved in the books, I know the narrator will keep on making these bizarre noises, and I'm not able to deal with it. I'm British, I live in Britain and I teach English as a Foreign Language. If any student of mine made that noise, I'd have to give them extra lessons.

Apart from the awful accent issues, the narrator is fine - please, please, only let her read books without characters from outside the US! I have a few audio books which I find could do with a narrator with a better grasp of accents/foreign languages, but I have never before given up on a good book due to this problem - so, a first for me! I hope it doesn't happen again.

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Great book, but stick with reading it until a reasonable recording is made - save your money!

I very much enjoyed the story and have read other books from the author. I did however struggle with listening to the male voices. Sometimes the voices you imagine are hard to blend with the voice that the narrator gives to the character. The male voices were a little either over the top or not quite on the mark. I wanted to enjoy the story so I listened and enjoyed the story. The voice for the main character is very on .

The story was fun and informative. I learned terms for bookbinding techniques and tools of the trade that I had never heard before. Usually while reading a book with a subject that I don't know very much I about I have to trust that the author did their due diligence. And this one definately helped me understand the process better. The story line flows well and there were moments that I had to stop the story and go find someone to share a funny scene or something I learned.

If you can get past the male voices the story is very entertaining.

I read/listen to books strictly to be entertained and get my mind off my work stresses. This book was a fun listen with interesting characters and settings.