Altar of Eden: A Novel

This was the first audiobook I listened to after the dissapointing "The Lost Symbol" and my second ever female narrated book.

I will give Paula Christensen a 3.5 star for her crisp voice, engaging narration and not so bad attempt at the Cajun accent. Despite there being more male characters than female, I was able to follow all characters with little to no confusion.

This books seems to have a two part story, which I would classify as "The Hunt" and "The survival". Its adventurous, action packed, and scientific. This book is more like a 3.5 than a 3.

I also recommed the "Enhanced" audio version!!!!!

The story while attention grabbing, is lost in the reading. Christensen attempts various southern dialects and unfortunately misses the mark with most. I can usually forgive the voice and get lost in the story, but this time I am forcing myself to listen.

I'm a big fan of Rollins and especially enjoy the Sigma series. This novels story line was gripping but I found it extremely difficult to follow because of the lisp of the narrator. I found myself focusing on all of the mispronounced S's as oppose to the storyline.

I've read most of the James Rollins books and was thinking this was another Sigma Force book. The female narrator threw me at first, but one I got into it I realized that Christensen was a good choice, since the book is told mainly through the eyes of the primary female chacter, Lorna Polk. While the characters were all new to me, the story had alot of that feel you come to expect from Rollins, action, mystery, unusual situations. I really enjoyed this read.

I liked it. I felt the idea was better than the execution. The excecution, complete with the cinematic ending and explosions was a bit "made for tv movie" silly. I also feel the plot had a lot of potential. Too much potential to entirely wrap up in one book. A great exercise book, though. I couldn't wait to find out what happened next.

The narration was such a hodge podge of incredibly bad New Orleans, southern, and cajun accents that it made the experience of the book probably seem worse that it actually was.

The story was typical Rollins and enjoyable. However, the reader has an odd cadence and I found myself re-reading lines in my head because the inflection sounded off. Was I the only one who noticed the lisp? As others have said, be prepared to be occasionally distracted by the reader, but otherwise it's good.

YES I WILL. FOUND IT TO BE THOUGHT PROVOKING.

THE ATTACK OF THE TIGER.

ALL MAJOR CHARACTORS WERE FILLED OUT AND SEEMED TO BE INPORTANT TO THE STORY.

NO

VERY GOOD LISTENING. READ VERY WELL

This is one of the many books that my hubby and I listen to while driving from Wyoming to Utah! We have enjoyed the 3-4 books that we have read by Mr Rollins.
Rollins has a very scientific mind and some of his description can be a bit insightful and maybe more than I really need but for someone (like my hubby) who has that type of scientific mind, it is GREAT!
We have enjoyed the creative spin that Rollins puts on his books and when reading them the time passes quickly!
Enjoy!

You can't beat Rollin's for a great roller coaster of a story. He takes you on a journey of man's experimental obsession with animals, the devastating effects, between the animals and mankind. The lesson's learnt. He is a great story teller will have you on the edge of your seat. The narration is OK.