The Gravedigger’s Almanac

A Novel

De: Oliver Pötzsch

Narrado por: Rupert Bush

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Story, yes; narrator, no

I am not finished with this book yet, but I am loving the story. I think, though, that my issues with the narrator are going to cause me to have to read the rest of the book with my eyes. He uses pauses in such strange places, and he stresses words and syllables in ways that made me misunderstand the meaning of some sentences at first. I am a high school English teacher, and it reminds me of the way it sounds when students are reading aloud from a text that they have not seen before, and they are not scanning ahead to see where the sentence is going before they read it out loud. Also, the mispronunciation of "catastrophe" kind of shocked me. Was that an intentional choice? Because a professional voice actor / audiobook narrator should not be mispronouncing that word accidentally.

oh my dominance this is wonderful

I would suggest you just read it, it's an amazing book, and is absolutely compelling to read.

Characterization: seemingly flat characters became dynamic through action and dialogue.

The reader was so stilted it was distracting. His phrasing held pauses that belied his “ reading “ of the script. He needed way more practice.

Real dark thriller

I have read many books by Oliver Poetzsch. This one is really on the dark side but also interesting as our relationship to death is very personal and can be very different. If you like dark history, criminal history and are open to engage with death, that book is for you.

Another Great by Mr Pötzsch

The story was wonderful, but the narrator left a lot to be desired, he paused at weird places, didn’t act out the words in a smooth way.
For this reason I would probably recommend reading the book instead of listening to it.