The Haunting of Blackwood Manor: A Riveting Haunted House Mystery

De: Vincent Valentean

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

The Harrison family believed Blackwood Manor was a new start for them. A massive estate in a small tight-knit community was seen as the perfect place to settle down and raise their son, Alex. What they didn't know was that at one time, Blackwood Manor had been Blackwood Orphanage, the site of a horrible fire that claimed the lives of dozens of innocent children. As the Harrisons settle into their new home, the dark secrets of Blackwood Manor start to reveal themselves. These halls are haunted by the ghosts of children who never got to live their lives. And they want the Harrison's young son Alex to come be their new playmate...forever.

It has a nice build up and lovable characters

Virtual narration is not appealing, as the AI does not understand how to imbue the emotion the author intends, emphasizes and pauses in awkward places and is distracting from the story.

The story is interesting. It has a nice build up and lovable characters. The lower rating is for the rushed ending, where a plot twist is introduced without proper build-up…it’s actually confusing, There was more time spent on the realtor’s strategies to market the property than there was developing this essential piece. It would have been worth another chapter or two to bridge this gap, especially after the beautifully woven first 11 chapters. Also, it’s a bit repetitive with how the realtor justifies her actions.

AI NARRATION

Please stop with the generated narration.
this story was actually really good, but audible really screwed up the narration.
this would have only benefited from an actual human reading it.
if I could give the narration a negative score, I would have.

ghost story

Nothing like a good old fashioned ghost story. A classic haunting with a creepy house

Good story, poor performance

I did not like the virtual voice. The performance was mundane and took away from the story.

good story but v. voice ruined it

virtual voice has no excitement or I election. I will not listen to a book with it again.

mystery

the reading of the book sounded too much like a gps to enjoy. no changes in tone. very long pauses.

Spooky and fun

Once you get used to the AI voice, the story flows easily enough. Very interesting and fun story with compassionate, realistic characters. The backdrop of the haunted manor makes for a great story.

AI narrator is a terrible idea

The book is not bad for a free listen, but the AI ‘narrator’ ruins it.

monotonous

Liked the narrating voice but disliked the overly descriptive and writing about every mundane task and repetition of the word "palpable"

great book

the way it was read need a more personal read by real people instead of vertioul voice