A Most Attentive Mother

De: Jann Rowland

Narrado por: Mary Sarah

A must-listen from the author of In Default of Heirs Male.

©2022 Jann Rowland (P)2022 Tantor

Excellent story

This is my favorite lady Catherine story of all time. The complex story line kept me entertained while not following the P&P usual retelling. Lady Catherine is much younger and comes into the Bennet family when the girls are younger. The fitzwilliam family is greatly expanded which brings much to the plot. This is not to be missed!
The narrator was awesome.

Great story from start to finish

Really enjoyed this portrayal of Lady Catherine and and Mr Bennett as a couple. They worked so well together. And the whole Fitzwilliam family dynamic was just… well read the book and enjoy finding out.

Hard to listen to reader.

It was difficult to listen to the reader’s affected accents and exaggerated cadences. Several times I almost stopped listening because her thickly pronounced consonants often sounded sickly sweet and contrived.

Sweet Lady Katherine

While I was happy for the family to gain a sweet lady Katherine I was distracted by the narrator. She had a dreamy sweet voice like quality that made it really difficult to follow the story. During most of the dialogue it was fine. Also she had a lisp or something and it was annoying. The story was good though

Nice Twist on P & P Variation

In this story Lady Catherine is only 6-years Darcy's senior and she is the youngest daughter of the Earl of Matlock's second marriage. Lady Catherine marries Mr. Bennett after both of their spouses pass away. She adopts the Bennet girls as her own and is very protective of them. I enjoyed the unfolding of the story line. it was well worth the read to see how new and traditional characters intermingled. I was not fond of the performance. I struggled to hear and understand the actress. It sounded like she was whispering though 75% of the reading plus she substituted the /th/ sound in words the ended in /t/ and /d/ particularly at the end of a sentence which drove me a bit mad. Other than the performance, the content was good.

Too long. Boring.

Too many added characters. No clever dialogue. I like the original premise, but took too long to tell the story and got boring. The narrator wasn’t great.

loved the story but not the audio quality

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. the only reason it doesn't get 5 starts overall is the audio quality. I give 5 stars for the story itself but 3 for the performance. The narrator has a mostly monotonous style which I felt didn't add much to the story. However, the bigger problem with the narration was the audio quality. There's some issue with any word containing t, p, d, s or the; especially words ending with these letters. It was a huge annoyance.

Great story

It was a long good story. Very well written and an interesting take on this variation on Pride and prejudice. Loved it. Lady Catherine was formidable. Great Jaff

Unabridged is an understatement

It’s a fun twist, though strange. However! Very low on plot, not a lot of development of why anyone falls in love with anyone, and far too long.

Narration was annoying

I like the story and listen until the end, but the whisper breath of the narrator was really annoying. I probably wouldn’t start another book if she was narrating it.