BLACK In The Box (BLACK #5)

By: Russell Blake

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

Artemis Black's world is coming apart in the days leading up to Christmas. His relationship is on the rocks, he's struggling to make ends meet, he's gone days without sleep, and when he's called in to investigate a brutal murder at a big box store in Long Beach, he's at the end of his rope. Racing the clock to clear a young woman's name before she's charged with homicide, Black gets more than he bargained for, and finds himself enmeshed in a web of deceit and betrayal that will require every ounce of his and Roxie's sleuthing prowess if they're to survive the night.

love the story and the character Black!

disliked the AI narrator. Some words were mispronounced others were pronounced in different ways throughout the reading. This is very distracting. Mr Black is sarcastic and ironic which can be very entertaining, but without the sense of timing that a human has, the lines fell flat. I, personally, will avoid books with an AI narrator. Thank you for your time

Stop with the AI VOICE

I love RC Bray and search out books he narrates. That is how I found this series. I listened to the first 4 books and really enjoyed them. I I have gotten to know and appreciate these characters and this story line. Unfortunately, AI ruined it. I can fully understand wanting to give AI a try but RC Bray gave life to these characters and AI choked them out in the back of a minivan and buried them in a shallow grave. So sad.

NO MORE AI READERS

The flat reading spoiled a good book. At times, it's hard to tell which character was which because they all sound the same. The first four books were entertaining, whereas this one was flat. I hope they redo it with the original reader.

AI voice

I will not buy another virtual voice book again. It ruins the story. Very disappointed.

First four in series were wonderful!

LIstening to the first four Black books by Russell Blake was delightful, had me laughing outloud at the snappy and well-read dialogue. R.C. Bray, as narrator, did a fabulous job bringing these books to life as funny, unusual and expressing great characters. Black #5, however, was dull. Story was still good and clever, however, the narration was pretty bad, mispronounced words, very boring, not good inflection which really made this listening experience very dull. I will probably not listen to any more books using virtual voice.