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Birdsong
- Narrated by: Samuel West
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Release date: 09-12-05
- Language: English
- Publisher: Random House AudioBooks
Regular price: $12.78
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Samuel West's immaculate narration is the perfect gloss to one of the top books of the 90s and one of my personal favourites of all time. Obviously, if you have read the book before, then an abridged audio version is never going to be quite the same but, if you haven't, then you should find this presentation highly compelling and the abridgements are not apparant. It's a great story, impeccably researched and delivered with care. 4 stars is much as I can give an abridged book, and this earns each of them.
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- Cariola
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Very Moving
Birdsong depicts the close-up horrors of war better than any book I've ever read. The love story at the beginning was totally overshadowed by the scenes of battle (and in fact, it seemed rather unnecessary and digressive). A beautifully written novel, andt the narrator did it justice.
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Alsaka
- 07-08-16
Magnificent Narration of a Great Book
I've listened to Peter Firth's wonderful narration of the Unabridged Version before and absolutely love this grand and passionate war story.
This version, however, delighted (or moved, to be exact) me even more. Samuel West's extraordinarily smoothing voice brought me into deep thought or let me burst into tears so spontaneously that I can't help feeling being part of the story.
Yet the loss of certain details in this abridged version is quite upsetting, especially the part where Stephen and Weir decided whether or not to kill a bird in the tunnel, or the soldiers singing the chessy ballad together to celebrate their being alive. After all, it's the details that impressed me the most when I first read it.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- A. Best
- 09-06-10
War book
The narrator did a fine job, and if you love Faulks you'll love this book - however I am not a huge fan of "war stories", so there were parts of this book that didn't work for me. However the narration style is calm, quiet, almost sad - which plays well with the tone of the story.
5 of 6 people found this review helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- SuzieQ
- Merion, PA
- 09-04-16
Not a fan
You will love this book if you like historical novels.
You will love this book if you want to know what trench warfare was like.
The narrator was excellent.
I am not sure how I made it through the story, but in the end found no enjoyment.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Amelia
- 04-09-12
Good read for Book Group
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
We read this for book group. I liked it more as the story went on, but found it less than plausible in the beginning. I thought the war scenes were much stronger than the love scenes!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- J. C.
- 10-02-18
A beautiful book.
The war scenes were intense and horrible, which made the love palpable. Very well done.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Samantha
- 03-30-18
ABRIDGED!
The narrator was phenomenal. I appreciated British pronunciations of words since the characters are British. However, I found out only after I was finished listening to this great story, that this version is abridged! I would have liked to have heard the entire novel with all the written details, not just the meat and potatoes. Next time I’ll make sure any book I purchase is available in its entirety!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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- Darren Sapp
- 09-21-17
Solid Period Piece
Any additional comments?
This would make a great movie. It has a little bit of a Lifetime-feel to it but solid and interesting.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Melinda Chin
- 05-23-15
Deep and touching
Incredible performance by Samuel West.
Very touching story. Probably the best book I've listened to so far.
Can't wait to read other Faulks books.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- Terry
- 11-01-08
Birdsong
This is an excellent book very well written and narrated. Sebastian Faulks captures the atmosphere of the first world war trench warfare perfectly.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
- Mr
- 10-06-08
Beautiful book
This is a beautiful book. The story is simple but haunting while the writers skill and devotion to his craft is evident in every sentence and phrase. I did not think this was 'my kind of book' - I was wrong.
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- William Smith
- 11-02-17
Moving
Loved it...
Extremely powerful and, I daresay, important novel. Beautifully written and carefully performed. Excellent.
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- Bromide Badger
- 12-20-15
A great book ruined..
This abridgement is awful. Despite Samuel West's excellent efforts, what is a very good book in print becomes a dull and uninspiring listen. Sam manages to bring something of the original to the last hour, but the previous 300 minutes are pretty tedious.
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- Karen
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- Apollon
- 10-22-10
A moving and Passionate book
Very well narrated. You will feel tears of joy, sadness and horror through this very well written book. I really enjoyed the way the author described feelings. Very moving. Metaphorically speaking: It felt to me like the forbidden love was being punished by the war that followed. Or perhaps the separation of that Love caused the war.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- 02-03-08
Quite dull
I'm aware of all the wonderful reviews this book has received but I found it quite dull at parts. It was touching but too depressing. The end was great though. This is the first audiobook I have listened to and I found it quite difficult.
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