Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street

De: Kevin Hearne

Narrado por: Kirby Heyborne

From the New York Times best-selling author of Hounded comes an Iron Druid Chronicles short story in the captivating Carniepunk anthology.

The ancient Druid Atticus O’Sullivan gets more than greasy corn dogs and flat soda when he visits a carnival in Kansas to which his apprentice, Granuaile, drags him. He runs across a barker with a strange power over the crowd: attractive women leave their men and disappear into an unmarked tent, never to be seen again, and the men wander away, forgetting that they ever had girlfriends or wives. When Granuaile falls under the barker’s influence and enters the tent, Atticus isn’t about to forget it and move on. He and his Irish wolfhound, Oberon, pursue her and discover the horrifying secret to the carnival’s success.

©2014 Kevin Hearne (P)2014 Simon & Schuster Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A superb urban fantasy debut” ( Publishers Weekly, starred review)

NOT the same narrator! Find it in print instead!

I've nothing against this narrator. I'm sure he would have been just fine in any other story. But he's not Luke Daniels. OK, no one is Luke Daniels except Luke Daniels, it's impossible shoes to fill, but he doesn't even try. It's quite apparent that he never bothered to listen to any of Luke Daniel's narration. Not only is he a completely different voice, but also uses completely different (i.e. WRONG) pronunciations. After all those books and stories with Luke Daniels, it is jarring and makes it very hard to enjoy an otherwise good Iron Druid story. Any kind of print version would have been far, far better.

Story would have been better read by Luke Daniels

It was a good story, I know it is a short story but it seemed a little too short. And while the narrator was not bad he fell far short of Luke Daniels' performances. And the way he pronounced things differently from the way Luke does and having the wrong tone and attitude for Oberon's mental voice really made it hard to accept the story as an Iron Druid story.

Good story, odd narration

Good short story, but the performance has some odd moments. The narrator sounds robotic at times.

Luke Daniels please!!

This far into the series you really have to stick with Luke!! Not to mention he is simply in a different league performance wise. The story is good, cool back story on the ghouls. As always I can't wait for more!!!

A good short story

What did you love best about Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street?

This is a good short read. It sets up and moves quickly.

What did you like best about this story?

It's an Iron Druid story.

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

The narration is my only complaint about this. The person reading sounds more like my GPS navigation system than someone trying to read a story with multiple characters.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes. I did listen in one sitting.

Old Irish pronunciation notes needed for narrator

I really did enjoy the story of this audiobook… unfortunately the narrator forgot (or failed) to read the pronunciation notes. Alas, Aenghus Óg, Brighid, and Dóigh cannot be phonetically.

Awe man I'm sorry Kirby but no

Kirby tried but he is not upto it him doing Oberon was especially disconcerting it's like he didn't even try to use the style preceeding him. He gave Oberon absolutely none of the Scooey doo inspired voice difference. I liked the story at least what I could get through. Luke you need to quit slacking!!

Insomnia? listen to this narrator

What did you like best about Carniepunk: The Demon Barker of Wheat Street? What did you like least?

Best - there is nothing outstanding - just the regular good story by the author
Least - the narrator

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Kirby Heyborne?

BRING BACK LUKE DANIELS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Good Iron Druid story, but puzzled by the switch in narrators

The title pretty much says it all. Kirby Heyborne wasn't a bad narrator per se (although a few of his pronunciations drove me a bit batty), but he just isn't Luke Daniels. Oberon's parts particularly suffered from the switch. Overall a good listen, but I would have enjoyed it a lot more if the characters had their own "voices".

Change in Narrator?

The change in the narrator is rather jarring. It completely changes the personality of the main characters.