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Narrado por:
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Ron Keith
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Peter Robinson
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"Suspenseful and engrossing." (Orlando Sentinel)
"This one is entertaining and sophisticated, crime writing of a high order." (Washington Post)
"Lots of suspense...richly complex...satisfying and subtle." (Publishers Weekly)
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DCI Banks is my favorite detective series and I am up to #13 in the series. I am now put off by the narrator, Ron Keith. The quality of his voice and his inflections make every character sound middle age to old. You can not differentiate whether the character is old or young, yet you know from the story, they are quite young. As you listen, you are forced, by his voice to picture Banks as an over-weight, man in his 60's or 70's.
Although I love the Banks series, I sadly can not purchase any that are narrated by Ron Keith.
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Poor narrator
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I most certainly would want people to read and listen to these books. As a series, I'm really enjoying the changing of the times and styles. Also the aging and changes, development of the characters.
Btw outside of this series Robinson wrote another book that I've listened to and loved it so much that I had my bookclub read it. It was one of a rare kind. Everyone agreed that they liked the book very much. That book is called, darn the name I think just left me. After the Poison? Googly Moogly!
Check my next review. I will affirm or correct my error. Must be bedtime for Bonzo!
G'night All!
These last 3 Each one better
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This is the first Banks novel that I listened to (the others I read on my Kindle), and while the story was good, the narrator was dreadful, and it took me half the book to get past the bad narrator and enjoy the tale.
Why is Ron Keith a poor narrator? Let me list the ways :
-he sounds, throughout the novel, like he is telling a joke, and working up to the punchline. It feels like he is repressing laughter. So annoying.
-At several points, he just doesn't get the tone right. For example, in one part, the narrator says something like, "It wasn't me" in a loud voice, then says, "he whispered". Well - then whisper it!!!!
-Another problem is the accents. Nobody seems to have a different accent at all, and yet Banks says to Michelle, "I thought that's where you were from by your accent". Well, what accent, I wonder?? Hers and everyone else in the book speaks the same.
One thing, though - the narrator did do okay differentiating between the characters. So, that's good.
I was able to mostly get past the narrator and enjoy the story, but I'm sure I would have enjoyed it much more with a better narrator. I will make sure to never listen to another book narrated by Ron Keith.
Good Story, Poor Narration
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What made the experience of listening to Close to Home the most enjoyable?
The writing.Any additional comments?
The Inspector Bank's series is wonderful. I am listening to them in order. The last one I read was Cold Is the Grave and I am on to the next. Each one is great. I preferred the original reader to the current one. I am banking on Audible filling in the gaps which will start after the next 2.The Inspector Banks series
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I did enjoy this book. Peter Robinson has made Alan Banks into such a fine Detective, honest and true to himself. He solves hus crime cases with relentless patience. And always gets his man or woman. There is always a hint of personal relationships and the human side of policeing. I think of all of the crime writers I know Peter Robinson is my favourite.
Ron Keith did a fair job of reading the story, but his accent tends to make everyone sound much the same, so at times your not sure who is speaking. But otherwise well done.
Close to home by Peter Robinson
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A complicated and multi faceted more than a mystery
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Less interesting than previous works
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The audio version adds immeasurably to the experience. Reader Ron Keith brings the characters to life with a wide range of English accents that I, as a Midwesterner, couldn't have begun to conjure up. (No, not even with close study of Masterpiece Theater.)
Golden Age of Mystery
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Well convoluted story brought to a satisfying end.
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I am so hooked on Inspector Bank's mysteries!
I love these books!
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