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Diet for a Hot Planet

The Climate Crisis at the End of Your Fork and What You Can Do about It
By: Anna Lappe
Narrated by: Lori Blanchard
Length: 10 hrs and 50 mins
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©2010 Anna Lappe, Foreword copyright 2010 by Bill McKibben (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

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Voice sounds like a robot - almost unlistenable

It's hard to believe someone was hired to read this book - it truly sounds like the cadence and incantations of a robot, not a human. It dehumanizes the story. Listening to the story of supply chains feels like a chore and disconnects the listener from the impact, which should be a humbling, moving experience.

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Amazing content, but machine-like narrator voice

paints a holistic picture of the international food system. great for learning the basics. /D

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Narration Crisis

What did you like best about Diet for a Hot Planet? What did you like least?

This book is interesting and full of great information; however, the narration and production are so poorly executed that I have difficulty focusing on the content. On more than one occasion my internal dialog about whether the text is being read by a human or a robot completely overshadows what is being said. In many instances, words and sentences are repeated--as if edits were not appropriately deleted from a draft.

Who was your favorite character and why?

NA

Would you be willing to try another one of Lori Blanchard’s performances?

Performance? No.

Any additional comments?

I don't feel that this audiobook was actually ready for retail sale.