Respect to the Man in the Ice Cream Van

By: Simon Carr

Narrated by: Kent Cadwallader

Everything was better in the '90s unless it was being attacked by ghost witches. If it was being attacked by ghost witches then it was not that great; although it happened at a great time and in an awesome setting!

©2021 Simon Carr (P)2022 Simon Carr

Mental! Mental! Chicken Oriental!

This book has it all at the Ice Cream Truck! Flying Squirrels, Witches, Zombies that pose riddles! Join the Rave!!

I am addicted to the books of Simon Carr! Each are fall down funny.
Although I love reading these stories, as I can really appreciate and laugh at my leisure, the audiobooks are so wonderful as I multitask. The bad thing is that they might catch you unaware as you have just sipped a drink.

Great narration and fun book! Well worth your time!!

No spit an polish – just brutal, magical comedy

I love this one. I love the setting, I love the premise, I love the cast and …and..EVERYTHING.
I am, one might say – and forgive the pun – a raving fan.
The book could fairly (I think) be placed somewhere between a Terry Pratchet novel, in style and humor vs. “the Craft” in the “witches want to rule the world” department – as well as Pulp Fiction on speed for the language, I guess.
There isn’t much development of characters, the plot is a fast affair with not a break in the action. I love the premise and the execution – how Carr comes up with this is mindboggling. I do get a slight feeling of Deus ex machinegun (because normal divine intervention really doesn’t quite cut it in this story) with some of what turns out to work – but that’s actually what makes this listen hilarious. (among other things)
The narration is probably going to split the waters, I think. I love and have watched a lot of (British) English movies in the genre (think Hot Fuzz, lock stock and two smoking barrels, stand-up comedy, talk shows) and have a pretty strong understanding of colloquialisms, slang and dialect. I love the heavy dialect and I have hearty laughs at the not quite so refined choice of…descriptive…narrative.
Having said that - This listen had me straining my ears to the max at some points. It does take away a bit of the ease of listen. And the swearing – through no fault of the narrator – makes this not for the faint of heart
– strong language, substance abuse.

Respect to the man

This was good,gritty,fun.There was a bit of foul language.There are witches in the woods who just want out to have fun.A group of gnarly guys trigger their escape without knowing. Narration by Kent Cadwallader was good.I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Even funnier in hearing!

I originally read respect to the man in the ice cream van, several years ago on kindle unlimited. (The act of ku for this is generous on his part for what you get out of it) considering what I heard for narration when it came to Mr. Carr’s other works like Noobs and Bob and the Blob (for which he’s made me into a bigger fan with each) I was curious what he would do for narration here. Mr. Carr teams up with different highly talented narrators for his books, and the talent here was no exception. The voices are unique and fitting, and deliver the hilarity to a greater degree. I guess curiosity doesn’t always kill the cat. Sometimes, it makes the cat howl with laughter.

Impressive work by narrator- wicked humor

Really impressive accent specificity and character consistency by narrator Kent Cadwallader. His narration is a joyful fun ride. The story starts out strong with wickedly funny politically incorrect “lads getting wasted” humor. As it progresses, however, the fantasy climax falls short and somewhat loses the thread- as one does while tripping, I guess.