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Ruling Passion
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- Kathy
- 02-06-12
Good Grief !!
I'm a Reginald Hill fan and especially enjoy Pascoe and Dalziel but holy guacamole !! Brain Glover is not the right narrator!!! This is the second time I've bit on a R. Hill book only to find a poor performance. Note to self: Pay attention to name of narrator!!
Frankly, I don't know if this is a good story or not -- I could barely understand most of it and could feel my ears clamping down the rest of the time.
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- H. Hill
- 04-01-07
narrator disapointing
I love Reginald Hill's novels, and thoroughly enjoyed an earlier audiobook, Deadheads, read by Col in Buchanan. However, Brian Glover, the reader on this and, sad to read, several other Hill audiobooks, in not in the same class. The character voices are inconsistent, he seems to be almost screaming in many parts, and his accent is hard to understand. I'd give this a two, except that Hill's writing almost overcomes the defects caused by the reader.
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- Janet Davis
- 10-15-05
reader ruins the book
The reader takes what may have been a good story and ruins it. His reading is uneven in volume and pace and even is monotone at times. He hurries along as if he is going to be paid a bonus if he finishes the book more quickly. His interpretation of voices is so vague that you cannot easily tell who is who. Dalziel, with his frequently mentioned size, has a high-pitched voice that rightly belongs to a smaller person. All of this makes finishing this book a matter of endurance, which is a shame. I like the series.
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- R W A Thiederman
- 03-03-20
Poorly read
The reader has a very strong accent. The dilevery by Clover was flat and loud.
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- Jason
- 02-03-13
Great Story - but awful narration
What didn’t you like about Brian Glover’s performance?
He's a very monotone reader, and whilst undoubtedly a fine actor, this is not his forte
Any additional comments?
Thankfull the story is up to Mr Hills usual quality, but I won't be getting anymore narrated by Mr Glover
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- Ian
- 04-11-07
good early story
Before Pascoe marries, Ellie clashes with Dalziel, who, in classic Dalziel fashion, wants them to get married. This is the side plot to a good murder story involving old friends (of Peter and Ellie), found murdered in a country cottage. The battle in the antique store is a memorable Dalziel escapade.
I agree that the narrator (Brian Glover) is not as good as Colin Buchanan. Glover's voice for Wield is weak. But he's not terrible; I've listened to this audiobook several ties.
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- Bruce
- 10-27-09
Awful narrator
He speaks incredibly rapidly and in a near monotone. It's like listening to a nervous graduation speaker, this one with a British accent.
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- Norma Miles
- 12-04-21
"X has many names."
Book three in the Dalzeil and Pascoe series. Pascoe is about to receive confirmation of promotion and he and Ellie, encouraged by Dalziel, are talking marriage when the couple unexpectedly discover the bodies of three of Ellie's university friends, and a fourth, presumed to be the killer, missing. It is too close for unbiased detection. As Dalziel is occupied with another case, the obsession of who murdered the friends throws Pascoe's life into confusion.
This is not the first time I had read this book but could remember nothing of it beyond tthe opening sequences. And now I know why: convoluted plotting and two many introduced protagonists. It makes for a muddying of the solution. As I think back on it now, it again seems to slowly merge and crumble in my mind. Narration by Brian Glover did not help, his abrasive Yorkshire accented delivery, usually so successful in capturing the character of the writing, this time only confused, the usually distinctive voices of individual protagonists often merging into an initially single-sounding, unidentified voice, delivered blaringly and, often, over loudly.
I usually enjoy the Dalziel and Pascoe books immensely. This one, despite the promising start, not so much.
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- Adrienne
- 03-14-12
Performance Undermines story
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
A huge Reginald Hill fan, I have books, DVDs, tapes and audiobooks for most of Hill's titles and all Dalziel & Pascoe series. Brian Glover's gutteral delivery on Ruling Passion, apt for Dalziel, grates for the other characters. Too bad. Also, supposed to be unabridged, some dialogue appears to be missing.
Oh, well, it's still a treat. Story is intriguing enough to hold interest.
Ajones
Toronto, Canada
How could the performance have been better?
A different actor.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Pretty long for one sitting, unless one is an invalid and in bed all day. It takes some concentration, and will hold up over a few days or more.
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- Heather MB
- 06-20-10
Half-hearted narration spoils a good story...
"Ruling Passion" is well-written and intriguing enough that it captured me from the start, and I wanted to find out how it ended...but the narration was so sloppy that it was a real struggle to stay with it (though I finally did manage to finish). I can tell the narrator is capable of better. Was he unprepared? Bored? Distracted? His reading was halting, and his odd phrasing often obscured the intended meaning of sentences. What a shame. The book deserved a better performance.
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- MumsieWumsie
- 04-06-11
Hard work to listen to
The book is up to the usual Dalziel & Pascoe standard but, although Brian Glover's Yorkshire accent is more accurate for Andy Dalziel than Warren Clarke's Lancastrian accent we're used to on TV, it does make it a harder listen than other D&P books read by Colin Buchanan.
Brian Glover reads as if he's got his finger under the words whilst Colin Buchanan's narration flows more naturally with more light and shade in the voices as well.
It's a shame, but because of the narrator, it's hard work to listen to.
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- TPB
- 10-21-07
Wrong reader
I am a Reginald Hill fan and was held by the story which had all the usual unexpected twists that result in a page turner. However, the reader (Brian Glover) lacked the chameleon quality that would have allowed listeners to bypass him, as if they were listening to the actual characters, and lose themselves in the story - his Yorkshire accent is pervasive and, as much of the action is around Oxfordshire, obtrusive.
9 people found this helpful
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- Christina S
- 04-13-13
Disappointing
I love Reginald Hill, but I couldn't follow this narration. Brian Glover's sing-song delivery is distracting and at times almost unintelligible and the story is too complex to fully appreciate unless you're really concentrating on it. Better to read the book in my opinion.
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- Dagmar
- 10-23-13
Sorry but narrator impossible to listen to
Would you try another book written by Reginald Hill or narrated by Brian Glover?
I am a huge fan of the (audio books) by Reginald Hill, however I could not recommend Mr. Glover as narrator.
Would you be willing to try another one of Brian Glover’s performances?
absolutely not - apologies. Tastes differ but I simply could not get over the first 15 minutes, the almost bored but nasal voice, sounding very weary, and mumbling to some degree.
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- BH
- 12-05-21
Love Brian Glover but not as a narrator!
I finished listening as I wanted to know the denouement but the whole story was spoilt for me by the heavy handed narration.
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- Ulla
- 03-08-17
Good story, bad narration
If you could sum up Ruling Passion in three words, what would they be?
Good well written book
What was one of the most memorable moments of Ruling Passion?
The story.
Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Brian Glover?
I could almost write anybody, Brian Glover shouts all the way through the book It is giving me ear ache.
Colin Buchanan is the best narrator of the Dalziel and Pascoe books. I think that maybe he came after Brian Glover, but I can't remember.
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Don't know. Not really my field
Any additional comments?
I am just so glad that Reginald Hill was such a prolific writer. I have read/heard most of his books and I often go back to them, apart from the Brian Glover ones.
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- Jos
- 06-22-15
Disappointing
If this book wasn’t for you, who do you think might enjoy it more?
I could bare Brian Glover's laboured narrating, I will stick to Colin Buchanan in the future.
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- alanjbell
- 12-29-21
love B. Glover as a actor.
Terrible narrative, slow boring just droned on I couldn't follow the plot cut it short. Sorry
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- Granny J
- 12-17-21
Dated
Dated written in a patronising pompous style and made worse by dreadful narration. Can’t believe that audible would allow something so poor.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-12-21
The narration makes it impossible to listen to
Unfortunately I was unable to finish this book. The story was promising but Brian Glover isn’t a narrator. He puts full stops in the middle of sentences and fails to use them at all in some. I returned the book.
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Superintendent Dalziel had a somewhat cynical view of what college administrations spent his taxes on. But when he and that over-educated Sergeant of his, Pascoe, were sent to investigate a disinterred corpse at Holm Coultram College, he hadn't reckoned on a rash of fresh killings. While Pascoe rekindled an old flame on the staff, protesting students identified Dalziel as a 'fascist pig'. The Superintendent smiled with satisfaction...if that's how they wanted to play it.
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Advancement of Learning
- By Maggie on 07-02-07
By: Reginald Hill
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A Killing Kindness
- Dalziel and Pascoe Series, Book 6
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Colin Buchanan
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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When Mary Dinwoodie is found choked in a ditch following a night out with her boyfriend, a mysterious caller phones the local paper with a quotation from Hamlet. The career of the Yorkshire Choker is under way.
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This is how it should be
- By Dean on 07-13-05
By: Reginald Hill
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An April Shroud
- Dalziel and Pascoe Series, Book 4
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Colin Buchanan
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the fourth novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series, which was made into a hugely popular BBC TV serial. Supt Dalziel is rescued from a flood by a group of mourners. Bonnie Fielding seems far from worried about her husband's demise and Dalziel soon begins to fall for her, ignoring his suspicions. Soon her mansion is littered with corpses and Pascoe must rescue Dalziel from making a fool of himself.
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Good characters and great reader
- By ch on 06-08-10
By: Reginald Hill
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A Cure for All Diseases
- Dalziel and Pascoe Series, Book 23
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Convalescing in Sandytown, Dalziel befriends Charlotte Heywood who is researching the benefits of alternative therapy. With much in common, the two soon find themselves in league when trouble comes to town. Sandytown's principal landowners have grandiose plans for the resort -- none of which they can agree on. One of them has to go, and when one of them does, in spectacularly gruesome fashion, DCI Peter Pascoe is called in to investigate -- with Dalziel and Charlotte providing unwelcome support.
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Excellent!
- By Ellen on 03-17-09
By: Reginald Hill
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A Clubbable Woman
- Dalziel and Pascoe, Book 1
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Brian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the first novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series, which was made into a hugely popular BBC TV serial. Two unorthodox police officers are called to investigate dodgy dealings at Wetherton rugby club after the body of their star player's wife is found dead at home.
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Excellent Beginning to Series
- By Nancy J on 11-16-13
By: Reginald Hill
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Bones and Silence
- Dalziel and Pascoe Series, Book 11
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Brian Glover
- Length: 12 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Andy Dalziel of the Mid-Yorks CID has witnessed a murder, but it was though dark glass and he was being sick at the time. Now he finds the case shrouded in uncertainty and a string of contradictory statements. And who is his anonymous letter writer threatening suicide? Meanwhile Dalziel's colleague, Peter Pascoe, has returned from a long convalescence uncertain about his job, his marriage, or his motivations whilst having to act as a moderator to the strong-willed Dalziel.
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- By Mark Romanoff on 09-12-08
By: Reginald Hill
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An Advancement of Learning
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- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Brian Glover
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
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Superintendent Dalziel had a somewhat cynical view of what college administrations spent his taxes on. But when he and that over-educated Sergeant of his, Pascoe, were sent to investigate a disinterred corpse at Holm Coultram College, he hadn't reckoned on a rash of fresh killings. While Pascoe rekindled an old flame on the staff, protesting students identified Dalziel as a 'fascist pig'. The Superintendent smiled with satisfaction...if that's how they wanted to play it.
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Advancement of Learning
- By Maggie on 07-02-07
By: Reginald Hill
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A Killing Kindness
- Dalziel and Pascoe Series, Book 6
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Colin Buchanan
- Length: 7 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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When Mary Dinwoodie is found choked in a ditch following a night out with her boyfriend, a mysterious caller phones the local paper with a quotation from Hamlet. The career of the Yorkshire Choker is under way.
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This is how it should be
- By Dean on 07-13-05
By: Reginald Hill
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An April Shroud
- Dalziel and Pascoe Series, Book 4
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Colin Buchanan
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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This is the fourth novel in the Dalziel and Pascoe series, which was made into a hugely popular BBC TV serial. Supt Dalziel is rescued from a flood by a group of mourners. Bonnie Fielding seems far from worried about her husband's demise and Dalziel soon begins to fall for her, ignoring his suspicions. Soon her mansion is littered with corpses and Pascoe must rescue Dalziel from making a fool of himself.
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Good characters and great reader
- By ch on 06-08-10
By: Reginald Hill
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A Cure for All Diseases
- Dalziel and Pascoe Series, Book 23
- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 15 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Convalescing in Sandytown, Dalziel befriends Charlotte Heywood who is researching the benefits of alternative therapy. With much in common, the two soon find themselves in league when trouble comes to town. Sandytown's principal landowners have grandiose plans for the resort -- none of which they can agree on. One of them has to go, and when one of them does, in spectacularly gruesome fashion, DCI Peter Pascoe is called in to investigate -- with Dalziel and Charlotte providing unwelcome support.
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Excellent!
- By Ellen on 03-17-09
By: Reginald Hill
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A Clubbable Woman
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- By: Reginald Hill
- Narrated by: Brian Glover
- Length: 7 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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