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Thuvia, Maid of Mars
- Narrated by: John Bolen
- Series: Barsoom, Book 4
- Length: 4 hrs and 43 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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- Doug
- 11-29-11
Fake accent and wooden performance
I've read the novel before, and it is classic Burroughs. Not his best but not his worst by any means. The main problem I had with this audiobook was the narration.
There were two problems. First, the narrator used some sort of Eastern European accent for all the Martian dialogue, and a neutral American accent otherwise. This grated on me and detracted from the content of what was being spoken, since the accent was being pushed so much that the dialogue felt unnatural. Second, there was little feeling or emotion being expressed in the dialogue. I felt that the narrator didn't understand the feelings of the charactors nor the author's intent, and as a result it was difficult for me to engage with the characters or the story. It was like listening to someone reading a laundry list.
For me either aspect was a killer. I would not recommend this rendition.
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- Jesse
- 03-04-20
Thuvia Maid of Mars
This is a great tale with pretty good narration. See the thing is the Kindle version is FREE and you can add the Audible version for ONE DOLLAR. So get the kindle first and enjoy, for a dollar. PS it’s truly a great series.
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- Dakota
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- Phillip
- 03-17-16
Great story Terrible narrator
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
Better narrator
What did you like best about this story?
Loved the story couldn't get passed the first hour because of the narrator
How could the performance have been better?
Get someone else
You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?
Story good
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- John
- 02-19-15
Story was great
narration was terrible. the quality was very poor compared to what I've come to expect.
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- Cmagic
- 08-28-14
WoW
What would have made Thuvia, Maid of Mars better?
OMG! This reader is just awful. I listened for about five minutes and had to turn him off. Of the over 200 audible books I have he is by far the worst.
Would you ever listen to anything by Edgar Rice Burroughs again?
Most of the readers of this seris are very good,
Any additional comments?
Yeah, tell the reader not to quit his day job. He is going to need it.
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- Michael
- 11-13-13
Good book. Bad narration
Would you listen to Thuvia, Maid of Mars again? Why?
Yes, but not from this narrator. The reading wasn't like listening to someone reading the story. It was like hearing someone who recorded a series of disjointed sentences and then pasted them together so it came across with a lot of unnatural pauses that frankly got to be too unbearable to tolerate.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No, I couldn't.
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- Robert
- 07-30-04
Good book bad reader
The book is good but the reader is very bad.
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- David J. Hudson
- 11-13-14
PAINFUL Accent for Character Voices
Would you try another book from Edgar Rice Burroughs and/or John Bolen?
I would definitely try another Burroughs book, I love the Mars series. However, I don't think I could listen to even another chapter read by John Bolen. He has a great 'radio voice'. Deep, resonant, and he is a decent reader. However, when he gets to the character voices, he made this really odd voice to go with some indefinable accent that sounds like a cross between a bad Asian accent and an indecipherable Italian one. I guess 'Mars' means 'weird' in Bolen's eyes. Even worse, once he slipped on that accent, he didn't even follow the cues of what the characters were saying. It would say, 'she said flatly' and his voice would be high and animated. I seriously cringed every time it was time for a character to speak. If you want to listen to this book, try another narrator.
What was one of the most memorable moments of Thuvia, Maid of Mars?
The characters of Lothar are men who can create entire armies with their minds. I first read these books in my teens and they have always stood out for me.
How could the performance have been better?
See above. If you can't do accents or voices effectively, don't.
What character would you cut from Thuvia, Maid of Mars?
None, this is a really good book.
Any additional comments?
The John Carter of Mars books are some of the earliest science fiction, the first one, "A Princess of Mars" is what put Burroughs on the map in 1912, even before Tarzan. Volumes 1-9 are truly wonderful works of imagination, especially if you like sword-fighting and science fiction. The books are not perfect by any means. Frankly, Burroughs was not a great writer. He uses sort of hokey devices and his plotting often lacks internal logic. However, whatever he lacks as a writer, he makes up for with his imagination and the wonderful world and characters he created for Barsoom (mars). Give the books a read or a listen, but if you listen, don't choose this narrator.
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- :J
- 06-06-09
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Edgar Rice Burroughs has always been one of my favorite authors. This entire series is worth listening too. :J