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Whose Reality Is This Anyway
- A Tale of Hope for Those Who Struggle with Reality
- Narrated by: Douglas Thornton
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Humor & Satire
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- Donna
- 02-04-19
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Good fun. I was dreading this would be a rehashing of that tired
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- Jo R
- 04-03-21
So good
imagine the perfect mix of Terry Pratchett and Monty Python. Now imagine they created a very well written story. Throw in an amazing narrator and boom. Must read.
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- Miss M Lewis
- 06-13-20
A good book destroyed by a terrible narrator
An entertaining story, wrecked by a hamming, mis-pronouncing narrator that turned characters into irritating caricatures!
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- David
- 02-05-21
Great story. Strange oration.
The reader Mr Thornton has a weak grasp on place names and even managed to get Taunton wrong, his accent was all over the place and certainly not West Country or Somerset.
Neil Planer has made better jobs of reading books and maybe for future readings he could be engaged for Mr Luddingtons books which are excellent.
But that said even overlooking the odd way this book was read it was still engaging and well worth listening to.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Nicky Pickford
- 04-05-20
Gripping story, wonderful humourivity to his char
This author has great humour, versatility and sensitivity to his characters. And there is always a gentle love element and the main guy usually gets his lady in the end. I am on the 5th of 7 books (readable in any order as individual stotylines), and this is one of the best. Excellent listen in all ways! Please write more David.