I am sure the story is an excellent story, as Carol Berg is an excellent author. I almost laughed when the text of the story said that the man lowered his voice, and I had to lower the volume of my player because the narrator was still yelling at the top of his lungs. As an example, when Dante is visited by Masson de Cuvier in the opening chapters, and is listening to the man's story, I expected him to tell the man to stop bellowing at him.
Imbecile! His reading is stilted, staccato and truly horrid. The narrator chosen to read for Dante could have read in a normal speaking voice rather than SHOUTING. How could the performance have been better? I am sure that the author had no control over the production of the audiobook, so it is entirely NOT her fault. What could Carol Berg have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you? It is abysmal listening to it is almost painful. However, I cannot get past the narration of Dante. I listened to and thoroughly enjoyed the first two volumes of the Collegia Magica series and I am sure that the story in this last volume is very engaging. What disappointed you about The Daemon Prism? I'm just at a loss as to how they could have released such a poorly narrated version of it. I know there is respite to this torture I've flicked forward through the chapters and discovered the lovely calming voice of Angele Masters further on, so I will struggle on to the end because I do enjoy Carol Berg's story telling.
To be fair, he can do a variety of different voices, but the majority of the time it is as if he is talking to you as if you are an idiot.
It is as if he is doing a cold reading and is totally unfamiliar with the story. I'm four hours into this edition and am nearly weeping at Eric Brooks constantly shouting the text at me and feeling lost at places because of his complete inability to place correct emphasis on some of the text. While it states in that it is narrated by Angele Masters (yay!) and David DeVries, it is in fact also narrated by two other people - Eric Brooks and Daniel May. Unfortunately, I feel very let down by Audible over this book.
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