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Title: Stone's Fall
Author: Iain Pears
Narrator: Gareth Armstrong, Daniel Coonan, Jonathan Keeble
Format: Unabridged
Length: 25 hrs and 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-23-09
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stoneï¿¿ï¿¿s Fall is a quest to discover how and why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London home.
Chronologically, it goes backwards, and Stone's character deepens as the book progresses. Here is a love story and a murder mystery, set against the backdrop of the evolution of high-stakes international finance, Europe's first great age of espionage, and the start of the 20th century's arms race.
Members Reviews:
Woven Tapestry
This is a very good listen for it explores the plot from a variety of veiwpoints. Complex but not complicated, elegant but not fluffy. Am on my third listen and still it holds the attention.
Excellent in every way.....
This is a great book and makes an almost perfect audio book. The writing is excellent - don't be put off by the length - and the story is compelling from start to finish. It charts the rise and fall of "Stone", from an obscure begining to his shocking, mysterious and abrupt end. Told from different perspectives the story never flags and is the best audio book I have ever listened to.
Do not listen to Book One
I persevered through Book One and knowing its story possibly helps one enjoy and understand Books Two and Three. However, if you buy this audio book, I urge you to skip Book One altogether - or read it to your self from the written word. The narration is abysmal. The narrator appears to have read the words without understanding them. He places emphasis on the wrong words and in the wrong parts of sentences. I suspect that he did not practice but simply picked up the book and read. He is unable to provide any sense that the characters are real; so poor is his ability to act. He is utterly unconvincing, and I winced my way through his reading.
The story is, however, for all that, a decent one and worth the effort. Narrators Two and Three are excellent. Isis, the publishers, would be advised to re-narrate Book One altogether.
Complex story ruined by poor narration!
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
By re-recording the first section of this book using a narrator who understood what he was reading and when it was appropriate to pause!!
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Liked the ending!
Would you be willing to try another one of the narratorss performances?
I purchased this audiobook on the basis of previous performances by the narrator of the second section of this book - a favourite of mine. Also enjoyed the performance of Narrator 3 who I had not listened to before.
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Title: Stone's Fall
Author: Iain Pears
Narrator: Gareth Armstrong, Daniel Coonan, Jonathan Keeble
Format: Unabridged
Length: 25 hrs and 34 mins
Language: English
Release date: 10-23-09
Publisher: ISIS Audio Books
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 17 votes
Genres: Fiction, Historical
Publisher's Summary:
A panoramic novel with a riveting mystery at its heart, Stoneï¿¿ï¿¿s Fall is a quest to discover how and why John Stone dies, falling out of a window at his London home.
Chronologically, it goes backwards, and Stone's character deepens as the book progresses. Here is a love story and a murder mystery, set against the backdrop of the evolution of high-stakes international finance, Europe's first great age of espionage, and the start of the 20th century's arms race.
Members Reviews:
Woven Tapestry
This is a very good listen for it explores the plot from a variety of veiwpoints. Complex but not complicated, elegant but not fluffy. Am on my third listen and still it holds the attention.
Excellent in every way.....
This is a great book and makes an almost perfect audio book. The writing is excellent - don't be put off by the length - and the story is compelling from start to finish. It charts the rise and fall of "Stone", from an obscure begining to his shocking, mysterious and abrupt end. Told from different perspectives the story never flags and is the best audio book I have ever listened to.
Do not listen to Book One
I persevered through Book One and knowing its story possibly helps one enjoy and understand Books Two and Three. However, if you buy this audio book, I urge you to skip Book One altogether - or read it to your self from the written word. The narration is abysmal. The narrator appears to have read the words without understanding them. He places emphasis on the wrong words and in the wrong parts of sentences. I suspect that he did not practice but simply picked up the book and read. He is unable to provide any sense that the characters are real; so poor is his ability to act. He is utterly unconvincing, and I winced my way through his reading.
The story is, however, for all that, a decent one and worth the effort. Narrators Two and Three are excellent. Isis, the publishers, would be advised to re-narrate Book One altogether.
Complex story ruined by poor narration!
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
By re-recording the first section of this book using a narrator who understood what he was reading and when it was appropriate to pause!!
What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)
Liked the ending!
Would you be willing to try another one of the narratorss performances?
I purchased this audiobook on the basis of previous performances by the narrator of the second section of this book - a favourite of mine. Also enjoyed the performance of Narrator 3 who I had not listened to before.