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Golden Buddha

By: Craig Dirgo, Clive Cussler
Narrated by: J Charles
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Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Golden Buddha by Clive Cussler with Craig Dirgo, read by J. Charles.

When Cabrillo and his ship are hired by the US government to find an ancient statue known as the Golden Buddha, stolen from the Dalai Lama in 1959, the stakes couldn't be higher. Success of failure will determine the future of Tibet. Playing the Russians off against the Chinese while battling against mysterious forces who will do anything to stop them, the crew of the Oregon face a formidable foe. But like his extraordinary ship, the enigmatic Juan Cabrillo has more than a few aces up his sleeve...

©2003 Clive Cussler and Craig Dirgo (P)2018 Penguin Audio Suspense Thriller & Suspense China Oregon Russia
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the narrator leave quite a bit to be desired, stop with the stupid accents and just go with the story.

meh

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storyline jumped about and was weak and hard to believe. not one of his best.

not one of his best

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story was ok not keen on the narrator. liked bScott as a narrator. recommend story.

Good story great listening to and from work

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I am a long time Cussler addict and have read all the hard copies. This is an amazing story that keeps you on edge.

where it falls down sadly is the narrator. Given some characters are from Asia. The Narrator insists on performing it with a cliche accent mispronouncing words etc. it comes off as cheesy and somewhat disappointing/offensive.

Great Book. Narrator Ordinary

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This was my first book by narration. The narration was hard to adjust to initially. Punctuation was incorrect and made it difficult to follow the story sometimes.

The story itself was easy enough to get caught up in, however it does become difficult to follow along with some of the subplots and characters when there is little change between the voicing of each.

Good first book to the series.

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This book introduces the crew and the special features available to the good guys, which makes it a bit meh in places. But it still packs a punch with an enjoyable storyline.

Not bad for the introductory book

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Really wish the narrator didn’t do accents or voices, it really spoilt a great story, the Dirk Pitt narrator is far better

Great story

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I tries, I gave it a few good hours but in the end, I had to close my eyes and think of another book. I instantly forgot who any of the characters were, aswell as most of the plot. I couldn't recommend it however I can't its bad, possibly just not my style of book.

I don't know what to say.

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I could not finish the first book and passed the second book Sacred Stone as the Narration was one of the worst l have encountered, l can understand why Clive Cussler moved to the brilliant narration of Scott Brick. Clive Cussler is a brilliant writer, l will enjoy the rest of the Oregan series

Narration

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Absolutely way too many people, plot changes and too many POV , changes , won’t be reading any more in this series

Way too much going on

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