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Kiss the Girls
- Narrated by: Robert Guillaume, Chris Noth
- Series: Alex Cross (abridged), Book 2
- Length: 2 hrs and 56 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Winner of AudioFile 1996 Earphones Award, Mystery/Suspense
"This three-hour abridgment is riveting. Macabre sound effects, careful editing and chilling performances by Guillaume and Noth produce a viseral reaction in the listener. Though complicated and fast-paced, the story is easy to follow and hard to forget." (AudioFile)
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- Anonymous User
- 23-10-2017
Great Story but bits missing from audio book
The book was awsome but there was bit missing from the audio book. I have the hard copy and entire paragraphs were left out along with a couple of sentences here and there.
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- Kezia
- 08-10-2019
good story, questionable narrator
I loved it but it seems like it was over very quickly and not in the same way some of Patterson's other books have hooked me, the narrator is different to one of the other books I've listened to I found this one a bit more monotone but overall its good
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- Anonymous User
- 01-09-2019
Abridged version not full story
Not happy the book was not marked as an abridged version of the full story. Wasted $
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- CALIBARA
- 31-03-2013
Abridged Version is Terrible
Would you try another book from James Patterson and/or Robert Guillaume and Chris Noth ?
Yes,(surely, for the author, not sure for the narrators) but i hadn't noticed which type of version this was. Will only go with unabridged version next time.
Would you be willing to try another book from James Patterson? Why or why not?
Yes, but i hadn't noticed which type of version this was. Will only go with unabridged version next time.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Hard to judge. The edited version was done very poorly, which would impact the narrators' experience.
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Kiss the Girls?
I think too many scenes were either omitted or cut short.
Any additional comments?
DON'T BUY ABRIDGED VERSION EVER…
9 people found this helpful
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- Thomas J. Doyle
- 13-02-2007
Disappointment
This book is a copy of the movie not the book. The actual book was a truly suspenceful book. This book even changes who the bad guy is like the movie did,
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- Mark
- 24-02-2011
AVOID!!!
I wish I read the others! VERY poor abridgment! Skips WAY too much stuff. One second Alex is in a car talking to someone and in mid-sentence he is 5 miles away chasing someone - without a break. Very weird. The reading is pretty poor as well. I am extremely disappointed.
4 people found this helpful
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- Nicole
- 22-09-2015
Horrible Horrible Reading Voice!!
What would have made Kiss the Girls better?
A better reading voice!!
Did the plot keep you on the edge of your seat? How?
The story is good but it was hard to pay attention with such an awful voice.
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- Christine Jaros
- 18-04-2013
Abridged stinks-musics detracts from story
What did you like best about Kiss the Girls? What did you like least?
Not sure-abridged version does not go much into detail of character-real overview.
Dislike unabridge but all that is available on Audible.co
If you’ve listened to books by James Patterson before, how does this one compare?
Loved the complexity of the story but prefer someone reading as opposeed to acting out.
Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Robert Guillaume and Chris Noth ?
Doesnt matter as long as not shrill voice
Did Kiss the Girls inspire you to do anything?
read another book
Any additional comments?
Really dislike music or noises and multiple voices acting out part. This is supposed to be Audible BOOK not PLAY ON TAPE.
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- Dee Dee Woodson
- 08-11-2017
awesome
I loved it. very good story and gripping. loved the narration. love this series very much.
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- Kim
- 14-09-2009
Disconnected sub-plots, less than believeable
Not a good follow up to Along Came a Spider. They story ries to hard to be intriguing. It lacks creditability. Parts of the stroy don't make sence. Don't judge the series by this offering.
5 people found this helpful
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- Susan
- 10-03-2004
Poor Abridgement & Reading
I read this book for continuity in the Alex Cross series, but I was disappointed. Robert Guillame read with a quick staccato and with a "matter of fact" flatnes and timbre that was inappropriate for the character and plot. The book did not have the cadence and tension that other Patterson books have which might be related to the quality of the abridgement. Chris Noth's reading was superior to Guillame's, but the quality of the sections he read were undermined by the tacky sound effects. "Willful suspension of disbelief" was not possible with the audio treatment of this book.
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- AmyMidale
- 22-01-2015
Disappointed
I love James Patterson but this book was a disappointment; almost as though he was rushed to finish it. Enjoyed the sound effects and the narration better than the story.
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- Nicole
- 06-02-2021
Good Book!!
The book seemed to go by really fast but it had me inthralled throughout the book
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- Leo
- 27-05-2009
Great, suspenseful stroy - pity it's abridged!
Although I did enjoy listening to this story, the fact that it's abridged does spoil it a bit. In several places there is a jump in the narrative where you realise that, in the full version of the text, a whole episode will have been fully fleshed out; you get a sense that you're missing out on something. This has the effect of the audiobook losing a sense of the developing tension and suspense, which is an essential element in enjoying thrillers. In the end I wished I'd read the book instead of listening to the shortened version.
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- Prof
- 03-08-2019
sick
I don't like the style or the focus on how a psychopath might think I prefer a clever lot and smart detection
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- Rita
- 15-01-2018
Amazing
I loved it wished it had more to this book but on the whole I enjoyed it
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- Katie G
- 23-05-2017
Awesome book, also good film!
Kept hearing morgan freemon as Cross as I'd watched the film before lol Great narration though.
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- Anonymous User
- 11-04-2017
awesome
liked it .. it was as if watching a movie , I was right with Alex Cross solving the mystery of Casanova and the missing girls.. awesome. my first but and I'll be listening more ...
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- Zoska
- 19-12-2016
Unnecessarily abridged
One of the best books by Patterson has been unnecessarily ubridged and had too much music added.
The story is excellent, the reading is excellent, could be a 5 stars, but you had to "make it better".
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- Ruth
- 08-11-2012
Shame it was abridged
This was the abridged version which was a shame as it left some storylines unanswered, narration different but enjoyable.
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