OK book, narrator was terrible

the story was fair, but the narrator should find other work. The guy can't do a french accent, and shouldn't try. I can't believe that anyone thought this was good enough to release. Someone really dropped the ball on this one.

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Captivated

I found work to do around the house just so I could listen to this story. It truly kept me wondering” what’s next?” I will definitely be listening to more from this author!

trying to be French speaking English

Lord, this was difficult to listen to. Everyone who had a French accent sounded like they were constipated. Every word was forced. It was painful.

Okay, not great

Interesting premise, but not that well developed. The first half is better than the second.

Of Little Interest

Kept trying to come back to the story but there was no compelling desire to "find out what happens" to the main characters including Mona Lisa. A bit boring.

Mona Lisa’s Secret

I was really enjoying the story line but just could not finish it because of the narrator. He made the characters sound as if they were on Valium.

i struggled to finish

i struggled to finish the audible book. seemed to crawl along at a snails pace.

Too fake

This is my first review but I really felt like I needed to get my frustration out. We only pay $15 for these tapes and it's worth it.

That said, the storyline builds you up and then nothing? The big secret that everybody is being killed to protect ends up being again, no big deal.

Narrator; if any French listeners are offended, they should be. This guys voice box must be made of steel! He makes every French character sound like they have a speech impediment and can't string more than two words together at a time. It is totally pathetic.

Unrealistic: for example, Joey gets the snot beat out of him by a trained comando many times only to be fine immediately after when he should be near dead.

Many things happen that are way too coincidentalor or just plain stupid. The bad guy head comando, gets a free helicopter ride from France to London. Half way there he figures out that he has been duped yet again. So instead of just saying "take me Back to France" he instead pulls a gun on the guy and makes him jump out? And later after getting hit with 50 arrows in the neck and chest, he still fights on and on.....with Joey who finds one of the arrows stuck in bad guys chest that is close to the guys heart. So Joey pushes the arrow in 3-4 inches through the guys heart! But this doesn't stop him either, are you kidding me!

All in all, I was still entertained in a comical way as long as I listened at 1.35 speed. So it's worth $15 but not $16

narrator is awful

this story was ok, but the narrator's attempts at foreign accents were woefully butchered. it would have been much better if narrator had not used any accents at all

A fast and entertaining read/listen

A clever take on a handful of conspiracy theories set across an international backdrop and the pace of a thriller. A compelling plot and interesting characters. It made for a fast and entertaining read/listen.