Struggle with this narrator

As the narrators voice is the same for all characters I struggled early on to understand who was talking. Then he developed accents which made it even more confusing. Pretty good story but not really my favourite genre

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Great Sci Fi book, glad I finally gave it a go!

Just like other reviews It was slow at the start but definitely worth the wait. The characters although hard to remember in the start do eventually take form.Almost mind blowing descriptions of what might be, even if just a sci fi dream! Wasn't too fond of the narrator in the start but got used to him, eventually grew on me.

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Excellent sci fi

This is a fantastic hard sci-fi space opera, something that (especially if you've read other Reynolds) you would do well to listen to. The characters are cleverly crafted, and the story keeps you interested and intrigued right until the end.

Lee is an awesome narrator too, by far the best I've heard on Audible so far.

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Well read, great story, for hectic to follow in the end.

This is great monster scale hard space opera. No warp drives and worm holes to zoom around with only near light speed transport and all that entails. Reynolds does an awesome job of keeping a massive plot wowed together across huge scale. The end is satisfying although the plot is really straining at the bounds of complexity and g some of the decisions characters make seem a bit implausible. But that’s a minor quibble.

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fantastic by John lee, but difficult beginning

very hard to keep up with the beginning of the story with two different lead ins that the narrator is forced to jump between too frequently. once they meet it becomes much more enjoyable.

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A well told and complex narrative

Reynolds starts the story with several seemingly unrelated narratives that he gradually weaves together, generating interest, along with a lot of questions. Although he doesn't answer all of them in this book it would appear he has answers for them, which gives a confidence to the story typical of his other works.

The narration is the only let down, with Lee starting every sentence with an accent and ending every sentence by trailing off as if running out of breath. This makes the book difficult to listen to, especially in noisier environments like a car.

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Great story, terrible narration

I listen to audio books on the bus to and from work, meaning the listening environment is a little noisy. Coupled with this narrators odd shifting tones and volumes throughout a sentence, it was impossible to get through this. I ended up picking up my hardcopy of Revelation Space instead to get my fix.

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Enjoyable

In the beginning the story jumps from one character/scenario abruptly with no fluidity but toward the end of the book you don't notice this, probably becauce all the characters have become familiar.
I enjoyed this book

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Strong story bad ending

Totally enjoyed the narrative. The twists were a bit predictable but the ending was unsatisfactory and too quick.

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Writing doesn't fit audiobook

The writing of the book doesn't lend itself to audio books unfortunately. I had trouble following the story.

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