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Sunset Limited
- Narrated by: Will Patton
- Series: Dave Robicheaux (abridged), Book 10
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Categories: Mystery, Thriller & Suspense, Mystery
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- pdxAlexa
- 25-06-2004
Great Read in the Deep South
Love this series and this is a good one.
4 people found this helpful
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- Amazon Customer
- 08-08-2011
Good story, but I prefer the unabridged versions
I am a James Lee Burke fan. I sometimes find the abridged versions hard to follow. I love Will Patton's narration.
3 people found this helpful
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- Laura
- 24-06-2004
The Abridged version is best!
I listened to this book in both the unabridged and the abridged form. The unabridged version was just too long and too slow. Normally, I prefer unabridged listening but in this case the abridged version was MUCH better. Will Patton reads the abridged production. He captures the flavor and the mood of the story perfectly. All the really good lines, similes and metaphors that make Burke's books so mesmerizing remain but the story plot moves along at a much more intense and crisper pace.
6 people found this helpful
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- Carolyn Hall
- 27-02-2020
Too many character
struggled to finish. too many characters. I did not enjoy the book. not Burke's best.
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- marc leonhardt
- 09-11-2017
a a aneed for so little info req by the 15 wds a a
pretty lame the way you have the commentary set up.
there is a audio, flaw in chapter 6,
I won't buy an abridged version again.
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- D. Allen
- 23-12-2012
Very good, but...
this is the first and last abridged book I get. The story starts like it hasn't been introduced properly, and let's be honest, abridged books aren't how the authors wrote them - they're a third party's idea of taking a book, hacking a third of the content out, and selling it as a quick listen. I would give the unabridged version either 4 or 5 stars.
Can't fault James Lee Burke though, and the narration is spot on. Rich descriptions and circumstances made for a riveting read.
1 person found this helpful
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