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Tastes Like Chicken
Publisher's Summary
Dan Shamble, zombie P.I. faces his most fowl case yet, when a flock of murderous feral chickens terrorizes the Unnatural Quarter. Also in the caseload, Dan deals with the sinister spokesman for Monster Chow Industries, a spreading contamination that drives vampires berserk, a serial-killer demon from the Fifth Pit of Hell, a black-market blood gang led by the nefarious Ma Hemoglobin, a ghost fighting a hostile takeover of his blood bars...and a cute little vampire girl who may, or may not, be his daughter.
With his ghost girlfriend Sheyenne, his bleeding-heart lawyer partner Robin, and his Best Human Friend Officer Toby McGoohan, Dan Shamble is back from the dead and back on the case. The feathers will fly as he goes face-to-beak with the evil peckers. Includes bonus story "Road Kill."
What members say
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- Kindle Customer
- 19-04-2019
Terrible reader
The book was decent, reader doesn't know how to pronounce hemoglobin, which in a book about vampires, comes up a LOT. There were other mispronounced words as well, though none that I can remember after the frustration of hearing hemoglobin over and over and over. Multiple times wasn't sure what he was saying because his pronunciation was so unusual. LITERALLY didn't realize he was even saying hemoglobin until 75% of the way through the book until it dawned on me. Reader has a near monotone for a majority of the book as well, just reading the lines somewhat flat, not giving many lines and deliveries differentiation that would have been easy, with even just an additional pause between statement A and Statement B.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- John Tackkett
- 23-01-2019
Mechanical Narration
This was another fun Dan Shamble story. Unfortunately, the narration was really "off". It sounded like it was done by an AI program and not a real narrator. There were many mispronunciations of common words and the other parts of the narration were flat... no emotion, no inflections. Nothing. Listening closely, the words seem clipped and cut off, re-emphasizing the thought that this was done by computer and not a live person.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 10-01-2019
Good story ruined by narrator
It's like listening to Stephen Hawking - without Dr. Hawking's excuse. Monotone, mechanical narration, with NO attempt at separate character voices and some VERY odd pronunciations. I'd rather listen to my computer read to me than listen to another audiobook by Abad.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- T. Oliver
- 14-11-2018
great story, bad narration
I love Dan Shamble, but the narrator seemed to be rushing through the book. In addition, he mispronounced several words, which is distracting. But the story is great.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 31-10-2018
Excellent
Although I didn't love the narration, the story was brilliant. Loved the macabre humor found throughout.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Vorthe
- 13-10-2018
I still miss Phil
I still like the stories, and Don Abad isn't terrible, but he doesn't tell the story with nearly the same level of skill as Phil Gigante. The end result just is not as enjoyable.