Wow

Absolutely brilliant book. Not at all what I would usually listen to but it had very good reviews so I thought I would give it a try. Lots of twists and turns, not at all predictable. Narration was superb.

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Tedious and Repetitive

I have no idea why I persevered with this! Almost gave up half way and did indeed ,being mildly interested in their fates, look up the fates of the historical characters on wikipedia. Only kept on listening in the hope that Robert Carr would eventually stop being so whiny and monumentally stupid and start to act in such a way as to provide some dramatic tension. Got to the point where I would have hanged him myself and I say that as someone who doesn't believe in capital punishment! Ending very abrupt and unsatisfying as if author had had enough too...

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Amazing story based in fact

Brilliantly told story with a neat twist. Performances convincing and made me want to keep listening.

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Enjoyable

Not the usual thing I would listen to, but I enjoyed Perdita Weeks narration of Circe so much I thought I'd give another of her performances a go, and I wasn't dissapointed. An enjoyable listen.

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Good Old Fashioned Treachery

Very good tale of treachery and power lust. Beautifully written characters and lovely dialogue

Narrating is vastly different from reading out loud. One is easy, the other is supremely difficult. Ross Anderson can read out loud. His delivery is monotonous, colourless and ultimately very boring to listen to. Perdita Weeks has a very good voice, full of colour and subtle nuance. Her internal volume control needs some readjustment, though. She veers wildly, from a whisper, to a sudden bellow. This happens continually, from sentence to sentence and within sentences. It has quite a significant effect on the listeners ability to actually hear what she is saying. This is important, but easily fixed by simple microphone technique.

Well worth a credit.

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Not gripped by this book

Listenned all the way through, but it was a struggle, just to see where it was going. Rather too slow for me.

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Story was fine but the female narrator is annoying

The story is good and the male narrator has a strong consistent voice.

The female on the other hand... where to start! Why does she keep whispering?! It’s nearly impossible to hear this in my car and I thought the whole point of audible was anywhere at anytime. Her tempo is up and down and so was my volume controller. I couldn’t even finish the book because you can’t hear her when she’s whispering.

I’ve listened to a lot of audiobooks and this is the worse one for sound yet. Please listen to these recordings before they are released.

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Terrible narration

I don't like leaving very negative feedback but halfway through listening to this book I admit defeat. The female narrator is really difficult to follow, some passages are almost whispered and other passages suddenly quite loud without apparent reason. The male narrator is certainly better but the story never seems to get going. The characters are very one dimensional and I can't find any interest in the plot line as it plots along with its wooden dialogue. I might have been rewarded if I would stay with the book right till the end. But with another 6 hours to go I feel that there are so many other books out there I want to listen to and life is too short.

Started great ended okay!

The book was well written but the story some how trailed off and I felt Francis’ character was somewhat hard to believe.
With little background into why she was the way that she was.

Poison Bed

fab book, good twist, great character descriptions and personalities, well read, defo recommend this read