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Something I need to remember should any of my books be turned into an audiobook. After all, she can make her own excitement!!!!!!!!!!!! With!!!! EVERY!!!! WORD!!!!!!!!!Īt least it goes to show me that, when it comes to audiobooks, the quality of the voice talent is just as important as the writing itself. As a voice talent I considered recording books, but realized that I don’t have the patience it takes to narrate an entire manuscript.”Īfter listening to David Kelly, I wonder if she might reconsider her choice. I bow to those voice talents who do this with fantastic success. Reading audio books takes a real skill and tons of talent.

When a narrator has just received his “Master Thespian” degree from Betty’s School of Acting, this is what can happen. “A great narrator fades into the background and the listener is able to fall head over heels into the story. So, I turned to my friend, the extremely talented voice talent, Jojo Jenson, to get her opinion on the topic. One day, I will pick up an actual text of this book and try it again, but in the meantime, all I can do is recommend that one not bother with the audiobook version of Airborn, nor any audiobook narrated by David Kelly! (!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!)īut seriously, I have listened to some books whose narrators did not due justice to the text, but this was the first time I couldn’t work my way past it. Instead, the ridiculous overacting of David Kelly just turned me off the story completely. Or at least, it seemed it might have been okay, if only it was read with some modicum of restraint. Those few times I could get by the apparent astonishment of the narrator at every bun or muffin the character in the book served, I found that the text was not half bad. !!!!An audiobook with a narration so awful I can’t judge the book, or even finish, what otherwise seems like a promising novel!!!įor my full review of the book (which I finally got a chance to read)Īn alternate, steampunk universe where airships and ornithopters rule the sky!įor the first time, I find that I cannot adequately review this book! The reason is quite simple!! As with many of the books I review, I intended to listen to this one as an audiobook!!! Normally, this approach serves me, and the book, quite well, but this time it was different!!!! The reason!?! The narrator was read the book as if every sentence was followed by an exclamation point!!!!! He wasn’t just keen, he wasn’t just superkeen, he was superkeenest!!!!!! I just couldn’t stomach it!!!!!!!!

Airborn book review