confusing and tedious

Great back story from the other books just never explains the twists and anomalies.
I was caught up in suspense after suspense then it ended...
can I invest the time in the next book just to explain this one?

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addictive!

Enjoying the series but it's not quite so good without Ray Porter! Kevin Pierce is fine BUT I strongly recommend slowing him down to .9. He's got much better emotion and listen-ability then. He drove me batty at full speed- I've noticed that with other narrators new to a series too, so it's not just him. While at .9 he's a perfectly good narrator, he's not the performer Ray is. He doesn't do character-specific voicing so at times it's hard to tell who said what but I could generally follow without issue. I will continue with the next volume though!

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Why oh why would you change the narrator!!!?

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

The book itself is ok, continuing on the story that I have found quite good, so on that basis I would recommend giving it a go. However, the narrator is really not that good, well compared to Ray Porter anyway and he made the previous books come alive. This us why overall, personally I would not recommend it. The whole series has been spoiled with a change of narrator mid way. What were you thinking!!!?

If you’ve listened to books by Sean Platt and Johnny B. Truant before, how does this one compare?

The storyline is good, its just as detailed and imaginative as the others

How could the performance have been better?

Be more consistent with the voices you put on and be more varied. They all sound the same!

Do you think Annihilation needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?

It has one.

Any additional comments?

I will not be finishing this series simply because I have lost interest with the change of narrator. Shame because its a good story!

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Oh goddd... the narrator....

Why, oh why would they change the narrator half way through?! It has really spoiled the story! It's hard to distinguish between the characters now and there are so many mispronounced words too.

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why change narrator???

Amazing series that has been made average due to the change of narrator!
hard to follow, poor change of voice for characters.

please redo the book with the original narrator

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Awful narrator.

Where does Annihilation rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Such a brilliant series that has been ruined by this different narrator. The narrator is useless at changing voice techniques for the different characters, making everyone sound the same. Confusing the story, and making what would have been an exciting story boring and non eventual. Such a shame. I have the next books in this series, but they are also read by this boring narrator. I honestly don't think I can tolerate him, I might have to actual read the books instead.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Annihilation?

Bad, boring tedious narrator.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

Narrator can't read expression in the different characters, therefore it's very hard to differentiate who is who so he fails to engage his audience.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Nothing, due to poor narration.

Any additional comments?

Get the original narrator Ray Porter BACK ASAP. Or get R C Bray or Scot Brick.

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No need to read book 2, 3 or 4

Read book 1, then skip books 2,3 and 4 as they don't progress the story. Assuming/Hoping that book 5 is the last book in the series, go straight there.

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Worthwhile continuation

A good story marred by the change of Narrator ... Unfortunately Keving Peirce does little to capture the characters personality and does very little in voice changes making it difficult to differentiate said character from each other.
I was dissapointed.
made it through only because I intend to complete the series.

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Why oh why have you changed the narrator!!

The first three book are read by read by Ray Porter he was great but has been replaced by old father time why it is making hard to follow and listen too. Shame really it was shaping up to be an excellent series.

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Different naratror

Changeinng from a good narrator to an ok one at the fourth book in a series ruins it. You can't tell what group is which because there's no effort made to distinguish the characters.
Nothing much happens in the story either, which is equally irritating after sitting through this performance. Honestly Id have skipped this book if I knew what I did going in and simply Googled which characters died.
Filler with a poor choice of narrator.

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