different

took a while to get going but understood why as story got going. overall I enjoyed it

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Vivid depiction

An engrossing story that conjours the characters and places depicted beautifully.

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Disappointing

Would you listen to Birmingham Friends again? Why?

No

Did Annie Aldington do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

No. I was disappointed with Annie's narration. Her portrayal of dialects local to the setting were very poor - including the main voice which sounded more like Essex - or London, rather than Birmingham. Sometimes the correct voices seemed to be totally forgotten, and in places the sense of particular sentences was misread.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. Sadly, the story became tedious. A better narration might have helped. So sorry Annie. I hate to be so critical,

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Abruptly clips end of sentance

Overall thought it was great but on several occasions, the narrator is abruptly cut short and the next paragraph starts - bit odd and doesn’t flow well when this happens, it’s like it hasn’t been edited properly.

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Very disappointing

Would you try another book written by Annie Murray or narrated by Annie Aldington?

Annie Murray is a brilliant writer, usually. Have listened to many stories read by Annie Aldington, she is a wonderful story teller

What was most disappointing about Annie Murray’s story?

It was so disjointed, and the characters were totally weird

Did Annie Aldington do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?

Annie Aldington is very clever with the voices

What character would you cut from Birmingham Friends?

Olivier. I know she is the main character, but she was horrible.

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Disappointing narrative

I have read several of the Annie Murray books about the Bournville girls etc., and have really enjoyed reading them and was happy to find this story, which is a different premise, but sounded really interesting and downloaded it in anticipation..... But what a disappointment. The Narrator was very poor in my opinion and I haven't managed to get past the first listen, which lasted for a good forty minutes and I have not been able to face listening to it again as I find even the thought of it makes me weirdly frustrated and peeved, a strange reaction I know, but such a shame for a good author to have her work represented in this way in my opinion.

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