Cotillion narrated by Raj Ghatak

This interpretation of one of my favourite Heyer novels has only increased my enjoyment of the storyline. A great listen and one I will return to again and again.

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Great book with mediocre narration

I have read this book before. It is a light, enjoyable read. Listening to this audiobook version I am not sure about how to rate it. Ghatak's voice is very pleasant, he does an excellent job of bringing the characters alive however the reading style is very disjointed. It sometimes suits the characters but most often it is very annoying. Seems like he is reading a script line-by-line. Also, towards the end of the book there are many jarring cuts, where he reads a few words at another time and it is inserted later. It could have been an awesome audiobook but for this.

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Absolutely fabulous 💕💕

The whole of Kitty's and Freddie's adventurous story kept me enthralled, especially with the excellent narration. Worth more than 5 stars ⭐ ❤❤❤❤

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Entertaining romp

Another winner from Ms Heyer. At times laugh out loud funny. I particularly enjoyed hearing the slang of the time. Have deducted stars due to the strange robotic narration. He really does sound like the automated voice “you now have 3 options”. Don’t know why the audiobook producer did not pick up on this. Richard Armitage’s narration of another GH novel is PEERLESS in comparison and it’s a pity he wasn’t asked to do this one too.

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The perfect Heyer

This is one of my absolute favourite Heyer novels. Freddy Standen is such a brilliant character and the story races along joyfully. The narrator did a reasonable job, his voices for the different characters were generally good but he does occasionally lose the sense of the sentences with emphasising the wrong parts. It doesn’t spoil the story though.

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Excellent listening

I bought this version by mistake thinking I had lost my beloved Phyllida Nash version, and at first suffered from something of a culture shock on hearing such a different voice. But I was interested to hear a fresh interpretation and gradually found there were still plenty of laughs. I gained a whole new insight into Kitty's powers of emotional blackmail!

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hilarious

Great narration, reminded me a bit of comedian Tom Allen. Every line Freddy has cracks me up with his excessive slang. one of the funniest Heyer ones I've bought. Fairly standard story/plot but worth it for the laughs.

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Equally as good as the previous Audible version

I love the previous version of this book, sold on Audible by Phyllida Nash, and listen to it often. I purchased this one as I love the story and wanted to compare them. This is equally as good - but in places sounds like a different story due to the new voices for much loved characters. In other recent books the comparisons have been awful - but this is a keeper!! I love Lord Dolphinton having an Irish accent in this version, which brings out a different character. Similar can be said for Freddie and Devron. Now I can pick which version I want to listen too on a wet winters night.
A pleasant listen to an excellent Georgette Heyer story.

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Excellent narration

Narrator brings to life all the fun and humour of this delightful story. The best female voices I have heard from any male narrator. Going to look for more books by him. Why didn’t they use this narrator for lots more of georgette heyer’s books instead of the rubbish ones?

Interesting to see Jack, who would usually be the hero, being cast as the villain

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Glorious!

This is one of my favourite Heyer stories. I was anxious that it had been rerecorded but Raj Ghatak has done a fantastic job. He is comfortable with Heyer's language, understands all the nuances of the plot, has an array of wonderful accents and seems to enjoy telling the story. I'm now a fan and will watch out for things he does in the future. Raj, thank you.

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