A good story

I enjoyed the story and it is a good length, but at times the narrative seems rushed and it cam make for a few double takes. On the whole I give it a thumbs up

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Good story but

Good story and narrator tries hard, his voices are fun but his disjointed reading lets him down

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Well I liked it!

Watson was just as I imagined him.
This particular ‘voice ‘ was spot on… better than Nigel (um…forgotten his surname.. but he was the generally accepted usual actor of Watson!)
In some part maybe the dialogue is a little fast …
I could slow him down on the speed option on my phone!
I love the Sherlock Holmes tales and wasn’t negatively bothered by this version…in fact I did enjoy!

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Pronunciation.

This was spoiled by the narrator's terrible pronunciation of many words, ie Buchan as "Boochun".

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wonderful

I loved the story and the narrator had a very engaging style. I highly recommend it.

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Enjoyable but editing is jarring

This is an enjoyable Sherlock Holmes story although somewhat derivative given it leans on the idea of copycat killings. This voice acting from a single performer is good but the editing is aggressive. It’s difficult to put your finger on initially but then you realise that all pauses and punctuation appear to have been removed leading to a disjointed performance that does a disservice to the reader.

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Speed reading

This bloke reads like he's got a bus to catch, and fills the Yorkshire Moors with Irish people, the story is pretty good but the reading is abysmal.

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I think the story was OK...

I think the story was OK, but the breathless haste of the reader made it incredibly hard to follow.

The poor pronunciation - bizarrely this stood out from the general gabble - was really something which should have been caught in production. It's "Requiescat in pah-kay" for heaven's sake

Speaking as someone who reads bedtime stories and "does the voices" I accept that it can be hard when there are so many characters, so here's a hint... outside of the lead characters the only requirement is that other characters don't sound exactly the same as it makes the scene confusing. Also if you can't do accents then don't try.

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Very good story

Unfortunately the narrator needs to slow down he gabbles through the entire story and it becomes extremely irritating to listen to

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Bit disappointing

I am a great lover of Sherlock but found this audio book a little disappointing. The narration was super fast which made it difficult to absorb. I tried slowing the speed but then the narration sounded laboured so could not get it at a comfortable speed. There was not much originality in the plot as it used old cases and pinched ideas from other films. However, the voice used for Watson was perfect.

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