Started Early, Took My Dog
Jackson Brodie 4
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Narrated by:
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Nicholas Bell
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By:
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Kate Atkinson
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
The fourth Jackson Brodie novel: literary crime from the prizewinning number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.
A day like any other for security chief Tracy Waterhouse, until she makes a shocking impulse purchase. That one moment of madness is all it takes for Tracy's humdrum world to be turned upside down, the tedium of everyday life replaced by fear and danger at every turn.
Witnesses to Tracy's outrageous exchange in the Merrion Centre in Leeds are Tilly, an elderly actress teetering on the brink of her own disaster, and Jackson Brodie, who has returned to his home county in search of someone else's roots. All three characters learn that the past is never history and that no good deed goes unpunished.
'Crime has given Atkinson the freedom to write an ambitious, panoramic work, full of excitement, colour and compassion' Sunday Times
© Kate Atkinson 2010 (P) Penguin Audio 2011
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- White rose
- 12-11-18
Attention to detail
Jackson Brody is always good value for money and Kate Atkinson writes a complex story every time.
Couldn't someone please pay attention to important details such as pronunciation of names. Not the performer's fault necessarily but it would be so easy (I did this within one minute) to Google Niamh's name to confirm that it's pronounced Neeive and not Nam. Irish listeners must be as irritated as I am - and I'm not even Irish!
The same goes for many mistakes made on Audible in French and German. It sets the teeth on edge and would be easily preventable.
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- Sarah K
- 31-07-21
Nee-am??
Love this series but enjoyment somewhat spoilt by narration. Cringed every time he said Nee-am instead of “Neeve “, and overall narrated in a somewhat dull fashion. Missing Jason Isaacs.
Someone should go through pronunciations prior to recording - bit sloppy and careless.
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- Susie Beresford
- 21-03-23
Poor narration. Not the best Brodie novel.
Narrator’s inability to pronounce Niamh is glaring and astounding. How did nobody in the production pick up on this?
The book itself is good, though not a patch on Kate Atkinson’s other wonderful stories. Jackson’s character development is slightly disappointing, for me,
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- Amazon Customer
- 18-01-23
excellent narration
what really got me into the story was the excellent work the narrator was doing! Loved it.
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- MR and Mrs MCLEOD
- 14-02-24
intelligently written. Great story. Believable and carefully drawn characters.
an excellently written book. Engaging, truthful and beautifully structured. Although I liked the reader's voice and his characterisation was good, he persistently put the emphasis on odd words. So much so, that at times, it made it difficult to follow and made it sound amateur. Strange that a director didn't pick this up. It WAS very difficult to FOLLOW the story, when verbs WERE always emphasised over nouns. Listen and you can't ignore.
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- Prof Ruth Swanwick
- 17-03-24
As always a cleverly woven and compelling story
Narration should have been checked …the wrong pronunciation of the daughter’s name is disrespect, distracting and incredibly lazy. Did no one check Really surprised with Audible production and thank they should re-release and refund. I am amazed that Kate Atkinson has not requested that this is taken off the market.
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- Mrs. Philippa Marler
- 07-12-24
Shows how narration….
…… can really spoil the experience of the story. Niamh is pronounced Neeve. Not Neeyam. The narrator gives the same personality to each character, regardless of accent or gender and I’m not sure I can even finish listening to this book. I’ve listened to the first three back to back but the change of narrator on this one is just jarring. Shame.
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- Keith
- 22-11-19
Great story, mostly good narration
Another great story that mixes emotional depth with a pacy detective story. It's odd, good and addictive.
Jackson's sister comes up often in this series. Her name is Niamh - an Irish name pronounced "Neev". The narrator was at least consistent in calling her "Nee-am" throughout. Someone should listen to each section before pressing on.
Amusingly, there's a joke in the story where a child is given the phonetic spelling of Siobhan...
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- Audrey Pam
- 05-06-19
Ruined by mispronunciations!
Great story, as all of Kate Atkinson's are - but, really ?!? Niamh pronounced as NEE-AM?!? Seriously?! Does no-one check this stuff? I had to stop reading, just too annoying.
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- Mary
- 17-09-19
It would have been great but...
...the reader pronounces Niamh wrong throughout. It should be pronounced Neev. Neev! Really, really annoying and shows how little care was taken by the publisher. If I was the author I would be livid.
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