Oh dear sweet mother of the Lord! just No!

I am still just reeling from how absolutely awful this podcast was. I love historical fiction and non-fiction, it is my primary go to. But this was absolutely intolerable.
My reasons are:
1 The narrator is American, from the South, and her voice just doesn't fit with the narrative. I have many books narrated by Americans, and Amanda Ronconni is one of my all time favourites. But I can't help but think that a British narrator would have added appropriate gravitas and made the subject more real. Her voice modulates oddly, and not where it should. I assume she is trying to be engaging, but it is just overly dramatic and rather cringy. Then rather than doing other voices, everyone just sounds the same, and sadly American. it totally ruins any realism.
2. The prose is often in the present and future tense. which I found really off putting.
3. Finally, I did try to listen, because the theme is fascinating, but in the end the prose feels more like the basic commentary on a History Channel narration, rather than a serious work of historical analysis.
4. The dialogue is littered with Americanisms, and as it is poorly narrated, its just annoying.
I am so so so sorry. I am sure an American audience will love it. Anyone else..... Probably not.

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