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4 out of 5 stars
By
Carl Cravens
on
04-19-03
Great story, enjoyable British humour.
This book continues the adventures of Rincewind, Twoflower and his luggage. I enjoyed it a lot and it had me laughing out loud at many points. As usual, it never takes itself seriously and pokes a lot of fun at the fantasy genre.
As usual, Nigel Planer's reading is excellent. The audio quality, on the other hand, suffers from "changing tape syndrome," where the pitch of the narrator's voice changes from time to time because the speed of the tape playback wasn't consistent. It's a minor nit, though... it happens infrequently enough that it doesn't annoy for long.
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4 out of 5 stars
By
Wilson
on
08-27-06
Overall Good
Basically this breaks down to the difference between the story and narration, which are great, and the sound quality and intro, which are bad.
Good: Terry Pratchett is dead funny, and the narrator does a great job.
Bad: I suspect this is a digitization of an older audiobook format. Volumes go up and down from section to section, and they've used a chime noise to designate a change of scene/chapter that's a bit annoying. Listening to the whole book means adjusting your iPod volume up and down every 10 to 20 minutes as the next sections volume will likely be different from the last.
Worst: Just skip the first minute. Terry Pratchett apparently thinks we're all stupid or criminal and feels the need to have someone nag us for the first minute about not sharing/reselling his work by reading us portions of the Audible liscence we obviously already agreed to.
Overall: Good book, worth the audible credit and fun enough you can listen to it more than once :)
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14 of 14 people found this review helpful