I have no problem with the chosen books as they are from authors that I like. I do have a problem with the way the "actors" were reading the books. Why can't they just read the book instead of making the different characters have different voices. I don't assign different voices or accents to the characters when I read a book. In another book, Clive Cusslers' Treasures of Kahn, the "actor" was assigning the characters accents that sounded like they were Boris and Natasha from the Rocky and Bullwinlke cartoon. One of the main characters is of Italian decent, so the actor chose to have him sound like a character from the Sopranos. This character was born and raised in California, no New Jersey in him at all.
If you can't do the accent, then jut don't do it. What's up with this? I listened to about 10 CDs and tapes and all had this scenario going on. Very annoying. I do have a few more CDs left to listen to. I bought a bunch from a used book store that was going out of business and thought it would be great to listen to them when traveling. Are there any audio books out there that you have listened to that are just read and not "acted in"? If not, I don't think I will be buying any more audio books.
What are your thoughts? Linda
