![]() ![]() So - I really wanted to listen to this, but instead I’ll be buying the book, because it’s so obviously a wonderful and original piece of work. Because I’d like to think at that point someone suitable would have been found instead. Certainly it’s hard to imagine any kind of audition or even trial run process took place. More books from this author: Fiona Sampson. ![]() As someone with at least a modicum of familiarity with both writing and reading aloud, I find myself uncomprehending as to how this situation arises. In Search of Mary Shelley Fiona Sampson Get a FREE ebook by joining our mailing list today Plus, receive recommendations and exclusive offers on all of your favorite books and authors from Simon & Schuster. Hugely impressed by the fresh, erudite and engaging text, I found myself pinching my ears, at the alienating, repetitive singsong of the reader, brisk and soulless, and cringing as over and over again I heard how the author had phrased their work, and how it was being totally misread and ruined by her. ![]() I’m not exaggerating but being entirely literal, when I say I just had to stop listening to this (again), after only a few minutes because I genuinely couldn’t stand to hear this reading any more. ![]()
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