TERRIBLE NARRATION

David, the narrator of this book, did a heavy British accent for all the characters. He obviously did not spend any time whatsoever listening to the voice performance by Victor Bevine to understand how to make some continuity between Victor's performance and his so that it would be easier for readers to make the adjustment between one narrator to the next. Unlike Victor, David does not spend any time at all understanding how to give any energy to the characters' voices based on certain situations. He doesn't give any life to the reactions, he simply reads their dialogue and the story. I don't feel like there's any heart or passion put into his performances. I will not buy another book without Victor Bevine as the narrator. End of story.

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horrible narrator

the worst narration I have heard by far. i almost don't want to finish it. please return victor bevine because he at least delivered the lines like a human being and not an alien.

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Great story. Bad narration.

Great story as usual for the series and after listening for awhile I've changed my initial thoughts on the narration. they're decent enough but still do not hold up to Victor's from the previous books.

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Great story, narration meh

As always R A Salvatore delivers a great story. Well written battle scenes move fluidly and gracefully. Favorite characters fleshed out more as the story and series continues. Why they changed the narrator to David Colacci after 15 books from Victor Bevine is beyond me. Audible or whomever should step up and have this book in the epic series redone for at least continuity. Colacci does not come close to Bevine in character acting nor can he pronounce key names properly. Ie “Sharron’s claw??” Many times I almost stopped listening forgoing the adventure altogether as it was a struggle to get through. Thankfully if you persevere, Bevine is back in “The Thousand Orcs” and the story can resume properly with him at the helm.

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Great story, terrible narration.

I'm not sure why they chose this David guy over Victor, but he is emotionless and tonedeaf. Dwarves apparently have an Irish/English accent now, in contrast to almost every other voice acting in existence.

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Amazing story, different narration

I miss Victor Bevine who narrated the previous Forgotten Realms novels - some weird accents for characters in this one

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trash, skip this one.

I can forgive mispronouncing names and places, but doing so in 3 or 4 different ways in the span of a single chapter is complete disrespect. If that was not enough then reading as if (, and .) are ! wtf is this, pretending to be Shatner adding nothing to sound like every word is epic and daunting?
Nearly every attempt at voicing is the same so you cant even tell the difference to an established male character to a new female voice. Thrilling events are done more mono tone, and monologue is read in epic flailing.
Then where is this atrocious flaunting would be 'epic' music comming from. this book is not the end of a tale or a massive epic and that takes away from it entirely.

Not buying another

I love the series and stories from Salvatore but I won't buy another audible book unless Victor Bevine is reading them. He brings the characters to life and you've made a mistake by not using him any longer. Sad and unfortunate.

A great ending to an even greater trilogy of books

Jarlaxle has always been my favorite character in the Drizz't series. I'm soo happy he, Artemis and Athrogate were all well played in these books. I wish there were more including him, but that might just ruin the air of mystery that makes him soo intriguing. It was these books that made Artemis all the more interesting and grew him from a villain to quite possibly an anti-hero. Great books and great audio books. You cant go wrong if you enjoy RA Salvatores work, or if you simply enjoy medieval fantasy.

Bad narration.

I don't like to bash anyone, so I'll be as delicate as possible.

we have really come to love Victor's narration. we can tell which character part he is reading just by his tone. this narrator clearly has not read or listened to any of the previous books, as he doesn't pronounce many of the names correctly. I felt like shutting it off when hearing him say bruenor's name, Jarlaxle, and Artemis sword. I would not want to hear him narrate any more of the books we love so much.

WE WANT VICTOR BACK. Looking ahead, I'm glad he will be. the book was good if you're able to get past the massive change in narration.