Disappointed

I used a credit to obtain this reading so I'm not technically out anything but, if I had spent the asking price on this book, I would have been livid. As it is, I'm seriously annoyed. This reading is rife with mistakes and editing errors. At least a couple of times per chapter, (and often many more,) a phrase will be edited without the removal of the original take so that you hear it repeated. Sometimes annoyed sounds from the reader are audible and/or equipment noises can be heard.
This sounds like someone recorded it in their living room with an old fashioned two track tape machine.
It is such poor quality that I wouldn't expect to pay more $.99 for it despite the fact that it includes four books but I recall that it was rather expensive. Please critically review this book yourselves and reassess it's value.

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poorly edited recording

What did you love best about The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys (4 books in one)?

It was nice to have the whole series together. Each book independent would lose much. Indeed, the end of Little Women would frustrate much more isolated from the rest of the series.

What did you like best about this story?

This was full of moral and practical instruction for life and parenting.

What three words best describe Catherine O'Brien’s performance?

unedited

Any additional comments?

Editing Problems:
- averages 1 repeated sentence per chapter.
- Several points where the editing was forgotten as you can here a clicking and restart of a sentence.
- a few jumped sentences as a result of the editing

It wasn't terrible, but it was not smooth.

Also, O'Brien's character voices were difficult to differentiate quite often.

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Very poor editing....

Unfortunately, there were quite a lot of technical errors and editing misses. Repeated sentences, hearing this annoying clicker when the narrator marked her mess up.

The narrator did a beautiful job of it! She's talented and her voice mellifluous. The only thing I wish I'd known before purchasing this was that she is British; I normally love an accented audible book! This, however, is a classic American story.... I don't want to sound negative about the narrator. She really has a splendid talent. It just made such a huge difference and I feel I can't overcome it. So next time I'll make sure to listen to the sample before buying.

Now, on to listen to it all again with an American accent =}

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Terrible Recording

This needs to be re-edited. The narrator's throat-clearing and restarting of passages are still in there!!

There's also a very disconcerting clicking noise whenever she messes up and restarts, like a "hey, start here when you're cleaning it up" but nobody did!

I love the stories and so I persevered, but for what I pay for credits, I expect more quality listening than this.

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Unfinished

The story is great. The narrator does a good job. The issue I have is the poor editing. It's fine at the beginning, then you hear an occasional repeating of a sentence. At first I thought it was the player on my phone. By the end, the reading is full of mistakes, including the narrators clicks to alert the editor of a mistake.

Did nobody else listen to the file before publishing?

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Poor narration

This narration was not pleasing. There are many repeated lines, you hear the narrator clear her throat throughout, and there is an odd clicking noise. The narrator makes errors in the voices of the characters. I do not recommend this version of the stories.

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Little Women series

Good story. Horrible narration.
She kept having to clear her and turn the mike off.

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Classic story, but lousy audio editing

This story is a wonderful classic, and the narrator does a good job with the reading and voices.

HOWEVER, the audio editing is lousy. There are repeats, pauses, etc that should've been edited out before publishing the audiobook. Pretty distracting when it happens.

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Many recording mistakes

It sounds as if no one actually finished this recording. Every time the narrator made a mistake, you hear her stop the recorder and re-read the section. It's actually embarrassing. The stories themselves are very good. Very dear. The narrators voice is lovely and I would have liked the finished product, if I didn't have to hear her making mistakes and re-recording!!

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My great-nieces LOVE listening to this

Where does The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys (4 books in one) rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

This is truly a classic work for children and the fact that children love it today is a testament to Alcott.

What was one of the most memorable moments of The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys (4 books in one)?

My great-nieces prefer the 1st book over the other works whereas I enjoy "Little Men" and "Jo's Boys" better.

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