The Complete Little Women Series: Little Women, Good Wives, Little Men, Jo's Boys (4 books in one)

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.

31 of 32 people found this review helpful

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 =}

21 of 22 people found this review helpful

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.

8 of 9 people found this review helpful

Great stories,

This was a great way to listen to these classics, however the recording wasn't perfect, there were a few times when the narrator would repeat herself and reread the line. Overall, it was good.

3 of 3 people found this review helpful

A classic at a bargain...

Little Women, is a classic story I grew up with and have always loved! The girls were all so grown up and matured (even the youngest). Now I have finally gotten the remainder of the series, Good Wives, Little Men and JO's Boys all in one collection. This is what I call a real bargain! This is a long loved comfort book for me with Little Women - It's like going home. I read this book over and over again when I was a girl! Now I got to continue on with the saga. I got to see the girls grow up and marry and have kids of their own. I got to learn about the men that chose them and I got to meet Jo's Boys in a sense - all thru reading. It is exciting, it is refreshing. The hard times the world had back then and the little things that meant so much to so many.

The author, Louisa May Alcott does a fantastic job in all four books! There was never a dull moment when it came to Amy, Jo, Meg and the other 2 girls! Later to see them make new lives for themselves and their children too is such a treat! The narrator, Catherine O'Brien does a great job delivering these stories to us and she does it with her British accents. It kind of reminds me of being a little girl, and the librarian is reading to us all in the library - I feel comfort from it.

*** I received this Classic Collection of Little Women Stories in audiobook format as a gift in exchange for a honest and unbiased review of my thoughts about it. ***

7 of 8 people found this review helpful

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.

7 of 8 people found this review helpful

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.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

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?

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

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!!

8 of 10 people found this review helpful

Terrible narrator

If i dont like the voice i wont listen. I got two minutes in and said forget it. Im sure in real life the narrator is a swell gal but her narrative voice did not appeal to me at all. And i have wasted a credit. So....

1 of 1 people found this review helpful