Horrible narrator made me stop listening

What did you like best about A Thousand Sons? What did you like least?

A book about the Burning of Prospero and the Thousand Sons!

What was your reaction to the ending? (No spoilers please!)

I couldn't make it to the ending because the mewling, nasally voice of the narrator made me abandon the book after 2.5 chapters. He makes every character, men and women alike, sound like simpering, whiny children after they've been scolded.

How could the performance have been better?

Get a different narrator, preferably Toby Longworth who can actually capture the spirit and mood of the 41st Millennium.

Was A Thousand Sons worth the listening time?

Considering I couldn't make it through the book, I really can't say.

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It could've been great

As with many books in the horus heresy, this book suffers from an excess of fluff. The beginning hours of this audible were a slog to get through. The narrator had a hard time differentiating the voices in the first part of the book and the first 3.5 to 4 hours of the story were dull.

That being said...The book really picked up after they left that first planet. After that I got hooked and the narrator seemed much more confident and invested after this point as well. By the end, he was a terrific narrator, he just needed some time to get there. I was at work and just let the first four hours play in the background. After that the story went into high gear and I found myself listening to it in the car, in my living room, and even while I cooked. I had to know what happened next. It was also nice to see events we have been hearing about for a long time, like the Council of Niccea, Magnus's big mistake, and the battle on Prospero.

In the end, I absolutely loved it, but the beginning was so bad I almost quit this book.

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Horrible Remembrancer

I would give the voice performer a zero, if I could. While listening, I tried to find an analogy to describe how bad it was..it was like a military adjutant reciting a story, for 12 hours
Such a shame too, the story has many lore aspects that are first being told with specifics: Legion XV, Magnus and Ahriman, Leman Russ, Emperor, Ullanor, Nikaea, Censure etc...and written by Graham..
BL needs to redo this audio book with a different talent, stat

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Bad Narrator, Good Book

The narrator sounds like he has a lisp and is talking through a phone. it almost drags down one of the better HH books.

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Don't Let Old Reviews Fool You

Alot of the older reviews complain about the narrator, however it seems that Gareth Armstrong narrates this book now. As always he does a great job with the material and it is a pleasure to listen to. I am about halfway through and will give a final review afterwards, however in Chapter 19, there are clearly some points that should have been cut around the 15 minute mark as Armstrong asks to try the take again, but is kept in along with the comment about trying again.

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Some tips

There are a lot who hated this narrator and I admit he is not amazing but he gets better and better as the book goes on. Highly reccomend playing the book at ".9" speed. This story is one of the best of the series thus far the ending is incredible!

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Don’t let the narrator deter you

Most low reviews complain about the narrator and they are right for the first hour or so of this book. The narrator does find his voice and provides a quality voice to the thousand sons of you can get past the initial roughness of his voice. This is one of the best Horus heresy novels and a must listen for any thousand sons fans

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Better than ever expected

Amazing! 5 stars across the board. I didnt even like this Legion till I heard this book. Definite read for any Warhammer 40K fan.

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Oh he did something wrong

Great work of fiction. If you are a fan of the emperor, space wolves, thousand sons, or want to know what happened in the Council of Nikaea, this is the book for you

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Great Story, Aquired Taste Narration.

This Book is outstanding. The Lore, the writing is just absolutely amazing. This has been one of my favorite books in the Series thus far. Currently on book 13 so that may change.

But, I must warn the Narration of Martyn Ellis is not something everyone will be used to immediately. I understand why he was chosen to Narrate this book. His accent goes well with what you would Expect of the Thousand Sons Characters. But it is an Aquired Taste, I listened to this book over the course of three days and I must say I still remember a great deal of it. What I would recommend is listening to the first few chapters getting used to the Narration then restarting so you don't miss one of the Exquisite Details present in this book.

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