Ruined by the narration

This shouldn’t reflect on the book itself, as it was a very good book that I have read years ago, but the narrator was so monotone and gave such a lack luster performance that it was really hard to follow along. In places where he should have had some “emotion” or “inflection in his voice” it was just like an ongoing run on sentence type of reading. I got this version because of the low cost, but I’d recommend one that costs a little more and with better narrator. Just my two cents.

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Excellent!

The narrator makes the slightly dry story come alive! I loved it and the voices they did.

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skipped this in highschool but listened to it now

I don't think I missed much. Much ado about nothing, mostly about misplaced guilt. Puritan times really sucked!

A true classic

A story that is just as relevant now as when first written many years ago.

enjoyed

the narrations in my opinion was very good. I love to read. as I've gotten older my eyes are not what they used to be having this read to me with emotion and feeling was such a treat.

Great book, listen to a different reader

I like this story, but the performance was really difficult to listen to. There was a lot of good emotion that the reader put into it, but at times the volume fluctuated so much it made it very difficult for me to listen to it in my car. I would recommend the book, but I would highly recommend finding a different audio version of it.

Badly narrated -DNF

It sounded like those electronic voices. I would have strived to finish if not for the actual inability to listen to the narrator.

Overrated

I found the book to be boring and a struggle to finish at times. One of the few times i have ever thought the movie was better than the book.

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Captivating

A must read, thought worthy classic; Hawthorne has created characters are relatable to our present time.