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Birmingham Friends
- Narrated by: Annie Aldington
- Length: 15 hrs and 46 mins
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- annette bickley
- 01-03-16
different
took a while to get going but understood why as story got going. overall I enjoyed it
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
- A. Waterson
- 22-09-09
Vivid depiction
An engrossing story that conjours the characters and places depicted beautifully.
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- AlexS19
- 31-05-17
Disappointing
Would you listen to Birmingham Friends again? Why?
No
Did Annie Aldington do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?
No. I was disappointed with Annie's narration. Her portrayal of dialects local to the setting were very poor - including the main voice which sounded more like Essex - or London, rather than Birmingham. Sometimes the correct voices seemed to be totally forgotten, and in places the sense of particular sentences was misread.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
No. Sadly, the story became tedious. A better narration might have helped. So sorry Annie. I hate to be so critical,
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- Joanne Whitty
- 20-07-18
Abruptly clips end of sentance
Overall thought it was great but on several occasions, the narrator is abruptly cut short and the next paragraph starts - bit odd and doesn’t flow well when this happens, it’s like it hasn’t been edited properly.
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Kathryn
- 03-06-15
Very disappointing
Would you try another book written by Annie Murray or narrated by Annie Aldington?
Annie Murray is a brilliant writer, usually. Have listened to many stories read by Annie Aldington, she is a wonderful story teller
What was most disappointing about Annie Murray’s story?
It was so disjointed, and the characters were totally weird
Did Annie Aldington do a good job differentiating each of the characters? How?
Annie Aldington is very clever with the voices
What character would you cut from Birmingham Friends?
Olivier. I know she is the main character, but she was horrible.
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- Bookworm.
- 13-05-13
Disappointing narrative
I have read several of the Annie Murray books about the Bournville girls etc., and have really enjoyed reading them and was happy to find this story, which is a different premise, but sounded really interesting and downloaded it in anticipation..... But what a disappointment. The Narrator was very poor in my opinion and I haven't managed to get past the first listen, which lasted for a good forty minutes and I have not been able to face listening to it again as I find even the thought of it makes me weirdly frustrated and peeved, a strange reaction I know, but such a shame for a good author to have her work represented in this way in my opinion.
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