Enjoyable and Inventive.

A post modern interaction with an existing text done with skill and humour. With wonderful narration the listener follows the tale of the Apothecary, the seller of the portion to Romeo, leading to his unwitting part in the dramatic and tragic conclusion of Romeo and Juliet. Very well written and imagined.

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Supernatural sequel

This audio book was an unusual and interesting. In my opinion the ending was a bit odd but it was a compelling and imaginative .

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How DARE you make me Love Romeo and Juliet.

With trepidation I was told this was a great book,, No Jim go for it, so I did, after 49 years of hating the tomes of Shakespeare never understanding the skill of the written words, of his ilk, the way they spoke no no no. BUT this book how it was written, how it made me smile by simply making words work in a way I have never experienced. Simply superb.
Lets face it with copyright on his story given direct fro Shakespeare himself, via Ouija board,
I think this fantasy story taking root from the remains of the day of Romeo and Juliet, has superbly written and feel horrid my humble review, would make the main man turn in his grave to my words.
The narration brought this world of words come so fluently that I became enclosed in its glory. (upsetting the wife a few times forgetting I had earphones on, and perhaps saying more than I should as my Yorkshire accent does not bode well with such rich dialect. ) Jim.

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Original story idea, brilliant narrator

Oh my I have to say I love the narrator Scott Richard Ehredt. Once you have heard his nurse with a Brummie accent you'll never go back. There is quite a wide cast of characters yet I didn't get confused as to who was talking. I really enjoyed listening to his narration.

The story is a really great idea. Being honest I can remember the rough outline of Romeo and Juliet but not the finer details so I don't know if I missed out on any jokes or references in that regard. Having said that it didn't dull my enjoyment at all. I really liked it. It's a bit quirky and a little weird and a lot entertaining and a huge dollop of B movie in there (listen to it and you'll find out what I mean). I'm never going to look at my cat the same again!!!!

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Exit, pursued by crocodile

This book follows the events after the deaths of Romeo and Juliet mainly through the eyes of Friar Laurence and is very well performed by Scott Richard Ehredt in a delightfully fruity over the top British Donald Sinden style voice with other characters that seem to have been inspired by James Mason and so on. The idea behind it is well researched by Aaron using numerous surviving (and non surviving) characters from the play and the speech is well written in the style of Shakespearean prose and meter (which unfortunately might not appeal to everyone), for example Queen Mab plays a pivotal role having only been mentioned in a speech in the original play. There are a few echoing vocal effects applied to voices that start to appear with more frequency towards the end. I liked the new character of Henri particularly. Mercutio seemed to be called MercRutio? which was a minor irritation. Altogether a very interesting pastiche of the Montague and Capulet saga. well worth a listen, Although it would help considerably if you know Romeo and Juliet the play well.

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