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Title: good story read poorly
Review: I "read" a lot of audio books and unfortunately the talent of the reader can affect the result a great deal. In this case the reader has a slow drawn out pronounciation which I can live with. Unfortunately for the small amount of Japanese text his skill is non-existent. Although I speak some japanese I have trouble working out which words he is saying much of the time as he pronounces them so poorly - unfortunately I find this very distractingHe has given Blackthorn the accent of an English farmer or country Hick which also doesn't seem to fit the complexity of the character.The book remains as enjoyable as ever - but for such a lengthy venture it is a shame they could not have got a reader who could have done more justice to this exceptional story.
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