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Title: Good story; less-than-competent narration
Review: Kidnapped is a classic adventure tale, and stands on its own. My rating and comments are about the production. The sound is good, although the announcement of each new chapter clips off the heels of the former. The real disappointment is the reader, Frederick Davidson. First choice of the publisher should have been to find someone with a real Scots accent; second choice, to find someone who could be coached to create a credible Scots accent. The best reading was in the [very short] speeches of Davie. The speeches of the other men were mostly done in growls. In the long narrated parts, Davidson starts out trying (unsuccessfully) to sound Scottish, but by the end has apparently gotten tired and given up completely. He sounds, actually, like a Dick Francis hero--completely the wrong kind of voice for this tale.I liked the story very much, but the quality of the reading detracted from the story.
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