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Blueeyedboy

By: Joanne Harris
Narrated by: Colin Moody
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Once there was a widow with three sons, and their names were Black, Brown, and Blue. Black was the eldest; moody and aggressive. Brown was the middle child, timid and dull. But Blue was his mother's favourite. And he was a murderer.

Blueeyedboy is the brilliant novel from Joanne Harris: a dark and intricately plotted tale of a poisonously dysfunctional family, a blind child prodigy, and a serial murderer who is not who he seems. Told through posts on a web journal called ‘badguysrock’, this is a thriller that makes creative use of all the multiple personalities, disguise, and mind games that are offered by playing out a life on the Internet.

©2010 Frogspawn Ltd (P)2010 Penguin Audio Psychological Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction

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The blogs at the beginnings of each chapter were irritating and at times I found the narrative opaque but otherwise this was Ms Harris on excellent form.
She skillfully misleads her readers with subtle misdirection but I will avoid spoilers.
Readers who enjoyed the St Oswald series will enjoy this.

Very clever

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Don’t let the negative reviews deter you from giving this a try. It’s terrific. I hesitated for some time but should have trusted Joanne Harris. She gets inside human psychology and spreads it out without being either over-deliberate or shy. It’s a vicious little tale. Perhaps some readers are uncomfortable at being in touch with this darkness, or unfamiliar with this internet-based narrative but I found it a fascinating and intimate storytelling style. Which is, after all, the point.
I have to say the narration was fine until he introduced the accents - then you could hear the effort and it interfered with your involvement which was annoying as it mattered all characters were believable.

Don’t be put off!

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I loved this when I read it, but this narrator is terrible. His Yorkshire accent is awful, his women sound like a Monty Python sketch, the Northern Irish (?) veers into something resembling a cowboy drawl, and whether the mother is Geordie/Scouse/Yorkshire remains a mystery.
It's a good story, kicking off a great series, but in dire need of rerecording.

Great book, disappointing narration

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Having "read" Gentlemen & Players I was looking forward to Blue Eyed Boy, but unfortunately it was a different narrator and his Yorkshire accent was just not up to scratch; veering between Geordie and Scouse and skirting Yorkshire via Manchester. The story however was up to Joanne Harris' usual high standard.

Disappointing narration

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I persevered with it out of curiosity to see what happened. I found the whole story line and characters quite bizarre and the narration by Colin Moody definitely helped. I dont think I would have finished the book if I had read it myself. Gentlemen and Players is a far more enjoyable book. Not sure if I will read/ listen to the third book in the series

Bizarre

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It's a great story but why did the reader have to do all the female characters as if performing in a Monty Python sketch? It nearly made me give up

Annoying reading

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Joanne Harris is a great writer, this wasn't my favourite of her stories but was true to good form.

Great twists

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SWhat an absolute pleasure reading this book! o captivating and beautifully written! Thoroughly enjoyed it and can't recommend it enough!

Absolutely fabulous

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I found this a really disappointing book as I had loved all Joanna Harris' others.
It was very hard to listen to. I gave up after giving it a really good go. Sorry will not be recommending this. I found it hard to follow and the never ending 'blog' updates just annoyed me.

Not the best Joanne Harris

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I've got 12 hours and 2 minutes to go and I simply can't take anymore of this unrealistic erratic narration. I can't comment on the story as I don't know what it is. I do know that I have listened to Gentlemen and Players, Different Class and A Narrow Door and enjoyed the narration and became immersed in the storyline. A return I'm afraid.

Useless narration

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