what did I just read?

the concept of the story is brilliant and even though the narration and character accents were masterfully executed, something was off with the pace or flow, which couldn't get me immersed in the story somehow. I could understand what the story was about in a broad sense, but it felt like I lost connection with the characters and zoned out of the story on multiple occasions (the stuff I'm doing while listening, like driving my car or even my own thoughts overruling the narrator)

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the story is good... narrator not so much

something about the voice doesn't work..
i persevered for 12 chapters but found i had to re-listen.. but couldn't get it. couldn't take it in.
not sure if it's a pitch/ tone thing..
but it sure didn't work for me.
audio book dnf.. I'll go old school and read this one.

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Brilliant narration - incredible accents bravo

As prescient as Neuromancer was in the 80s - love the Amazon series - a crime it was cancelled. Gibsons prose is poetry

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Struggled in parts but a good story.

Got the book after watching the show as season 2 was cancelled and left me wanting to find out what happened. The book didn't help with this, they are two different stories with some similarities. I struggled with following the story in parts and had to re-listen to some sections to figure out what was happening. I thought the narration was a bit slow with some long pauses during conversations so I sped up the playback but accents were good. Still hoping a season 2 will happen!

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I really enjoyed the Scottish accent

this version compared to the previous adds some depth to the characters thanks to the use of accents.

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Great book let down my flat narration

The character voices are fine, but there's just no life and odd, stilted pauses that really ruin the flow for me

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Enjoyable, informative and entertaining.

A fantastic story that the TV series very loosely follows. Great voice actor to boot who helped to bring the audible narration to life.

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This was hard work

Made me realise just how much skill goes into making narration look effortless. The story was engaging, if lacking in character development. But so very hard to focus on through the obtrusively effortful accents and voices. Far too many sentences read with incorrect emphasis, making me listen to them over again to understand what the author actually meant. I'm not sure Gibson's dialogue is really as pedestrian as this made it seem, but I won't be rushing for print versions of other works, to check.

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Great concept but weak plot.

A lot more good be done with the concept. The future characters lacked depth and number. Seemed like it was morphing into a solid whodunnit but the reveal was shallow and disappointing.

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Strong voicing and writing

Razor sharp rapid fire writing in Gibson's usual style. It took me a little while to really get into the story, but once settled it was obvious how deft the storytelling is. With a sci-fi plot like this it could've very easily become totally incomprehensible, but it was honestly fairly easy to follow. You're given tidbits of info along the way so that you can feel turning points coming, but not so much so that you can see every twist coming a mile away. The voice acting is about as good as it gets. Plenty variety in voices, and nothing that sounds annoying. Easy recommend.

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