{"id":3909,"date":"2013-07-15T17:06:39","date_gmt":"2013-07-15T21:06:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3909"},"modified":"2024-01-29T20:09:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-30T01:09:20","slug":"small-vices-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3909","title":{"rendered":"Small Vices (Audio)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Small Vices<\/a><\/em> (2002) written Robert B. Parker<\/a> narrated by Burt Reynolds <\/p>\n

\"Small<\/a>This audio book was my first exposure to Robert B. Parker. <\/p>\n

I was doing mind-numbingly dull lab work, and audio books kept me from losing my mind, so I was willing to try almost anything.<\/p>\n

I fell in love almost instantly.<\/p>\n

Spenser is hired to find out if Ellis Alves, a small-time criminal, is actually guilty of the murder of a Pemberton college girl.<\/p>\n

The deeper Spenser looks into the case, the flimsier the case looks, but the deeper Spenser looks, the harder someone tries to stop him from looking.<\/p>\n

I have a feeling I’m going to go back and reread this relatively soon, so I’ll just address the audio portion of the book here.<\/p>\n

When I first heard this book, I feel in love with everything about it, including the narration. <\/p>\n

The story has held up over time, but I’m not as sure about the narration.<\/p>\n

Burt Reynolds does Hawk and Spenser very well, but it’s the secondary characters I’m not as certain about. Spenser works out of Boston, but none of the characters had a Southie–or even Boston–accent. This isn’t something I recognized when I first listened, but it is something I became aware of this time. So, first thing to note: Burt Reynolds can’t do a Boston accent of any sort.<\/p>\n

Secondly, the first time I listened to this, I was sitting at a lab bench in a quiet lab. <\/p>\n

This listen, I’m fifteen years older, with the hearing loss that comes from too much loud music when I was younger, and we listened in the car. Our small car, that has a not insignificant amount of road noise.<\/p>\n

We had to have it cranked very loudly, and even then, some of the narration was hard to get. Burn Reynolds has a low voice, and he tends to frequently elide his words. So some passages were very hard to understand. I don’t think this would have been an issue if I was listening somewhere quiet, but I know lots of people listen to audio books in the car, so that’s something you’ll want to take into consideration.<\/p>\n

But mostly, I still love this books, and despite minor flaws, the audio books is as enjoyable as it ever was.
\nRating: 7\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Phoenix Audio<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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