Mother Earth, Father Sky
Ivory Carver Trilogy, Book 1
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Mother Earth, Father Sky
Narrated by:
Holly Fielding
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Narrated by:
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Holly Fielding
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Sue Harrison
About this listen
In a time before history, in a harsh and beautiful land near the top of the world, womanhood comes cruelly and suddenly to beautiful, young Chagak. Surviving the brutal massacre of her tribe, she sets out across the icy waters off Ameria's northwest coast on an astonishing odyssey that will reveal to Chagak powerful secrets of the earth and sky...and the mysteries of love and loss.
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The narration just the opposite, a monotonous and unemotive drawl lacking where the tale excels.
Fortunately, the narration fails to kill the experience and I am eagerly starting the next instalment.
Brilliant story marred by the narration
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Unfortunately the narrator Holly Fielding's flat, virtually emotionless monotone voice was a great disappointment. She sounds nasally bunged up too, which is a pity. Even when the author gives explicit directions suitable for a narrator to follow, such as "his voice filled with pride as if his son had taken his first seal", Holly's voice is empty and completely indifferent to the character's emotion. She even ignores punctuation and frequently re-punctuates perfectly good sentences her own way through careless reading. ("He harms no-one but men who have stopped at his beach. Say there is some magic in him..." ) Her flat, indifferent voice is an insult to this wonderful story, as if she's utterly bored by the book.
It was so bad I actually wrote to the author Sue Harrison about it, and she too was really disappointed. Apparently she had no say in the choice of reader and had no idea her wonderful stories were being so indifferently read. Sue is a really lovely lady and it's such a shame Audible picked this awful narrator after all her painstaking research and beautifully expressed storytelling, based on an ancient Aleut legend.
The bare minimum for a narrator is surely to be able to read expressively?! Apparently the bar is set pretty low.
Another minor issue is Holly's incorrect pronunciation of the Aleut words. The correct pronunciation is set out in the paperback version, which the narrator has obviously not read. Her pronunciation is also not consistent. Sometimes she says "Amigie", other times "Amgig" for Amgigh's name. She can't make up her mind about Kayugh. Sometimes he is "Kuyuh" other times "Kiiyoo" or "Kayoo". Cache (an ordinary word in common use!) is pronounced "cashay". Aaarrrgh!!! Just read the bloody glossary, woman! Even some English words are irritatingly mispronounced (limpets become "limPETTes").
I often buy a new book based on the quality of the narrator alone. I would have loved to hear the other books in this series. But Holly Fielding is definitely one to avoid....what a shame.
Amazing story spoilt by flat indifferent narration
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Poor sound quality
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The narrator literally gulps for air every ten seconds. This is not an exaggeration. Like big, drawn out inhaling of breath before she starts a new sentence. Sometimes in between sentences. It sounds like she is constantly out of breath and it is very unappetizing. Like someone is gasping for air right next to you. The narration itself is very flat and monotone, too. Background sounds start to appear after a while (like street sounds). Odd pronunciations and stumbling over sentences is left in. The first few minutes of the book are alright, but then the gulping starts. I think this is someone who just sat in her room and pressed record and then just went on, getting more out of breath as she continued. No sound editing afterwards. It really ruins the experience. What a shame since the book itself is absolutely worth listening to. I doubt they will ever do a rerecording since this is an old book and probably not very popular due to the amount of people returning it because of the sound issues. But they really should. I would gladly pay a credit for it if it was properly narrated or even just sound edited.
Worst narrator ever
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Hooked from beginning to end
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