Poor Scottish accents

Unfortunately even though I love these stories the females narrator was very poor at Scottish accents and I found listening most irritating

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Awful

Where does Funeral Note rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Have read all the Bob Skinner books but the narration of this one really irrated me, Some narrators called Bob's daughter Shona - Sinead and Bob's wife Aileen _ Eileen I thought these new names were new characters in the book. Apart from this the book was ok.

What did you like best about this story?

Enjoyed the plot .

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of the narrators?

James Bryce on his own

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No the narration and the mispronounced character names were irritating and spoilt the listening pleasure.

Any additional comments?

Does no-one proof listen to the audio book before being released and mistakes rectified

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l love Quintin Jardine books. This one was spoiled by some of the narrators in terms of accents and pronunciation

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A brilliant idea -

- To have a different reader for each of the different characters in this book! And every one superb!
Thank you.

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Please use narrators who are able to use an accurate Scottish accent and not on that sounds Northern Irish!

As usual a gripping storyline. Good idea to use different narrators. The American accent was ok for Sarah but her Scottish one grated and sounded Northern Irish. I almost stopped listening because of it but my curiosity got the better of me.

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Poor Narration

A good book ruined no idea why there were multiple narrators as they detracted enormously from the story

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interesting/annoying change that almost works

this is the first book to use different points of view to tell the story. as such, they've got different voice actors for different characters.
whilst I'd rather just listen to James Bryce the whole time, the idea makes sense and does kind of work.
it would be ok after the first few chapters if not for the woman who plays Sarah, she's fine for Sarah but is unbearable when she tries to do a Scottish accent for the other characters, I doubt the woman has ever even heard a Scot. almost had to skip her sections due to how annoying her terrible Irish accent was

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Fab apart from appalling accent

The narrator of Sarah had the kind of fake Scottish accent that make me grind my teeth in frustration and pain

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SKINER The Irish Scotsman

Enjoyed the story but the Scots narration accent was dreadful for some characters.
I was actually cringing in places as the Scots accent was either Irish Scottish or mixture of two !
This somewhat spoilt the Listening for me.

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in total agreement with other reviewers

I have persisted in listening to this book for the sake of continuity. The plot seems week and only pops its head above the life stories of all the main characters. James Bryce is an excellent reader but the rest contribute only annoyance. The American lady tries to imitate a Scottish Accent and it turns out like a bad Irish accent. One saving grace is that all the readers introduce themselves, otherwise it would have been impossible to listen to. Shame it is the Quintin Jardine novel I have enjoyed the lease. Drop the other readers Isis

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