Cheryl R. (Spuddie) -
Second in the Amelia Peabody historical mystery series, I decided to give this a try by listening to it rather than reading, as I really didn't care for the first one that I read and someone in some group suggested I try listening to it. At first, it went well--this is actually the first audio book I've ever listened to, and I'd been concerned about not being able to concentrate on either the book or whatever else I was doing, but that part was fine. After the first half of the book (about 5 hours of listening time) I found myself just as annoyed with the overbearing, pompous Peabody's character and her frequent descriptions of her darling Emerson's superb physique (not to mention his snarling, nasty disposition!) as I had been when I read the other book in print form. I did finish it as I wanted to see if I'd guessed correctly as to who was the bad guy (I was) but the last couple of hours were almost torture. I couldn't even skim to the end! LOL So while I definitely will try more audio books in future, it will NOT be of this series. I'm done with it!
