Classic story, poorly performed

What did you love best about The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe?

Fantastic story, as good as when I first read it as a kid.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

The narrator (and sound engineer) really messed up this audio book in two ways. First, the narrator's choice of voices for one of the characters was so irritating that it made us (me, wife, 2 kids) want to stop listening. Fortunately, that was mostly just at the beginning.



The sound engineer let the volume vary so much between the dialogue (LOUD!) and narration (quiet) that you could not just passively listen to the story while, say, on a long road trip. You had to constantly monitor and adjust the volume because otherwise you were going to either miss parts the story or blow your speakers (which, when combined with one of the irritating voices mentioned above, was like an ice pick in the head).



This is a classic tale, it should have been a cake walk.

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

No

Any additional comments?

Still worth listening to but if an alternative version was available, I'd suggest going for that one.