Kitty Alone

excellent reading & an unexpected story

(5 estrellas)

jaded_grl

from the summary, i thought this was going to be a sweet little love story... so the murder, attemped murders, arson, fraud, etc took me totally off guard. it was an excellent story, there was a sweet love story in it as well. the characters all had amazing personalities. the reader did a very nice job reading crisp & clear (and singing).

Kitty Alone

(5 estrellas)

TheBookworm

Charming rendition of a Thomas Hardy-esque (well, sort of...) novel of rural life. The story is well constructed and the characters are, by and large, three dimensional -- Kate's father may be the best drawn. It's not hard to see the one with whom the author, a C of E clergyman, identifies. MaryAnn has a pleasant voice. Her reading is low key and does not impose itself on the listener. She has a fine singing voice, too. The sound quality of this recording is high. Thank you! TheBookworm (Manchester, UK)

Really enjoyed this

(4 estrellas)

ClaireLA

Mary Ann does a fine job reading this tale of a young girl, Kitty, who is alone in the real sense of being among very few people who understand her. Great well-drawn characters in this book along with a good story. I should mention that I really enjoyed the parts where Mary Ann sings. She has a lovely voice, well-suited to the old bits of songs sprinkled throughout the book.

Romance Lies & Surprises

(4 estrellas)

TLocke

Anyone who has lived in a small town will recognize the patterns of behavior in this book. The expectations of who will marry whom; expected behaviors of natives vs outsiders. The chapter on the town orchestra playing a newly-minted "Masterpiece" and facing moral decisions of attributed guilt is hilarious. The story is well read.

good yarn

(5 estrellas)

The Momtionary

Romance, nature appreciation, coming of age, reflection on human nature, plot twists. Reader does overall very good job with lovely singing, smooth sentence follow-through, and character voices. She consistently mispronounces author's name and a few certain words, not many, though. Like another reviewer said, there are Victorian attitudes, no surprise, Baring-Gould lived through Queen Victoria's reign.

Page turner...or the audio equivalent

(5 estrellas)

Dolly

This well read story had me guessing until the last, and kept me listening until the wee hours of the morning. The characters are superbly drawn, and the plot moves at the perfect pace.

lovely voice

(4.5 estrellas)

arwei

The reader read beautifully with a lovely voice and outstanding singing in the musical passages. The story was unusual and intriguing, with its perfect heroine and dastardly villains, but a bit Victorian in its attitudes.

(2.5 estrellas)

reader

An interesting story, evocative of time and place, worth five stars. But despite a pleasant voice, this reader is not up to the task. The huge number of mispronunciations indicates that she has not done any research into unfamiliar words, place names, etc. For example, the word “linhay,” which is essential to the story and appears dozens of times, she pronounces as “lin-HAY” rather than the correct “linny.” There are dozens of other pronouncing errors, including even of common and familiar words. It’s a huge distraction. Also, there are sources for the tunes mentioned; no need to make them up.