Master of the Game

By: Sidney Sheldon

Narrated by: Shannon Engemann

Kate Blackwell is the symbol of success — a beautiful woman who parlayed her inheritance into an international conglomerate. Winner of a unique position among the wealthy and world-renowned, she is also a survivor as indomitable as her father, who returned from the edge of death to wrench a fortune in diamonds from the hard South African soil. As she celebrates her 90th birthday, Kate surveys the family she has manipulated, dominated, and loved over the decades and asks herself: Is she the master of the game?

©2010 Sidney Sheldon (P)2007 Phoenix Books, Inc.

GREAT BOOK, GREAT LISTEN

Its a great listen. I was adamant at the start to listen to this as some of the review for the narrator is not good... turned out to be ok for me. It was a great listen...and hands down to the story...read this when I was in high school...and listening to it now is really a nice experience...

Outstanding

This is potentially the best book I've ever read 3 times. The author has excellent character descriptions. The story line excited me many times. Rest in paradise Sidney Sheldon.

not my favorite

I found the book was not my cup of tea, the writing seemed vague and hurried. The story was a good idea I guess I just expected more, the book was suggested to me by a friend.

The constant suspense.

Magnificent work. Could not wait to have a free minute to listen to it every day. The story is captivating and keeps you interested at all times.

Odd pauses

Would you listen to Master of the Game again? Why?

Not sure.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Still too new, don’t have a favorite.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Theere are these odd pauses with the narrator of the book. I’ve never experienced with any book on audible. It’s as though the narrator is pausing while they turn the page. Most annoying!!

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

I could.

Loved the story, narration is something else...

Read the physical book, saw the TV mini-series and loved them both.

The narration of the audiobook, however, well, where do i start...? Too many pauses where there shouldn't be pauses. Run-on sentences when there are breaks in chapters, titles, etc.

When reading a physical book, you hear the voices in your head and they are monotone, to be expected. But the narrator in this case had a blend of accents for the same person. This, mixed with the run-on sentences made it very difficult to follow.

I stuck it through because i knew the story and wanted to listen to it, but it was painful.

Other reviews are correct

I first listened to Memories or Midnight and The Other Side of Midnight and I really enjoyed both. So I decided to try Master of the Game. Story was good, but the narration....very annoying - long pauses at times where there was no need, like right in the middle of a scene or even sentence. Weird.

Love Sidney Sheldon!

The story does not fail to meet the expectations of a Sidney Sheldon fan. The narrator is good, with the exception of the somewhat irritating random pauses in the narrative, as if the recording is placed on "mute" temporarily- perhaps to cover a cough, or a page turning.

great book hard to find time to do anything else

awesome takes you through 4 generations of family members with unbelievable twist and turns! so good I was disappointed when it ended I wanted it to go on forever!!!

Great book, average narrator

Narrator was pretty monotone, mispronounced some words, and there were pauses which I think sounded like pages turning.