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- Admiralu
- 02-26-18
Rather Dull Story, Excellent Narration
A short story that wasn’t too interesting. The narrator was excellent and managed to make it interesting.
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- michele
- 11-08-17
Short Tale
The Ambitious Guest is a short fork lore tale. Narration is great, probably not worth a credit. Buy it on sale days.
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- resol
- 10-05-21
dolldrum
Harrison usually narrates stories very well. however in this case, the quality of the recording is very dolldrum, it's great background noise, but very challenging to follow the story, unless you have alread6vtead the text of the book.
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- J-me
- 09-22-21
Excellent combination.
B J Harrison is a brilliant narrator.
I have listened to his work on YouTube for a good few years.
Great writing. Skilled narration.
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- Linda A Schmidt
- 02-08-20
Excellent bedtime or campfire story.
A wonderful tale that had my mind awash in images and dreams. Very Good story
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- Sam
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Twisted sweetly...loved it.
A sweet story. so relatable to how we all feel. Twisted moral. Supper easy, quick read.
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