The Magnolia Manor Mysteries

A Delightfully Witty, Small Town Cozy Mystery Series, Books 1 - 3

De: Joy Patrick

Narrado por: Virtual Voice

Solving crimes at a crusty old Florida inn was NOT in D.C. urbanite Lilly Livingston’s 5 yr plan.

But when she discovers she is the executor of a forgotten stepfather’s will and is gifted Magnolia Manor, in little Drifter’s Cove, Florida, things get a little off track.

The town coroner reports her stepfather died of natural causes, but Lilly is not convinced and joins a motley crew of locals to solve her first case.

Leaving D.C. for good, Lilly’s excited to start her new small-town life and reopen the inn. But, a murder at the grand opening of her newly inherited inn wasn’t exactly the kickoff Lilly was hoping for.

Distraught when a guest goes missing, and a local fisherman pulled up an unidentified body in his fishing net, accusations fly, the inn’s initial warm fuzzies fizzle, and Lilly found herself knee-deep in another murder.

Finally settling into Drifter’s Cove life with this murder mystery behind her, Lilly’s on her way to making the renovated inn an upscale destination and plans her summer kickoff party. But as the posh party ensues, personalities clash, tempers flare, and a guest ends up dead.

Magnolia Manor. Enter at your own risk.

Narration via computer

The stories were okay, but the narration was awful. I will never again listen to a book narrated by a computer. There was no emotion. There was no change in voice for male and female. No feeling. Computers are taking away too many human jobs as it is. Leave narration to humans!

I will never listen to another AI generated book

Awful listening to AI read a book internation poor pronunciation, never again. Tried as a learning experience.

Was Alright

Obviously, the AI narration was ridiculous and took away from the story. The story is decent, but it's a bit mid-level writing, but interesting anyway.

didn't like the virtual reading

did not like the virtual reading...tone inflection and pausing was way off and changed the meaning of the sentences.

good mysteries

enjoyed the stories but the AI reading detracted. no inflections or voice change to signal character change

Automated voice UGH

The story line is great but the computer version of a reader is awful. I won’t be pursuing any other audio books with computer generated voicing. So disappointing.

AI NARRATION

The computer generated narration was frustrating. Bordering on monotone, when there WAS inflection in a sentence it was typically off. The emphasis was put on the wrong word in the sentence. Questions were spoken as statements. Statements were spoken like questions. It completely changed the narrative and the context of the story. The plot was predictable. At least it was free.

VV

story was on but not a fan of the virtual voice. It was lacking with the emotion…

Okay

The reading wasn’t understandable in some instances because the inflections were wrong, and the some of the pronunciation was even wrong. It was difficult to follow.

My first and last AI book.

The story line was great. Loved the characters. At least I know to never purchase an audio book again with AI reading. Emotionless, monotone and just weird. If it weren't for the storyline I would have stopped listening probably a quarter of the way through book one. I hope this isn't going to be the new trend.