I just finished the first and was getting started on the second. On the topic of the books, I was just about to make a thread on them! I'm re-reading them all on my Kindle at the moment.

It's fine to read at a normal speaking pace, and slow down for tense moments, or give different inflections to different characters. He doesn't need to read every sentence with the same monotone and speed. The audio quality and mix is great, but he needs to add some emotion. Dont just read lines in a normal voice because its the narrator, add emotion and suck the listener in. While your man described Barry blowing a zombies head off like he was reading daily stock reports. The guy that does the Bourne book above, his voice ramps up both in pace and volume during exciting parts, like fights,interrigations or chases. My only real gripe is while his voicework is good for characters, he does have a slight monotone during narration. Also the help he got for other voices is a nice touch, not many do that. Your buddy did a great job of that too but its easy to learn more technique listening to a pro. He reads dramatic lines with the right attitude(anger, relief at points for example). I do suggest you have him listen to this: (Its my favorite audiobook narrator of all time) this guy does a great job giving characters a great range of accents, and voices. I hear spooky music when chris enters the tea room area, things like that are great. You could try out the alternative bittorrent clients.I did like the background noise/music he used at times, a ticking clock is described in the dining room in the first book, and as its descrbed a gentle ticking plays. Sometimes the torrent health info isn't accurate, so you can download the file and check it out or try the following downloads. Resident Evil (1) The Umbrella Conspiracy - S.D. Resident Evil (3) City of the Dead - S.D. This Torrent also has several backup trackers

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