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On the surface, this podcast seems like it would be right up my alley.<\/span><\/p>\n

A snowed-in dinner party during which guests are murdered, one by one, ala Agatha Christie\u2019s <\/span>And Then There Were None<\/span><\/i>?<\/span><\/p>\n

Sign me up!<\/span><\/p>\n

And then\u2026 I listened.<\/span><\/p>\n

My biggest problem was with the narrator. I\u2019m already not a fan of narrators in fiction podcasts, but some I\u2019ve listened to make it work.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Not this one.<\/span><\/p>\n

It seemed to me that the narrator had more lines than the voice actors. (This may or may not be accurate, as I didn\u2019t actually count the lines.)\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

That left me feeling like I was getting talked AT rather than being brought into the story. (\u201cShow don\u2019t tell,\u201d anyone?)<\/span><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s an example:<\/span><\/p>\n

Narrator: The two women went to the kitchen.<\/span><\/p>\n

<The two women have a conversation.><\/span><\/p>\n

Narrator: The door opens, and the maid is standing there.<\/span><\/p>\n

<Maid says a line.><\/span><\/p>\n

Compared to other podcasts:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

One character would say to the other, \u201cPsst. I need to talk to you. Come to the kitchen.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Then, the sound design takes you into the kitchen <\/span>instead of the narrator.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

See how that keeps you in the story? And how less choppy it is?<\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s why I\u2019m not a fan of narrators in fiction podcasts. But if you like that style, or don\u2019t mind having a narrator escort you around the story, this podcast may be right up your alley.<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 2020 Issue<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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