The Celestine Prophecy: An Adventure

However, the monologue, monotone narration with quirky American accents was too distracting. (Being an American myself you would think that I was used to the accent, but not this one).

My main criticism is that the book was not adapted for audio in anyway whatsoever. There were no significant changes in voice intonation and no atmospheric sound effects. Also the narrator kept having to say 'I said' and 'he replied' so that that listener knew who was saying what. This is a bit like 'canned laughter' in that if it is appropriately used it adds to the atmosphere, but if you are conscience of it then its gone wrong.

My only other criticism is that several important sections from the book were completely missed out on the tape. Maybe they were short for space but having read the book the omissions were glaringly obvious.

My advise to anyone considering this would be to read the book. The book rates a good 4.5 stars in my estimation, the tape only a poor 2.