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Debbiereadsbook (1772 KP) rated Humbug: Scrooge Before the Ghosts in Books

Nov 30, 2024  
Humbug: Scrooge Before the Ghosts
Humbug: Scrooge Before the Ghosts
Sarah Whelan | 2023 | LGBTQ+
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
wouldn't have enjoyed as much, had I read it.
Indpendent reviewer for Archaeolibrarian, I was gifted the AUDIO version of this book.

Ok, 2 things: First I've read of this author, and first I've listened to of this narrator. These two things are intertwined.

I really enjoyed this reworking of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens. It takes us on a more indepth and more deliciously different path that follows Scrooge from the very beginning. I'm not going to go into the storyline too much, but for spoilers, but suffices to say, I really enjoyed the path this took.

The way Whelan builds the world around Scrooge, and gets over the descriptions of the places and the peoples he comes across, is astounding and I could see myself sitting there with Scrooge. Loved the descriptions of everything.

Charles Robert Fox narrates.

Now, for the most part, narrators have American accents, and there is nothing wrong with that but I am so very glad that this narrator was used for this book. His accent is very VERY English and fits in the Victorian England setting so beautifully! He uses a much OLDER voice for Scrooge, when talkignt ot he ghosts, than he does when he is telling his story, and I love that the voice ages as the story goes on.

It goes without saying, that my enjoyment of this book would be very different had I read it, or had a different narrator been used.

I'd like to read more of this author and listen to more of this narrator's work.

4 stars for the book
4 stars for the narration

*same worded review will appear elsewhere