A review by bgg616
False Mermaid by Erin Hart

4.0

The story is good but DON"T choose the audiobook.I hated the narration. The main character is an American who works in Ireland. Two-thirds of the story takes place in the US but the narrator who is British (Rosalyn Landor) chose to read the book in an over-the-top stage Irish accent (kind of a Kerry accent). So, so annoying. She mispronounces Irish names and place names, her reading of Irish (Gaelic) at the beginning is atrocious, the name Triona should be pronounced tree-nuh not tree-own-a (like Fiona) and Glencomlumkille is not pronounced glen-cawl-um-killy. Her male characters all sound like grumpy old men even when they are teenagers. Her children's voices are even worse, if that's possible. She over dramatizes every scene. Sorry to rant and I think there are probably many listeners who are less fussy. If i could give the audiobook less than 1 star, I would. I will avoid anything by this narrator in the future. Her inability to convincingly differentiate voices of different ages and genders ruins the listening experience.

The story is good, but read it rather than listen to the audiobook.