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Watson - My Life: An Autobiography of Doctor Watson, Comrade and Friend of Sherlock Holmes

By: David Ruffle
Narrated by: Andrew McGuirk
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In 1936, an elderly Doctor Watson sits at his desk with a dictation machine and, over a two week period, recounts the significant moments in his life. The expected publication of his autobiography never materialized. But in 2017 the wax cylinders containing Watson's words appeared and have at last been made available to the general public. This, then is life of Doctor John H Watson.

©2018 David Ruffle (P)2018 MX Publishing Historical Mystery Traditional Detectives Fiction Detective
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This is a really inventive idea. A series of recorded Dictaphone cylinders are delivered to the author and turn out to be the life story of Dr John H Watson comrade and friend to Sherlock Holmes. Told as if listening to the recordings the story works really well. This is his story so there are no new cases, covered other than in passing for them to solve. My main issue is with Andrew McGuirk's narration. I understand he is narrating as an eighty plus year old would speak and that is fine but his delivery is just quite dull. Overall however I found this an entertaining and inventive listen. i received a complimentary copy of the audio and am leaving a honest and voluntary review.

Inventive idea, narration a bit dull

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I'm not sure how I feel about the actual story in this book as I found the narration so dull that I really couldn't concentrate on what was happening. Although the narration may be trying to mimic the hesitant voice of the elderly Watson (as described in the preface), the effect on the listener is of a dull, monotonous drone, devoid of any interest, emotion or excitement.

Sadly I haven't been able to make it to the end of this book as I found the narration so boring I kept losing track of the plot. I would definitely think twice before trying another book read by this narrator, although I may try a print or Kindle version of the book to see whether the story itself is enjoyable.

I would recommend trying a sample to see what you think of the narration before purchasing.

Let down by poor narration

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