Finders Keepers: The Jane Barnaby Adventures, Book 1
Written by: J.J. DiBenedetto
Narrated by: Cait Frizzell
Length: 6 hrs and 27 mins
Series: Jane Barnaby Adventures,
Book 1
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:04-15-16
Publisher: James J DiBenedetto
I do not even know where to start with this review. I have
listen or read other books from this author and have really enjoyed them. This one I spent a lot of time saying What,
Why and that just doesn’t work. There is a lot of filler here that really isn’t
needed and has nothing to do with the story. I am clueless to the reasoning of
why Jane did the things she did. My first thought would have been police not
going after the art work or doing high speed to out run the bad guy. Unlike
other works by this author this story just didn’t work for me. I am at a lost
whether to rate it at 2.5 or a 3 so we will round it up. It has some interesting
action but it is out of place for the character that Jane truly is without
these things you would not have a story….I know it worked for some sadly just
not for me.
Ms. Fizzell as narrator I thought did a good job I loved her
many accents as she bought the characters to life. You had no trouble knowing
who was talking or what they were feeling. I hear no background noise just a
clean, clear audio. I didn’t like the music at the ending at first I thought it
was noise from the mic but it was not. I thought it took away from the ending
and was out of place. I did think some of her character voices were close to
others but it doesn’t take away from the listen. I found her male voices to be
just as pleasant as her female ones. She really did bring the characters to
life giving them feeling and meaning. If any breaks were taken you could not
tell. There were not any places where the volume changes or any high/ low places.
I really did enjoy her narration.
What worked for me was how Jane came up with what to do with
the box I thought that was outstanding. I believe one characters name was John
who lost the box but him went after that works. It was easy to understand why
Jane took on the easy task of getting the professor work and car to him. Jane
was a likeable character really for the most part most of them were. Alex
worked up to a point but he was just out of character most of the time.
What didn’t work for me was the touch and go on the romance.
Alex on his wishy washy ways along with Jane touch and go romance feelings. If
I thought someone was giving me a line to get the box I had there is no way I
would think oh my if he does this I am lost. Yes being taken in from the start
works great just not when she knew he wasn’t on the up and up. I just do not
see her following him down a long dark road she is a smart lady and should know
better than to do most of what she did. Jane not going to the police when she
found out the boxes wasn’t right that she decided to take on bad men to get it
back. The reference to movies and characters in them I thought that took away
from what the author was trying to get across. Her going Barney Bad a^^ was so
out of her character. For what the author wanted to bring out the characters
just didn’t have reasoning or the strength they needed to carry off the story. This
is just not a believable story after the first few pages. There is no way that
art work that is worth millions would have been left like it was. Jane’s action
was just to over the top. Other works of this author I have loved just not this
one. I wonder how many unhelpful marks I
will get for this review. I am sorry I tried to really like the story but the
truth is this isn’t the authors best work.
There are so many that have loved this story please do not
let my review stop you from giving it a listen. I know a lot of people will
love the action, thrills and the touch of romance but for me it was just out of
place leaving me shaking my head. Please pick it up and give it a try and let
me know what you think.
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Summary
It should have been a simple job. All archaeology student Jane Barnaby had
to do was pick up a box her professor needed and deliver it to him at his dig
site, along with his new car. Yes, his office was in Oxfordshire, and his dig
site was in Spain, a trip of 1,400 miles across three countries and two bodies
of water. Still, it should have been simple. And it was, until Jane discovered she picked up the wrong box by mistake. Not the one with boring pottery samples, but instead the one with priceless ancient Egyptian artifacts. The one that a team of international art thieves is after.
Now she's chasing - and being chased by - the thieves. And she's picked up a pair of passengers who claim they can help her outwit them, get her professor's pottery back and return the artifacts to their rightful owner. If only she could figure out which one of them is working with the thieves and which one she can trust in this high-stakes game of finders keepers.
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