It was very information rich and ( for me) was best digested in many sessions.īe wary of author narrations with an added second voice. Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting? Then the ball was passed back to Professor Dawkins, back and forth.I found this constant narration swap to be highly disruptive and feel that a single professional narrator would have made this a more seamless and enjoyable process. As soon as the ear/brain finally adjusted to this choppy style over a few minutes or so, co-narrator Lalla Ward would then take the helm, necessitating yet another listening shift. While I have the utmost respect for the esteemed and brilliant Richard Dawkins, his narration style was often hard to follow due to constant unusual vocal volume fades and unexpected changes in speech pace. Who would you have cast as narrator instead of Richard Dawkins and Lalla Ward ?Īnyone else but the author. The comparison to Chaucer's Epic created some amusing and informative learning moments. The retrograde methodology of examining the branched tree of speciation is unique and interesting. Professor Dawkins talked about his book The Ancestor's Tale: A Pilgrimage to the Dawn of Evolution, published by Houghton Mifflin. In my view, this ranks in the 70th percentile of my accumulated library topics. THE ANCESTOR'S TALE is a dazzling, four-billion-year pilgrimage to the origins of life: Richard Dawkins and Yan Wong take us on an exhilarating reverse journey through evolution, from present-day humans back to the microbial beginnings of life.
Where does The Ancestor's Tale rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far? A Masterpiece Flawed By Sketchy Narration.
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