The Communist Manifesto

A note to the narrator: bourgeoisie is pronounced “ bu̇(r)zh-ˌwä-ˈzē. Bourgeois is pronounced ˈbu̇rzh-ˌwä also ˈbu̇zh- or ˈbüzh- or bu̇rzh-ˈwä. Proletariat is pronounced prōləˈterēət. A quick google search before you recorded this would have greatly improved the quality of the recording. As it stands, I couldn’t listen to it. I would think knowing this would be the minimal required effort to qualify to record an audiobook that uses these terms repeatedly.

Matt Montanez has the reading comprehension of a less intelligent middle school student, the pronounciation skill of a first grader, and the charming timbre of a house cat on fire. The book itself is exactly as one would expect as an outline of communist ideals, but the true indictment of this publication is the beyond sub-par narration.

This was the communist manifesto read all the way through. The narrator mispronounced Bourgeois and Proletariat throughout and rushed the reading so much that you can hear him breathe quickly as if he was in a race to say as many words as possible in a short amount of time. He forgot to edit out a mistake too where he lost his train of speaking and had the take a deep breath. I really wanted to understand this book but I might as well read it. I wish I could get my money back.