Outside of a Dog: Kate Nepveu's Book Log

While I've been getting tired of reading Ellis Peters' Brother Cadfael novels, when some adaptations showed up on BBC7, I figured I'd give them a try. It's the repetitiveness of the plots that's been annoying me, not the characters, and an audio format usually gives me a clearer idea of the characters. (It's true that it also gives me the time to think about the clues that are given or omitted. However, I have no objections to this adaptation on those grounds.)

I recorded three of them, but listened to Monk's Hood first, as it came earliest in the chronology. This starred Philip Madoc as Cadfael, who has a nice deep strong voice; the recurring secondary characters of Brother Mark and Hugh Beringar were also voiced well and suitably. My only complaint is that the dialogue was occasionally a touch too fast; there were times when I thought a slight pause between speakers would have suited the content, but the responses came disconcertingly fast. Otherwise, this was an enjoyable listen, and I'll keep the others for commutes when I can't deal with anything more demanding.

(Weird note of the day: Something about the Welsh accents in this production (maybe the rhythm?) reminds me of—of all things—Indian accents.)