Silas

I enjoyed it

Revisado: 01-06-22

This took much longer for me to get into than "The Goblin Emperor". But I did end up liking it.

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slow but makes you think

Revisado: 07-19-21

I spent several hours at the start wondering if I would like this book. By the end, I liked it unequivocally. This book is depressing in that it outlines a problem humankind has that it's possible we won't solve. There is no clean hopeful ending here, just a book that makes you feel something needs to be done. A book that condemns the bystanders.

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Amazing

Revisado: 03-09-21

This may be my favorite of Naomi Novik's novels. I worried that the premise of a magical school was overdone, but I was hooked from page one. I found the main character especially compelling. Can hardly wait for the next one.

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great but hard

Revisado: 04-21-20

This was a great book, but the second person narration made it difficult to follow at first. I had to listen to the first few minutes about five times before it clicked. It becomes much easier to follow and enjoy after you guess who the narrator is.

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Very Interesting!

Revisado: 09-21-19

I've rarely heard a story written in the second person. Very interesting! I can see why it's rarely done, though.

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Hated the start, but loved the book.

Revisado: 06-22-15

Word of warning: skip the front matter. There is a long history of the world, as well as an explanation of how stuff is pronounced at the front that it was a bad idea for them to put at the front of the audiobook version.

I was all set to give up on this book for about the first 30 minutes. It seemed boring and the reader was very slow. Fortunately, I was at the gym with nothing else to listen to, so I persevered, set playback speed to 1.5x, and ended up loving it.

Another word of warning: this book is not for everyone. It is set in what is essentially a "monastery for scientists" in an alternate universe. It is a fairly good example of "Hard Science Fiction" i.e. all the stuff that happens is mostly feasible within our current understanding of physics. If you think listening to people have conversations about science/philosophy is interesting, this may be the book for you. Otherwise, it probably isn't.

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Hated the start, but loved the book.

Revisado: 06-22-15

Word of warning: skip the front matter. There is a long history of the world, as well as an explanation of how stuff is pronounced at the front that it was a bad idea for them to put at the front of the audiobook version.

I was all set to give up on this book for about the first 30 minutes. It seemed boring and the reader was very slow. Fortunately, I was at the gym with nothing else to listen to, so I persevered, set playback speed to 1.5x, and ended up loving it.

Another word of warning: this book is not for everyone. It is set in what is essentially a "monastery for scientists" in an alternate universe. It is a fairly good example of "Hard Science Fiction" i.e. all the stuff that happens is mostly feasible within our current understanding of physics. If you think listening to people have conversations about science/philosophy is interesting, this may be the book for you. Otherwise, it probably isn't.

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don't expect to like anyone in this book

Revisado: 01-23-15

I usually can't enjoy a book without liking the characters, but somehow this kept my interest despite the main character being worse than the villains in most books. I never liked him, but I was interested enough to want to see how he ended up. The narrator pauses an unusually long time between sentences though.

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Better as author than reader

Revisado: 06-18-14

I read and liked the first three books in this series, and was pleased to buy the fourth. I liked the story, but I kinda wish I'd read it rather than listened. Mary is a great writer, and has a good voice, but I came out liking this a little less than previous books. I think its simply the change in format: I got used to the experience of reading, so switching to listening made me dislike it. Also, she reads a little slower than I prefer, which can be slightly annoying.

Summary: listen if you listened to the previous ones and liked them. Don't switch from reading to listening halfway through the series.

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Low sound quality

Revisado: 06-11-11

I was disappointed by the audio quality of this book. It was clearly copied from a tape (at one point they failed to edit out a the narrator announcing: "side 3") This is fairly disappointing since you get low level white noise throughout the length of the book. Audible.com usually delivers books at almost CD quality, and this one was just not there.

The book itself is not one of Pratchett's best(still good though). The events in it follow those in "Mort" and "Reaper Man" and precede those in "Hogfather." You do not need to read those to enjoy this one though, the story stands up quite well on it's own.

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