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excellent!

Revisado: 06-22-23

The story is very entertaining, the dialog is especially outstanding. Excellent narrator who nails the voice of every character. Reminiscent of both Oscar Wilde's plays and Shakespeare's comedies. Thoroughly entertained!

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Had to speed it up to finish

Revisado: 09-18-22

Had some real difficulties finishing this book. I loved Babel, but it is clear this is an earlier book and the author has grown a lot since she wrote it. It is a demonstration of lack of “show don’t tell”, the characters are not likeable and the magic system is unimaginative and boring. The few times I was drawn into it was where there were clear similarities and inspiration from real history.

The narrator is slow and over dramatic.

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Loved it!

Revisado: 09-03-22

Might be the best book I have read all year!

If you like books like Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell, A Declaration of the Rights of Magicians or Fray, then this is the book for you. Even The Name if the Wind, for the university atmosphere.

Such a good magic system and such a great and valuable story!

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Didn’t like the new narrator

Revisado: 07-10-22

This isn’t the strongest discworld book, perhaps not so surprising given that it is the first. The narrator brings it down, as many of the new narrators do. I preferred the old one, as they maintain the humour of the book, perhaps simply by being quite matter of fact about it. The new narrators are just too dramatic, and slow.

Thinking I might buy the old ones I don’t already have before audible makes them unavailable for purchase. I was holding of on it because I had high hopes for the re-recording

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The narrator

Revisado: 05-23-22

The narrator is way too breathy and over dramatic for my taste. She mispronounces a lot of words, I wish she would have at least googled the once not in English. The book is very disorganised as well, though there is some interesting information

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Best I have read in a while

Revisado: 05-13-22

I read a lot of fantasy and struggle to find new good books. Loved the fantasy elements and the political intrigue. The characters are great.
The reader pretty good once you get used to him.
The only draw back is that I found the attraction the main character had for girls much younger than him creepy, and that made me dislike him quite a bit and not root for the romantic storyline. But as it is not a large part of the plot I was able to ignore it.

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Maybe the best

Revisado: 01-10-22

This just might be the best romance novel I have listened to. The characters are realistic and fun. The narrators are brilliant. Just loved it. The ending might be a little cringe, but after such a lovely slow burn I didn’t mind it.

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Pulling teeth

Revisado: 01-09-22

The dialogue is painful and stilted. Way too much description of eye colour. The author makes thing way more complicated than it needs too be. And I feel like she thinks the reader is stupid with how many times she repeats simple information.
Not halfway through yet, but I doubt I will finish it. It just hurts my brain to listen to it.

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YA

Revisado: 11-30-21

This book should have been marked as Young Adult, because it is. Not a fan of YA and wouldn’t have bought it if I had realised, and would then not have been disappointed by it.
The narrator is annoying as well. Ends pretty much every sentence as a question.

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The other narrator

Revisado: 08-07-21

I like the other narrator better. This is a good book, but compared to the others in the series so far, it does not hold up

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