Rob Frazier

Editors?

Revisado: 05-27-23

As horrible as it is for the narrator to pronounce the fantasy names that have been well established by the many books of the series... I'm a bit numb to that now... but this one mispronounced common English words while reading. some of that blame goes to the narrator but also it falls on the lack of editing! no one listed to this before it was released to the public.

bad business practices I would say... how cheap and disappointing.

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Books in a series...

Revisado: 03-15-22

The story is fantastic... but this is book 11ish in the series. The narrator came up with his own pronunciations instead of listening to book one and keeping the continuity.

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Research

Revisado: 04-16-19

This is book 12 and last in the series. It is understandable that there is a female voice recounting this tale as it is to have been written by the Sorceress herself. As much as I love the story and as much as I was able to fly through the other 11 books, this one actually angers me a bit. Not from the story but from the telling of such.
The biggest issue is the inconsistency in the pronunciation of many of the names of both people and places. Written fantasy is always up to the individual to pronounce it in our minds and we all alter it to suit ourselves. However, it is blatantly apparent that the reader of this book had not bothered to listen to any of the previous books. Book 10... to a great extent covers the same topics and same names. And there is no way to be this inconsistent had this happened. The reader did a good job other than this mispronunciation repeatedly. And by no means to I feel that Dina Pearlman should not be reading books and I would happily listen to her reading anything else again. No the blame on this lies only with the editors/producers that decided to make this book and didn't check to ensure that some semblance of consistency was in place.
I should also point out that this appears to be an Audible Exclusive where the company itself opted to pay for an Audio version to complete this series. And I, for one, do appreciate that this was done. And I hope for more. My only ask is that before having the reading recorded any other performances be monitored for consistency.

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Research

Revisado: 04-16-19

This is book 12 and last in the series. It is understandable that there is a female voice recounting this tale as it is to have been written by the Sorceress herself. As much as I love the story and as much as I was able to fly through the other 11 books, this one actually angers me a bit. Not from the story but from the telling of such.
The biggest issue is the inconsistency in the pronunciation of many of the names of both people and places. Written fantasy is always up to the individual to pronounce it in our minds and we all alter it to suit ourselves. However, it is blatantly apparent that the reader of this book had not bothered to listen to any of the previous books. Book 10... to a great extent covers the same topics and same names. And there is no way to be this inconsistent had this happened. The reader did a good job other than this mispronunciation repeatedly. And by no means to I feel that Dina Pearlman should not be reading books and I would happily listen to her reading anything else again. No the blame on this lies only with the editors/producers that decided to make this book and didn't check to ensure that some semblance of consistency was in place.
I should also point out that this appears to be an Audible Exclusive where the company itself opted to pay for an Audio version to complete this series. And I, for one, do appreciate that this was done. And I hope for more. My only ask is that before having the reading recorded any other performances be monitored for consistency.

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A day in the life..

Revisado: 08-06-18

An enjoyable little read. Gives a brief insight to the life of a starting "star" with little direction just as that life was lived. Clear goals and not a clear path. Which shows the reader just how "unalone" they are in the troubles that they will encounter.

In some cases a complete tear jerker... in other instances laughing out loud.

Lindsey... I am sure you don't read these... Thank you for sharing your story so far. I for one am proud of you and what you have done. I look forward to your ten-year revision of the book which adds more chapters.

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