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Poor narration of a great story

Revisado: 12-13-23

This book is beautiful and riveting. It is poorly read. I learned to tolerate the reader, but never enjoyed him. His pronunciation of names is so far from how they are spelled that it takes you out of the story. Just awful.

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Really not good, unfortunately

Revisado: 06-16-23

This book is only mildly interesting, and it isn't really about the pandemic response at all. It is about people who did some pandemic planning 15+ years before the pandemic. That's fine, but it's not really what the jacket blurb claims. also, it is extremely poorly read. Pretty much un-listenable.

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A satisfying end to the Realm of the Elderlings

Revisado: 09-22-22

The narration is still awful. But if you've made it this far, you're probably used to it.

The story is much more interesting than most of Fool's Assassin or Fool's Quest. I loved Liveship Traders, so I really enjoy re-visiting those characters, and wish they showed up sooner in this trilogy.

There is interesting plot, good pacing, and a satisfying ending to an epic fantasy series (which is certainly not a given). And because the plot climax is not the emotional climax, for once, Hobb has written some falling action!

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Absolutely Terrible Narration

Revisado: 09-14-22

The story is okay. Better than book 1 of this trilogy. Classic Hobb, the climax is in the last chapter with no falling action at all. This book doesn't even pretend to finish a story. It ends on 2 cliffhangers. But the real problem is the narration. It is so, so bad. I had thought that the Liveship Traders was poorly narrated. But this makes Liveship seem excellent by comparison. The interpretation of the characters doesn't fit with the previous trilogies, and the voices are annoying, breathy, and indistinct. Just awful.

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Interesting and too short

Revisado: 05-03-22

An interesting book. I wish it had more depth, and thus was longer. It feels more like a very long article in the Sunday paper than a full book. Still quite enjoyable. I was not a huge fan of the ending but I suspect I am in the minority.

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Average at best

Revisado: 03-25-22

This story starts off strong, then takes a turn and bogs down in its second act, and veers off course entirely in the 3rd act. It has some engaging moments, and I finished it in a matter of days, but it really wasn't impressive. I found it less and less believable the more I listened. It has large plot holes. It also has a predictable feel to it, but my predictions were also consistently wrong, so either I'm a bad reader, or the foreshadowing is poorly executed.

The narrator does a fine job. He does a serviceable version of accents from all over the world and the few characters all have a unique voice.

If you enjoy Andy Weir and need to be entertained for a road trip or something similar, this is fine. Otherwise I would skip it.

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Engaging story. Narrator will grow on you.

Revisado: 02-05-22

The story is long, expansive, and mostly very engaging. I've "read" it three times now because it is great to listen to in the car or while doing chores around the house. The last third of the book feels a bit like a coda, but is still entertaining and I am always happy to keep following the characters. The last hour, however, is superfluous and really adds nothing to the story. I highly recommend this book.

Like many narrators, I find John Lee difficult to listen to for the first half hour, but after that I grow accustomed to him, and his varying voices and characters are excellent.

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Not as epic in scope or length as Pillars or World

Revisado: 01-06-22

Not as epic as his first two Kingsbridge novels, and yes, fairly predictable, but still an enjoyable and entertaining read. The characters and their motivations are not strongly developed, instead relying on Follett's established archetypes, but the story stands quite well despite this.

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Alright

Revisado: 10-04-21

Certainly not my favorite le Carre work, but entertaining enough. It's much more broad than his best works, and I think it suffers for it. nonetheless, its entertaining enough for a long car ride and is well read. I thought the motivations of some characters were pretty thin by the finale, but perhaps I would have felt differently if I were a brit living in the 1970s.

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Above average performance, but not Christie's best

Revisado: 09-14-21

I found this less captivating than several other Christie works, but it was entertaining enough, and reasonably well read as well.

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