Elizabeth A. Wiley

Counting the days until book 3

Revisado: 09-29-23

This is one of the best modern fantasy series out there! Incredible worldbuilding with compelling lore and multidimensional characters.

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Great narrator, great story

Revisado: 12-11-22

I disagree with the top review on this page. I think the narrator was a great choice and did an excellent job. He is not monotonous, but instead allows the story to take center stage instead of trying to take the spotlight, as many narrators are wont to do. Just because the protagonist is female does not mean the narrator must be, and vice versa. I love this story and this narrator!

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funny at first, then racist and transphobic

Revisado: 09-27-22

it’s 2022… we don’t need “jokes” like this. Making fun of indigenous cultures in an insanely racist way, and using “transvestite” and referring to a trans woman as “he”, not a good look. embarrassing.

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Love this perspective on history!

Revisado: 10-13-21

Simply amazing!! A wonderful glimpse into the world of the Moghul Empire through the eyes of an intelligent young woman

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Amazing until the last third

Revisado: 10-02-21

Why does the point of view shift to the English ambassador Rowe? if I wanted to read a book about English dosdain for other cultures, I would have read any other book. The reason why I loved the last book and this one was because it is a new perspective for me to read about, and so when we begin to see India through the Englishman‘s eyes, it’s just like every single other book that is written from a white man’s perspective. I don’t care about Rowe. I don’t care how much the English people hate India. I don’t care. I’m reading this book to learn about an amazingly powerful female Empress of Mogul India. I am not reading to learn about yet another white man.

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Kind of a fun plot

Revisado: 07-15-21

The plot is fine, a cozy murder mystery like the others in Gaspard’s magician series, but this one feels like it didn’t get the same level of editing scrutiny that the other books did. The characters are two dimensional, and the overall writing is poor.

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Good book, questionable production

Revisado: 04-22-21

I love the Ender series, but there is a lot of questionable - at best - choices at play here. The fake Chinese accents are offensive and racist, though I don’t find fault in the individual narrators but rather the production company. I loved the Hive queen and Human’s voices.

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excellent concept and brilliantly executed

Revisado: 03-09-21

This book is a total page turner!!! I loved every minute of it. Will read more Turton!

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dated and racist

Revisado: 02-13-21

I have loved the other Laurie R King books, and have been excited to get to her more recent books in hopes that some of the clearly dated aspects of her stories would catch up with the times. This one, unfortunately, I will not be completing. The language is racist, the way the reader is introduced to non-white characters is, frankly, appalling. I know it is historical fiction, however, there are many ways to do accurate portrayals of historic time periods without recreating the harmful racists language of the past. Nope, gonna pass.

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Good start, lull in the middle, good finish

Revisado: 09-30-20

I think that overall, this is a well-written story line! However, there are times when it feels like the reader is being led a little to directly to the next clue/hint/etc. , and it can get a bit repetitive. The ending was great! My heart is still racing

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