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The Priory of the Orange Tree
- De: Samantha Shannon
- Narrado por: Liyah Summers
- Duración: 25 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 6,473
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 5,795
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 5,780
The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years. Still unwed, Queen Sabran the Ninth must conceive a daughter to protect her realm from destruction - but assassins are getting closer to her door. Ead Duryan is an outsider at court. Though she has risen to the position of lady-in-waiting, she is loyal to a hidden society of mages. Ead keeps a watchful eye on Sabran, secretly protecting her with forbidden magic.
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5 out of 5 stars
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In a word, WOW
- De Kevin Potter en 03-09-19
- The Priory of the Orange Tree
- De: Samantha Shannon
- Narrado por: Liyah Summers
I just couldn't finish it
Revisado: 01-13-22
I wanted to like this, but 15 hours into this 25 hour audiobook, I decided to throw in the towel and quit forcing my way through it just to finish. Nothing about the story grabbed me. I felt no emotional investment in the characters, and the narrator, while not the worst, was amateurish. It's a shame because there's the bones a of good novel here, but it was missing something.
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Daughter of the Forest
- Sevenwaters, Book 1
- De: Juliet Marillier
- Narrado por: Terry Donnelly
- Duración: 26 h y 45 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,310
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,088
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 2,082
Lovely Sorcha is the seventh child and only daughter of Lord Colum of Sevenwaters. Bereft of a mother, she is comforted by her six brothers who love and protect her. Sorcha is the light in their lives and they are determined that she know only contentment. But Sorcha's joy is shattered when her father is bewitched by his new wife, an evil enchantress who binds her brothers with a terrible spell, a spell which only Sorcha can lift - by staying silent.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Compelling story--but only at 1.5x
- De barefoot rabbit en 09-09-13
- Daughter of the Forest
- Sevenwaters, Book 1
- De: Juliet Marillier
- Narrado por: Terry Donnelly
Just beautiful
Revisado: 01-13-22
I just loved this book. Normally I listen to books when I'm alone and put it away when my partner is home so as to be present and to focus on our time together, but this book I just couldn't turn off. I was like, "Stop talking to me, it's an important part in the story." A rare occurrence for me. Lol.
The narrator is perfectly suited to the story. She handled both the male and female voices well and a whole host of characters with a handful of accents with deftness.
Another reviewer stated that the rape scene has nothing to do with the rest of the story. I completely disagree. (But yes, there is a rape scene that is fairly brutal. Definitely steer clear if you sense that that will be triggering for you). The rape completely changes the trajectory of the character--Where she goes, how she makes decisions and how she responds to people around her. That is not to say that it s soley used to develop the character. From the beginning she is a dynamic and evolving character. Both before and after the rape, she is taking in the world around her and coming to grips with what she finds. It's a coming of age story. She is coming of age in a world where an unprotect female is likely to encounter brutality and she does. Many women today still face the reality of sexual assault and it changes them. Had the character been pretty flat before the rape scene, I might have agreed with the assessment that it was just a contrivance to force development of her character, but that is not the case.
I also disagree with the statement that the happy ending is abrupt. There's nothing abrupt about it. Quite the opposite! It's a very slow build up with several instances where the reader must hold out yet again for the desired outcome. And when it does come, not everything is tied neatly in a bow. Yes, the protagonist gets a happy ending, but she still must accept that all around her is still changing, that it will never remain the same or be what it was. She wins a great deal, but her losses are equally felt.
After finishing this book, I texted several friends to tell them they must read this, something else I don't do very often. I understand avoiding this book if you're concerned that the rape scene will be too trigging. Otherwise, get it. It's a beautiful tale (That's not intended to be strictly historical, btw.)
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The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
- De: K. S. Villoso
- Narrado por: Catherine Ho
- Duración: 14 h
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General4 out of 5 stars 179
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 157
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 158
Born under the crumbling towers of her kingdom, Queen Talyien was the shining jewel and legacy of the bloody War of the Wolves. It nearly tore her nation apart. But her arranged marriage to the son of a rival clan heralds peace. However, he suddenly disappears before their reign can begin, and the kingdom is fractured beyond repair.
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2 out of 5 stars
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The First Female Character Who Murders and Is Queen But Is Never Strong
- De Abel en 11-01-20
- The Wolf of Oren-Yaro
- De: K. S. Villoso
- Narrado por: Catherine Ho
This book was a mess
Revisado: 10-17-21
The author seems to think that dramatic events and sarcastic and dramatic dialog alone makes a book interesting. The thing is the majority of the time characters did and said things that just didn't make sense and events happened at random. It was clear that the author was just stringing together dramatic scenes and that every character choice, every line of dialog and every bit of prose served only the purpose of creating dramatic, but mostly empty, scenes. Drama is wonderful in storytelling, but it has to be underpinned with a solid foundation of continuity, plot development, character development. I felt like the author's choices were constantly on display. In good writing, you forget about the author. You feel that the characters do and say things because that's who they are. I don't think Villoso developed her plot and characters enough before sending this to print.
I am not as picky as most about narrators, but this narrator really annoyed me. She's not good with male voices and she gave nearly all minor characters the same weird, shrill voice. Like everyone who is not an important character speaks with a really annoying whiney chirp. Even her intonation of the protagonist was off, but in fairness she didn't have the best dialog to work with.
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Ignite the Sun
- De: Hanna Howard
- Narrado por: McKenzie Fetters
- Duración: 8 h y 27 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 24
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
Sixteen-year-old Siria Nightingale has never seen the sun. That’s because Queen Iyzabel shrouded the kingdom in shadow upon her ascent to the throne, with claims it would protect her subjects from the dangerous Light. The Darkness has always left Siria uneasy, and part of her still longs for the stories of the Light-filled days she once listened to alongside her best friend, Linden, told in secret by Linden’s grandfather. But Siria’s need to please her strict and demanding parents means embracing the dark and heading to the royal city.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Dig Deep for the Allegories
- De NAJDG en 08-28-20
- Ignite the Sun
- De: Hanna Howard
- Narrado por: McKenzie Fetters
Story lacks development; amateur narrator
Revisado: 07-24-21
The plot and characters were underdeveloped. This felt like an early draft plotting out the story and character arcs before the kind of revisions that add depth and nuance were made. The writer relied on short hand and clichéd conventions to indicate that the reader is supposed to care about this or that character or is meant to feel the significance of an event without actually putting in the work to make us care about the characters or make the event significant. Most of the story and character decisions lacked depth or impact beyond the page/scene they were written in.
The narrator wasn't much better. She sounds like your average elementary school teacher at reading hour. Scenes that should have been exciting fell flat thanks to the reader's too gentle and soft voice. Every time she attempted a male character's voice, I cringed inwardly. The best narrators in my opinion handle opposite gender characters by using a tone and cadence suggestive of a man/woman rather than dropping or raising their voice past their natural register.
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