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J. A. S. Sewell

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Scintillating, brilliant story with excellent narration

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-16-25

I’m left wanting more! An unusual tale with a first person narrator delightfully lacking in self-awareness. The setting and world building evokes renaissance Italy, which is pleasantly different from the usual fantasy. The intrigues in the story are gripping and many are unfulfilled (in the best possible way). I hope there’s a book 2 on the way!

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Fantasy trying to masquerade as science

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2 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-21-24

Initially I thought this was a piece of historical fiction in the vein of Jules Verne, but soon realised the author is genuinely taking himself seriously. That was amusing for a while, but after he started heading down a numerology path it became tedious.

It’s also rather racist at times, given one of his main premises is that “primitive jungle Indians” (ie the Mayan civilisation) couldn’t possibly have a detailed understanding of the heavens and amazing architecture, and therefore must have had the help and guidance of a race of white people, of whom there is no archaeological evidence.

I think it would be worth the author reading the Wikipedia article about “confirmation bias”. It might open his mind… but then again some people already have minds so open their brains have fallen out.

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A welcome return of Tim Gerard Reynolds

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-16-23

Possibly my favourite book of the series so far. TGR does a much better job of narrating all the different characters than the varied narrators of the last two books. I’m looking forward to Red God!

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This is a great continuation of the saga, somewhat let down by an odd choice of narrators

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4 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-26-23

Darrow’s narrator repeatedly calls Sevro “servo”, Lira’s narrator mangles accents and is quite grating, Ephron’s narrator inexplicably gives random characters a periodic Scandinavian accent (Volga is intentional, others intermittent), and Lysander’s narrator rushes through the part like the rent is due and he won’t be paid until he finishes.

The underlying story is great, I just wish there was more attention paid to the recording/performances.

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Keep going until the end, even if it seems like you shouldn’t

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 11-19-23

Full of surprises, twists, and fun characters. Have to love an unreliable narrator! Brown always keeps it interesting

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Expected better; a plot full of holes and choppy narration

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2 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 12-03-22

I listened to the whole book but couldn’t wait for it to be over.

There’s an issue with the narration, where the narrator has mispronounced things and they’ve patched in another take to fix them, but not matched the microphone/recording so words here and there stick out like a sore thumb.

Then there’s the book itself. It’s very virtue-signally and preachy, with one-dimensional characters and a plot so full of holes it could be used as a jacket for a millipede. I was really looking forward to this book, and was really surprised by how poorly it was constructed.

I recommend saving the credit and using it on something better.

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One of the best audiobooks I’ve experienced

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 01-02-22

Neil Gaiman brings his own book to life with his unique gentle narration. I’ll be listening to this again in the next couple of years.

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A bit of a disappointment after the first two books

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3 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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2 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 04-14-21

The other 3 books in the mithermages series are some of Scott Cards’s best works. This book, however, felt like a mad dash to elucidate the underlying philosophy and metaphysics of the world of the mithermages. The story itself suffered. The other books presented an interesting underlying concept in the form of a page-turning narrative, whereas this felt more like reading Ayn Rand. Superficially, there was a narrative, but chapter after chapter were just dialogue explaining concepts. Verisimilitude was also sacrificed in the name of continuing explanations; the story moves to 2 new characters who continue essentially the same conversation, despite the fact that there is no way that one party could have known enough to hold the conversation.

All in all, this was a disappointing end to the trilogy, but if you’ve listened to the first two then it’s likely you’ll want to listen to this anyway to complete the story.

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A play about a terrible melodramatic script is terrible and melodramatic

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2 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 07-22-19

The actors rendered this awful script well, but good acting can’t compensate for poor writing.

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Another fantastic book from a wonderful author and a great narrator

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Revisado: 06-09-19

John Lee does a brilliant job of bringing this mindbending but believable story to life. China Mieville consistently delivers intriguing concepts with heartily enjoyable stories to illustrate them, and this is no different. You won’t regret listening!

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