Erik DeBill
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The Way into Magic
- The Great Way, Book 2
- De: Harry Connolly
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
- Duración: 9 h y 26 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 373
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 337
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 335
Having lost the prince to the madness of The Blessing, Tejohn and Cazia are the only people who know of his plan to retrieve a secret spell that might - just might - turn the tide of battle against the grunts. But Tejohn's body is broken, and Cazia has been stripped of her magic. Worse, both are being held captive: Tejohn faces charges of treason in the lands where he was born. On the other side of the continent, Cazia is a prisoner of the Tilkilit queen, a creature with a desperate, deadly plan.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great reading, great plot, great characters!
- De patrisi en 09-14-16
- The Way into Magic
- The Great Way, Book 2
- De: Harry Connolly
- Narrado por: Michael Kramer
Worth retreading
Revisado: 12-04-16
I read this in ebook format originally, but I couldn't resist spending some credits to get the audiobooks for a reread and I haven't been disappointed. The story is original, the characters believable, and the narration rock solid in the face of fantasy names.
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Steles of the Sky
- Eternal Sky, Book 3
- De: Elizabeth Bear
- Narrado por: Celeste Ciulla
- Duración: 19 h y 40 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 31
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 27
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 26
Re Temur, legitimate heir to his grandfather’s Khaganate, has finally raised his banner and declared himself at war with his usurping uncle. With his companions - the Wizard Samarkar, the Cho-tse Hrahima, and the silent monk Brother Hsiung - he must make his way to Dragon Lake to gather in his army of followers. But Temur’s enemies are not idle; the leader of the Nameless Assassins, who has shattered the peace of the Steppe, has struck at Temur’s uncle already. To the south, in the Rasan empire, plague rages.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, poor reading
- De Erik DeBill en 04-15-14
- Steles of the Sky
- Eternal Sky, Book 3
- De: Elizabeth Bear
- Narrado por: Celeste Ciulla
Good story, poor reading
Revisado: 04-15-14
Would you listen to Steles of the Sky again? Why?
No, because the performance wasn't great and I already know how the book ends. I've got lots of other books I can re-listen to.
What did you like best about this story?
I liked the scope. I liked the characters. They had the sort of purity of purpose and iconic qualities that you expect from epic fantasy, but were still rounded and well-built.
What didn’t you like about Celeste Ciulla’s performance?
She would inexplicably pause in the middle of sentences and phrases. It was as though she was reading just a few words at a time, speaking them, then going back for the next handful of words.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
I think I chuckled at a couple points. I'm not prone to crying at books, so that's actually doing pretty good on my personal scale.
Any additional comments?
I used whispersync and swapped back and forth between reading and listening, sometimes several times a day. As a mono-lingual English speaker, most of the character names in this series were really unfamiliar. The audiobook helped a lot with getting it where I could picture the pronunciation in my head as I read. However, that also meant there were times when I had to go back to the book and figure out just who a character was because I would never have guessed a particular pronunciation.
That made for a really cool/interesting/different experience.
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