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Storm of the Dead
- Forgotten Realms: The Lady Penitent, Book 2
- De: Lisa Smedman
- Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg
- Duración: 12 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 106
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 97
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 97
Drow god vs. Drow god! When Lolth and Eilistraee, two drow goddesses, compete for control of the dark elves of Faern, more than just the drow are caught in the middle. Though the drow will survive their game, what's at stake is the very nature of what it means to be a dark elf.
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4 out of 5 stars
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I liked the whole story, and especially how it comes together at the end.
- De NightCat en 12-31-24
- Storm of the Dead
- Forgotten Realms: The Lady Penitent, Book 2
- De: Lisa Smedman
- Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg
A mixed review, good book with bad narration
Revisado: 08-09-24
Storywise this initially felt like a typical second entry to a forgotten realms saga dealing with self-contained characters, so as someone very interested in Drow lore, I didn't have very high hopes, especially considering this saga is a direct continuation to "war of the spider queen" Which dealt very heavily with Lolth and the Drow pantheon. Luckily I was very wrong, it's still doesn't dive in as deeply as that previous saga, but there is a genuinely good amount of exposition near the end of the book that made it a very worthwhile listen.
The characters in this entire saga are unfortunately quite a bit weaker than those in "war of the spider queen", even though it reprises a few secondary characters from that book series. The main standout for me was Q'arlynd, who was the surprise MVP in the last book too.
My biggest complaint remains the same from the last book, the narration in this saga is some of the worst I've ever listened to from Audible, and it's all low-hanging fruit. I absolutely love when audiobooks have both a make and female narrator, and appreciate when they go through the effort to learn the proper pronunciation of terms and names unique to dungeons and dragons, and forgotten realms as a whole, however I understand multiple narrators is expensive and not everyone is going to go through that extra effort to help our immersion. The issues I have with the narration start with the poor audio quality, it did seem to improve from the last book, though I may just be getting used to the echo, this definitely doesn't sound like someone using a proper set up to record audio, it sounds more like they were talking in a small room. As for the narrator herself, I really don't understand how she can properly pronounce words in one sentence, then mispronounce the same semi-common word later in the same chapter. I would normally say the recording could have benefitted from quality control of any sort, but even the narrator has to have known that she just said a word differently than how she said it earlier in the story. The end result is inconsistent and comes off as feeling rushed, with literally 0 room for retakes. Her tone and cadence seem to be improving, so I'm even more confused how she could sound so confident when mispronouncing terms left and right. Again, this seems to be improved from the last book, but it was still very noticeable to me. The book was certainly a side-story, but this weak narration compounded that feeling, making it a harder listen than it should have been.
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Sacrifice of the Widow
- Forgotten Realms: The Lady Penitent, Book 1
- De: Lisa Smedman
- Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg
- Duración: 12 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General3.5 out of 5 stars 168
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Narración:3 out of 5 stars 156
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 157
Goddesses vie for the soul of people... Halisstra Melarn, convert to the cause of the goddess Eilistraee, was sent to the deepest depths of the Outer Planes to kill the demon goddess she once worshiped, but instead was transformed into a hideous creature bent to the vengeful will of her former mistress.For the Queen of the Demonweb Pits not only survived her Silence but evolved into something greater than she was before - something that no longer needs to share the domain she calls her own.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great continuation of War of the Spider Queen
- De Thomas Eubank en 05-13-14
- Sacrifice of the Widow
- Forgotten Realms: The Lady Penitent, Book 1
- De: Lisa Smedman
- Narrado por: Dara Rosenberg
Poor audio and narration
Revisado: 03-20-24
I purchased this title hoping for similar quality to the other forgotten realms books I own on audible, I have all of the 40+ drizzt books, the clerics quintet, several one off stories like the stone of Tymora Or the tablets of fate, and the war of the spider queen saga that this is a continuation of. I was sad to find out that not only was the narrator's pronunciation and cadence/inflection questionable at times, but the audio quality itself is very poor. This clearly was not recorded in any kind of sound booth, there is a constant echo at all times.
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