Katharine (ventureadlaxre)

No Meat!?

Revisado: 07-31-15

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

With friends we always discuss what kind of book they are looking for, so if this fit the parameters, then sure. A few friends are often looking for a light scifi/fantasy blend!

Would you recommend Threshold to your friends? Why or why not?

With friends we always discuss what kind of book they are looking for, so if this fit the parameters, then sure. A few friends are often looking for a light scifi/fantasy blend!

Would you listen to another book narrated by Steven Barnett?

Possibly!

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not particularly, though I think I'm conditioned to podcast style listening bursts. Half an hour at a time was decent.

Any additional comments?

This was an interesting tale of how Amanda crashes on some appalling planet alone – no shipmates able to survive the ordeal, leaving Amanda helpless to the whims of Prince Paxton. Coming from a time and place where Amanda’s skills and intelligence were recognised for what they are, she’s now in a place where women have no say. She eventually has to come to terms with the fact that Prince Paxton is her best chance of getting some kind of freedom, though with this comes the fact she is only of interest to him for her body and for breeding purposes – not for her intelligence.

This book is soft science fiction, with much more of a fantasy edge, especially during the parts where Amanda is marooned on the planet. Though she came there on a space ship she’s then trapped on a planet where they have zero technology, eat very basic natural foods (though no meat!), and have limited medical abilities.
Told in two parts this book opens with Amanda talking to her young son, entrancing him with The Story – one that he sees as a bedtime story, but is actually the story of how she came to be on that planet.

You really get the depth of how unfair this is for Amanda, who was a medical technician and was far more used to women having rights – this also brings to light just how close we are from a time when this insulting view of women was common place.

This is the first piece of work from Lorraine Bartlett that I’ve come across, as well as that of the narrator, for I listened to the audio version.

Thank you to Steven (narrator) for my review copy.

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