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Great Story!

Revisado: 08-21-22

One of my favorite Orson Scott Card books. A nice, stand alone novel with a beautiful princess, an evil witch, and an unlikely hero. A truly great story wonderfully performed!

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Great Story - Lackluster Reader

Revisado: 07-07-20

I was really surprised and pleased when I learned there was a new "Hunger Games" novel out. I immediately bought the book and also bought the audiobook. I was a bit worried by some of the negative reviews for the reader because a poor reader can make or break the enjoyment of an audiobook. But I decided to give it a try and I am glad I did.

While the reader is only adequate - rather slow and dry in his delivery, especially when reciting song lyrics - he isn't terrible. He does at least make some effort to vary the voices of different characters. As some other reviewers have noted, increasing the playback speed helps. I found a speed of 1.2x worked well for me.

The story gives us some insight into Snow's early life and how his selfish nature eventually destroys any spark of decency, morality, or even love he may have once possessed. A little depressing, but we already knew were he would end up given the other books - this explains how he got there. All in all, a really good story and satisfying prequel.

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Great book but the new reader is not my favorite.

Revisado: 01-29-20

Story still is great, but it's a new reader and hearing the characters I've gotten used to over the last 3 books with a different voice is really strange and off-putting. I wish they would release a version of this book by Donald Coran, I would buy it again to get him as the reader.

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One of Duncan's Best

Revisado: 11-13-19

I was so happy to finally see "Gilded Chain" available as an audiobook! My family loves Dave Duncan's books. When my kids were younger I would read the Rap and Inos series to them. Those, the "Seventh Sword" series and the "Blade" books are Duncan's best. This first book in the "Blade" series is fantastic, though the reader's accent is a bit distracting. I look forward to seeing the rest of the "Blade" books on Audible in the future.

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interesting concept, shitty exicution

Revisado: 01-29-16

I personally thought the narrrator was fine, she sounds smug and bratty like a teen girl a lot of the time but that is the main charecter so it's fitting. the main problem I had was the inconsistency with the characters. the main girl is supposed to be this crazy assassin who has been trained from childhood and is this badass murderer. and yet multiple times throughout the story when dead bodies are discovered she is sickened and ready to vomit. really??? acording to her backstory she supposedly had done worse to people by the age of 14. and really that's the only problem, the main charecter cannot descide between badass assassin and 16 year old air head.

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great all around

Revisado: 04-26-15

this is a great book. a wonderful re-imagining on classic tales. the reading is excellent, great variation in characters and tone. you know who is talking even before he reads the name.

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Great story - Not so great reader...

Revisado: 07-31-12

I love the "Song of Ice and Fire" series by George R. R. Martin. It is a well written and complex adventure with a wealth of different characters as well as several twists and turns in the plot. It is a real shame that they did not get someone better to read the books.

The voices Roy Dotrice gives to various characters detracts from the story and makes some of it difficult to understand. I particularly dislike the slobbering, slurred voice Dotrice uses for Lord Varys and the snotty, snobbish voice he uses for Little Finger. Dotrice also is not very consistent in which voice he uses for a character. At one point, Ser Barristan Selmy sounds like a strong and capable knight, but later - Dotrice makes him sound like a doddering, old fool.

It would have been much better if Roy Dotrice had simply read the text without trying to use different voices for the different characters.

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