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A wonderful book and a truly exceptional reader

Revisado: 10-31-24

Wonderful world building and characters and such a pleasure to listen to for the beauty of Clarke’s language and the amazing virtuosity of Simon Prebble’s reading—what a delight to listen to his many voices, especially that of The Gentleman with the Thistledown Hair.

Like many long fantasy novels, this one suffers from a bit of bloat in the middle, but it’s worth a bit of wading to get to the end—and I’m so glad that there are now more stories from this world! Heading to those next.

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An excellent sequel

Revisado: 09-06-22

I didn’t absolutely love The Miniaturist, but I liked it enough to want to see what the author did next. At first I thought I was going to be disappointed; the beginning didn’t grab me, in part because so much time is spent in long, thinky passages about the interior lives of the characters at the expense of action. But then it hit its stride and hooked me, and I stayed hooked even through a very extended ending. It seems clear that there will be a third installment in the story and I look forward to reading it.

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A bit hacky

Revisado: 07-05-22

Like others, I’d listen to the next book in the series if it were free but am not willing to pay for it. I had the same problems a number of other commenters have had: a rather simple plot, glaringly anachronistic language, and lots of repetitive statements—the main character’s constant lamenting on the misogyny of her society, which suggested that the author didn’t trust readers to pick up on it without that guidance, and also her constant grateful musing on her good fortune in having as much as she did compared to most people, which also checked the anachronism box. Trimming all of this might help to pick up the pace.

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Great story, slightly weird reading style

Revisado: 07-01-22

The reader’s style was different than the writer’s I thought—rather a cute style, suggesting a cute, rather simple story. Much cozier than the story itself, which I’d say sits toward the edge of the cozy zone.

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Reader is getting carried away

Revisado: 02-03-22

This might be a good story and I was just unable to tell because I was so distracted by the hyper delivery of the reader. I couldn’t take it and had to bail.

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Can’t stand the reading style

Revisado: 01-27-22

I’ve only made it through the epilogue and the first little bit of Chapter One and I’m giving up; as the previous reviewer said, the narration is unbearable. I feel like I’m being shouted at.

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