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Great story but mweh narration

Reviewed: 10-27-20

I'm revisiting A. Christie as I loved her books when I was in my teens.

They still are great reads. Unfortunately narration of this one almost made me stop listening.

The narrator did admittedly did a good job on the men's voices but his interpretation of the female voices was - to me - off-putting. I almost returned this book because of it.

Trust AC to have written a story so engaging that I was determined to get to the end and find out who the villain was. (First time ever in reading an AC novel I got it right 😊)

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A gripping tale nonetheless

Reviewed: 02-22-17

In quick succession I listened to the 4 books in the Inheritance Cycle, which should tell you something about the quality of both the story and the narration. Both are excellent!!

The story is gripping, lots is happening and our curiosity to find out what happens next is always tickled. Getting further into the series I did find myself skipping over more parts as Paolini somehow gets into the habit of describing more than is necessary instead of moving the story along.

As for the critics who have alluded to the fact that - to put it mildly - Paolini has been inspired by either or both “The Lord of The Rings” and “The Wheel of Time”, they are right.

At times it almost seems he's plagiarising liberally both of those series. With elves, dwarves, humans, magic, talking trees, and much, much more I often had the feeling I was revisiting either LoTR, WoT or both.

Still, I remember having similar feelings while reading WoT - I often found myself thinking R.R. Jordan looked a bit too closely at what Tolkien had done with LoTR. It nonetheless didn't diminish my pleasure in reading WoT.

So ... If you've got a love of reading adventure and fantasy as well as listening to a great voice, don't let the accusations of plagiarism stop you from enjoying a great story line!

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A gripping tale nonetheless

Reviewed: 02-22-17

In quick succession I listened to the 4 books in the Inheritance Cycle, which should tell you something about the quality of both the story and the narration. Both are excellent!!

The story is gripping, lots is happening and our curiosity to find out what happens next is always tickled. Getting further into the series I did find myself skipping over more parts as Paolini somehow gets into the habit of describing more than is necessary instead of moving the story along.

As for the critics who have alluded to the fact that - to put it mildly - Paolini has been inspired by either or both “The Lord of The Rings” and “The Wheel of Time”, they are right.

At times it almost seems he's plagiarising liberally both of those series. With elves, dwarves, humans, magic, talking trees, and much, much more I often had the feeling I was revisiting either LoTR, WoT or both.

Still, I remember having similar feelings while reading WoT - I often found myself thinking R.R. Jordan looked a bit too closely at what Tolkien had done with LoTR. It nonetheless didn't diminish my pleasure in reading WoT.

So ... If you've got a love of reading adventure and fantasy as well as listening to a great voice, don't let the accusations of plagiarism stop you from enjoying a great story line!

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A gripping tale nonetheless

Reviewed: 02-22-17

In quick succession I listened to the 4 books in the Inheritance Cycle, which should tell you something about the quality of both the story and the narration. Both are excellent!!

The story is gripping, lots is happening and our curiosity to find out what happens next is always tickled. Getting further into the series I did find myself skipping over more parts as Paolini somehow gets into the habit of describing more than is necessary instead of moving the story along.

As for the critics who have alluded to the fact that - to put it mildly - Paolini has been inspired by either or both “The Lord of The Rings” and “The Wheel of Time”, they are right.

At times it almost seems he's plagiarising liberally both of those series. With elves, dwarves, humans, magic, talking trees, and much, much more I often had the feeling I was revisiting either LoTR, WoT or both.

Still, I remember having similar feelings while reading WoT - I often found myself thinking R.R. Jordan looked a bit too closely at what Tolkien had done with LoTR. It nonetheless didn't diminish my pleasure in reading WoT.

So ... If you've got a love of reading adventure and fantasy as well as listening to a great voice, don't let the accusations of plagiarism stop you from enjoying a great story line!

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A thrilling read nonetheless

Reviewed: 02-22-17

In quick succession I listened to the 4 books in the Inheritance Cycle, which should tell you something about the quality of both the story and the narration. Both are excellent!!

The story is gripping, lots is happening and our curiosity to find out what happens next is always tickled. Getting further into the series I did find myself skipping over more parts as Paolini somehow gets into the habit of describing more than is necessary instead of moving the story along.

As for the critics who have alluded to the fact that - to put it mildly - Paolini has been inspired by either or both “The Lord of The Rings” and “The Wheel of Time”, they are right.

At times it almost seems he's plagiarising liberally both of those series. With elves, dwarves, humans, magic, talking trees, and much, much more I often had the feeling I was revisiting either LoTR, WoT or both.

Still, I remember having similar feelings while reading WoT - I often found myself thinking R.R. Jordan looked a bit too closely at what Tolkien had done with LoTR. It nonetheless didn't diminish my pleasure in reading WoT.

So ... If you've got a love of reading adventure and fantasy as well as listening to a great voice, don't let the accusations of plagiarism stop you from enjoying a great story line!

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Still a good story

Reviewed: 06-17-13

If you could sum up A Feast for Crows in three words, what would they be?

Slow, but still interesting

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Feast for Crows?

Spoiler alert: imprisonment of Cersei

Did the narration match the pace of the story?

The narration in itself yes, but what the hell was Roy Dotrice and/or the director thinking? Other reviewers were right about the change in voices! It's downright annoying to say the least!!However, despite reviews to the contrary I decided to brave the voice change and allthough it never got to the point where I liked the new voices for old friends, it was no reason for me to put the book away.

Any additional comments?

The story line moved along very slowly in this book. Hope the tempo will pick up in the next one - and yes, I will order the next one.Also hope that some of the characters in the first 3 books will return in book 5. I would really like to know what is happening to them.

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Caught up again

Reviewed: 05-04-13

After listening to book 1 of the series I was sold - or so I thought. During book 2 I off and on had the feeling I was going to finish this installment but not order book 3. Not captivating enough - or so I thought. By the end of book 2 I found myself wondering how the story would continue. Story lines of specific characters had me wanting to know what would happen to them next.

So now I find myself writing a review for book 3. While listening to Roy Dotrice - who again did an amazing job!! - I once again found myself loosing interest and finding it again: All in all the tale is gripping and I find myself getting ready to order book 4, because I still want to know what will happen next!

Book 3 had me captivated in the end, but were it not for Roy Dotrice I don't know that I would be so ready as to get book 4.

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Gripped once again

Reviewed: 04-20-13

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

I was doubtfull as to whether or not I should read i.e. listen to this second instalment of the GoT series, but after the first book curious too how the story would unfold itself. So after listening to Roy Dotrices reading of the introduction, I found myself downloading it, listening to it and once again being pulled all the way in.So yes, if you have read or listened to the first book, I would definitely recommend listening to this one as well - gripping continuation of the story read by a terrific Roy Dotrice

What did you like best about this story?

What is not to like - the different characters are well defined, even though there is a lot of them (and I mean, a lot) it is not too hard to keep track of them all, the pace is good and to top it all, it is well read. I'm not sure if I would keep on going if somebody else than Roy Dotrice did the reading. Kudos to him!!!

Which character – as performed by Roy Dotrice – was your favorite?

Tomboy Arya is still my favourite, but John Snow has been added to the list.

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What a read! What a narrator!!

Reviewed: 03-12-13

Would you consider the audio edition of A Game of Thrones to be better than the print version?

As I haven't read it in the printed version, I find this a hard one to answer. However, Roy Dotrice is absolutely top notch as a narrator and definitely adds a whole lot extra to the experience of getting acquainted with the "Game of Thrones"!!

What was one of the most memorable moments of A Game of Thrones?

The whole book is memorable, its cast is superb, the different story lines are many and sometimes confusing, but always interesting. Naming one or more memorable moments would spoil the book for new readers, so I won't mention any.

I will say however, that I find "A Game of Thrones" a more than worthy successor to that other series I just finished: Robert Jordans "The Wheel of Time"

Which character – as performed by Roy Dotrice – was your favorite?

The tomboy Arya Stark

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Not what I expected

Reviewed: 02-19-13

Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

The story was good but told far too slow for my taste. It seems the author felt that the story needed to be told at a pace common for the era of the plot, but at times I felt like falling asleep. TGF the possibility to "wind" forward. I might be laying the blame at the wrong feet though. For all I know it was Mr Ballerine who set the pace.

If you’ve listened to books by Robert McCammon before, how does this one compare?

N/A

Would you listen to another book narrated by Edoardo Ballerini?

Not if this is his regular pace

Could you see Speaks the Nightbird being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

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