
Red Sister
Book of the Ancestor, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Helen Duff
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By:
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Mark Lawrence
About this listen
It's not until you're broken that you find your sharpest edge.
"I was born for killing – the gods made me to ruin."
At the Convent of Sweet Mercy young girls are raised to be killers. In a few the old bloods show, gifting talents rarely seen since the tribes beached their ships on Abeth. Sweet Mercy hones its novices’ skills to deadly effect: it takes ten years to educate a Red Sister in the ways of blade and fist.
But even the mistresses of sword and shadow don’t truly understand what they have purchased when Nona Grey is brought to their halls as a bloodstained child of eight, falsely accused of murder: guilty of worse.
©2017 Mark Lawrence (P)2017 HarperCollins Publisher LimitedCritic reviews
"This is a book very distinct from everything that came before; what it has in common though is a narrative that pulls no punches, and characters that are beautifully, brokenly, repellently, cleverly human." ( Sci-Fi and Fantasy Reviews)
"I had never thought it was possible to find a greater character than the Emperor Jorg Ancrath. I had never even slightly considered that there might be a fantasy world out there toppling that of Τhe Final Empire, and most definitely, I had never thought that I could love a book more than The Night Angel. But here we are." ( BookNest)
"Any other author is going to have to smack the ball way, way out of the park to top this read." ( Parmenion Books)
The world is interesting. The characters are flawed superhumans (a great combination). The action is wonderful with excellent "bullet-time" descriptions.
My only issue is with some the main character's decisions, which kind of serve the narrative in a forced way.
The narration is lovely and rich. well acted. But I sometimes had trouble making out the words. And I felt too many of the characters got a "special" accent.
Interesting world and great action
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i haaate the narrator
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You'll never want this story to end
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Enjoyable !!
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The story is brilliant!
Listen at 1.25 X speed
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Amazing!
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Excellent fantasy story!
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His storytelling has matured and conformed to contemporary needs while retaining it's essential edge. The prose is so evocative it borders on poetic sometimes. Cannot recommend it enough!
Also the narration is great! Idk what everyone else is going on about.
Mark Lawrnece is back on my favourite authors list
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great story
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But over all I enjoyed it and I will get the next book despite that.
Good read, but wrong narrator
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