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Sword-Singer

Tiger and Del, Book 2

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Sword-Singer

By: Jennifer Roberson
Narrated by: Stephen Bel Davies
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Sword-Singer once again unites Del and Tiger - she among the greatest of Northern sword masters, he a Southern warrior of legendary skills - on a new and perilous journey into the North, to the Place of Swords, where Del must submit to trial-by-combat for the slaying of her sword-master.

©1988 Jennifer Roberson O'Green (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Action & Adventure Classics Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Sword & Sorcery
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The second book has really gone in depth to explain the land that Del is from. With a new culture, and new monsters. This book keeps getting better. Finally the dynamic and emotions between Tiger and Del progress to a very interesting finale.

Again, a surprisingly good fantasy novel.

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why wouldn't he want the sword or acknowledge magic. makes no sense why go through all of the trouble to deny the sword why not learn the northern way if he is so great a sword dancer and so dedicated why wouldn't he want to know all styles that part makes no sense other than that great book

great book except

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I loved the first book so quickly got this one and was eager to listen. And though this is a good book, I felt at some points it dragged.. I came to be more annoyed with Del with each chapter and found it hard to sympathize. But beyond that the narrator and the story was still very interesting (I love the detail on how the swords are made) and I will be getting the third book as soon as I get more credits.

I enjoyed it

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Where does Sword-Singer rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

If you havent done so yet you should read my review of Sword Dancer first.
Before you listen to this one you should listen to that one first.
You dont have to but when your done with this one you will want to listen to Sword Dancer.

What did you like best about this story?

The deepining of Tiger and Dels Relationship.
The north.
Jivatmas

What does Stephen Bel Davies bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

His enjoyment of the series.
He seemed kind of stiff reading Dancer.
Seems to be more relaxed with Singer.

Any additional comments?

Give it a try.
I dont think you will think it was a waste of a credit.

Continuing the ride

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absolutely excellent. it did drone on a bit in a couple of places but this doesn't drop it to 4 stars.

only very minor flaws

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I like this book, but I was hoping that the sexist comments would cease in this book, but they didn’t. They weren’t is annoying as the first book but they were still there. Del and tiger definitely faced some interesting magical creatures in this book. They also came across some interesting people. They try to help a woman and her children, but they ended up being a little more than they expected. When Dell finally got to the place where she killed her teacher, there was a lot of surprises waiting there mostly for tiger. This book had a very interesting ending. I can’t wait to read the next book in the series.

Good

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not enough personality in the vocal inflection in the emotional parts of the story for me

sword maker

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The first book in the series was pretty good.But this one is so on the imminent agenda that it makes it hard to stay in the mood of the story. is the narrative is women know everything and are so mature and men are just all stupid. The female character in the book is just 21.The male is thirty one but yet she is so wise and understanding of how the world works. What a croc. I mean I like fantasy, but this is borderline doctor seuss.
Enjoy the first book and if you're a woman you might enjoy the second

And he held her just held her and it was enough for both of them. you can definitely tell this was written by a woman

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the story itself is passable, although it is very episodic with relatively little meat. the events in the book seem to lack and sense of progression. I never felt that one event led to another and most could have happened in any order.
the real crime is the narration. We are told again and again that the sand tiger is a large rough man of the desert, yet the voice is higher pitched than that of his lover Delilah. furthermore, the arch tone and said inflections make the voice better suited to Manhattan than a desert culture. throughout the book I was constantly jerked out of the narration as the words and the voice contradicted each other. for example, the book read .... I said flatly, while the narration used a lilting tone with an uptalk intonation.
between a mediocre plot and terrible narration, I am done with the series

meh

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