Mer Barr
This book assumes you remember all details from Grey Sister, which makes my reading it, rather frustrating and a bit lost. It's been too long ago and all details are no longer in short-term memory or quickly recoverable from long-term.
I might pick this up again if I plan to reread Grey Sister.
This book assumes you remember all details from Grey Sister, which makes my reading it, rather frustrating and a bit lost. It's been too long ago and all details are no longer in short-term memory or quickly recoverable from long-term.
I might pick this up again if I plan to reread Grey Sister.
Too much worldbuilding and chitchatting to draw me in. I prefer a plot that moves along.
Too much worldbuilding and chitchatting to draw me in. I prefer a plot that moves along.
I love Tim Curry for his unique characters, one of which folks may not be aware of is the voice of a master assassin in the audiobook of one of Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson's Dune prequels. The assassin has a physical description of petite, prissy, and has a stammer. (Reminds me of Zorro's alter ego.) Mr. Curry did a great job of portraying this persona, including the stammer!
I love that he curses, is honest if he didn't get on well with people and doesn't try to degrade people. He also doesn't do the "juicy details" business.
It makes sense then, that he would do his own narration work. Be aware that his voice has been impacted by his stroke and needs a bit of concentration at the beginning until your ear becomes accustomed to his current voice.
I love Tim Curry for his unique characters, one of which folks may not be aware of is the voice of a master assassin in the audiobook of one of Brian Herbert and Kevin J Anderson's Dune prequels. The assassin has a physical description of petite, prissy, and has a stammer. (Reminds me of Zorro's alter ego.) Mr. Curry did a great job of portraying this persona, including the stammer!
I love that he curses, is honest if he didn't get on well with people and doesn't try to degrade people. He also doesn't do the "juicy details" business.
It makes sense then, that he would do his own narration work. Be aware that his voice has been impacted by his stroke and needs a bit of concentration at the beginning until your ear becomes accustomed to his current voice.
The author is not a professional writer so don't expect that level of quality, however the author does a great job of describing the emotions, exhaustion, stress, and loss that he and those around him felt. He also does a great job of walking a fine line between being honest about the brutality and physical and mental damage of wars and being too graphic with his descriptions.
He does seem to do a bit of timeline jumping around that I found confusing. Also references to directions of travel and towns are rather common and contributed to my confusion; I tried to not focus on trying to visualize relationships between places and some parts of his timeline.
The author is not a professional writer so don't expect that level of quality, however the author does a great job of describing the emotions, exhaustion, stress, and loss that he and those around him felt. He also does a great job of walking a fine line between being honest about the brutality and physical and mental damage of wars and being too graphic with his descriptions.
He does seem to do a bit of timeline jumping around that I found confusing. Also references to directions of travel and towns are rather common and contributed to my confusion; I tried to not focus on trying to visualize relationships between places and some parts of his timeline.
Story / Plot 5 of 5 - The story has 2 main storylines that I found confusing at first, probably because I must've missed an audible queue that there were 2 initial people. Once I figured that out, I enjoyed trying to guess how they were connected; my guess wasn't the winner. and there were 2 different objects which also added a bit to the confusion and eventually was clarified.
Character / People 5 of 5 - The important primary and secondary characters are well fleshed out with the history of several added to along the way, preventing a slowdown in the plot.
Setting / Worldbuilding 4 of 5 - There's not alot of historical or global worldbuilding, which is good for not slowing down the plot. As I'm fairly familiar with ancient Egypt, and the King Tut exhibit, I was able to follow along with the topics, references and terms. This may be a frustration point if someone's new to Egyptian archeology history.
Language / Style 3 of 5 - not an emphasis or integral part of this book, however the author does a great job with writing skills.
Story / Plot 5 of 5 - The story has 2 main storylines that I found confusing at first, probably because I must've missed an audible queue that there were 2 initial people. Once I figured that out, I enjoyed trying to guess how they were connected; my guess wasn't the winner. and there were 2 different objects which also added a bit to the confusion and eventually was clarified.
Character / People 5 of 5 - The important primary and secondary characters are well fleshed out with the history of several added to along the way, preventing a slowdown in the plot.
Setting / Worldbuilding 4 of 5 - There's not alot of historical or global worldbuilding, which is good for not slowing down the plot. As I'm fairly familiar with ancient Egypt, and the King Tut exhibit, I was able to follow along with the topics, references and terms. This may be a frustration point if someone's new to Egyptian archeology history.
Language / Style 3 of 5 - not an emphasis or integral part of this book, however the author does a great job with writing skills.