T.S. White
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Thinblade
- Sovereign of the Seven Isles, Book 1
- De: David A. Wells
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
- Duración: 18 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,445
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,323
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,331
When second son Alexander Valentine loses his brother to an assassin's arrow, he discovers that his family protects an ancient secret and reluctantly finds himself at the center of the final battle of a war that was supposed to have ended two thousand years ago. Pursued by the dark minions of an ancient enemy, Alexander flees to the mountain city of Glen Morillian where he discovers that he is the heir to the throne of Ruatha, one of the Seven Isles, but before he can claim the throne he must recover the ancient Thinblade.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Worst Book I've Ever Listened To or Read
- De Samantha S en 11-29-16
- Thinblade
- Sovereign of the Seven Isles, Book 1
- De: David A. Wells
- Narrado por: Derek Perkins
Just Couldn't Get Into It
Revisado: 01-05-19
I'm betting the author gets better as the series goes on (and at least one review says so), but right now I'm 11 hours in and I have no emotional investment in the place, the people, the plot in general...
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Tess of the Road
- De: Rachel Hartman
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
- Duración: 16 h y 15 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 578
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 529
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 530
In the medieval kingdom of Goredd, women are expected to be ladies, men are their protectors, and dragons can be whomever they choose. Tess is none of these things. Tess is...different. She speaks out of turn, has wild ideas, and can't seem to keep out of trouble. Then Tess goes too far. Tess's family decide the only path for her is a nunnery. But on the day she is to join the nuns, Tess chooses a different path for herself. She cuts her hair, pulls on her boots, and sets out on a journey. She's not running away, she's running towards something.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Beautiful and Boring, Both.
- De Ryan en 04-05-19
- Tess of the Road
- De: Rachel Hartman
- Narrado por: Katharine Lee McEwan
Character Growth.
Revisado: 11-30-18
This book is not like the others.
I loved Serafina and Shadow Scale, so I bought the "Third" book in the trilogy. This takes place in the same world, but is a very different piece of literature.
It reads as surprisingly real. It has a determinedly chipper and upbeat pacing, and then sudden moments as though the sun has gone behind a cloud and you remember all the terrible things that exist in the world. The style of storytelling seems to match very closely to how the character is feeling and seeing the world.
On top of that, I like Tess more and more as she grows. It's always mildly annoying when the main character has a Sudden change of personality, or when an author does some sudden form of personality retcon ("But Wait! They were really always good and mature at heart!" or "But the whole world was wrong, so she must have been right all along!"). Hartman doesn't do that. Tess walks along steadily, discovering new things about herself at every turn.
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The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
- The Complete First Edition
- De: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jack Zipes - translator/editor
- Narrado por: Joel Richards, Cassandra Campbell
- Duración: 19 h y 14 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,142
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 1,004
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,002
When Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm published their Children's and Household Tales in 1812, followed by a second volume in 1815, they had no idea that such stories as "Rapunzel", "Hansel and Gretel", and "Cinderella" would become the most celebrated in the world. Yet few people today are familiar with the majority of tales from the two early volumes, since in the next four decades the Grimms would publish six other editions, each extensively revised in content and style.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Very good. Here is a tracklist.
- De Elnath Alpheratz en 10-26-19
- The Original Folk and Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm
- The Complete First Edition
- De: Jacob Grimm, Wilhelm Grimm, Jack Zipes - translator/editor
- Narrado por: Joel Richards, Cassandra Campbell
Exactly What I Wanted
Revisado: 12-27-15
I wanted a bunch of fairy tales to listen to before bed, and that's what I got. I like the creepy and gory versions, so all the better.
It's an odd translation. Things that I'm used to hearing as rhymes don't rhyme, which is a little jarring. Also, there's a ridiculously long intro - 1:20hours - that you should just skip if all you want is to listen to fairy tales.
Aside from that, I find the original stories fascinating. Mixed in among the blood and horror I expected, there are also Christian fairy tales. They're not biblical, are written in the same style as the other stories in this collection, but with Mary, The Devil, etc.
Cassandra Campbell remains one of my favorite narrators. She does different voices, but they're not obnoxious like so many, and her narration style makes me picture a slightly wicked smile, which is perfect for this. Joel Richards is ok, though a little monotonous/robotic in this reading, and some of his diction is so sharp that it's a little distracting.
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