Madeline

Loved it

Revisado: 07-31-22

A bit frustrating at times, but nevertheless a great listen. Maybe listening in again in a few years.

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so...

Revisado: 07-26-22

the ending almost brought me to tears. starting sequel right now and I hope it delivers.

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Loved it, poetic and still relatable

Revisado: 02-12-22

All I can say is that I can barely wait for the last part to be publushed.

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A nice listen

Revisado: 02-01-21

Dark academia meets steampunk. & strong feminine characters, no damsels in distress here. The hero is quite relatable and, as it turns out, not the broody, sickly archetipe, but just a nice guy trying to do what's right. One of the major cons could be the fact that even though the plot is somewhat character driven, our central figures are teens that don't act, speak and think like teens too well. There is no teen angst, and I sort of liked that, but it might be a con for younger audiences. I'm starting book 2 right away.

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mixed feelings

Revisado: 12-10-20

I started this series because the second book, Shadowbane, was narrated by Rupert Degas. I loved his performance in The Name Of The Wind and in order to listen to Shadowbane, I first decided upon Downshadow. The book itself was frustrating at times. Not only the logic of some actions is lost to me, but most of the characters are obnoxious as hell. The first part of the book is all brooding male hero and all female characters are either beautiful, but vain, shallow, conceited and frail or ugly and strong, and brave but don t get too much "screen time". You start caring for the hero in the end and want him to succeed, but the heroine is such a ninny that you almost root for him and anyone else if possible. Affection is mostly hurried along the intrigue that it seems unnatural. The villains are one faceted - they are just evil, there is no moment in the entire book when you stop and think that maybe there is a second nature to them, maybe an inner conflict, maybe a chance for redemption - villains not being dual just makes them into caricatures. In the end, I think I liked the book only because there are some well written scenes, some characters evolve somehow and some of them stop being obnoxious. A well deserved vote goes to the narrator, even though his accent is not what I usually enjoy, his different voices for each character are spot on, specially the villain and the hero(will look for other fantasy books narrated by him for sure). The end of the book made me start on the second book hoping that maybe there is still some character development left and that this time maybe we're done with all the ladies adoring this brooding, stubborn child man(the hero), so I guess it did the right job.

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Exquisite!

Revisado: 10-24-20

I Simply loved this book - except some character flaws that make these characters all the way more realistic and eventually human.., I really can't find anything to criticize. The narrator, Rupert Degas, did such an amazing job. I am out of words. Even the not so well written parts are good. I tip my hat!

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good for young introverts

Revisado: 08-20-20

i think that most of these conclusions are useful when you actually don't know you are an introvert.

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Clear explanation

Revisado: 08-11-20

A careful insight for both addicts and non-addicts - even the science behind addiction is quite well explained. Definitely a re-listen on my list.

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Cursive and well documented

Revisado: 08-01-20

A little too long of a listen but it was worth every minute. Maybe the world will never know what really happened, but this book makes a pretty good case of explaining at least the knowned facts.

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Easy to understand

Revisado: 07-14-20

wish it was longer - the concept was easy to grasp. a great audiobook while commuting.

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