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A Storm of Swords
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 3
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
- Série: A Song of Ice and Fire, Livre 3
- Durée: 47 h et 34 min
- Catégories: Science fiction et fantaisie, Fantastique
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A Feast for Crows
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
- Durée: 33 h et 51 min
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Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.
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Not Bad Despite Character Voice Inconsistencies
- Écrit par StealthATK le 2018-09-19
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A Clash of Kings
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
- Durée: 37 h et 12 min
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A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.
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Awesome Audio Book
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-01-05
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A Dance with Dragons
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
- Durée: 48 h et 55 min
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Dubbed the American Tolkien by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series - as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire.
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I've loved all of the books in this series however
- Écrit par John Priest le 2018-04-09
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A Game of Thrones
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
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Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse - unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances....
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better then the show
- Écrit par Jared Miller le 2019-04-17
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Fire & Blood
- 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History)
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Simon Vance
- Durée: 26 h et 24 min
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Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen - the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria - took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.
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Great narrator, lethally boring
- Écrit par nikko le 2018-11-28
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The World of Ice & Fire
- The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia, Linda Antonsson
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice, Nicholas Guy Smith
- Durée: 21 h et 22 min
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If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin's masterwork - the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time - warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice & Fire. This volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones.
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solid
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-03-22
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A Feast for Crows
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 4
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
- Durée: 33 h et 51 min
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Few books have captivated the imagination and won the devotion and praise of readers and critics everywhere as has George R. R. Martin’s monumental epic cycle of high fantasy that began with A Game of Thrones. Now, in A Feast for Crows, Martin delivers the long-awaited fourth book of his landmark series, as a kingdom torn asunder finds itself at last on the brink of peace . . . only to be launched on an even more terrifying course of destruction.
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Not Bad Despite Character Voice Inconsistencies
- Écrit par StealthATK le 2018-09-19
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A Clash of Kings
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 2
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
- Durée: 37 h et 12 min
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A comet the color of blood and flame cuts across the sky. And from the ancient citadel of Dragonstone to the forbidding shores of Winterfell, chaos reigns. Six factions struggle for control of a divided land and the Iron Throne of the Seven Kingdoms, preparing to stake their claims through tempest, turmoil, and war.
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Awesome Audio Book
- Écrit par Amazon Customer le 2020-01-05
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A Dance with Dragons
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 5
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
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Dubbed the American Tolkien by Time magazine, George R. R. Martin has earned international acclaim for his monumental cycle of epic fantasy. Now the number-one New York Times best-selling author delivers the fifth book in his spellbinding landmark series - as both familiar faces and surprising new forces vie for a foothold in a fragmented empire.
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I've loved all of the books in this series however
- Écrit par John Priest le 2018-04-09
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A Game of Thrones
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice
- Durée: 33 h et 46 min
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Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse - unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances....
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better then the show
- Écrit par Jared Miller le 2019-04-17
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Fire & Blood
- 300 Years Before A Game of Thrones (A Targaryen History)
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Simon Vance
- Durée: 26 h et 24 min
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Centuries before the events of A Game of Thrones, House Targaryen - the only family of dragonlords to survive the Doom of Valyria - took up residence on Dragonstone. Fire & Blood begins their tale with the legendary Aegon the Conqueror, creator of the Iron Throne, and goes on to recount the generations of Targaryens who fought to hold that iconic seat, all the way up to the civil war that nearly tore their dynasty apart.
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Great narrator, lethally boring
- Écrit par nikko le 2018-11-28
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The World of Ice & Fire
- The Untold History of Westeros and the Game of Thrones
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin, Elio M. Garcia, Linda Antonsson
- Narrateur(s): Roy Dotrice, Nicholas Guy Smith
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If the past is prologue, then George R. R. Martin's masterwork - the most inventive and entertaining fantasy saga of our time - warrants one hell of an introduction. At long last, it has arrived with The World of Ice & Fire. This volume is a comprehensive history of the Seven Kingdoms, providing vividly constructed accounts of the epic battles, bitter rivalries, and daring rebellions that lead to the events of A Song of Ice and Fire and HBO's Game of Thrones.
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solid
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-03-22
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A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms
- A Song of Ice and Fire
- Auteur(s): George R. R. Martin
- Narrateur(s): Harry Lloyd
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Taking place nearly a century before the events of A Game of Thrones, A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms compiles the first three official prequel novellas to George R. R. Martin's ongoing masterwork, A Song of Ice and Fire. Before Tyrion Lannister and Podrick Payne, there were Dunk and Egg. A young, naïve, but ultimately courageous hedge knight, Ser Duncan the Tall towers above his rivals - in stature if not experience. Tagging along is his diminutive squire, a boy called Egg - whose true name (hidden from all he and Dunk encounter) is Aegon Targaryen.
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Great story
- Écrit par Cristina Miller le 2018-05-21
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Iron, Fire and Ice
- The Real History That Inspired Game of Thrones
- Auteur(s): Ed West
- Narrateur(s): Rory Barnett
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A young pretender raises an army to take the throne. Learning of his father’s death, the adolescent, dashing and charismatic and descended from the old kings of the North, vows to avenge him. He is supported in this war by his mother, who has spirited away her two younger sons to safety. Against them is the queen, passionate, proud, and strong-willed and with more of the masculine virtues of the time than most men. She too is battling for the inheritance of her young son, not yet fully grown but already a sadist who takes delight in watching executions.
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An enjoyable listen
- Écrit par Nikki Small le 2020-08-22
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The Return of the King
- Book Three in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Auteur(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrateur(s): Rob Inglis
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The Return of the King is the towering climax to J. R. R. Tolkien’s trilogy that tells the saga of the hobbits of Middle-earth and the great War of the Rings. In this concluding volume, Frodo and Sam make a terrible journey to the heart of the Land of the Shadow in a final reckoning with the power of Sauron. In addition to narrating the prose passages, Rob Inglis sings the trilogy’s songs and poems a capella, using melodies composed by Inglis and Claudia Howard, the Recorded Books studio director.
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Absolutely amazing! Loved it!
- Écrit par Marconius le 2020-01-16
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The Two Towers
- Book Two in the Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Auteur(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
- Narrateur(s): Rob Inglis
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The Two Towers is the second volume of J.R.R. Tolkien's epic saga, The Lord of the Rings. The Fellowship has been forced to split up. Frodo and Sam must continue alone towards Mount Doom, where the One Ring must be destroyed. Meanwhile, at Helm’s Deep and Isengard, the first great battles of the War of the Ring take shape. In this splendid, unabridged audio production of Tolkien’s great work, all the inhabitants of a magical universe - hobbits, elves, and wizards - spring to life. Rob Inglis’ narration has been praised as a masterpiece of audio.
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Well worth hearing a second time
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-05-05
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The Fellowship of the Ring
- Book One in The Lord of the Rings Trilogy
- Auteur(s): J. R. R. Tolkien
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The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume in the trilogy, tells of the fateful power of the One Ring. It begins a magnificent tale of adventure that will plunge the members of the Fellowship of the Ring into a perilous quest and set the stage for the ultimate clash between the powers of good and evil.
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Nightshift
- Écrit par Mike le 2019-01-02
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The Book of Swords
- Auteur(s): Gardner Dozois - editor, George R. R. Martin, Robin Hobb, Autres
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In The Book of Swords, acclaimed editor and best-selling author Gardner Dozois presents an all-new anthology of original epic tales by a stellar cast of award-winning modern masters - many of them set in their authors' best-loved worlds. Join today's finest tellers of fantastic tales, including George R. R. Martin, K. J. Parker, Robin Hobb, Scott Lynch, Ken Liu, C. J. Cherryh, Daniel Abraham, Lavie Tidhar, Ellen Kushner, and more on action-packed journeys into the outer realms of dark enchantment and intrepid derring-do.
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The Hobbit
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Like every other hobbit, Bilbo Baggins likes nothing better than a quiet evening in his snug hole in the ground, dining on a sumptuous dinner in front of a fire. But when a wandering wizard captivates him with tales of the unknown, Bilbo becomes restless. Soon he joins the wizard’s band of homeless dwarves in search of giant spiders, savage wolves, and other dangers. Bilbo quickly tires of the quest for adventure and longs for the security of his familiar home. But before he can return to his life of comfort, he must face the greatest threat of all.
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Always one of my favourites
- Écrit par Sarah le 2019-04-30
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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Book 7
- Auteur(s): J.K. Rowling
- Narrateur(s): Jim Dale
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As he climbs into the sidecar of Hagrid's motorbike and takes to the skies, leaving Privet Drive for the last time, Harry Potter knows that Lord Voldemort and the Death Eaters are not far behind. The protective charm that has kept Harry safe until now is broken, but he cannot keep hiding. The Dark Lord is breathing fear into everything Harry loves and to stop him Harry will have to find and destroy the remaining Horcruxes. The final battle must begin - Harry must stand and face his enemy....
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Excellent listen
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When Dumbledore arrives at Privet Drive one summer night to collect Harry Potter, his wand hand is blackened and shrivelled, but he does not reveal why. Secrets and suspicion are spreading through the wizarding world, and Hogwarts itself is not safe. Harry is convinced that Malfoy bears the Dark Mark: there is a Death Eater amongst them. Harry will need powerful magic and true friends as he explores Voldemort's darkest secrets, and Dumbledore prepares him to face his destiny....
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Best book in the series ?
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The complete unabridged audiobook of J.R.R Tolkien's The Silmarillion. The Silmarillion is an account of the Elder Days, of the First Age of Tolkien’s world. It is the ancient drama to which the characters in The Lord of the Rings look back, and in whose events some of them such as Elrond and Galadriel took part.
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Pronunciation Issues Aside, a Brilliant Rendering
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-02-15
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Dark times have come to Hogwarts. After the Dementors' attack on his cousin Dudley, Harry Potter knows that Voldemort will stop at nothing to find him. There are many who deny the Dark Lord's return, but Harry is not alone: a secret order gathers at Grimmauld Place to fight against the dark forces. Harry must allow Professor Snape to teach him how to protect himself from Voldemort's savage assaults on his mind. But they are growing stronger by the day and Harry is running out of time....
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This makes me so happy!
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2018-02-19
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Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Book 4
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The Triwizard Tournament is to be held at Hogwarts. Only wizards who are over seventeen are allowed to enter - but that doesn't stop Harry dreaming that he will win the competition. Then at Hallowe'en, when the Goblet of Fire makes its selection, Harry is amazed to find his name is one of those that the magical cup picks out. He will face death-defying tasks, dragons, and dark wizards, but with the help of his best friends, Ron and Hermione, he might just make it through - alive!
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Hermione
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2019-02-11
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But as opposing forces maneuver for the final titanic showdown, an army of barbaric wildlings arrives from the outermost line of civilization. In their vanguard is a horde of mythical Others, a supernatural army of the living dead whose animated corpses are unstoppable. As the future of the land hangs in the balance, no one will rest until the Seven Kingdoms have exploded in a veritable storm of swords....
Ce que les critiques en disent
- Locus Award, 2001
"Richly imagined." (Publishers Weekly)
"A riveting continuation of a series whose brilliance continues to dazzle." (The Patriot News)
"I always expect the best from George R. R. Martin, and he always delivers." (Robert Jordan)
"High fantasy with a vengeance!" (San Diego Union-Tribune)
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- Colleen
- 2018-10-23
The chapters are out of order
Save your credit and save your $$ as the chapters are out of order and Audible has done nothing to fix it. I downloaded this book and the chapters are completely out of order. I called audible and did all of the troubleshooting and the chapters are still out of order. Audible opened a case file saying that this had been happening to others and said they would contact me. It has been nearly a week and I have still not been contacted. This book was ruined for me as characters kept dying and coming back to life and it was incredibly frustrating which was compounded by the fact that audible has done nothing to rectify it.
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- Jodie lukow and Nate Siegers
- 2018-11-05
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The chapters aren’t in the correct order! Messed up the entire story and spoiled it
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- Stuart B.
- 2019-02-22
Very frustrated!!!!!!!
I spent 47 hours trying to understand why the Author would jump back and forth in the timelines. Had I read the reviews first, I would have learned that this audio book has all of the chapters mixed up. When I reached (what I thought was) the end, a narrator stated there was another part of the book in my Library. this only added to the confusion. It turns out that the ending chapters had already been played and the middle section appeared last , this is completely unacceptable, specially since the issue has been brought to your attention. I am sorry if this is confusing - welcome to my experience. I'm seriously thinking about canceling my subscription. Unbelievable.
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- Wild0ne
- 2018-10-21
Chapters out of order
I’m very familiar with this series, and love the story. However I’ve given the performance a poor review because all the chapters are out of order, which really takes away from the story. I noticed when Jamie’s chapters (3 and 31) were interchanged, which confused his whole timeline. Also inconvenient as I listen to these as I drive and I can’t search around the chapters for the right one when the story strays.
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- Kevin Lacombe
- 2019-06-19
The Chapters
The order of the chapters is correct. I'm guessing Audible fixed the audiobook. What a amazing story!
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- Rebecca C
- 2019-04-16
Great audiobook!
I was a little skeptical to buy this audiobook because of the bad reviews saying that chapters were skipped or omitted but mine played through fine. Very entertaining!
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- Utilisateur anonyme
- 2019-02-18
Sometimes Less is More
I am not referring to the length of the book. The book is as long as it needs to be. I am talking about the narrator. He uses a lot of obnoxious voices and it takes you out of the story. It's a distraction. But here is what is really irritating: he can't pronounce a large number of the names. Gendry is "gentry". Brienne is "BRI-een". Petyr is "Puh-Tire". I think he also gets Varys wrong, but I can't quite recall. If half the characters sounding like pirates or hearing "Brienne" and "Petyr" repeatedly pronounced incorrectly are deal breakers for you, it's a HARD pass. If not, it's an excellent book.
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- cc
- 2018-12-05
I wish I had read the reviews
The entire book is out of order!? Not sure how this happened. I am very confused now about the plot and what happens when. I wish that audible would rectify this issue.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2018-09-19
Easy Listen for a Long Read
I read the first and second of these books, but was struggling to find the time to finish this third one. Having is on audible means I can listen whenever/wherever without toting around a suitcase of a book. I'm almost done it and will be listening to the fourth for sure. #Audible1
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- SkyWarp
- 2018-09-05
A great audiobook!
The story is griping and the characters are rich and real as ever. Roy Dotrice is a fantastic narrator, however at times the various voices can get tedious.
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- Imad
- 2016-11-07
Great!
Great performance, very good storyline, with some minor dialogues that could have better, especially those of Lisa Arryn, but great overall!
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- Magikarp Salad
- 2007-12-22
Wow.
I had a very hard time turning this one off... I'd find extra house-work to do or look for traffic jams on the way to work just so I could keep listening.
The narrator, Roy Dotrice, is fantastic.
The characters in this book are amazing... We see the bad parts of the good guys, and the good parts of the bad. We get an understanding of what motivates both, and it's not always what we think. And, just as in the first two, G.R.R.M. has no problems setting people up with opportunities to win or escape or get out of whatever mess they're in...sometimes they get out, sometimes they die - no matter how important a character they've been...
This is not a kids book. This is not the usual "you are special and need to save the world" drivel with hollywood happy endings we usually feed on... This one is more...real.
The story keeps moving, plenty of action, laugh-out-loud funny parts, hardship, and surprises.
Anyone who says G.R.R.M. was only trying to make the book long, probaby wasn't paying attention.
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- Theodore
- 2012-02-05
Wow... Another EPIC novel
As I sat and listened to the book I found myself once again at the edge of my seat almost. The book seemed to be moving too slowly and yet too fast as I read it. Too slow in that you get impatient wondering what is going to happen next yet everything seemed so relevant and then too fast in terms of when you do reach the end you are left pining for more.
George R. R. Martin did a superlative job with every character in the book. This particular book has one of the most startling twists yet, one of those twists that make you think "What the?!?!" I remember listening what happened and for a VERY VERY long time wondering "Did that really happen?". He spares no one in these books I find and I have now come to expect the unexpected.
Roy Dotrice.... What can I say? There is little I can say about his performance except this... just plain exceptional.
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- Troy
- 2011-07-17
Chapter and part breaks are incorrect
The story and narration are excellent, but is it too much to ask for the audio book to be constructed properly? The chapter breaks do not align with the actual chapters and the parts will end in the middle of a paragraph. Very sloppy and unprofessional. For a $50 audiobook I would expect more.
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- JulesRod77
- 2019-01-12
Good Finish, But A Task & A Half To Get To It!
This was the first time I listened through an audiobook in this series, having finished the first two through e-Books. I can't really say I enjoyed "reading" this part overall, because the book was so long, as well as each chapter, that I can't truly remember everything I listened to since I started it back almost two years ago. In addition, I had a very hard time listening to the narrator, between he's three voices for practically every character: 1) Toothless & Senile, 2) Deepthroated and Mumbling, & 3) Generally British.
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- John D. Frazier
- 2013-02-14
Narrator often completely unintelligible
Would you try another book from George R. R. Martin and/or Roy Dotrice?
Read this book because it's good, but the performance by Roy Dotrice can often times be so mush-mouthed and affected, it makes many of the characters he portrays completely unintelligible. Sadly, we only have his performance to listen to.
How could the performance have been better?
I wish the narrator put a lot less Cockney in his characterizations.
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- Herve Bronnimann
- 2005-08-09
Thrilling fantastic literary works.
Now I know there have been so many reviews that I hesitate to add one. I just wish to say I enjoyed these books tremendously. This one is the third of the series "A Song of Ice and Fire", whose title takes more and more ominous tones as the story unfolds. The first two books were "A Game of Thrones" and "A Clash of Kings", and although I haven't written a review of those, I agree with all those who raved for the book. I loved them all. How else could you listen to this third volume (38 hrs?!?) So I assume I am preaching to the choir here. If by any chance, you haven't listened to the first two, you really need to start with GoT (as the first volume is called amongst fans). Absolutely.
For the fans, I just wish to say that the fourth installment comes in November. I've already asked Audible when they plan to provide the audio version. I find these books more immensely enjoyable in audio form, although I recently bought the paperbacks as a reference, esp. when the fourth volume comes out. It'll be handy, and more easily browsable than an audio version.
So there. If you don't know where the web site is, and would like to read the announcement from the author himself, google it or go to georgerrmartin.com. In a previous page (now defunct, I wonder why) he explained that his choice for "A Feast for Crows", as the fourth tome is going to be named, is to take apart the book he'd be writing and only keep the part about the Seven Kingdoms (yeah! my favorite!) The part about Daenerys and the Isles is going to go into the next installments. This way he'll be able to finish the fourth in time, and in fact it makes more sense to him. And to me too: it was a bit irritating to jump back and fourth between the two continents in two stories which we knew wouldn't come together till much later in the story (perhaps not even in the next two volumes).
For those of you feel same, my favorite character is Arya. Can't wait to hear her story. Yeah!
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-10-15
chapters out of order
the chapters are out of order wtf after chapter 30 the story makes no sense
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- Robert
- 2012-06-15
Dear Ice and Fire Junkie
This review contains comments on Books 3 and 4 of the Ice and FIre series.
Dear Ice and Fire Junkie
The popularity of the HBO series, Game of Thrones has enticed many folks to pick up and start plowing through the entire series of tomes from which the TV shows derive their inspiration. And, once you’re sucked in, it’s pretty much like quicksand. The brilliant acting of most, if not all, of the characters along with the masterful writing of their roles and place in this Tolkienesque saga makes us easy prey for this quagmire. But beware good reader, there is much more to this sticky wicket than a mere addiction.
Before you get too heavily invested in this series, if you haven’t already, you owe it to yourself to pay attention to the negative reviews of Books 4 and 5. Among those reviews, the breakdown in narration after Book 3 is particularly egregious. I am generally a fan of Roy Dotrice. He is not my favorite narrator / performer but he is unquestionably a very good one but mostly for playing the roles of older men. The characters of young men seem to present Mr. Dotrice with something of a challenge and that of female characters, especially young ones, a challenge that is unsurmountable. That being said, Mr. Dotrice’s contribution to the powerful and stunningly produced first three books in this series was not insignificant. There were parts in the writing of those that seemed to drag on and on too long but they were still made entertaining by the narrator. In Books 4 and 5 there were many more dull, uninspired passages that were also made less entertaining by the narrator.
And, that being said, what in the heck is up with the changes in pronunciation of names and the voices of their owners? Was anyone paying attention to the editing and production of these last two books? I don’t know if it was Random House Audio or Audible who dropped the ball here but it all starts with Roy Dotrice. He’s the common denominator here and has to be aware of this huge distracting shift that took place between books and has to have the most responsibility for better quality control.
As far as the story goes, I will repeat here some of what I wrote in a review of Book 1. While I loved a lot about the writing in the first installment, I cared so much about the characters, to have so many of these good and honorable protagonists tortured and killed, I thought that I did not need to continue beyond Book 1. But, continue I did and was not sorry after Book 2. I enjoyed the third installment but things slid downhill in all respects after that. There are characters that I am still interested in and wish to know about their fates, even a couple of the villains. But, will I invest 2 more credits in this series? Me thinks not, at least not at this time. It is not That great.
Oh, and lest I not forget, the ending. Book 4 contains the very worst ending of any book I have ever picked up. If an author lacks so much imagination that s/he cannot satisfyingly end a book even if it is not the last in a series then me thinks the author's imagination needs work. I believe that authors owe it to their readers to finish a book and not just entice their readers to buy the next installment. Shame on you GRRM. Book 3 was an excellent book. It left many unanswered questions but at least had a decent conclusion. And, dear reader, you may wish to just end your addiction with Book 3. It's all downhill from there.
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- Anne Harris
- 2009-05-19
Can't stand the narration but can't stop listening
So many positive comments on the narration I was surprised. Yes, the man is talented and can do lots of accents. But why would different family members who've always lived together have different accents? Insanity. Why is Mance Rayder made to sound like a silly old man? Tywin Lannister sounds like a Winston Churchill imitation and don't get me started on the horrible, offensive chinese-esque accent for Missandei used even when she's speaking in her more familiar language and shouldn't have much of an accent. Generally, the accents and reading made me nuts, but the book is so good I couldn't stop listening. Big books like these need a good producer to track accents and pronunciation, so I don't necessarily blame the poor old narrator. The reviews of the reader of the next book aren't encouraging but I for one am ready for a break from this nonsense. Without a different production team, what are the chances it will be any better?
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- Bennie
- 2004-05-20
Better and Better.
I just finished this book, the third in the series and it was the best 40+ hours of audio book I've ever listened to. I have listens to well over a hundred audio books and all 3 of these books stand out as the very best. 110 hours and I could do it all over again. I will wait and check each day until the next book to ready. Powerful fantasy written for adults.
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