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The Black Company
- Chronicles of The Black Company, Book 1
- Narrated by: Marc Vietor
- Length: 10 hrs and 54 mins
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Summary
Some feel the Lady, newly risen from centuries in thrall, stands between humankind and evil. Some feel she is evil itself. The hardbitten men of the Black Company take their pay and do what they must, burying their doubts with their dead - until the prophesy: The White Rose has been reborn, somewhere, to embody good once more.
There must be a way for the Black Company to find her....
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- Anonymous User
- 25-07-21
trying to be to clever
trying to be to clever, trying to confuse with ridiculous names and poor story ,dont
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- Chris Martin
- 03-02-20
Terrible
No background. No world building. Just rambling stream words. Gave up after 30 mins
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- Kari R
- 29-04-22
kinda hard to follow
Events are sometimes hard to follow. Places, happenings, characters change too fast. not much is said about the world and the main character.
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- Phil
- 30-11-16
I just couldn't get into this.
Whether it was the story or the narration I just couldn't get on with this book. I barely managed to finish the first couple of chapters before I returned it.
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- Harlequin565
- 17-07-18
I really wanted to like it....
I really did.
But it was a dire story. I tried the books a few years ago and never got into them, so Audible finally gave me a chance to try a different format. It was better. but not enough.
I made it 6 hours in before giving up. On the positive side, the narration is fab. Vietor is almost June-like without being quite so dramatic, and this suits the gritty fantasy-noir story, bringing real life to Croaker - our protagonist. The characters are good, the world setting is also interesting, and Cook's dialogue is brief, to the point, and often very chucklesome. It's just the story. The story is the let down.
I'm 6 hours in and I have no idea what's happening and who's doing what to who and why. I think it's because I'm so bored by the pacing that I'm just drifting off at times. The plot lumbers along ponderously like that slow driver in front of you on a single track lane. You can enjoy the scenery for a while, but eventually you just want the guy in front to put his bloody foot down and get where he's going!
Maybe I'll come back to it in a few months, because I really wanted to like it. But my problem is that I can excuse a whole lot of bad stuff if there's a strong story. This was the reverse. Weak story - strong everything else. And it just wasn't enough to see me through to the end.
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- Gluttonio
- 15-10-21
Didn't engage my interest
It strikes me that the author spent more time coming up with names for his characters than he did developing said characters, developing plotlines or determining which abilities or powers various factions could command. I had read that the author was a pioneer in having no obvious heroes or villains, no definite right or wrong - changing loyalties certainly gave this extra credence - but to what end? I also understood that his military service enabled detailed authenticity for battles - but this was far from evident. I have no inclination to continue the series in the hope of improvement.
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- Paul
- 26-10-15
Avoid
Not sure why I listened to this to the end. Very sub GOT / name of the wind / Joe Abercrombie / way of kings. Doesn't deserve to be mentioned in same sentence. Listen to one of the ones I've mentioned instead
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