A Dance with Dragons
Book 5 of A Song of Ice and Fire
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A Dance with Dragons
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Narrated by:
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Roy Dotrice
About this listen
HBO’s hit series A GAME OF THRONES is based on George R R Martin’s internationally bestselling series A SONG OF ICE AND FIRE, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. A DANCE WITH DRAGONS is the fifth volume in the series.
The future of the Seven Kingdoms hangs in the balance.
In the east, Daenerys, last scion of House Targaryen, her dragons grown to terrifying maturity, rules as queen of a city built on dust and death, beset by enemies.
Now that her whereabouts are known many are seeking Daenerys and her dragons. Among them the dwarf, Tyrion Lannister, who has escaped King’s Landing with a price on his head, wrongfully condemned to death for the murder of his nephew, King Joffrey. But not before killing his hated father, Lord Tywin.
To the north lies the great Wall of ice and stone – a structure only as strong as those guarding it. Eddard Stark's bastard son Jon Snow has been elected the 998th Lord Commander of the Night's Watch, but he has enemies both in the Watch and beyond the Wall, where the wildling armies are massing for an assault.
On all sides bitter conflicts are reigniting, played out by a grand cast of outlaws and priests, soldiers and skinchangers, nobles and slaves. The tides of destiny will inevitably lead to the greatest dance of all…
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Critic reviews
"In the grand epic fantasy tradition, Martin is by far the best...tense, surging, insomnia-inflicting." (Time magazine)
"An absorbing, exciting read.... Martin's style is so vivid that you will be hooked within a few pages." (The Times)
"The sheer mind-boggling scope of this epic has sent other fantasy writers away shaking their heads.... Its ambition: to construct the Twelve Caesars of fantasy fiction, with characters so venomous they could eat the Borgias." (Guardian)
Would you listen to A Dance with Dragons (Part One) again? Why?
Definitely. martin is back to his best....and Dotrice too.I was slightly disappointed by A Feast for Crows, but this rejuvenated my enthusiasm for the series!
What other book might you compare A Dance with Dragons (Part One) to, and why?
The earlier books of the seriesWhich scene did you most enjoy?
Well, things are simply starting to happen in the various cities and regions. The Wall, Bravos, and all the other key areas have plots within plots developing...Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Gripping!Any additional comments?
I'm really going to miss listening to this series. Hurry up Winds of Winter!Additionally, those who criticise Dotrice are simply wrong. Okay, he forgets a particular accent from time to time, but the sheer number of characters he's portraying is phenomenal.
He's a credit to this series IMO.
Back with gusto!
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But the worst thing is narration. Why on Earth Dany started sounding like a peasant? Why the accents are changing between books and sometimes even chapters? Why names are pronounced differently? I even took trouble to compare a few passages, which I found odd, with the print version - he misreads words at times!
It is really disappointing. A good book made so much inferior by poor narration.
terrible narration
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As for the reading by the ever-reliable Dotrice, I actually like his switching of accents, in the main. I'd rather that than get confused, although Dany as an Irishwoman I am not so sure about. I just hope he's with us for parts 6 and 7!
Excellent continuation of the story
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I've all the Ice & Fire audio books read by Roy Dotrice... He's a very capable voice actor and does good character voices in the earlier books in the series, but on this installment he lacks focus. He's still very good, and therefore the high review.... But the problem I have with the reading of this book is to do with the character voices; these he frequently changes from one moment to the next... One moment a rough London accent, a Scottish or Welsh accent then the next moment the character switches to a high-pitched voice that sounds like a sad leprechaun impression (I kid you not) .... The worst thing is that he always seems to steer back to this leprechaun accent for almost every character, forgetting the voices he has done in the previous books, or even the voice he was doing a moment before - what's that all about Roy?
This happens more at some points than others. Towards the last third of the book he seems to have corrected his errors. Sadly, Dany has a terrible high-pitched leprechaun accent throughout this installment, which just sounds so wrong, and is difficult to listen to without clenching your teeth like Stanis Baratheon. Other characters steer in and out their enchantment, from men to Leprechauns and back to men again. In one chapter even Strong Belwas' voice (supposed to be a deep basso) changes leprechaun mid-speech; from a gruff & gravelly male eastend accent a moment before, to a lar-te-tar-te-tar leprechaun the next moment.
He also mixes up who is speaking, confusing the character's lines with another character. I totally understand that it's a long book, with unorthodox layout (the speech of two characters may be presented within the same line, unlike most published novels) which may have contributed to difficult.... But reading it through carefully in advance would solve this.
I like to listen whilst reading, occasionally, to keep me focused when tired, but since the voice actor isn't fully concentrating in this book it is difficult for me to do so.
The good news is that the last third of the book is different... He really seems focused again, and the little green man rarely shows his head (except with Dany). Also when his voices are not distracting or too inconsistent he does a good job. Jon's character is consistent throughout the series, which may well be close to the actor's own voice. Tyrion is also well done, in a Welsh accent which suits the character in a funny way since it sounds so honest, often masking his real meaning. The first three books were well done, the fourth slipped in places too.... I just pray that when/if George RR Martin finally finishes the next book Roy Dotrice will keep consistent character voices.
Awesome book GRRM!
A Dance with Leprechauns?
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Great narrator
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