Barrenworld
Den of Elyptus
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Barrenworld
Narrated by:
Joel Jackson
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Narrated by:
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Joel Jackson
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J. Edwards Holt
About this listen
After suffering great loss, but still surviving impossible odds on their journey to Avanoth, the newly formed Collective travels across the massive Central Continent. Hunted by powerful dark forces, the unlikely group of heroes race against time to reach the den of the mighty dragon, Elyptus. But their journey will not be an easy one - as word of the Warlord’s Chalice and its power spreads, devastating truths are revealed and old enemies return to cause chaos and division.
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Den of Elyptus is a return to the world and characters of Barrenworld, following closely after the events of the previous book and running headlong into the den of a dragon. It's packed with action, adventure, a little romance, and all sorts of shenanigans involving the personified magic of the Warlord’s Chalice.
I had a lot of fun listening to this one! When I reviewed the first book in this series, I said "This book feels vaguely like a Tolkein adventure, but if Tolkein had partnered with George Lucas." I still stand by that! It's high fantasy, classic dwarves, dragons, possessed evil objects, and high stakes, but the book also manages not to take itself too seriously. There's room for comic relief, odd and absurd details that are just mundane to the characters of the world, and the characters are just so relatable. I particularly loved it when one character (Bartimaeus?) found himself in a winter wasteland sort of setting and simmered in the irony of missing the deadly heat of the desert they'd been in prior. Also, important choices between duty and desire. Always relatable! Very well done.
One minor criticism of sorts is that this didn't feel like a cohesive novel, at least in the first half. This felt like a collection of short stories that are set one after another and complete a greater arc overall, but every 1-3 chapters felt like an arc had concluded at a natural "to be continued" point, like episodes in a TV series. It's a valid way to structure a novel, for sure, but had I been reading a print/ebook copy rather than listening to the audio book it would have given me many opportunities to put the book down for the night and take a break, rather than running full steam ahead into the next chapter as the audiobook naturally lead me to do.
It was nice to hear Joel Jackson back as narrator! As before, Joel does an excellent job of performing the story in such a way that every character sounds distinct without adopting annoyingly forced voices. The pacing is a tad slow for my liking, but fortunately most audiobook players have playback speed options. I've learned to "listen fast" over the years, so perhaps this pacing is perfect for the average listener.
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