Another narrator change

Disappointed with 3 narrators in this series really makes it difficult to get into it.

The story is solid and brings it to a decent not great but decent conclusion.

This has been the weakest series so far in my opinion.

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Pronouncing

This performance is much better than the previous version of this book which was so bad that I had to return it. However I have to point out that they are LIVE ships not liv ships.

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Narrator annoying

The different pronunciation of words to the previous books takes some getting used to, but you do after a while. What is unforgivable, to me anyway, is the lack of any pause between scenes, not even a breath! This tends to lose you for a moment until you can realise that it's not the same people talking or doing something, or you're suddenly in a different city altogether.
Wouldn't it be nice if all the books in a series were narrated by the same person.

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Weakest of the series

This is a review of the four books. I have invested a couple of months and just finished this the 13th book and last of the 4th series. That suggests correctly that overall I think that the investment has been worthwhile but this series lacked characters as well drawn as earlier books and the “baddies” continue to be slightly cartoonishly drawn. The finish also has been a little bit hurried as if Hobb decided let’s just wrap it up. Not that much of the writing isn’t good, it is. But it was not as good as earlier books. The narrator though was the best since the first series, so not all bad news.

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Thrilling end to the series

A fantastical ending to this thrilling series. I loved it. My only comment about the 4 audio books as a whole is that if you are listening to them one after another as I have it is irritating that the reader changes as then all the character voices also change but I still enjoyed it.

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Editing was awful. Paragraphs fed in to each other

Half a story for the price of a book, but this I can forgive.
The editing drove me crazy!
A paragraph would end and flow in to the next with no pause. The story would make no sense and then you'd realise that two different characters were talking in a different city and you'd have to rewind it to get the gist of what was going on!
Time and time again! I had to laugh cos otherwise I'd cry.
I'm sure it was slowed down to bolster the length of the recording as well. It was painfully slow and when I uped the speed to 1.3, it sounded natural.
So in reality. I reckon the book is actually around 8 hours long. A whole credit for half a book.

Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it and I liked Avita's reading. It was just a bit of a rip off and I didn't appreciate having to clock it back all of the time whilst driving!

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Good book, not a great narrator

Narration on this one really bothered me. Accent & pronunciation very different to the 3 prior books. Nearly all conversations are delivered with a creepy intense tone, often at odds with the context. Accents of keepers in prior books were generally working class/northern which worked well I thought. This was not continued which was regrettable. It bothered me so much I had to abandon it & finish it in a text copy.

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Not bad, but not great either

If you listen to a lot of audio books, then go for it. I didn't like rhat in a series that the story develops very slow, suddenly the end which should have been epic, was obviously rushed! You can't spend chapters and chapters analysing daily routines and love life of the characters (which isn't necessarily bad), and at the end give just a quick one to tell about what every one was waiting for... I get that Robin hob wanted to probably show the superiority of dragons, but at least, make it a bit spicier.
Also, why the change of narrators?
last one was more to the point but no pause between changes in paragraphs?

Anyway, not bad. I like the series so far and I enjoyed listening to the Rainwild Chronicles, but in comparison, it was the weakest series of the Realm of the Elderlings

PS.

My Rating for the performance goes to the whole Series for changing the narrators.
The Last one was the best in my opinion, comparing to the others.

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Wonderful!

This is the second time I’ve listened to the whole trilogy and despite the changes in the ‘cast’ it’s been consistently exciting and interesting. Love the thinking behind this work. Sooo good to experience realistic and valued female characters for a change

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Rain wilds

I just love this series it had so many twists and turns, especially with the main characters, it made the books very pleasant and unexpected. Go on give it a go especially if you love fantasy and dragons.

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