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City of Lost Souls
- Mortal Instruments, Book 5
- Narrated by: Grant Cartwright, Eloise Oxer
- Series: The Mortal Instruments, Book 5
- Length: 17 hrs and 39 mins
- Categories: Teen & Young Adult, Mystery, Thriller & Suspense
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Summary
Jace is now a servant of evil, bound for all eternity to Sebastian. Only a small band of Shadowhunters believe he can be saved. To do this they must defy the Clave. And they must act without Clary. For Clary is playing a dangerous game utterly alone. The price of losing is not just her own life but Jace's soul. Clary is willing to do anything for Jace, but can she still trust him? Or is he truly lost?
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Holly
- 04-09-14
Eloise Oxer has ruined this for me.
What did you like best about City of Lost Souls: Mortal Instruments, Book 5? What did you like least?
Unfortunately I couldn't get more than twenty minutes in. Nothing to do with the writing, I wouldn't have got this far into the series if I didn't enjoy it, but the narrator is so painful to listen to, I'm going to have to wait until a better reading is found.
What was one of the most memorable moments of City of Lost Souls: Mortal Instruments, Book 5?
See above.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
Grant was fine, though I preferred the gentleman from the previous book. Eloise on the other hand... Slow speaking, painfully slow. Dreary, stressing words seems more important than the story. The voice was so monotonous, I couldn't follow the story. She seems to breath words to attempt to make it more mysterious where it is just plain irritating. The last word in every sentence is breathed long, frankly weird.
Was City of Lost Souls: Mortal Instruments, Book 5 worth the listening time?
I may keep trying as I want to hear the book, but I certainly will avoid the narrator in future books.
Any additional comments?
Other ratings are based on previous books, and expectations for this book.
10 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Lucy Troup
- 28-01-19
struggled with performance
love Cassandra Clare but really struggled with Eloise Oxer. Found her so grating that I nearly stopped listening ☹️
3 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Leahncraig
- 04-12-20
Eloise oxer ruined this book
Narration was so bad I ended up downloading the Simon and Schuster version that has a different narrator for this and city of heavenly fire I just couldn't listen to eloise over her voice just goes through me I would suggest finding somewhere you can download the simon and Schuster version don't waste your money on this. The story of course is fantastic I love all of Cassandra Clare's shadowhunter novels
1 person found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- audz
- 01-11-20
Narrators were awful
I really enjoyed the story but only stuck with it cos of that. The Narrators were really painful to listen to Eloise is bland and boring, Grant was marginally better to listen to.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Justin
- 04-12-16
Good but tedious in parts
The whole series is amazing and the story has moved on however some of the clary and jace scenes are very tedious and quite boring in parts
Am looking forward to the next part :)
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Amazon Customer
- 09-04-21
Narrators are bad.
The last ones were much better. This woman has a weird whispering way of speaking, not enough emotion in her performance.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- megan
- 22-01-21
love it!
love, love, love this book series.
Not a fan of how the narrator's are reading this book though.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Redsauce
- 08-12-20
Love the story
GreAt story, love the book however i didn’t much like the narrators, their pronunciation of names and words were off, and they just didn’t capture me in the same as the narrator from the first books did
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Darren Clark
- 06-10-20
Inconsistent narration
The female narrator is SIGNIFICANTLY better than the woman who read the last book. Her voice acting is entertaining and suits the characters.
The male voice is also good but you can occasion hear him swallowing and clearing his throat (yuck and yuck).
The main thing that is irritating me is that they’re pronouncing frequently used words differently to the previous narrators. Examples: Stele, ichor, and most annoyingly they’re pronouncing Maryse as ‘Maurice’ as opposed to ‘Mayriss’ from previous books. Took me a while to twig who they were talking about!
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- antony d tarquini
- 10-05-20
Love the story hate the narrating
Ok so, I love this series and I love this story and I love the way grant reads but Eloise makes it sound like a try-hard horror story even lines like “there was no clock” she makes the sentences drag on and she practically hisses it also with her all the character’s sound the same and it rlly drags on otherwise I defo recommend
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Dilja
- 21-12-16
Amazing story but revolting narration
Any additional comments?
The story is so amazing but it has been horrendously ruined by disgusting narration. They overact everything. The woman has a boring voice to listen to but additionally you can hear the static noise in the background. Also the man... seriously? it is revolting to listen to someone swallow their saliva... I almost couldn't finish listening to the story and I grit my teeth while trying to hold back the bile.
1 person found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Paolo
- 26-03-18
Enjoyable romance with violence
This continues the story of Jace, Clary, Simon and Sebastian. Can't wait for what should be the series final.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Megan
- 19-04-15
Seriously good
I do not know how Cassandra manages to maintain the suspense through 5 books but she does it and more. She continues to build her characters who evolve and grow in complexity, inhabiting a world that is alive and vibrant and a little weird. Onward to book 6!