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Goldenhand

By: Garth Nix
Narrated by: Heather Wilds
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The long-awaited fifth installment in Garth Nix’s New York Times bestselling Old Kingdom series, for readers who enjoy series by Rae Carson, Kristin Cashore, Scott Westerfeld, and Cassandra Clare.

Goldenhand takes place six months after the events of Abhorsen and follows the novella Nicholas Sayre and the Creature in the Case, which is featured in Across the Wall.

Lirael lost one of her hands in the binding of Orannis, but now she has a new hand, one of gilded steel and Charter Magic. On a dangerous journey, Lirael returns to her childhood home, the Clayr’s Glacier, where she was once a Second Assistant Librarian. There, a young woman from the distant North brings her a message from her long-dead mother, Arielle. It is a warning about the Witch with No Face. But who is the Witch, and what is she planning? Lirael must use her new powers to save the Old Kingdom from this great danger—and it must be forestalled not only in the living world but also in the cold, remorseless river of Death. Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction & Fantasy Magic Royalty Magic Users Witchcraft
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The story was enjoyable, not as full as the others in this series.
However it was so difficult to listen to. The narration is completely monotone with words randomly stressed all over the place in paragraphs so it was very easy to get distracted or totally miss important parts. I turned the recording off 3 minutes in and attempted to buy the kindle version to not ruin the book for myself. But I have listened to it all now. The narration is bad throughout

Terrible narration

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Really enjoyed the book but the reader is terrible, putting stress on all the wrong words!

Great story, abysmal reader!

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This is a wonderful book from a fantastic series The narrator may be acclaimed but this time she killed it for me. No real feeling. Mechanical delivery. Sorry narrators don't always come with awards.

Disappointing

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I trust Audible reviews more than most other places. I was going to give this a miss because of how much criticism other people had for Heather Wilds' performance. Thank the Charter I didn't! There nothing abhorrent or lacking in her reading of the book. She did a great job with the voices of different characters and her pace through the narration is ok. Certainly does not warrant the negative reviews it's received. All of the characters in this series tend to be a bit 'two-track minded' and stoic; it's difficulty to add personality when it isn't there.
I love this series; Goldenhand is an interesting, engrossing story and Heather Wilds adds to that. I If you like the Old Kingdom, get this. You won't regret it. Probably.

Almost missed out on a great listen!

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Firstly this is a great story, really enjoyed it. Although the narration isn’t as good as the first three books it does get better and I found myself forgetting about the flatter character narration and I actually think the narrator gets better throughout. Don’t let the negative views put you off this book it’s well worth a listen.

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