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Od Magic
- Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir
- Length: 11 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Classics
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Summary
Critic reviews
"World Fantasy Award-winner McKillip demonstrates once again her exquisite grasp of the fantasist's craft....[A]n otherworldly delight" ( Publishers Weekly)
"Lyrically told, the novel evokes an enchanting atmosphere and thoughtful tone...." ( KLIATT)
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- Yann Best
- 15-09-15
Beautiful, meandering, but not the best narration
Would you consider the audio edition of Od Magic to be better than the print version?
Quite the opposite, sadly.
What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?
A charming, meandering tale filled with surprisingly believable characters and beautiful prose, the effect is marred slightly by the breathy narration, which often ties itself up and confuses the mood of a scene or character, which has a rather jarring effect.
Indeed, on one notable occasion, the narrator confuses which characters are speaking, realises mid-speech and corrects herself. Not the best treatment, and rather suggests that the narrator wasn't given much (any?) direction, nor appropriate correction.
Any additional comments?
Fortunately, the quality of the writing; the wonderful characters; the meandering narrative; the charming, positive story all conspire to render the problems with the reading insignificant. This is a wonderful slice of fantasy, filled with humanity and livened up with a light dusting of myth and fairytale, and is more than worthy of anybody's shelf, virtual or otherwise.
3 people found this helpful
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- Mrs Sara Turner
- 12-08-22
Loved It
Fantastic book with wonderful moral sentiment to not fear what you don't know or understand. And how the small things in life need to be cherished.
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- bronwen price
- 07-07-22
enchanting
I enjoyed the story so much I didn't want it to end. Read beautifully by the haunting voice.
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- Mrs. M. Freeman
- 07-07-22
a lovely story
the pace is slow, but it builds wonderfully and the characters are well filled out with unusual sparkling.
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- Katie
- 17-05-22
Perfect
So beautiful. The prose is exquisite, the story poignant, and every word saturated with magic. This is the wonder and whimsy that I feel is missing from so much of the fantasy that’s written for an adult audience.
I see other reviews disliked the narration, but I actually loved it - so give it a listen if you’re hesitant and see if it suits your taste!
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- Vanessa
- 08-05-22
Not bad to be honest
This is a pretty good book and I would really like to hear the next one . The MC is really quiet and likeable My only real disappointment is the narrator...she has a lovely voice don't get me wrong but the reading was so slow I had to turn the speed to 1.35 just so I wouldn't fall to sleep. It might have been a style choice but it didn't work for me.
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- Anonymous User
- 17-04-22
absolutely brilliant..
me loves and learned alot from this beautifully written and told story... you make me smile 🌻💚
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- pixy
- 15-03-22
Nothing new
I was really looking forward to this. Thought it would be different out of the ordinary but perhaps I found it at the wrong time. I couldn’t get into it. Had to keep going back to review and find a memory link. It didn’t work for me
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- Kindle Customer
- 06-02-22
A crafters friend.
Great companion for a late night stitcher, I absolutely loved it..and did not want it to end.
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- Revdave39
- 24-01-22
A road of personal discovery
After 5p plus years of reading Sci fi and fantasy this is the first of Patricia McKillip's I have read and was enchanted by the powerful prose and imagination of the author . You have a new dedicated reader, thank you for I voting me into your world.
I found the narrator mostly skilled and in tune with the text and ethos of the book with a few stumbles expected in such a vast range of character and nuance - well done Gabrielle, my thanks to yo uh also for bring the page to life.
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- Ambagious
- 26-05-09
Great to have a McKillip, but not with this reader
Not the very best of McKillip's work but still with the odd, unexpected, quiet charm which distinguishes her prose, her characters, and her imagery from any other writer's, _Od Magic_ is a fine place for a publisher to start with recordings. The world is complex, the characters varied, the story not so intricate as to leave a listener stranded but a long way from simple.
But the reader. Gabrielle de Cuir has a sweet, breathless, girlish voice which embroiders on every hint of wonder until it loses all its interest. She doesn't have the range for the variety of characters she's posed, but more, she seems to take the delicacy and beauty of McKillip's prose as a mandate to make a sticky-sweet spun-sugar confection out of a story that truly has more grip to it than that. de Cuir should be set to reading cyberpunk or other dystopias, where the *italic* quality of her reading would provide a contrast, a surprise, a source of richness in the reading. To have her reading McKillip is to reinforce every stereotype there is of McKillip's flowery-ness, every stereotype formed by readers who don't pay attention to the real tensions and ambiguities laced - yes, delicately, but with great tensile strength - through the narratives. De Cuir reads _Od Magic_ exactly the way someone who didn't like the book would expect it to be read.
I've been a fierce fan of Patricia McKillip's works since 1981. When _Od Magic_ was published, I bought it and read it and liked it very much. Every month or so, I do a hitherto useless search for any of her books available through Audible. When I found one, I bought it. I downloaded it. I started it. I never finished. Now, when I do my searche for anything by McKillip, it's with both eagerness and dread: what if there is another one, one I like even more? But--what if it's read by de Cuir?
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- M. Eglestone
- 27-09-10
Very good story.
Od Magic is a very good story. It starts out slowly but builds to a rather exciting, fast paced, conclusion. I would recommend it to any fantasy fan.
This is an Audio Book and the narration leaves a lot to be desired. The colorless, sing song monotone voice that Gabrielle de Cuir uses for everything except character dialogue nearly destroys the listeners interest in continuing during the slower parts. I really don't understand what she was trying to do with that voice because she does absolutely outstanding character dialogues.
Since this is an Audio review, I have to give it 3 stars instead of 4. The narration is weak.
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- Better than Lisa
- 28-05-21
Play on 1.25 speed
I think a lot of the story was ruined for me due to the narration. I didn't figure out it was slowed down until a third way through. Once you bump it to 1.25 she sounds normal. As for the story, I wanted more. More character development, more world building.
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- Gentle Reader Jill
- 09-04-09
Magic and mystery
The king has a stranglehold on magic, and that's just part of the complex, exasperating problem that several stubborn characters are working on from different angles. While it's probably too subtle for little kids, and not for moods when the reader wants battles and smiting, the book brims with conflicts and dramatic and humorous moments. The magic is solidly convincing, the humor is woven into the situations, and the characters are well-drawn and memorable (though I can never remember any names but Od's). The narrative point of view moves among several important characters, but the reader handles the shifts so masterfully that the listener doesn't even blink. It's an excellent book to listen to; I hope Audible gets all the rest of McKillip's books soon, and that they're all this well-performed.
24 people found this helpful
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- Christa
- 30-08-12
Beautiful prose, so-so story and terrible narrator
McKillip's imagery is rich and dense, and I enjoy the way she paints pictures with words, though I suspect the surrealism and dream-like quality of some scenes will wear on some people's patience. Unfortunately, the reader seems inspired by this aspect of the prose to read in a slow, sing-song voice like a bad actress playing a person under hypnosis.
As for the story, I thought it had potential, but it never seemed to grow complex. The characters didn't evolve enough, especially Brendan Vetch, who seemed originally meant as the protagonist, but seems the least interesting character by the end. We are presented with a supposedly dangerous mystery, and character conflicts, but just as everything is coming to a climax, Od, the ancient wizard who everyone respects and no one will defy, steps in and fixes everything like a teacher sorting out squabbling children.
If it weren't for the narrator, I'd say it was still worth a listen, so I recommend listening to the sample before buying.
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- Steven
- 02-12-20
Narrator has little emotions
I was not able to get more than an hour into this book. The cadence and tone of the narrator made it absolutely unbearable and I had to quit listening. story may be good, but I wouldn't know.
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- Lauffeuer
- 02-12-09
A Story Ruined by Deus Ex Machina
Od Magic starts out more like a panting with words than a book. The story progresses from its beginning into a fairly interesting story with well developed characters and an interesting setting. There are wonderful scenes of magic painted such that I'll always remember them. However, once we have the characters established and the setting painted, the story starts to drag for a little while.
The characters spend far too much time whining about their situations or running away from their problems and hiding or making half-hearted attempts to find other characters that are running away or hiding. While, in many ways, the actions of the characters are realistic within this fantasy realm, it doesn't make a very interesting story.
Anyway, the story improves every time there is a scene with a magical performance, or a character actually makes a choice and acts on it. The story picks up pace towards the end, and approaches a moment of truth that had me holding my breath. The characters come to the moment: the wizard seeking to maintain the king's rule over magic and the wizard wanting it to be free, the king and his daughter, simple and peaceful magics and laws based in fear. Then Od comes in as a sledgehammer of a Deus Ex Machina, each confrontation is interrupted, and Od takes away all the choices.
It would have been an amazing story if it had a different ending.
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- Elizabeth
- 13-07-21
original story line! very good , love it all.
Love her writing style, her story is a story line of magic i have never heard or read before. Without a doubt a must read for any who love fantasy and magic. PLEASE do get and enjoy you won't be sorry. Though a lot of people reviewing on the narration bad. I found her sweet, charming, calm voice to this book quite soothing and in my opinion perfect. I "see" the characters especially Od perfect. It's well..... very well done considering that Od herself is a very old person (magical person) and has been around for a very long time. And kind of sounds like what I hear when I picture her. So for me she did well. The characters are all very good as well and their stories are all quite good and organic. Even with the same old version of some hate magic or don't trust it, or want to in the King to control the kind of magic they can do in his kingdom. Without being a magical person himself, but still wants to control what he doesn't understand. And even with Od setting up a school....(then she leaves to look for others) and when the powers in control to "help" other's in the learning of some magic but not other kind. As in other stories I have read and kick out the magical persons they Don't want in their school. Well you know. But still the Od character is vary original and the twists she does in this story are very different. Which makes her a very important point in this world. But I myself loved it from the beginning to the end. So please do give this one a chance and decide for yourself. And this one is a great book for any age. I hope you enjoy as much as I did.
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- Mysticalsister
- 30-10-09
Great Fairytale!
I listened to the book a while ago, but when i noticed I hadn't reviewed it, I was surprised. This was a very entertaining listen and I was swept away by the story. What is really interesting, is how it's stayed with me. I find myself looking again and again for a sequel. The reader was wonderful, too. I know I will listen again and again. Soon!
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- Jana
- 07-08-09
Enjoyable listen.
I ejoy character driven novels and this one was extremely entrtaining. Strong character development and intriguing well, intrigue. The only downfall was the ending, which felt a bit weak after all of the strong build up during the body of the story.
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