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Princess Floralinda and the Forty-Flight Tower
- Narrated by: Moira Quirk
- Length: 4 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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Summary
When the witch built the 40-flight tower, she made very sure to do the whole thing properly. Each flight contains a dreadful monster, ranging from a diamond-scaled dragon to a pack of slavering goblins. Should a prince battle his way to the top, he will be rewarded with a golden sword - and the lovely Princess Floralinda.
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- K. Brailsford
- 16-02-22
Thoroughly enjoyable
I absolutely loved this. Enjoyable twisted fairy tale.
Narrator excellent.
Tamsin Muir is on my fave author list already.
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- J. LoVecchio
- 11-09-21
brilliant little story
brilliant little story that had me laughing out loud with sarcastic gender optional fairy and badass Princess
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- Maedbh
- 19-12-20
Great!
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- Andrew Vigil
- 02-12-20
A Joy and a Delight (not for children)
I haven't laughed this hard at a book or anything (for that matter) in a long time. This book is a hilarious take on the princess at the top of the tower. But don't be fooled by the story book wall paper this is not a book for young children. But teens and YA and even Adults can delight in this raucous adventure.
22 people found this helpful
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- Ignatz
- 03-12-20
The Snark Shall Flow
I loved this book! I have been unable to get into Muir's 2nd book in the Locked Tomb series Harrow the Ninth. But this book fulfilled my wishes for more books like Gideon The Ninth. And the narrator, Moira Quirk! I can't say enough good things about her.
Get this novella, read this novella, listen to Moira Quirk read this novella! I promise you, you won't be disappointed.
16 people found this helpful
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- paedagogue
- 03-01-21
A darkly hilarious fairytale.
This Princess-in-a-Tower story is brought to sheer perfection by Moira Quirk's delicious narration. A lively pace, laugh-out-loud humor, and unsettling moral quandaries are beautifully woven together in a perfectly proportioned performance. In Muir's variation, the artistically minded witch (very much an auteur) booby-traps each flight of the princess' tower-prison with a different type of monster, in an all-too-successful challenge to the very hardiest of heroic fairy tale princes. We find ourselves riveted by every minute of the princess' awful confinement. Compared to the Baroque intricacies of Muir's Locked Tomb novels, this is a compact stealth vehicle: I'll be listening to it again, for the humor and for moral lessons.
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- BlindWanderer
- 05-12-20
Nice!
Generally speaking I don't buy things this short but I liked the authors' other works and this novella did not disappoint. It's well told and compact where it needs to be. Seriously, who needs to hear all fourty battle stories? That would grow old quickly. It's worth the read.
7 people found this helpful
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- roseanna banana
- 26-07-22
Really?
It was certainly interesting. The characters were really interesting and humorous. Parts were really gross. I don't think I would normally have read something like this.
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- 2560431
- 08-12-20
The best fairytale retelling ever
As with her Gideon series Tamsyn Muir delivers lots of gore and dark humor paired with an excellent plot. I enjoyed this so much!
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- Dave
- 30-12-20
Cute quick book
if you want a quick taste of Tamsyn Muir before getting involved in the Locked Tomb trilogy, this is a quick witted taste of the author's writing style. I do also recommend the Locked Tomb as they were two of my favorites this year.
this book definitely paints the damsel in distress books of the past in a whole new light. I really enjoyed it.
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- Kindle Customer
- 25-07-22
Fun but woke
Trigger warning: author plays with new age gender ideology. Not for children.
Otherwise lots of fun.
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- Kalit Atl
- 22-05-21
fun and funny
Tamsyn Muir is quickly becoming one of my favorite writers. Also, the Muir Quirk pairing is pure gold.
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- mark warnock
- 17-07-22
A Feminist Fairy Tale
I couldn't put this away once I started it. This story turns the princess in a tower trope on its head in a delightful, fun way without ever being preachy. In classic Muir style, the characters are quirky and flawed and I loved them all because of that.
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