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The Mirror Empire
- Worldbreaker Saga, Book 1
- Narrated by: Liza Ross
- Length: 17 hrs and 41 mins
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Summary
On the eve of a recurring catastrophic event known to extinguish nations and reshape continents, a troubled orphan evades death and slavery to uncover her own bloody past - while a world goes to war with itself. In the frozen kingdom of Saiduan, invaders from another realm are decimating whole cities, leaving behind nothing but ash and ruin.
As the dark star of the cataclysm rises, an illegitimate ruler is tasked with holding together a country fractured by civil war, a precocious young fighter is asked to betray his family and a half-Dhai general must choose between the eradication of her father's people or loyalty to her alien Empress.
Through tense alliances and devastating betrayal, the Dhai and their allies attempt to hold against a seemingly unstoppable force as enemy nations prepare for a coming together of worlds as old as the universe itself. In the end, one world will rise - and many will perish.
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- Daniel Hanly
- 09-08-15
Very Interesting, but Fails to Maintain Momentum
Struggled after the half way mark when none of the events seemed significant in the bigger picture of the story arc, or maybe it's that the larger story arc wasn't established enough for me to understand the bigger picture.
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- Michela
- 29-12-21
Adventures through the mirror
It is soon clear that in this novel political schemes, war plans and personal agendas span to different worlds, inhabited by the same people, mirror worlds and, as the main characters soon find out, mirror versions of each person, who can never meet. Different cultures, different power balance, different approaches to war and interpersonal relations. The same type of magic is shared by both worlds, though different stars influences it. Among many interesting characters, a young girl, displaced from her world, learns how to master her gifts and how to use them to save herself and her people, while a young man, recently risen to a powerful position, discovers his sister's legacy and secrets to fight the mirror people. The novel is the first of a series, so the ending is open and the reader is left to wonder what happens next.
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- Amazon Customer
- 25-06-18
An Original and Complex Fantasy Saga
I have seen quite a few people knocking this book, but I would say to any one considering reading (or listening to it, rather) - stick with it! It is a bit difficult to wrap your mind around at first, I will most certainly grant you that. BUT, it is rewarding because this is a wholly unique fantasy world. It is not the sort of world or story you are used to with your more mainstream authors, but it is one all unto itself. After this book, I immediately had to get the next and I'm dying waiting for the third book to come out! 10/10, will definitely read/listen to again!
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- duncan
- 06-08-15
Mind numbingly dull
What could Kameron Hurley have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?
spend less time lecturing about pro nouns, concentrate on a interesting story.
Have you listened to any of Liza Ross’s other performances? How does this one compare?
The narration was fine just the material was lacking
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
none that I could find
Any additional comments?
One of the worst books I have ever had to persevere with
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- Sean Higgins
- 19-09-15
Captivating & thrilling
I got this on the recommendation of a friend and I am SO glad I did! It was confusing at first, but keep going & you'll catch on. Some of the most amazing world building I've ever seen. This style reminds me of ASOIAF, but this author is more brutal than GRRM (in a good way!). I loved the array of perspectives-- people of all (& multiple genders), disabled folks, & different cultures. Loved the unique characters. Five stars for sure.
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- Autumn
- 03-08-17
Suffers from narrator and front-loaded exposition
Unfortunately this narrator manages to make every character sound like an affronted grandmother, except for Lilia, who sounds like a country bumpkin from the Charlotte's Web cartoon movie. I tried so hard to look past this but nearly every line felt delivered counter to the intentions of the author. The best narrators manage to imbue some sense of the character's own personality to the tone, and this one simply doesn't. Every character sounds exactly the same and it makes it an active burden to tell who is who.
For the story itself, it's all very intriguing but takes so long to make sense through the cripplingly heavy exposition, lack of real character details, and the veritable onslaught of named characters.
I think I'll like this book better on a second read-through. Probably in print.
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- Paul Houser
- 19-10-16
Ho hum
After reading the wonderfully gritty Bel Dame Apocrypha (which was stunning) I expected a gritty fantasy The narrator had the wrong voices for this type of fantasy. She'd probably be fine for a cosy mystery.
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- Amazon Customer
- 21-01-20
Terrible narrator
Story so unexpected and strange. Too bad it’s wholly ruined by a narrator who should only read children’s books. Seriously, she reads with the over exaggerated emotion that you’d use to read to your 8 yr old, but the content is about pain and blood. I found it hard to take the words seriously.
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- aaron
- 02-12-19
decent world, terrible narrator
Narrator was horrible. Interesting world building, too bad it was ruined by crap one dimensional characters, and a very weak plot. Very hard to get through, will not recommend, will not continue with the series.
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- Nedieh Red Nav
- 05-05-18
Very difficult to follow
This story is quite confusing to follow with the various names and then the same names used in the other world.
It’s taken me a long time to get through this story and quite often I lost interest or only 1:2 followed on the audio book. Not an easy read or listen and the author spends way too much time explaining various things to the point that it’s nauseatingly boring.
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- timothy
- 24-03-16
Good but with too much grimdark
The societies and world building is excellent most of the characters are not good people though, and there's a lot of pointless cruel happenstance described.
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- Adam H
- 30-11-23
The worst narrator I’ve come across
This is the first time I have ever given up on an audiobook. The narrator is so incredibly bad that I just had to stop. This review does not reflect the story at all as the narrator was so off putting I simply couldn’t get past the 3rd chapter. Don’t waste your money or credit on the audiobook.
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- Anonymous User
- 18-05-22
Great book, Narrator could be better.
I got used to the narrator, I hope the last book gets an audiobook.
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- Eric Scoccia
- 09-09-21
Ruined by Narrator
I tried to focus past the narrator's voice but with a book that is this deep with important names and details it was too distracting. They cannot clearly differentiate between the characters and at times seem to place the wrong emotional context to the content.
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