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The Starless Sea
- Narrated by: Dominic Hoffman, Dion Graham, Bahni Turpin, Allan Corduner, Fiona Hardingham, Jorjeana Marie
- Length: 18 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
The magical new novel from the best-selling author of The Night Circus.
Are you lost or are you exploring?
When Zachary Rawlins stumbles across a strange book hidden in his university library it leads him on a quest unlike any other. Its pages entrance him with their tales of lovelorn prisoners, lost cities and nameless acolytes, but they also contain something impossible: a recollection from his own childhood.
Determined to solve the puzzle of the book, Zachary follows the clues he finds on the cover – a bee, a key and a sword. They guide him to a masquerade ball, to a dangerous secret club and finally through a magical doorway created by the fierce and mysterious Mirabel. This door leads to a subterranean labyrinth filled with stories, hidden far beneath the surface of the earth.
When the labyrinth is threatened, Zachary must race with Mirabel and Dorian, a handsome barefoot man with shifting alliances, through its twisting tunnels and crowded ballrooms, searching for the end of his story.
You are invited to join Zachary on the starless sea: the home of storytellers, story-lovers and those who will protect our stories at all costs.
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- Inge
- 18-12-19
It just goes on and on. Beautiful but aimless.
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- T. Komorowska
- 05-11-19
Perfect.
I’ve waited 9 years for this book, anticipating another novel as enchanting as The Night Circus. That being said, I dove into this book with high expectations and major worries it wouldn’t live up to Morgenstern’s debut. I didn’t need to worry. Drawn in as soon as the first words began, Erin managed to instantly transport me away from my life, worries, mundanities. She creates worlds in a way that it becomes real for you too.
The narrators were perfectly chosen. I worried that multiple narrators would spoil the flow for me, instead it added to the submersion of Erin’s stunning prose.
It you are contemplating buying this book, I simply can’t recommend it enough. No words I could ever produce would do it justice.
Jump. Jump in to this book, and the world it weaves around you. You won’t be sorry.
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- Jenna Williams
- 14-02-20
The narration is terrible
I had to buy a physical copy of this book due to the errors made in the performance. The voices for the character kept interweaving and this left me feeling really confused about what was going on, and who was saying what.
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- an amazon customer
- 17-01-20
So disappointing
How can a book with so much promise fail to deliver so miserably? I loved The Night Circus - it was one of my favourite books from the time. This book had a good premise, and some nice lyrical passages, but I was overall just so disappointed. The characterisation was pretty much non-existent, there was no narrative drive, it was confusing, long, repetitive. I'm sorry but I really wanted to love this book. The performance was fine, but could not salvage it for me, I'm afraid. This book in no way lived up to the huge hype surrounding it, and that is a shame.
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- Alex
- 31-01-20
terrible!
It is impossible to get into this book or care about any of the characters!
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- Colin Dente
- 11-11-19
Wonderful
It's been a long wait since The Night Circus, but oh, so worth it!
A truly captivating story, and an excellently produced audiobook.
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- Neil
- 14-01-20
An astounding journey
This was something special, something different. The narration, calm, level and measured, the pace slow but steady. If you are sleepy when listening don't be surprised if it lulls you into dreams and you end up rewinding over half remembered pages
But don't let that make you think this is boring or tedious. The story is woven through with sub stories and plots that pull you ever in. You do not realise you have gone anywhere, know that anything much has come to pass until you think back over the action. I adored this production. I've not read the authors previous novel but I will now. The characters are both deep and elusive they are more emotion than substance for the most part.
A brilliant concept wonderfully executed.
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- Bob
- 30-11-19
Very like Myst
Very well narrated and performed. I think, as an ensemble, this team is the best I have heard.
I enjoyed this tale which is substantially different from The Night Circus. There are many fewer characters and the locales are more proscribed.
Many times I was reminded of the computer game Myst. There were similar puzzles and hidden passages. Mysterious rooms with strange devices and surreal pictures which were part of the puzzle. Bookshop with clues and a succession of movable objects, or tokens which triggered progress into further rooms.
All this entranced me although I recognise that this style may not be to everyone's taste. Morgenstern's environment has a sense of distressed gentility. Almost louche.
Characterisation is fine and in fact some cases mysterious. Dialogue progresses the story but seems to become directed at cats much of the time. Fine with me.
All round I liked this book.
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- Chrissie Ann
- 13-05-20
No words
No words can describe how much I enjoyed this book. I cried I laughed I wanted to hear more I didn't want it to finish. Fantastic, fabulous, unbelievable, I could go on adding compliments, but they would not be enough.
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- Debbie
- 10-03-20
A magical journey
beautifully told. the story takes the reader on a wonderful adventure, didn't want it to end.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-05-21
Another triumph
Another excellent story by Erin Morgenstern. And a wonderful reading - this production really brought the story to life.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-04-21
Great book, but ending was convoluted
I really loved the first 3/4 of this book, it’s a dream like story that twists and turns and intertwines... but it gets almost too dream like at the end where it becomes a little confusing. How ever I still really enjoyed it.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-12-20
Wow
The most beautiful book I've listened to in a long time. What a beautiful read.
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- Amazon Customer
- 28-06-20
Disappointment
Many great short stories, while the main story has become a drag after chapter 30 (OMG there are 97 chapters).
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- Anonymous User
- 26-04-20
Into the world of the Starless Sea
Like The Night Circus, Erin once again paints and creates worlds with words, making it easy for readers to open the doors 😉 and step inside.
This novel is intricate, with several stories interwoven, developing throughout the book and progressively merging.
It is certainly one to read a second time.
Well done Erin. We hope you are working on your third book!
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- Brenda
- 22-04-20
A Bizarre Tale
After Night Circus I was so excite for this book that I even pre-ordered it.... My, my what a terrible disappointment. I imagined I would love it... and in the end I couldn't even finish it, let alone like it. It's way too much like hard work. There are NINETY THREE chapters and eventually at Chapter 36 I finally gave up. (Yes I stuck it out for THAT long so no-one can say I didn't try hard enough). Next time Erin brings out a book I will wait to see a few thousand reviews on it before I waste another credit.
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- Nichola Millen
- 20-03-20
Poor choice on my part
Some stories are meant for you and some are not. This book was not for me. I had to actively push through this narrative and it almost put me into a reading slump 3 times. I can appreciate this beauty and its honouring of stories. But I think I need to walk way from Morgenstern and keep walking.
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- Liesl
- 15-01-20
More than one story woven into one
The story is a multitude of separate stories, which also happens to be one story. These stories are woven into one and you are left at the shores of the Starless Sea and the habour to wonder what other adventures await the characters you were introduced to. This story reminds one to open new doors and to go exploring, wondering, meandering, and experience life to its fullest.
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- michael potts
- 03-12-19
Ruined by Dominic Hoffman
The story has moments of brilliance, but as an audio book is unfortunately by Dominic Hoffman's drawl, repeated miss pronunciations, clumsy rhythm, and painful, monotone drone.
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- Magenta Cameron
- 25-11-19
A Love Letter to Storytelling
This book is stunning. It is beautiful, lyrical and so atmospheric. It pulls you in and doesn’t let go. It makes you believe in fairytales again.