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desheria's review
5.0
It is a crime that the Twinborn trilogy isn't more popular than it is.
A superb and fun fantasy adventure.
I loved the narration by Mikael Naramore, as well. It may be part of why I adored this story so much, I was so immersed in the world.
The writing though. The prose. It was so lovely, I looked forward to every paragraph.
Perhaps some people will think there is too much detail, too much 'going on about nothing' and possibly repetition of information, but I drank it up.
A superb and fun fantasy adventure.
I loved the narration by Mikael Naramore, as well. It may be part of why I adored this story so much, I was so immersed in the world.
The writing though. The prose. It was so lovely, I looked forward to every paragraph.
Perhaps some people will think there is too much detail, too much 'going on about nothing' and possibly repetition of information, but I drank it up.
kagedbooks's review against another edition
4.0
Almost 70 hours of audio for 1 credit, makes this more than worth it.
I put off reading this for a while just because the ads were cheesy and claimed to be as good as some of my favorite authors...it's decent but not on the level of some of the masters of modern fantasy. The concept of multiple worlds has always been super fascinating to me, and the plot being that in some extremely rare cases people can be "twinborn" basically being two different people on two worlds, but living that life in your dreams is super interesting and well done.
Gripes: I do feel like for it being super rare we come across quite a few of these characters but they tend to seek each other out so it's not totally unexpected. For being so long I feel like the world is slightly underdeveloped, however the characters and intrigue drive the story. There are parts that seem rushed and underdeveloped, as well as parts that seem to meander randomly for no plot related reason.
What I liked: It was a well executed soft magic system, I normally don't like soft magic system because deux ex machina happens a lot but while occasionally present here, it wasn't at super disappointing times. The magic does have limits of both skill, source, verbal/mental commands, etc...however these are not well defined. The author has established lore of the world that is interesting and sets up the story to be continued while leaving you with a satisfying ending.
All and all was this the best thing since sliced bread...no... I did enjoy it and you get a whole lot of story for a cheap price.
**Audio note: The narrator did take me a minute to get used to but I ended up enjoying his narration. There is some weird random chiming throughout the audiobook, I could never really figure out what it signified. At first I thought it was for world switches but that wasn't the case, maybe it's chapters in the hard copy i'm not sure, just not used to anything in audiobooks that seems to purposely take you out of the story, but you get used to it.
I put off reading this for a while just because the ads were cheesy and claimed to be as good as some of my favorite authors...it's decent but not on the level of some of the masters of modern fantasy. The concept of multiple worlds has always been super fascinating to me, and the plot being that in some extremely rare cases people can be "twinborn" basically being two different people on two worlds, but living that life in your dreams is super interesting and well done.
Gripes: I do feel like for it being super rare we come across quite a few of these characters but they tend to seek each other out so it's not totally unexpected. For being so long I feel like the world is slightly underdeveloped, however the characters and intrigue drive the story. There are parts that seem rushed and underdeveloped, as well as parts that seem to meander randomly for no plot related reason.
What I liked: It was a well executed soft magic system, I normally don't like soft magic system because deux ex machina happens a lot but while occasionally present here, it wasn't at super disappointing times. The magic does have limits of both skill, source, verbal/mental commands, etc...however these are not well defined. The author has established lore of the world that is interesting and sets up the story to be continued while leaving you with a satisfying ending.
All and all was this the best thing since sliced bread...no... I did enjoy it and you get a whole lot of story for a cheap price.
**Audio note: The narrator did take me a minute to get used to but I ended up enjoying his narration. There is some weird random chiming throughout the audiobook, I could never really figure out what it signified. At first I thought it was for world switches but that wasn't the case, maybe it's chapters in the hard copy i'm not sure, just not used to anything in audiobooks that seems to purposely take you out of the story, but you get used to it.
dameanmr's review against another edition
adventurous
challenging
dark
mysterious
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.0
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