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A review by samuelson_obi
Knaves Over Queens by George R.R. Martin
4.0
The best way for me to describe the experience of reading this collection was with this anecdote. During an outing for a meal with colleagues and friends. Whilst ordering our desserts we couldn’t decide what we wanted. So we pretty much ordered many different cakes. We kept passing the different cakes around where each person cut a piece, after that they would pass it along to the next. We called it the cake roulette.
This is what reading Knaves over Queens brought to mind. Each short story and novella had its own flavour, was for its own reasons exciting and added to that the various cameos of characters from one story to another made them fun to look forward to. The characters were interesting enough to keep my attention as well as made me empathise with them on some level. I also liked that there was an element of progression all throughout. The historical elements added that extra bit of authenticity and gritty reality. From the second world war and Churchill, Turing, to the Cray twins, Thatcher and the Falklands war, the troubles and the more recent Brexit.
Peter Noble’s superb narration matched the gritty tone throughout. He made all the characters distinct to the point where I could tell who was who without hearing having to hear their names.
This was a solid 4 stars for me.
And in case you are wondering, as far as continuity goes, you don’t have to start from the first book to enjoy and fully appreciate this one.
This is what reading Knaves over Queens brought to mind. Each short story and novella had its own flavour, was for its own reasons exciting and added to that the various cameos of characters from one story to another made them fun to look forward to. The characters were interesting enough to keep my attention as well as made me empathise with them on some level. I also liked that there was an element of progression all throughout. The historical elements added that extra bit of authenticity and gritty reality. From the second world war and Churchill, Turing, to the Cray twins, Thatcher and the Falklands war, the troubles and the more recent Brexit.
Peter Noble’s superb narration matched the gritty tone throughout. He made all the characters distinct to the point where I could tell who was who without hearing having to hear their names.
This was a solid 4 stars for me.
And in case you are wondering, as far as continuity goes, you don’t have to start from the first book to enjoy and fully appreciate this one.