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A review by curgoth
The Book of Swords by Robin Hobb, George R.R. Martin
3.0
Audio read. From a while ago - I have been lax about recording my reads.
Pretty decent reading, with reasonable accent agility.
Content-wise, there were some serious stand-out stories.
The Hidden Girl by Ken Liu was lovely, and IIRC is getting spun out into a series of novels, which I will read.
"I Am a Handsome Man", Said Apollo Crow by Kate Elliott had me smirking and grinning while listening to it. High quality trickster tale.
I was also pretty happy with both K.J. Parker's The Best Man Wins and Robin Hobbs' Her Father's Sword.
I was less impressed with George R. R. Martin's Sons of the Dragon, but I am generally not that into his ASOIAF histories - they are too dry, without enough personality. Which is strange, because when we're talking about real history, the same kind of presentation generally works for me.
Pretty decent reading, with reasonable accent agility.
Content-wise, there were some serious stand-out stories.
The Hidden Girl by Ken Liu was lovely, and IIRC is getting spun out into a series of novels, which I will read.
"I Am a Handsome Man", Said Apollo Crow by Kate Elliott had me smirking and grinning while listening to it. High quality trickster tale.
I was also pretty happy with both K.J. Parker's The Best Man Wins and Robin Hobbs' Her Father's Sword.
I was less impressed with George R. R. Martin's Sons of the Dragon, but I am generally not that into his ASOIAF histories - they are too dry, without enough personality. Which is strange, because when we're talking about real history, the same kind of presentation generally works for me.