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lizshayne 's review for:
The Vagrant
by Peter Newman
It is important to note that I listened to this book. I think I would have had a very different experience (and probably a less enjoyable one) had I read it myself rather than had it read to me.
Some of that was the interaction between narrative and narrator - the weirdness of the landscape, the absence of names and speech from the main character, the number of characters who are just "the ______" could be frustrating when read, but the rhythm of the prose works when encountered aurally. It has that odd, folklore-esque feel wherein the definite article serves to both particularize the narrative and cut it loose in space and time, so hearing it read made the story almost soothing rather than disconcerting.
The actual voice of the narrator probably helped a lot with that.
It reminds me in some ways of China Mieville in terms of dark weirdness (and someone should tell the author's wife that I said so), but hews much more closely to a traditional fantasy narrative. I didn't expect the combination of the two to work for me as well as it did, but I really did enjoy The Vagrant far more than I expected to.
Very glad I had the good sense to get it in audio format, though. Clearly the right choice for me and this.
Also, the baby and the goat. Both of them absolutely made the book for me.
Some of that was the interaction between narrative and narrator - the weirdness of the landscape, the absence of names and speech from the main character, the number of characters who are just "the ______" could be frustrating when read, but the rhythm of the prose works when encountered aurally. It has that odd, folklore-esque feel wherein the definite article serves to both particularize the narrative and cut it loose in space and time, so hearing it read made the story almost soothing rather than disconcerting.
The actual voice of the narrator probably helped a lot with that.
It reminds me in some ways of China Mieville in terms of dark weirdness (and someone should tell the author's wife that I said so), but hews much more closely to a traditional fantasy narrative. I didn't expect the combination of the two to work for me as well as it did, but I really did enjoy The Vagrant far more than I expected to.
Very glad I had the good sense to get it in audio format, though. Clearly the right choice for me and this.
Also, the baby and the goat. Both of them absolutely made the book for me.