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blitheringidiolect 's review for:
A Gathering of Shadows
by V.E. Schwab
This got some eye rolls from me and I thought it was just the narrators who are, again, too old for their characters. But I did this one with Whyspersynch and that's not the case. Some of the eye rolls are just in there.
But again, most of my issue with this is the narration. Both narrators are too old for characters on the cusp of their 20's. And Lila's narrator doesn't know her own name, apparently. She calls her "Leela" twice. Maybe more during the parts I wasn't listening to. She also reads like this is a picture book. This is a semi-dark fantasy with murders and kidnapping and pirates and stabbing and blood and stuff. And she reads with a tone better suited for Wendy Darling. And anytime a sentence started with "Sure," she hits that word so. damn. hard.
"SHOOOOORRRRE, Lila had done x before!!" and "SHHuUuuuuuuUUUUURRWWRRR that had happened" and "SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE"
I wanted to stab her a little.
The male narrator just sounded bored. Maybe that was supposed to be a royal affectation. Either way, it didn't work for me and made the characters sound even older.
PS. This book has a CLIFFHANGER FROM HELL!
But again, most of my issue with this is the narration. Both narrators are too old for characters on the cusp of their 20's. And Lila's narrator doesn't know her own name, apparently. She calls her "Leela" twice. Maybe more during the parts I wasn't listening to. She also reads like this is a picture book. This is a semi-dark fantasy with murders and kidnapping and pirates and stabbing and blood and stuff. And she reads with a tone better suited for Wendy Darling. And anytime a sentence started with "Sure," she hits that word so. damn. hard.
"SHOOOOORRRRE, Lila had done x before!!" and "SHHuUuuuuuuUUUUURRWWRRR that had happened" and "SSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEE"
I wanted to stab her a little.
The male narrator just sounded bored. Maybe that was supposed to be a royal affectation. Either way, it didn't work for me and made the characters sound even older.
PS. This book has a CLIFFHANGER FROM HELL!