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A review by hpstrangelove
The Fallen Blade: Act One of the Assassini by Jon Courtenay Grimwood
4.0
I listened to the audiobook, which gives me a slightly different perspective of the book. The male narrator did an excellent job, especially with the female voices. It's very irritating when a narrator reads the female characters with a falsetto voice - I can hardly stand to listen.
That said - it was difficult at times to follow the plot. I had to go back and replay certain chapters before I could finally work out what was going on.
One thing that did cause distraction - the author's seeming fascination with bodily functions when a character was frightened. One or two mentions of a character pissing or defecating in fright gets the point across; I don't need twenty or thirty (at least it seemed that many) examples of it happening.
Other than that, I did enjoy the book and look forward to 'reading' the next one.
That said - it was difficult at times to follow the plot. I had to go back and replay certain chapters before I could finally work out what was going on.
One thing that did cause distraction - the author's seeming fascination with bodily functions when a character was frightened. One or two mentions of a character pissing or defecating in fright gets the point across; I don't need twenty or thirty (at least it seemed that many) examples of it happening.
Other than that, I did enjoy the book and look forward to 'reading' the next one.