I abandoned this audio book after about 3 hours. It just felt so irrelevant. I couldn’t find a common theme and nothing was really moving forward. Too slow and TOO many characters. I lost track of half of them immediately, because they weren’t interesting enough. I remember Corban and his sister, but that’s it. If you can’t make me invested in your characters, I have no reason to stick with a story. I couldn’t tell you anything about them right now, apart from Corban, who is pretty angsty and doesn’t like fighting and his sister, who is the rebellious one.
All in all, the characters acted a little too ‘young’ for me as well. This felt more like YA and I am not looking for any of that in my books at the moment.
There’s 20 more hours and I don’t want to deal with them, if nothing sticks. This book needed to be less introduction and more action, and maybe don’t introduce so many characters at once. Or at least let them do some interesting stuff apart from riding around.
I also didn’t like the narrator and his accent. And how he read certain characters, especially that one friend of Corban.
Excellent, a negative review of this book. I’ve got it on tap and have seen nothing but glowing reviews, so this helps temper my thoughts a bit.
That “young” bit has me concerned.
Haha, very cool! I am looking forward to your thoughts on it.
I should have listened to a good friend of mine. Our taste in books is exactly the same (that’s how we bonded!) and she said she didn’t finish it, because it was too boring and she was sure I wouldn’t like it either. She was right.
I have also not read many negitive reviews for this. Thank you. I think it is safe to say I can pass this one over in the shops.
Oh no! I have a copy of this one and I’ve been looking forward to it. At least I have the paperback, not the audio book.
Me from a year ago would have probably given it another chance, but I am quicker to not finish now. Too many good books out there.
It probably plays a role as well! If I’d liked the narrator more, I might have given it another chance. If I was reading it I could have gone back to check on names, places etc.
Ahahaha, I see what you mean!! And good to know – I will definitely not grab the audio books when I start my Hobb reread (some time in the future^^). I hope you like the book more!!
The acting too young thing is interesting. That can really kill a book for me!!
I seem to be in the minority 😀 It’s actually like that for me with a lot of popular books.
Ugh, that’s miserable. Audio books done well can be wonderful. I just finished listening to Neil Gaiman narrate one of his own books (The Ocean at the End of the World) and that was a nice refreshing change. I love listening to him narrate his own books.
Yay! Welcome to the club 😀 Now I don’t feel so bad for not giving it another chance. Just not our book!