Great book, but author lacks detail / clarity Go check out the Mistborn trilogy if you haven't. I mean, couldn't you have a cool system of magic, or a vivid world, or, or.SOMETHING? Not here. I could go on, with other things I don't like, but I'll close with one last point: To be honest, I wouldn't really mind these mediocrities, if there was at least one redeeming factor out there somewhere. Dunno if that resonates with anyone else. This contributes to a lack of connection with the characters, and ultimately results in the reader not caring who lives or dies in this world because he doesn't know anyone who "lives" there. Essentially we get a laundry list of the facts that compose the story there's no internal struggle or personal burden that the characters have to get past. Additionally, there's a lack of any glimpses into the character's psychology. I felt like I was watching some second rate TV show where the characters have to complete a series of inane quests in order to save the world (think 24, or better yet, the TV version of the Sword of Truth - and yes, the plot in that show IS bad). It's INCREDIBLY one-dimensional there's no depth here at all. That being said, I'm doubtful that even a superior narrator could do much for this story. He'll use a strange high pitch voice when the author mentions the character is whispering. Not to mention he doesn't use the voice that the author describes. If it weren't for his (American) accent, I'd assume he wasn't a native speaker. The pauses are in all the wrong spots, and he emphasizes words in such a way that the meaning of the sentence is altered. This guy's reading doesn't flow very well.
I think most of the critiques of the narration are accurate.
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