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My Sister the Moon
- Ivory Carver Trilogy, Book 2
- Narrated by: Holly Fielding
- Length: 14 hrs and 39 mins
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Summary
An abused and unwanted daughter of the First Men Tribe, young Kiin knows the harsh realities of life in a frozen land at the top of the world. In an age of ice nine millenia past, her destiny is tied to the brave sons of orphaned chagak and her chieftain mate kayugh - one to whom, Kiin is promised, the, other for whom she yearns But the evil that her own family spawned drags the tormented young woman far from her people - where savage cruelties, love and fate will strenghten and change her... and give her the courage to fight for the future of her own helpless progeny.
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- Miss E Balfour
- 14-02-24
Beautiful story that picks up pace as you go
Well written, absorbs you- I listened in like 4 days! Story is slow to open but once it flows, wow does it flow.
Some folk have said narrator not to their taste- I’ve got to speak in her defence! Beautiful soft voice which fits with the main character and suits the melodic language of the book. Give it a go!
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- Treehugger
- 20-08-20
Wonderful epic story spoilt by flat narration
I love Sue Harrison's books, and this is book 2 of my favourite trilogy. The story, set in 7th Century BC in the Aleutian islands, follows Kiin and her hard life, beaten by her father, abused and deprived, yet loved by Samiq. He wishes she could be his wife, but her life was saved at birth from infanticide by being promised as wife to Samiq's brother Amgigh. There are many things about their early lives the brothers do not realise, their destinies sealed at an early age. The story carries these three central characters through a turbulent, suspenseful and painful life.
I have these books, plus others of Sue Harrison's, in paperback form, as they are my favourites, and was hoping to deepen my enjoyment by listening to them being read aloud. However, Holly Fielding, the narrator, is completely dismal. Her flat monotonous voice brings nothing to the story, ignores cues such as "he whispered", lacks emotion or any empathy for the characters. She doesn't manage to sound either kind or cruel when called to do so by the different characters. She sounds as if the whole story bores her and she can't be bothered to give it any feeling. Her only concession to accuracy is she does managed to stutter a little when reading Kiin's words, as Kiin has a very bad stammer in the story. She does vary her voice tone more than in the first volume, but only within the monotone which is her norm. 😴
She has an annoying habit of pausing or hesitating in the middle of a sentence, so that it doesn't flow properly but sounds disjointed. "Bubbles of milk from his. Nursing appeared at his mouth".
"He helped Kiin make a shelter of hides. Driftwood and mats".... 🤨
Poor Ms Fielding also appears to have a blocked nose, which makes her flat narration even less pleasant to listen to. 👃🙄😞
Her mispronunciations of Aleut words, and even common words used in English such as cache as "cashay", niche as "nitch" and chiton as "cheeten" ("chee'en" in her heavy American accent) instead of the correct "kyton" are also really irritating - there's a pronunciation glossary in the front of the paperbacks after all. In fact, by halfway through the book, listening to her say "food cashayed for winter" I actually wanted to scream "CACHE!!!" (cash) "It's CACHE!!! " at her every time she called it a "cashay".
I even looked her up on the ACX website (where Audible gets their narrators, most of whom are professional actors) and discovered to my dismay that she has been auditioned and approved and has narrated hundreds of books!! What are these people thinking?!! when there are so many far better narrators out there.
All in all, sadly I will be forced to avoid any book narrated by Holly Fielding in the future.
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- Anonymous User
- 27-05-23
i happened to like the narration
many have complained but i think holly fielding's narration is perfect for this story. her voice is soft and gentle, unlike many american narrators. she gives emotional depth to the story and her subtle voice changes for different characters allow you to hear who is speaking without overacting as some narrators can. what some have described as 'monotonous' i hear as a soft slow quietness perfectly suited to the eerie, icy, expansive emptiness of the landscape that seems to pervade the story, the characters and their way of life. thanks holly
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- Tara O Donovan
- 13-08-21
A compelling story
I'm really enjoying this trilogy and look forward to finding out what happens in the last book.
The narrator doesn't seem too enthused by the story, oddly, but the tale itself is intriguing enough to compensate for this.
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- Genifer
- 19-01-22
awesome story. monotonous narration
the narration *is* a bit monotonous but the story is so good I could overlook that and see it as more understated. it sounds like the narrator is not very experienced tbh. really good story tho
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