An awesome story, not the best narrator

Where does Stranger of Tempest rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Smack in the middle, it would be top with a different narrator

What did you like best about this story?

The characters. Immediately engaging and lovable :)

Would you be willing to try another one of Jay Villiers’s performances?

probably not :(

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No, this is the first book I've listened to while also reading it on my kindle. Took several days split between looking after children, the dog and working :)

Any additional comments?

Buy the book, either the kindle or hardback version. Its Tom Lloyd back to his best.

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first impression and last

I'm writing this in the first 5 minutes of the book in case I don't bother to review later or I become accustomed to the reader. The reader is poor. Little difference given to different characters in voice male or female and despite the author writing an action packed start of the story the reader fails to deliver the urgency and violence in how he reads the book.

I finished the book. you get used to the reader. the writing is mediocre in terms of character development and plot and hints at more fantastical development of its world in terms of God's and monsters. I wouldn't be buying the sequel though.

buy to listen to only if you haven't a better book to choose or if it's a "bargain " there are many better fantasy stories however.

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A great listen!

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Solid Adult Fantasy.

The humour might offend people. I've missed characters that sling cutting insults. The main character a "large" man named Lynx, he has a back story that tackles his size in a great way.

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I can't finish this book

I'm not quite sure if the story is good because I don't think I can get over the monotonous tone of the narrator. He seems bored reading the story and I often find my mind wondering away. I have given it several attempts, where I often have to skip back to see what I missed.

Not very much inflection in the narrators voice and it's hard to distinguish characters.

So I can't fairly rate the story because I'm not sure if I'm bored with the characters or bored of listening to the narrator.

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