Fresh Twist To Familiar Tales

What a wonderful fantasy remix of the Holmes stories. It's like wrapping yourself in a familiar blanket at the end of a long cold day. The skeleton of the stories stay the same as the original but the meat is fresh and adds a new and delicious world to explore. I can't recommend this highly enough. I love that Addison took the long running theory and followed it through, weaving into it her boundless imagination.

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Brillaint performance when at the correct speed

I had to make that that headline as this engaging yarn is being briliantly performed - but I am sure the publishers have issued it at a reduced speed to inflate the length. At normal speed it is unbearable. at 1.2 it is ok. at 1.45 is is a brillaintly performed, humerous and enjoyable melodrama. Ignore those who said the performance is bad - just set the reading to a speed that suits you and I guarantee satisfaction.

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Could not have loved this book more

I loved the Elflands books and was eager for more. This one had a vaguely Sherlock Holmesy feel and I wasn't keen so I took a while to get round to it. I could not have loved this book more.
Easy to read and eagerly devoured! Such imagination, all so marvellously told, and very well narrated. If I had been a Sherlock Holmes fan, I might have caught even more of those references. I loved the two principal characters and found them both fascinating.
A great read!

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a fun listen

Really like the author's other works and am a sherlock Holmes fan so had to give this a go. the world building was amazing and added a good twist to the stories. I had seen other negative reviews about the narration but found I liked the more dramatic reading and distinct voices the character had, it reminded me of the older Holmes series. The ending did seem a little abrupt but was satisfying overall, definitely going to be one I go back to.

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An imaginative retelling.

Katherine Addison has a great gift for inventing new worlds, that are both familiar and fantastical, even here recreating Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s world. I first read her ‘The Goblin Emperor’ two years ago and have read it and listened to it more times than I can count. Again with this she writes a brilliant story, peopled by great characters, that keeps you riveted till the end, and immediately wanting more.

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fantastic

this was brilliant re-imagining of some classic stories. Beautiful performance bringing all of the characters alive (even the dead ones), loved it

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Good listen

a nice take on an old classic. I enjoyed the twists and liked the way current topics and issues were addressed.

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Fans of Sherlock will either love or hate this.

I feel like if you like Sherlock both the original stories and the modern adaptation you will adore this. But I also feel like you might not appreciate this if you don't know the original Sherlock stories at all.

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Awful Narrator

I am about a quarter of the way through, and thinking of giving up on the audio and getting the kindle edition. I love Katherine Addison's writing. I must have read The Goblin Emperor 6 or 7 times.

I listen to a lot of audio books, I listen to them while I'm doing house work or knitting, or just when I am out for a walk.

I was so pleased when I found she had a new book out, and that it was available as an audio book. But the narrator is so bad at doing the voices of Crow and Lestrade that it is intrusive and spoils the story. I find I am listening to the voice and not the words, wondering why she chooses to emphasize the words she does. I wonder if she is American trying to do English?

I have only given the story 3 stars, because I haven't finished it yet, and so far its a retelling of A Study in Scarlet, so not original . The world the story is set in is steam punk.

Such a shame.

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Over the top, hammed up performance

An interesting story spoiled by a ridiculously over the top, hammed up performance! Sounded like a cliche of a children's presenter! Very annoying!

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