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Malice
- The Faithful and Fallen, Book 1
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Series: The Faithful and the Fallen
- Length: 23 hrs and 56 mins
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Science Fiction
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- Customerx
- 15-05-19
Great potential
Loved the story and the multiple storylines which converge. Great rendition by Damian complete with foreign accents and unique effects
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- Anonymous User
- 01-08-20
Such an Amazing read...
Such an amazing book from someone who knows how to write an excellent book from a well developed story with repeated prose.
I think everyone should read this series. yes, the starting of this book is slow and yes, we already know how this story is going to be... but how the author wrote these and how we get to the place that the author wants us to get was awesome and to say that this was his debut book is mind blowing.
must read book and 5 stars from me.
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- Daniel
- 20-06-18
It’s a slow starter but full of potential
I really enjoy Mr Gwynne’s world building but it really takes a while to get into the greater story. There are several ‘main characters’ that all intersect which makes the voice artists job a challenge but I really like his allocation of accents & intonation- there may even have been a fair South African accent!
Sometimes i lost the credibility of the story - but I’m picky - such as how giants are so feared yet certain folk seem to cut through them like they are summer wheat....um...no...
It’s worth a credit and I will listen to the second as it’s getting exciting & I’m looking forward to seeing how the sides stack up...go the good guys!
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- G McIvor
- 23-10-18
Excellently read, and a good story
I'm listening to the book again a few years after I first read it. The story is good, it inevitably ticks a lot of the inevitable boxes such as the unlikely connection between the lead character and a wild animal that somehow seems to occur in almost every fantasy novel that I read, but it is a good story that is well crafted and paced. The only real weakness and inexperience that the author shows (I can't believe anyone picked up on before it went to print) is that everyone seems to walk around grinning and smiling like idiots at one other the whole time. It is so frequently written that it does rather cast a bizarre hue on the tale, but one that is easy enough to ignore.
The narrator is excellent, and manages to conjure different accents from different parts of the English speaking world for every character which is no mean feat. Some are a little misguided - why Veradis sounds like a working-class Yorkshireman when he is one of the highest born people in the realm is a bit of a mystery to me, as is she surprising arrival of Braithe straight off the boat from Australia, but overall the narration is great. If would be nice if they'd left a slightly bigger gap between chapter sections, as they tend to carry on like one sentence to another, meaning that the focal character is often suddenly translocated from one location to another out of nowhere, but that is down to poor editing rather than narration. All in all, a good book and a very enjoyable listen.
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- Damion Foncette
- 21-07-15
Unexpected pleasure!
I was hooked from the start. I couldn't stop listening until the end.
I'm already downloading book two.
Good story and performance.
Definitely one of my favourites!
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- Kindle Customer
- 17-12-17
A bit slow to start but a great story eventually.
A bit slow to start but a great story eventually. Has a cliff-hangar ending so you do need to read the next book.
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- Miss Nicola Rolfe
- 13-09-17
An intoxicating entry into audio books
If you could sum up Malice in three words, what would they be?
Amusing, detailed, intriguing
What did you like best about this story?
The fact I found I was easily able to relate to many of the characters.
What about Damian Lynch’s performance did you like?
his wide variety of voices for both male and female characters.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
Surprisingly It did actually make me laugh aloud, as I find it hard to imagine anyone who doesn't find brinna and craff funny has a stale sense of humor.
Any additional comments?
While there's political intrigue it's not overly complex and it's made very easy to follow and it's all explained very well.
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- philip stonehouse
- 23-01-17
Slow to start
Very good but you might find the book is slow to start but keep going because once it gets going it is very good
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- William
- 29-06-15
A Surprising find, a decent book with a character
Would you consider the audio edition of Malice to be better than the print version?
Haven't read the book so i cannot tell you.
What did you like best about this story?
To be honest the twisting route of light and truth into the darkness inch by inch and decision by decision. Its a great rendition of a similar and familiar story we all know and love.
What about Damian Lynch’s performance did you like?
He is a solid voice actor , was confused by the random accents.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
again I've heard this question its stupid.
Any additional comments?
Dear avid listener, this book has 2 min characters and 4-6 sub characters, it follows mostly two main lads are coming of age, one is a prince the other a blacksmith son. you dont quite know who is the good guy and who is the bad. I would recommend this to most people.
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- Ivie Hill
- 27-12-19
Show, don't tell.
Sentences are short and clipped lacking in descriptions of scenes and characters. I really wanted to enjoy this, but I was struggling to create a rolling scene while listening. The book was so low on character and world building it could have been anything. I am a handful of chapters in and am giving up.
Narrator delivering the dialog with a flat tone doesn't help.
4 people found this helpful
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- Laurence Andrews
- 08-10-18
Malice
A wonderful story and narration, as enthralling as GOT and yet still without it's adult content
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- Kate
- 22-07-15
Epic tale
A great story with more than a little influence from Game of Thrones. The narration let it down a bit - seemed very rushed in places and lacking tension at exciting moments. I checked several times to see if I had it on fast speed but it wasn't. I know its a big book but there's no hurry!
One of those stories that deserves a second read or listen to get all the characters in the right place but well worth the time.
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- debs
- 25-11-18
A painful experience
narrator terrible
I had no idea who half the characters were.
I really struggled to complete it
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- Bradley
- 27-01-18
It's a good story
But you follow one chapter and then it goes to a another which sucks the first books a bit slow at the start
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- Nathan
- 07-04-17
Slow started . But further it in the end
It is very slow start and hard to follow. But get better after about 10hours
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