THE GREAT HUNT

The Great Hunt by Robert Jordan
Book 2 in the Wheel Of Time series
Narrated by Kate Reading & Michael Kramer
Genre: fantasy
Format: paperback, ebook & audiobook

About The Great Hunt:

For centuries, gleemen have told the tales of The Great Hunt of the Horn. So many tales about each of the Hunters, and so many Hunters to tell of...

Now the Horn itself is found: the Horn of Valere long thought only legend, the Horn which will raise the dead heroes of the ages.

And it is stolen.

In pursuit of the thieves, Rand al’Thor is determined to keep the Horn out of the grasp of The Dark One. But he has also learned that he is The Dragon Reborn — the Champion of Light destined to stand against the Shadow time and again. It is a duty and a destiny that requires Rand to uncover and master extraordinary capabilities he never imagined he possessed.

Source: Info in the "About The Great Hunt" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/233649.The_Great_Hunt on /2024.

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Re-Read Review:

Like the first book, The Eye Of The World, also has a wonderful world building! Unfortunately, it also has the too stupid to live (tstl) elements that the first book has! **face palm**

The Ogier advises caution, so you spring into a gallop! Maybe so that an evil monster can eat you better as opposed to going in cautiously that might give you a better chance at survival. Of course, Rand did!

It didn't happen like that of course, but the stupidity is exactly the same!

There is also this. You find the most beautiful woman in the world in a dangerous environment. She claims innocence of all knowledge of this world but spouts information that even your best source, the Ogier, does not have. Contradictions much?? But that does not clue you in. No! You gotta be stupid!

You just announced to the world that you are the enemy by flaunting your power. Then you and company stands around arguing so that your enemy can have the chance of logging huge fireballs at you. No, you do not run away from danger straight away. Of course, you don't!

And so the tstl continues on...

Then the book ended in even a bigger cliffhanger than The Eye Of The World, the first book...

Even with all that whining I still continue to read on. What does that say to you?

Ordinarily, any other author, and that author would have been avoided like the plague. Being Robert Jordan, I am intrigued as to read on... when my ire has died down. This made reading this book a whole lot longer than 28 and a half hours that this book is supposed to be.

The first book was narrated by the talented Rosamund Pike and it took a bit of an adjustment to listen to this one being narrated by different narrators. The dynamic dou Kate Reading & Michael Kramer also gave a wonderful performance. Maybe it is just me being old and not liking change. Or the fact that Rosamund Pike gave such a wonderful performance. Or a little of both and other factors besides... My mood. The phase of the moon... The way the wind blows...

Funny how I still hear Rosamund Pike's voice when I think of Moiraine.

Quantitative Evaluation:

Story telling quality = 3.5
Character development = 3.5
Story itself = 3
Writing Style = 3
Ending = 2
World building = 5
Cover art = 3
Pace = (28 hrs and 23 mins listening time)
Plot = 3.5
Narration = 5

Overall Rating: 3.5 out of 5 cherries

Books In The Wheel Of Time Series:

 

Meet The Author

About Robert Jordan:

Robert Jordan was born in 1948 in Charleston. He was a graduate of the Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina, with a degree in physics, and served two tours in Vietnam. His hobbies included hunting, fishing, sailing, poker, chess, pool and pipe collecting. He died in September 2007.

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The Narrators

About Kate Reading & Michael Kramer:

We are Michael Kramer and Kate Reading, the award-winning audiobook narrator team who recorded The Wheel of Time, by Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson.

We have recorded hundreds of audiobook titles, in all genres, for over thirty years.

We have narrated audiobooks for most major publishers, many independent authors, and for the Library of Congress Talking Books Program.

Our home studio, Madison Productions, is located in Maryland.

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FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.

THE NIGHT SHIFT

The Night Shift by Robert Enright
Book 1 in the Sam Pope series
Narrated by Lee Beddow
Genre: crime fiction
Format: ebook & audiobook

About The Night Shift:

Join the fight.

Sam Pope was one of the UK’s finest soldiers, serving over a decade as an elite sniper. After a near fatal shooting brings an end to his career, Sam returns home to his family and a potential new career in the Metropolitan Police. When disaster strikes and his bond with his family is broken, Sam takes a job as an archive officer within the Met, hunting down criminals that have beaten the system and delivering his own brand of justice.

When a terrorist attack at the London Marathon shakes the city to its core, Sam decides to open his own line of investigation. Venturing into the world of organised crime and police corruption, Sam soon finds himself as the number one target… and faces a race against time to expose the truth.

Source: Info in the "About The Night Shift" was taken from amazon on 17/12/2024.

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My Thoughts:

This is my first Robert Enright read and I'm glad that I stumbled upon this author!

It took a lot of perseverance on my part to get into this book. That added to the pace of this book taking a rather long time. I grieved for the loveable characters killed! That took a little bit of time, too. So this book is not fast-paced. But the action is furious!

Halfway through, we are shown who the perpetrator is. So, it is not so much about finding out who, it is about how they caught the bad guy.

I did wondered why there was a "DI Pearce" right from the start. It made for a good plot, that is why!

So the plot wasn't twisty. But it was exciting!

It wasn't exactly mentioned in the book, but, Pearce must have put together enough evidence acceptable in court to convict the criminals. Because I was worrying that there won't be enough evidence acceptable in the court of law and the bad guys get to get away.

Lee Beddow reads with a bit of a singsong which I am not very fond of.

Quantitative Evaluation:

Story telling quality = 4
Character development = 4.5
Story itself = 4.5
Writing Style = 4.5
Ending = 4.5
World building = 5
Cover art = 4
Pace = (7 hrs and 41 mins listening time)
Plot = 4
Narration = 4

Overall Rating: 4.5 out of 5 cherries

Books In The Sam Pope Series:

 

Meet The Author

About Robert Enright:

Robert Enright was born in North London and resides in Buckinghamshire with his wife and daughter, working earnestly to write for a living and dreaming of the day he can get a dog.

He is the author of the international best selling Sam Pope series and the upcoming DS Jack Townsend series.

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The Narrator

About Lee Beddow:

Lee Beddow has been in and around audio recording for nearly forty years. He started with his own studio, AbbeySound, a music recording facility that he set up when he was eighteen. The studio is situated in a former convent, and AbbeySound currently resides in what was once the nun's dormitories!

For many years, teaching was Lee's regular work, but he continued to do voice-over work. Now, he has decided to make his voice and production skills his focus. Lee can narrate scripts, audiobooks, master the audio with correct levels, chapter marks and spacing, as well as produce bespoke music for authors that want that extra touch in their productions. He has narrated a wide variety of audiobooks, with many series utilizing his ability to mimic lots of both British and world accents, with work ranging from mysteries and sci-fi to comedy and all-action thrillers, plus children's, romance, and instructional titles.

Lee is married to Jackie with two children, James and Holly, and an American Cocker Spaniel called Reuben.

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FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were purchased with private funds.
No money received for this review.