The Book of the Night with Moon

De: Diane Duane

Narrado por: Angele Masters

Rhiow seems a perfectly ordinary New York City cat. Or so her humans think - but she is much more than she appears. With her partners Saash and Urruah, she collaborates with human wizards, protecting the earth from dark forces and helping to maintain the network of magical gateways between different realities.

©1997 Diane Duane (P)2013 Audible, Inc.

philosophical and entertaining

I've read and listened to this book around five times and each time I discover something new to love about it. I first found Diane Duane through her Young Wizards series, but I honestly enjoyed this even more.

Told from the perspective of a cat wizard

TWs: death, and harm to animals.
Sensitive readers note: the main characters have to deal with deaths and they are not gentle and offscreen. One primarily (but deeply) affects the main character; another is very traumatic and spelled out in detail.

Outside of those horrifying moments, this is a mostly positive and wholesome story. It's fun living inside a cat's head, and as a cat owner, I found the majority of the cat-isms to be very accurate! (with the exception that cats are partially color blind, seeing mainly blue and yellow; one can handwave the descriptions of red or green things as a special skill the wizards have, perhaps)

The best

This is one of my favorite books of all time and I was so happy to find the audible version. The narrator was very good

Interesting Story, but Slow

I got this book because I love Diane Duane's Yong Wizard series. the story moves really slowly compared to those books. The voices used for the humans vs the cats were awkward and the voices used for Kit and Nita in particular (though they were only in the story a short time) were unpleasant. Especially compared to Christina Moore's versions of them.

Loved it

Love the narrator, something about her voice reminds me of a cat. It was interesting following wizards of another species on Errantry. Cant wait to start on the next book.

An unexpected joy

I picked this book on a whim and was intrigued by the idea of magical cats in New York City. But the book took turns that only a strange dream could have and I very much enjoyed the playing out of it. I am eager to try the sequel.

Read the novel.

Duane's fantasy is a pleasing read seasoned with dry wit, sarcasm, and some genuine mythic depths. This reader manages to trivialize that into a cozy fantasy with cute kitties. The human characters and the cats alike are given to us here sounding like soap opera sctors. It diminishes the quality of the basic experience of the book, and I'm certainly glad I read it *before* this rendition could spoil the experience.

Disappointed

Disappointment...I was... not sure what I was expecting...Magic + Cats? I was hoping for a fantastically funny book....nope...the story line was good...but ALLLLLL the descriptions about things, just went on and on and on to the point you forgot the story line-out! Not only with the describing of what you were looking at, but also the back ground of EVERY LITTLE THING they were doing, or looking at or discussing...went on and on... I started skipping ahead...ALOT...just to get by it...However on the plus side...the narrator did a wonderful job with all the different voices and characters!