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Wind and Truth
- Book Five of the Stormlight Archive
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Length: 62 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 15,710
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 14,971
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,971
Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare—and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray. Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide—Adolin in Azir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah in Thaylenah. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Brandon Sanderson saldy sold out.
- By Brian on 12-18-24
- Wind and Truth
- Book Five of the Stormlight Archive
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
Excellent Book and Series!
Reviewed: 03-18-25
Can’t wait for the next half and volume of the series. Great story, content, and narration. Hard to put down keeps you engaged and on the edge of anticipation for more.
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Skyward
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
- Length: 15 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 42,508
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 38,868
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Story5 out of 5 stars 38,789
From Brandon Sanderson, the number one New York Times best-selling author of the Reckoners series, Words of Radiance, and the internationally best-selling Mistborn series, comes the first book in an epic new series about a girl who dreams of becoming a pilot in a dangerous world at war for humanity's future.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Has Sanderson been reading Craig Alanson???
- By Customer on 11-18-18
- Skyward
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Suzy Jackson
Great Distraction
Reviewed: 02-08-19
Enjoyed the struggle and character development. Overall flow and the ability to emerge the reader and to relate was brilliant. My only criticism is the ending; it seemed more open compared to other Sanderson works. I can’t wait for more. Great Work and Thanks!
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Oathbringer
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Length: 55 hrs and 5 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 64,962
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 57,659
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Story5 out of 5 stars 57,559
Dalinar Kholin's Alethi armies won a fleeting victory at a terrible cost. The enemy Parshendi summoned the violent Everstorm, which now sweeps the world with destruction and in its passing awakens the once peaceful and subservient parshmen to the horror of their millennia-long enslavement by humans. While on a desperate flight to warn his family of the threat, Kaladin Stormblessed must come to grips with the fact that the newly kindled anger of the parshmen may be wholly justified.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A mixed bag of brilliance, marred by missteps
- By Leo on 11-24-17
- Oathbringer
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
Great Continuation
Reviewed: 02-23-18
Excellent Storytelling and Plot Development. The next one can’t come soon enough! Great conflict between conquerors and the newly restored natives. Honor, Pain, Sacrifice, and Comprises... “Unite Them” Indeed!
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The Hungering Saga Complete
- By: Heath Pfaff
- Narrated by: Paul J McSorley
- Length: 37 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 1,002
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Performance3.5 out of 5 stars 941
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Story4 out of 5 stars 932
Twisted by black magic and driven by soul-crushing loss, Lowin Fenly, a young scribe turned knight, struggles to hold on to his humanity as he battles to rescue that which he values most in the world. Along the way he will be forced to make friends of his enemies and enemies of his friends. He will grow from a boy no one has heard of into a man destined to leave the land forever changed, but how will he be remembered?
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2 out of 5 stars
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Poorly performed, poorly written.
- By Lauren on 03-17-16
- The Hungering Saga Complete
- By: Heath Pfaff
- Narrated by: Paul J McSorley
Slow to Warm, but Great Read
Reviewed: 10-06-16
Starts out slow but compels the reader/listener to keep going. The narrator grew on me as the book progressed. Characters were easily to connect to emotionally as well, nice escape while on the road.
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Toll the Hounds
- Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 8
- By: Steven Erikson
- Narrated by: Michael Page
- Length: 44 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,284
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,917
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,919
In Darujhistan, the city of blue blue fire, it is said that Love and Death shall arrive dancing. It is summer, and the heat is oppressive, but for the small, rotund man in the faded red waistcoat discomfiture is not just because of the sun. All is not well. Dire portents plague his nights and haunt the city streets like fiends of shadow. Assassins skulk in alleyways, but the quarry has turned, and the hunters become the hunted. Hidden hands pluck the strings of tyranny like a fell chorus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Good, but my least favorite of the series
- By Richard Watts on 06-22-15
- Toll the Hounds
- Malazan Book of the Fallen, Book 8
- By: Steven Erikson
- Narrated by: Michael Page
Thrilling Mystery Adventure
Reviewed: 06-20-15
I did not think I would like it at first listen but it grew on me and I found myself wanting to find out the next twist and for the next piece in the ever evolving side plots.
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Forge of Darkness
- Kharkanas Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Steven Erikson
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
- Length: 31 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 1,101
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 978
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 978
Forge of Darkness takes listeners to Kurald Galain, the warren of Darkness, and tells of a realm whose fate plays a crucial role in the fall of the Malazan Empire and surrounds one of the Malazan world’s most fascinating and powerful characters, Anomander Rake. It’s a conflicted time in Kurald Galain, where Mother Dark reigns above the Tiste people. But this ancient land was once home to many a power...and even death is not quite eternal. The commoners’ great hero, Vatha Urusander, longs for ascendency and Mother Dark’s hand in marriage, but she has taken another Consort, Lord Draconus.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Precursor Epic Fantasy - A Rewarding Beginning!
- By Michael on 11-08-12
- Forge of Darkness
- Kharkanas Trilogy, Book 1
- By: Steven Erikson
- Narrated by: Daniel Philpott
Complex and Intricate
Reviewed: 01-12-15
Very long work full of surprises, and packed with content. This one took me longer to finish than his others, but it is well worth doing.
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The Third Kingdom
- Sword of Truth, Book 13
- By: Terry Goodkind
- Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas
- Length: 17 hrs and 7 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,593
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 3,276
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,280
"Three knives were buried up to their brass cross guards in the man's chest. Richard recognized the knife handles. All three were the style carried by the men of the First File. He looked from those blades that should have killed the big man, up to his face. That was when he realized the true horror of the situation, and the reason for the unbearable stench of death." Sequel to the #1 New York Times best seller The Omen Machine.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story, too much rambling
- By Jennifer on 08-26-13
- The Third Kingdom
- Sword of Truth, Book 13
- By: Terry Goodkind
- Narrated by: Sam Tsoutsouvas
Good but it be tough and repetitive at times.
Reviewed: 10-11-13
Is there anything you would change about this book?
Explaining things is fine but rewording and explaining everything makes the book harder to stay interested in. Be descriptive and explain things thoroughly once. It is a book and can be re-read if someone does not understand it.
Would you recommend The Third Kingdom to your friends? Why or why not?
Yes, but I would warn them to be patient.
Did the narration match the pace of the story?
Yes.
Do you think The Third Kingdom needs a follow-up book? Why or why not?
Yes it is obviously not over.
Any additional comments?
The overall story is good and the idea compelling, but readers don't need nor do they enjoy all the rewording and restating of the same thing many times over.
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