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Chimaera
- Well of Echoes, Book 4
- Narrated by: Grant Cartwright
- Series: The Well of Echoes, Book 4
- Length: 29 hrs and 40 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Science Fiction & Fantasy, Fantasy
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- Pauline
- 03-03-14
Chimeara. Absolutely brilliant!!
What did you like most about Chimaera?
Everything!!
Who was your favorite character and why?
They were all amazing, couldn't pick a favourite!
Have you listened to any of Grant Cartwright’s other performances? How does this one compare?
Yes. He is an an amazing reader, love his accent too!
Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
Loads of them, I cried and laughed with the characters all the way through.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-11-19
Just okay
It gets very tedious, instead of being riveting. A longer book isn't always better if doesn't have substance. The performance was good.
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- Michael Vayakornvichit
- 30-08-17
narration hurts the story
The story is interesting but the narration really hurts the overall feel of the book. pronunciation drives me nuts like pronouncing melee as "My-Lah"
I also have issues with recognizing characters because there is no real variation between characters making it more work than I would prefer when listening because I end up trying to figure out who said what.
The ending doesn't really feel like it's a close of a chapter but it's interesting enough.
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- Simon Bryan
- 26-12-15
Jumped the Shark
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I enjoyed this series, although some of the characters can be quite painful in their attitudes. The story came to a good conlcusion. Then the author tried to restart the whole thing. Jal Nish reappears with no explanation of how he escaped the battle, survived and came to control the 'tears'. Too much for me, won't be reading any more of this series
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- Brittiany Fitzgerald
- 02-11-15
Love it!
I started this series in the third quarter of it, which I just figured out. Now going back to he beginning!!! Heck ya!