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A Discovery of Witches

De : Deborah Harkness
Lu par : Jennifer Ikeda
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 Book one of the New York Times bestselling All Souls series, from the author of The Black Bird Oracle.

Look for the hit series “A Discovery of Witches,” now streaming on Netflix

“A wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter and Twilight” (People).

Deborah Harkness’s sparkling debut, A Discovery of Witches, has brought her into the spotlight and galvanized fans around the world. In this tale of passion and obsession, Diana Bishop, a young scholar and a descendant of witches, discovers a long-lost and enchanted alchemical manuscript, Ashmole 782, deep in Oxford's Bodleian Library. Its reappearance summons a fantastical underworld, which she navigates with her leading man, vampire geneticist Matthew Clairmont.

Harkness has created a universe to rival those of Anne Rice, Diana Gabaldon, and Elizabeth Kostova, and she adds a scholar's depth to this riveting tale of magic and suspense. The story continues in book two, Shadow of Night, book three, The Book of Life, and the fourth in the series, Time’s Convert. Fantasy Historique Horreur Paranormal Thrillers et romans à suspense

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“A wonderfully imaginative grown-up fantasy with all the magic of Harry Potter or Twilight. . . . An irresistible tale of wizardry, science and forbidden love.”
—People

“Romantic, erudite, and suspenseful . . . Harkness attends to every scholarly and emotional detail with whimsy, sensuality, and humor.”
—O, The Oprah Magazine

“A thoroughly grown-up novel packed with gorgeous historical detail and a gutsy, brainy heroine to match. . . . Harkness writes with thrilling gusto about the magical world.”
—Entertainment Weekly

“Harkness conjures up a scintillating paranormal story. . . . Discover why everyone’s talking about this magical book.”
—USA Today

“Delightfully well-crafted and enchantingly imaginative . . . It has some of the same ineluctable atmosphere that made Anne Rice’s vampire books such a popular success.”
—Miami Herald

“A debut novel with a big supernatural canvas . . . Its ambitions are world-sized, ranging across history and zeroing in on DNA, human and otherwordly. Age-old tensions between science and magic and between evolution and alchemy erupt as Diana seeks to unlock the secrets of Ashmole 782.”
—Los Angeles Times

“Harkness, an eloquent writer, conjures this world of witches with Ivy League degrees and supernatural creatures completely—and believably—while maintaining a sense of wonder. . . . A Discovery of Witches is that rare historical novel that manages to be as intelligent as it is romantic. And it is supernatural fiction that those of us who usually prefer to stay grounded in reality can get caught up in. Pardon the pun, but Witches is truly spellbinding.”
—San Antonio News-Express

“Readers who thrilled to Elizabeth Kostova’s 2005 blockbuster, The Historian, will note the parallels, but A Discovery of Witches is a modern Romeo and Juliet story, with older, wiser lovers. Blood will flow when a witch and a vampire fall for each other. Author Deborah Harkness, a UCLA history professor, brings vast knowledge and research to the page.”
—Cleveland Plain Dealer

“Harkness works her own form of literary alchemy by deftly blending fantasy, romance, history, and horror into one completely bewitching book.”
—Chicago Tribune

“A Discovery of Witches becomes increasingly charming as it goes along. . . . A shrewdly written romp and a satisfying snow-day read for those of us who heartily enjoyed the likes of Anne Rice and Marion Zimmer Bradley. By the book’s rousing end . . . I was impatient for the sequel.”
—NPR
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J'ai toujours eu du mal avec les livres audios, ne m'habituant pas aux voix des narrateurs, surtout pour les dialogues mais j'ai trouvé ici le livre parfait. La voix de la narratrice se fait presquz oublier alors qu'elle nous emmène dans l'histoire, merveilleusement écrite par Deborah Harkness. Un livre qui va bien au delà de l'amour entre une sorcière et un vampire et qui mérite vraiment le détour.

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I love the book! I was a bit worried with the narrator’s voice recording at the start, strangely I’ve found that higher pitched voices sound a bit more robotic than the lower types on recordings. But I got super into it quick and Jennifer does all the accents which is cool, although their French is not the best (I’m French and didn’t understand what they were saying). But that would be a lot to ask from someone especially that there isn’t that much French in the book.
Overall seriously amazing work! Thank you so much, I’m hooked!

Really good!

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I like to see things to the end. Which is the only reason I didn't return the book after a couple chapters. But it was torture listening to it. At one point I found myself muttering "if I hear 'Matthew' one more time, i'll kill someone". Thank God, I live alone. The pace is sooo slow, Diana is soo annoying. If I'm from a supportive witch family, why go whine and ask vampires when I have witchy problems and questions? There was no well written reason to explain this.
The final chapter sees something finally happening but it's wrapped in silly details and drawn out. And the ending is so ridiculous that it killed any burgeoning curiosity I had about about the next book.
The writer is not that bad, you can see there's vocabulary and some technique, but that story? No.

It's a pass

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I purchased this audiobook after seeing the overwhelmingly good critiques and reviews, but was disappointed when the storyline started becoming more and more like a long-winded Twilight fanfiction.
Jennifer Ikeda is a wonerful reader though so I give her top score

Waste of good research

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Je recherchais une histoire palpitante sur les sorcières, teintée de mystère et d’ésotérisme. Après avoir lu le résumé, je me suis dit que c’était exactement ce que je recherchais, avec une romance en plus. Qu’elle ne fut pas ma déception de constater que c’est l’inverse ! Une romance dégoulinante et souvent assez ridicule, décorée d’une intrigue ésotérique qui aurait pu être bonne. Diana est agaçante, Matthew encore plus, et les autres personnages sont mal déroulés. Pendant plus de vingt heures d’écoute, la narratrice m’a irritée au plus haut point. Je me suis fait violence pour terminer ce livre dans la douleur. Un autre tome est clairement annoncé par la fin du livre, suite que je m’épargnerai bien volontiers.

Intrigue sans intérêt, narration agaçante

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