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A Game of Thrones
- A Song of Ice and Fire, Book 1
- Lu par : Roy Dotrice
- Durée : 33 h et 46 min
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Now the acclaimed TV series Game of Thrones - the masterpiece that became a cultural phenomenon
Winter is coming. Such is the stern motto of House Stark, the northernmost of the fiefdoms that owe allegiance to King Robert Baratheon in far-off King's Landing. There Eddard Stark of Winterfell rules in Robert's name. There his family dwells in peace and comfort: his proud wife, Catelyn; his sons Robb, Brandon, and Rickon; his daughters Sansa and Arya; and his bastard son, Jon Snow. Far to the north, behind the towering Wall, lie savage Wildings and worse - unnatural things relegated to myth during the centuries-long summer, but proving all too real and all too deadly in the turning of the season. Yet a more immediate threat lurks to the south, where Jon Arryn, the Hand of the King, has died under mysterious circumstances. Now Robert is riding north to Winterfell, bringing his queen, the lovely but cold Cersei, his son, the cruel, vainglorious Prince Joffrey, and the queen's brothers Jaime and Tyrion of the powerful and wealthy House Lannister - the first a swordsman without equal, the second a dwarf whose stunted stature belies a brilliant mind.
All are heading for Winterfell and a fateful encounter that will change the course of kingdoms. Meanwhile, across the Narrow Sea, Prince Viserys, heir of the fallen House Targaryen, which once ruled all of Westeros, schemes to reclaim the throne with an army of barbarian Dothraki - whose loyalty he will purchase in the only coin left to him: his beautiful yet innocent sister, Daenerys.
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- Locus Award, 1997
"Martin's trophy case is already stuffed with major prizes...He's probably going to have to add another shelf, at least." (Publishers Weekly)
"The first volume in Martin's first fantasy saga combines intrigue, action, romance, and mystery in a family saga." (Booklist)
"Grabs hold and won't let go. It's brilliant." (Robert Jordan)
"This novel is an absorbing combination of the mythic, the sweepingly historical, and the intensely personal." (Chicago Sun-Times)
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- Nicolas
- 18/10/2016
Really good
Some minor characters hard to understand for a non native english speakers.
Great history and great voice acting.
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- Lady Diana
- 03/09/2016
Wonderful !
Great reading, made the characters come to life, can't wait to buy the second book !
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- Imad
- 22/08/2016
Wonderful
The descriptions of each scene makes you watch it live. The storyline is very catching and unpredictable.
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- Maxime
- 07/09/2020
Good book but the narrator doesn't do it justice
I already read all the ASOIAF books both in French and English, and I have to say I was looking forward to trying the audiobook version after enjoying the audiobooks for LOTR, but the narrator in this title, despite being a good narrator... just doesn't do justice to the dark cold vibe that this story is all about. It feels too much like we are being read a generic heroic fantasy story while ASOIAF is everything but that.
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- bahlafille
- 11/09/2019
Some parts a bit hard to understand
Absolutely talented narrator but it's a bit difficult to understand some voices that mumbles too much, as English is not my first language and his accent is heavy. But very good!
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- Bailleul Stephane
- 07/05/2017
Une voix magique
Une voix magique pour un texte superbe. magnifique j'ai eu du mal à lâcher mes écouteurs.
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- Nicholas J
- 02/10/2022
Epic scale, intriguing story, grounded fantasy
Disclaimer: I read the books a few years back, but was looking to revisit it.
Obviously, I love the story and writing style.
The narration is great, although some of the voices chosen for characters seem a bit strange (children sounding like frail, elderly people). Somewhat strong accent, but very enjoyable.
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- Vanderborght
- 15/09/2022
Incroyable
Plongée dans l'histoire de A à Z. George R.R Martin est un très grand écrivain
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- bron
- 30/05/2021
GRRM is a master.
I love this book. I got into the books after watching the show. They are so layered. GRRM writes in a 'gardner' style which some can find problematic and does lead to hic-ups in story but the storytelling overall makes up for any inconsistencies. This world is so vast and so dense and has such a huge dense back story that you can relisten and relisten and still get more out of the story. It is a true epic. Its full of little mysteries and big ones that a careful listener can figure out. the fantasy side is not overwhelming, it's a light spinkle through the books. It is very real so be warned, the horrors of humanity are well represented. As for the performance, Roy is a true hero but make a lot of mistakes. However, in his defence he was in his 80s and I think holds a world record from these books due to the number of characters performed. So he gets lost in his voices and stuffs characters names up which, due to the dense political nature of this book, can get you lost. but I still love it.
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- Client d'Amazon
- 29/09/2020
grandiose
it is really amaizing to follow the roots of this battle between all those families
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- DCinMI
- 12/09/2013
Review of First 5 Books
I understand that there are to be 7 books in this series, but as of this writing there are only 5. I listened to them all, one right after the other, so it is difficult for me to review them separately. Besides, I think anyone new to the series should know what they're getting into right up front. However, there are no spoilers here.
I'm going to use the word "read" instead of "listen" because it's all the same to me and "read" is shorter.
My sons, both of them "men grown," have been nagging me for at least two years to read these books. Recently, they both accosted me about it from different parts of the country on my birthday, so I grudgingly agreed to try the first book. I have now read them all, as I said. My sons have been disinherited several times during the reading process. They had better hope that the last two books come out before I die.
I have read a number of reviews comparing Martin to Tolkien. This might be true if Tolkien had been a warped, sadistic bastard who enjoyed tormenting his readers. During the course of reading these books, I have called Martin everything but a good guy. Lucifer, Beelzebub, and Spawn of Satan top the list, along with accompanying adjectives. But I read all the books and am biting my nails waiting for the next one. True to his nature, however, Martin is making no promises about when that will be. Judging from the spacing of these first 5 books, I may have no fingers left by the time book 6 hits the presses. (This would help me relate better to some of his characters, I guess.)
So, for those of you who have not yet begun this series: If you are very squeamish, you'd better not start. There is a lot of torture, violence, explicit sex, and explicit violent sex. Even worse, there's some really bad language.
It is set in a world that seems to be based on Medieval England, but is not England nor any other place on this earth. The number of characters and story lines that are converging on each other seems daunting at first glance, but I was surprised at how easily I could keep the major ones straight in my head.
There are some characters that you will love and others that you will love to hate, and still others that you will hate to love. Some of them you will hate and then come to love or pity, and the other way around, too. Some of them, mostly Tyrion Lannister, are very witty and humorous no matter what the situation, so that provides a little relief sometimes. Some of them you will forget about entirely, as a whole book might go by before they pop up again.
If you like to feel safe and secure when reading a book, this series is not for you. Nothing is sacred, no one is safe. Bad things happen to good people, and vice versa. If I had been reading a paper book, I would have a lot of holes in my walls from repeatedly throwing the books against them. However, reading them has given me plenty of practice climbing the walls. (Unfortunately, as a woman, I would still not be able to become a Black Brother.) No one is happy in any of the seven kingdoms. The only joy comes from vengeance or, more rarely, justice. I hate books like that! But I read all the books and am biting my nails waiting for the next one.
I have given the series 5 stars because I could not stop reading once I had started, no matter how angry it made me. I would never have read these books if my sons had not hounded me into it. But wait--no--I have no sons. That was that other woman who lived before she embarked on the torturous journey that is Game of Thrones.
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- Kristie
- 09/05/2013
Terrible editing, though...
Great story and fantastic narration. I have nothing to add on that front.
About the quality, however...once an hour a sentence repeated itself. I'm assuming they recorded from a CD where the last sentence of a disc is repeated as the first sentence of the next disc. Also, the last 40 minutes of Audible's Part 3 were repeated at the beginning of Part 4. Not at all on par with Audible's usual quality...surprising and disappointing that they would let one of their best sellers go out in this condition.
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- K. Schoff
- 27/12/2018
Audible, PLEASE re-record series w/ new narrator!!
Game of Thrones is an excellently written series, and the books should be recorded with a narrator who does it justice. Roy Dotrice is an absolute legend and his speaking voice is excellent, however he fails to be a good fit for this series. I got through the first two books and gave up somewhere around the third GOT book ,solely because of the narration.
All the characters sound like old men, even the ones in their 30s and 40s. Many of the voices have that wet, mealy-mouthed, too much saliva in my throat sound and it is SO distracting. Drogo sounds like a poor imitation of a cholo gangbanger. I understand the narrator was elderly when he recorded this, but when he attempts to give the characters voices it is just awful and cheesy.
Hopefully audible will listen to the countless complaints about this series and invest in re-recording the GOT books with a new and superior narrator. May I suggest Ray Porter? He would do a stupendous job with this material and finally the series would get a talented voice to match the quality of the writing.
For now, with the current narrator I can't recommend this purchase unless you truly don't mind bad narration and it won't bother you.
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- John
- 27/08/2009
I beg to differ...
Just wandered over here and the reviews currently sitting on the page paint a picture of people who, with all due respect, have interesting tastes.
Roy Dotrice is a brilliant reader who ranks up there with Jim Dale. I say this because every character has his or her own distinct voice and there's 14,712 of them, so that's impressive. The only problem I will tell you up front is that in Book 3, one character changes voices and it's a bit disconcerting. Beyond that, he's amazing.
For people who think this is too long and is slow to get started, I admit it took me until the bit at the inn (that description will make sense) and then I was hooked. And if you prefer things that aren't, well, epic, then yes, this isn't your book.
It's frankly brilliant. And the best put-together fantasy world I've read since Tolkien. If you are a patient reader/listener who loves epic fantasy, a twisty plot, and don't mind not having any idea how big a story is actually happening (not at first anyway), then you'll dig the heck out of it. If that's not for you, then look elsewhere.
Just felt compelled to say something.
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- sammysmom
- 04/05/2015
Why oh why was this guy chosen for the narrator?
Love, love, looooooove this series but good lord-this guy's terrible. I don't understand all the people that like his performance?! His range is horrible. He uses ever so slight variations on the same 2 voices over and over, sometimes inconsistently changing his voice for various parts. His only saving grace, for me, is I recognize he has a nice voice but he would have been better off not trying to change his voice at all and just doing straight reading. Michael Kramer would have been brilliant narrating this series.
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- Brent
- 17/02/2004
A fantastic tale!
I read a lot of fantasy and sci-fi, and I can promise you that this series of books is among the best.
This tale takes place in a land known as the "Seven Kingdoms." However, these kingdoms are actually ruled by a single King with various Lords under him. The history of these kingdoms is expertly blended into the plot, so that you effortlessly become emersed into the world. I can't overstate the skill with which the author draws the reader into his world. It feels as if this land, with its people, traditions and history is as real as our own.
Magic does exist in this world, but it is rare. It is used to color the plot, not to dominate it. There are hints of other races, but varieties of humans are all we encounter. There is some profanity, but it's fairly rare and in context. There is some sexual content. I wouldn't recommend this book for children.
Large sections of the plot revolve around the "palace intrigue" of the King, his family and the Lords. This is a book about the nobles of this realm and, as the title suggests, the high stake games they play for power. The characters in the book are deep, colorful and simply splendid. Their lives have a depth to them that few authors accomplish. I confess that, when not reading the book, I actually thought about them during the day and laid awake wondering about them at night. In the audio version, the narrator does a wonderful job of giving voice to these vivid characters.
The plot has numerous twists and turns. Sometimes I think the author intentionally speculates about what the reader would expect in the plot of a fantasy novel, and then does something completely different. I gave up trying to predict what would happen, and decided to just enjoy the ride. However, there is an overall "master" plot that is slowly unveiled in this and subsequent books.
If you enjoy fantasy, this is a must read. Even if you usually don't like fantasy, you may very enjoy this one.
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- MadXStitcher
- 02/05/2015
Terrible narrator ruins a great book
What didn’t you like about Roy Dotrice’s performance?
Dotrice makes a slew of mistakes and errors that should have been caught with editing and multiple takes. Not only does he occasionally trip over lines, but he doesn't seem to know how to pronounce a single name in this entire book. It's incredibly jarring to listen to Brian and P-tire and Sancha. Not only that, but his voices are frequently distracting. Aftere being spoilt for talent in the show, the caricature voices are either too difficult to understand, like Varys slurring his words disgustingly, or downright insulting, as with the strange Warwick Davis impression he seems to be doing for Tyrion.
I sincerely hope to find other narrators for the subsequent books, because I have no intention of continuing this series with Dotrice narrating.
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- Theodore
- 09/01/2012
OMG! OMG! OMG!
I am without words.... This book is just epic! I am still reeling from the captivating storyline and the amazing narration! This is what mature fantasy literature is all about, it is magical and yet feels so realistic. The vast array of characters are engaging and beautifully developed. The characters age so realistically in the book and the many sub-plots and intertwining leaves you just wanting more and more. The narration is so spot on I can't think of anyone else that could do this book any more justice, Roy Dotrice, you are just plain great. This was one of those books that you CANNOT stop listening to. I mean I listened to this book non stop, going to bed some UNREAL hours because of it. I am so impressed, so so so impressed!
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- Leslie
- 06/04/2011
Great book - not so great audiobook
I should start off by saying that my comments will not pertain to the story, plot, characters or descriptions contained within "A Game of Thrones." If you are curious about these things, other reviewers have described them at length and in a far better manner than I ever could. If I was just going to judge this book based on its content, I would have given it the highest score possible.
However, I was sorely disappointed by the quality of this audio book. It is obvious that the producers did not spend a good deal of time reviewing these recordings or they would have noticed several things.
First - The narrator does not pronounce character names the same every time he says them. Within the first six hours, I heard Lady Stark referred to as CAT-LYNN, CAT-EH-LYNN, and CATE-LYNN. I also heard Prince Joffrey referred to as Jeffrey, Theon referred to as both THEE-ON and THAY-ON and the man somehow managed to put an "h" into Sansa's name several times. There are similar problems with some of the place names and words invented by the author. This is distracting, to say the very least.
Second - No less than three times during the first six hours, a small portion of the text was repeats at least twice (either due to a poor editing cut or some sort of glitch with a track break).
Third - When not reciting dialogue, the narrator's voice is fairly flat and monotonous. During scenes of heavy description/exposition (the set-up for the tournament, for example) this slows the pace of the book to a crawl.
IN short, I would strongly recommend this book to anyone who wanted to read it, but I would suggest that they stay away from the audio version. Sadly, the others in the series have the same narrator, so I suspect that they suffer from the same problems. I, however, am not going to spend the money to find out.
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- J. Caldwell
- 06/12/2017
Entertaining story, narrating not so much
Highly recommend this book if you enjoy the television series. There are some differences, but the history is richer in the novel(s) and I found it easier to follow.
However, Mr. Dotrice's narration leaves a lot to be desired. His voice is harsh and gruff, which doesn't lend itself to a plethora of various characters (I found the voice of Tywin especially obnoxious - forcibly pompous, uttering 2 or 3 words between lengthy pauses and breaths, like the worst caricature of a fat old British member of parliament). His interpretation of the pronounciation of the characters' names was inconsistent - "Joffrey" became "Jeffrey" at one point, "Hodor" was used interchangeably with "Hodar," and the Stark matriarch was sometimes "Catt-lin" and other times "Cait-lin," just to name a few. Narration of dialogue in a character's voice sometimes carries over into non-dialogue parts (i.e. reading "...said Arya" in Arya's voice). I found myself actually surprised this recording was given the thumbs-up for release, especially for a story so wildly popular as this one.
The narration almost ruins the book for me. I so wished for a different narrator for the remainder of the series, but alas - if you want to experience Game of Thrones on audiobook, this is what you're stuck with.
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- Frank Moritz Ernicke
- 16/02/2007
Einfach unglaublich gut!
Eine großartige Geschichte, die alles mitbringt, was ein wirklich fesselnder Fantasy Roman braucht. Könige, Verschwörungen, Ritter, Intrigen, Diawolves (riesige Wölfe), lebendige Tote und am Ende auch Drachen.Obwohl die Geschichte zu jedem Punkt spannend ist, kann man dank der Kapiteleinteilung doch zwischendrin wieder einen Punkt zum Aufhören finden - Ansonsten hätte ich wohl eine Woche Urlaub nehmen müssen.Ich habe selten einen Autor erlebt, der sich so viel Zeit nimmt, jeden wichtigen Charakter so umfassend darzustellen, dass man mit ihm mitfühlen und mitfiebern kann. Und der Erzähler schafft eine großartige Stimmung indem er jedem Charakter seine ganz eigene und unverkennbare Stimme verleiht. Dabei nuschelt und näselt er auch gern, was in großartiger Weise die Wesenszüge unterstreicht, aber ein sehr gutes englisches Hörverständnis erfordert.Jedenfalls eines der besten Bücher seit langem, meiner Ansicht nach sogar besser als Eragon.
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- verified purchaser
- 08/04/2017
Der Sprecher ist die volle Enttäuschung
Mit diesem Sprecher habe ich als großer Game of Thrones Fan aufgegeben. Ist nicht so toll
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- matraque
- 06/08/2009
Mittelalterliches Intrigenspiel
Aufgrund der Vielzahl der Personen, Handlungsstränge und Erzählperspektiven ist es zu empfehlen die ersten zwei Stunden am Stück zu hören, oder sich Namen und Stichworte zu Beginn aufzuschreiben, um zu große Verwirrung zu vermeiden. Sehr gelungen ist die Idee die Kapitel jeweils mit dem Namen der handelnden Person zu überschreiben. Mit fortschreitender Handlung schafft es der Autor jedoch brilliant den Leser mit wenigen Worten wieder auf die Gefühlswelt und Charaktereigenschaften der aktuellen Person einzustimmen. Durch die wechselnde Erzählperspektive wird schwarz-weiß-Malerei weitgehend vermieden, man versteht stets, warum die Personen auf ihre Weise handeln.
Abgesehen von gewissen fantastischen Lebewesen, die in Nebenrollen auftreten, handelt es sich bei diesem ersten Buch weniger um einen Fantasyroman, als um einen mittelalterlichen Machtkampf zwischen mehreren Adelsfamilien in einem von mehreren Seiten andeutungsweise bedrohten Königreich. Eine Karte der Welt direkt auf der audible-homepage wäre noch eine sinnvolle Ergänzung zu dem Hörbuch, sie lässt sich aber auch ohne großen Aufwand im Netz finden.
Diese englische Ausgabe, die auch für nicht Muttersprachler gut verständlich und gut gelesen ist, hat den großen Vorteil, dass nicht wie in der deutschen Fassung zwei Bücher gekauft werden müssen, um das ganze erste Buch in Händen zu halten.
Fazit: spannender Mittelalteroman mit Fantasyelementen und brilliant gezeichneten, lebendigen Charakteren, die man schnell liebgewinnt. Gelungener, wenn auch etwas zu lang geratener Einstieg in eine Welt, in der noch viel passieren wird.
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- N.S.
- 21/02/2017
Sprecher schlecht bei Dialogszenen
Halten Sie die Hörbuch-Ausgabe von A Game of Thrones für besser als das Buch?
Wenn es ein Buch ohne Dialoge wäre, wäre der Sprecher gut bis sehr gut zu bewerten.
Aber so? Die Stimmen der Personen, deren Charakter er eine "eigene" Stimme verleihen möchte, sind gruselig.
So hören sich fast ausnahmslos alle Frauen wie Krähen an, aber auch bei Männern bekommt er es nicht hin. Dadurch wirken viele Personen komisch bis unsympathisch.
Das ist das einzige was ich bei allen Folgen dieser Serie zu bemängeln habe.
Wie hat der Erzähler das Buch beeinflusst?
Negativ, durch schleche Intonierung der Personen.
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- Me
- 15/01/2013
anfangs etwas schwierig
Zu Beginn des Hörbuchs war ich froh, dass mir die Handlung schon aus der TV-Serie im deutschen Free-TV bekannt war. Roy Dotrice liest derartig vielseitig, nicht nur in unterschiedlichen Stimmlagen (zum Glück ohne die weiblichen Stimmen übertrieben "weiblich" zu sprechen), sondern auch in unterschiedlichen Dialekten, dass ich es in der ersten Zeit schwierig fand, der Handlung zu folgen. Sobald ich mich allerdings eine Weile "eingehört" hatte, war ich völlig begeistert, sowohl von der Handlung des Buches als auch von der Hörbuchausgabe.
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- Ivan Kirichenko
- 03/09/2019
Sounds like the Iron Throne is in a nursing home.
The story is good, but narration is awful. The narrator is very good in making grumpy old-man voice. Unfortunately, it works bad. Even female characters (Sansa, Deyeneris, etc) sound like an old grumpy man.
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- Mitternachtsgeheimnis
- 20/04/2014
Story gut aber Sprecher nicht mein Fall
Würden Sie gern ein anderes Hörbuch von George R. R. Martin und/oder Roy Dotrice ausprobieren?
Ich finde die Game of Thrones Bücher klasse. Und mit englisch habe ich überhaupt kein Problem. Der Sprecher spricht auch sehr deutlich und gut akzentuiert. Er versteht es den verschiedenen Charakteren Leben einzhauchen. Allerdings finde ich ihn oft ein wenig too much in jeder hinsicht. Er überspielt und das finde ich unsyphatisch.
Welche Figur hat Ihnen am besten gefallen? Warum?
Kann ich nicht genau sagen, da es so viele sind. Ich mag es wie der Sprecher Catelyn spricht. Sehr ruhig und trotzdem nicht langweilig.
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- Amazon Customer
- 15/09/2008
If this isn't Epic Fantasy, what is?
Martin tosses the listener into a world as full of life as our own.We meet the characters in a time of peace, but not long after we join them chaos unfolds...The story is told from a multitude of perspectives, making it hard to determine who is villain and who is hero, or if there are any of them at all. The reading by Roy Dotrice is superbly fitted to the style of the stories and he gives each character it's own voice making it easy to determine who is speaking without being told.I do not know wether the German audioversion is good or not, but it will have a very hard time surpassing this one.
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- Audiophil
- 01/11/2015
Spannend und gut um Englisch zu trainieren
Was wäre für andere Hörer sonst noch hilfreich zu wissen, um das Hörbuch richtig einschätzen zu können?
Ich fahre beruflich sehr viel Auto und höre daher Hörbücher um nicht einzuschlafen und damit die Zeit nicht sinnlos verstreicht.
Der Sprecher hat prinzipiell eine sehr gute Aussprache und bringt die Dramaturgie wirklich gut rüber. Nur bei einigen Charakteren übertreibt er es mit dem Nuscheln dermassen extrem, so dass ich als non-native Speaker dann doch an meine Grenzen stosse - wobei ich das vermutlich auf deutsch dann aber auch nicht verstanden hätte. Dafür ein Punkt Abzug von ansonsten voller Punktzahl
Die erste "CD" habe ich nach etwa zwei Stunden abgebrochen, ich konnte mich einfach nicht in die zuerst sinnlose Aneinanderreihung von Häusern und Geschichten anfreunden. Erst ein halbes Jahr später habe ich mich dann gezwungen es noch mal zu probieren.
Einen Abzug in der Gesamtwertung gibt es, weil kein Booklet / pdf beigefügt ist mit einer Übersicht der Charaktere und Häuser und einer Weltkarte. Wozu habe ich eine Audible-App, wenn ich dann im Internet recherchieren muss um überhaupt der Geschichte folgen zu können?
Und einen Punkt Abzug gibt es in der Geschichte, weil ich wirklich erst nach mehreren Stunden Hörens angefangen habe, die Geschichten wirklich spannend zu finden
Wenn mir nicht Freunde so von dem Zyklus vorgeschwärmt hätten, dann hätte ich sicher aufgegeben
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- Leanne J
- 17/10/2019
Roy Dotrice shouldn’t narrate
Joffrey is pronounced Jeffrey in some instances and correct in others. Peter Balish was pronounced Petar. Really bad narration, which made it impossible to continue listening. Not finishing this Audible.
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