Nevernight

Truly outstanding - a top 10 read

What made the experience of listening to Nevernight the most enjoyable?

Good narrator; unique narrative style

What other book might you compare Nevernight to and why?

Name of the Wind, but with assassins

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

No. Absorbing, but may be better in segments, as the content and style can be rich.

Any additional comments?

Highly recommended. Book One of a trilogy (the others aren't out yet), but it wraps up enough - no need to wait.

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Just try it....

I bought this book to kill time until another book was released and I'm sooooo glad I did. I was a little put off by the cadence and slightly odd tone of the narrator but the story was great! It contains just enough the popular fantasy elements (romance, revenge, grit, magic, mystery) to keep the story engaging. It's definitely a book meant only for adults.

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Stupid Revenge Fantasy

I knew about halfway through that I hated this book, but since I'd already devoted 10-plus hours to it, I decided to keep going. What a mistake. At the end, we're no closer to understanding why a bunch of assassins who worship the goddess of death should be considered the good guys.

The acolytes and teachers kill and maim each other with abandon and the murder and torture scenes go on forever, read with a breathless, halting quality that I suppose is meant to be poetic but just made me yell at my iPhone. The entire book is like an extra-long version of Arya Stark's journey to Bravos and initiation at the House of Black and White. That was one of the most boring and pointless parts of Game of Thrones, but at least we'd already come to love and understand Arya when forced to endure those sections. At one point in this book, the protagonist, Mia, appears as an avenging demon caked in blood, reminding me of Carrie, but even stupider.

And, the sex scenes are beyond creepy. I was truly skeeved out when listening to an older male narrator read about the sexual awakening of a teenaged girl (once again with the breathless, halting quality of a voyeur). And, that creepiness was doubled when I remembered this book was written by a man. ("Oh the impossible hardness inside her, blah, blah, blah").

In the epilogue, the author explains away his failure to provide any answers to who this girl is or why we should care about her by telling us that this is just part one of a three-part birth, life, and death story. I, for one, do not plan to waste another 40 hours.

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Loved this!

It was a little slow in the beginning, but so worth it. I loved the premise, and it had all the good stuff - reluctant heroes, a little romance, power hungry politicos, zealots, monsters and shadow assassins. I am looking forward to the next book.

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Great story but I find it hard to recommend

Great story. Excellent writing. Awesome narrator. Some really good characters.

So, why a 3 rating?

I was really disappointed by the author's seeming obsession with sex, lust, body parts (nether regions mostly) and bad language.

I don't mind a little raciness. I can handle it. Really. But this was over the top. I feel like he could have done a PG-13 version and it would've been fine. Probably even better.

It's OK to leave a little mystery for the reader and allow them to use their imagination. Trust me, though. No imagination needed for this book. Nope. It's all spelled out with excruciating detail.

Total bummer because it's well written otherwise and I would have liked to recommend it. I also would have liked to read book #2 when it comes out. But I think I'll have to pass.

One more pet peeve: There were a lot of tangents and backstories, little side tales to explain a hand gesture or name. They also were not needed and were usually really, really distracting.

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Starts out in a lovely manner...

I started out loving this... but it goes from poem to Harry Potter: Assassin Edition to confused Murder Mystery/Adventure.

It feels as if the author wanted to write a beautiful epitaph carved in blood and pain, but then decided that it was lacking substance and changed formats several times over.

In addition, not only were certain sections rushed together removing any sense of immersion, but I was dismayed that although the performance was done passably well, the narrator is not female. Maybe later we'll find out that the reason for the narrator, but this felt out of place.

Given the maps and stylisation choices chosen by the author, should one choose to read this they're better off with the actual text.

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great story

can't wait for next book first one was fantastic and a must read for fantasy fans

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I liked it more than I thought I would

Nevernight was one of those books that take you by surprise. It had good ratings, so I thought, it should prove entertaining, at least. But I found it much more than entertaining. It was thoughtful, seductive, mysterious, and funny in its prose. Mia is a strong and resilient character. I immediately liked her zeal for getting what she wants. There is a love interest, but it isn't all consuming. Sexual tension exists between Mia and Trig, but it is not distracting. Mia merely sees him for who he is and both loves and hates it. It's a friendship of convenience at first, then morphs into something different.

The story constantly moves and builds then comes to a climax at the end. There is resolution (no cliff hanger) but you feel compelled to move on. I really like the way Jay Kristoff writes. He has a refreshing style (for which I cannot articulate). It's simply.....poetic. Eager for Godsgrave.

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Really great listen!~

I loved it. Love love loved.

The setting, the sort of Rome/Venice-feeling city of Godsgrave, and then the dark, cavernous Red Church was really well described and thus easy for me to imagine. This world of three suns which barely ever set was really well thought out and fantastically written. The characters were well done and I really cheered for Mia. There's something to be said about cheering for a little girl to get her revenge on those who have hurt her and her family. The use of flashbacks to tell Mia's story was well done. I loved her more and more as we went. I love a foul mouthed rogue, and oh daughters... Mia has a mouth on her. She is the queen of sass. Things like "I appear to have misplaced the f***s I give for what you think" and the like which, once again, made me latch right on to this book and hug it and squeeze it. Good, sweary, sasstacular humour is win. A sassy shadow daemon for Mia to match wits with made it even better. So many hearts .>).

Finally, I must say that the last 1/3 of this book nearly broke me. Gods above and below, the emotional roller coaster that was. I very, very nearly had to give this one up, not because it was bad, but because I got way, way too invested in these characters, and their backstories and trials and tribulations just... ruined my feels. Everything after that dropped a bomb on them. Demolished them. I haven't been this affected by a book emotionally since Red Rising. The combination of the story itself and Holter Graham's presentation of it had me in tears (at work again FML with added Awkward Workplace Sobbing >.>).

It's just fantastic. 10 million stars out of 5.

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What a ride!!

Great book! Beautifully written , smart, clever, imaginative!
Enjoyed the performance of the audible book-
A little slow at the beginning and still not sure if Im on the right side or the wrong one...

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