
The Shadow of the Torturer
The Book of the New Sun, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Davis
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By:
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Gene Wolfe
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Critic Reviews
"The best science fiction novel of the last century." (Neil Gaiman)
- World Fantasy Award, Best Novel, 1981
- Favorite Audiobooks of 2010 (Fantasy Literature)
The start of something beautiful
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But for so much of this book there is no goal to anything, I suppose it is the life and times of Severian and whose life has a goal until they've picked it, but like there isn't a villain, the political machinations discussed are two steps removed from our protag so who knows who's pulling what strings, and more importantly it just doesn't matter. There is this vague implication of some great disaster, or apocalypse maybe?? But by the time we get any implication that it's happening bam, book over.
It's not that I don't care about the characters, although I have some issue with how women are all written the same old damsel in distress, it's just that this feels like babies first escapist fantasy and I can only guess that people like this because they want to be Severian, rather than for it's not so vivid and interesting world. That being said Ive never written diddly squat so who am I to criticize.
Good Writing I suppose
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Beautifully written
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it's Gaiman-esque
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Good story. Narration direction lets it down.
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Awful, boring narrator.
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dark slow burn
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10/10
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Such a great book
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terrible
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