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A Dead Djinn in Cairo
- A Tor.Com Original
- Auteur(s): P. Djèlí Clark
- Narrateur(s): Suehyla El-Attar
- Durée: 1 h et 41 min
- Version intégrale
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Au global4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Histoire4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Egypt, 1912. In an alternate Cairo infused with the otherworldly, the Ministry of Alchemy, Enchantments, and Supernatural Entities investigate disturbances between the mortal and the (possibly) divine. What starts off as an odd suicide case for Special Investigator Fatma el-Sha’arawi leads her through the city’s underbelly as she encounters rampaging ghouls, saucy assassins, clockwork angels, and plot that could unravel time itself, in P. Djèlí Clark's Tor.Com Original, A Dead Djinn in Cairo.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Interesting characters in a novel setting
- Écrit par Steven le 2024-10-23
- A Dead Djinn in Cairo
- A Tor.Com Original
- Auteur(s): P. Djèlí Clark
- Narrateur(s): Suehyla El-Attar
Fantastic little tale
Évalué le: 2021-02-03
A dead Djinn, deep worldbuilding, fun and lively characters, all in such a perfect bite sized package! Narrator was fun and had such good humour and pacing. A must have, especially for the price!
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The Empress of Salt and Fortune
- Singing Hills Cycle, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Nghi Vo
- Narrateur(s): Cindy Kay
- Durée: 2 h et 25 min
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Au global4 out of 5 stars 25
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 22
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Histoire4 out of 5 stars 22
A young royal from the far north, is sent south for a political marriage in an empire reminiscent of imperial China. Her brothers are dead, her armies and their war mammoths long defeated and caged behind their borders. Alone and sometimes reviled, she must choose her allies carefully. Rabbit, a handmaiden, sold by her parents to the palace for the lack of five baskets of dye, befriends the emperor's lonely new wife and gets more than she bargained for.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A Tale of Unsung Voices
- Écrit par Utilisateur anonyme le 2021-01-25
- The Empress of Salt and Fortune
- Singing Hills Cycle, Book 1
- Auteur(s): Nghi Vo
- Narrateur(s): Cindy Kay
A Tale of Unsung Voices
Évalué le: 2021-01-25
Equal parts beautiful, poetic prose and heart breaking symbology, The Empress of Salt and Fortune is such a unique story and experience I cannot recommend it enough!
A monk who searches out history so their bird can memorize it, an old woman alone in an empresses exile home, and a story that drips with tragedy and political cunning. I've read the novella twice over and listened to it once through and I was still finding Easter eggs and symbols I didn't see the last time. Dense with meaning and loaded sentences, the book is demanding in the best of ways.
That being said, it is a unique book that can be hard to follow. If you listen to it and don't lose the forest for the trees you'll enjoy it far more. Trying to understand it at face value is probably going to leave you a little annoyed, but reveling in the beautiful ability that Nghi Vo brings to make a world feel so lived in is impressive. You may not understand every detail your first listen, but it's light enough to listen over and over again.
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