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Beautiful, beautiful story

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-11-24

I couldn’t read this book on my kindle (I tried 3 times), yet listening to it was a thing of beauty. What a great narrator, what a beautiful story ❤️

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Outstanding

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 03-10-24

I thought it would be a weekly listen every Sunday. Yeah I finished it in less than 2 days. Absolutely incredible

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Great narrator, good story but some plot holes

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5 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 01-10-24

Overall really enjoyed this audiobook but I have to say a verbal narration really emphasizes the issues of a text. For example: how come Darcie didn’t recognize Tabitha the first time she saw the therapist? Would a roughened male police officer really know what strawberry blonde looks like and describe a woman with the same eyes as another woman? I also don’t really like how cheesy authors can be sometimes although I am glad this author wasn’t particularly cheesy!

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Super narrateur, traduction laisse à désirer

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 29-08-24

Je lis et écoute le trône de fer après avoir lu et écouté tout ASOIAF, F&B, TKO7K et l'histoire de Westeros en anglais. Le narrateur est excellent, bien meilleur que le narrateur anglais du fait de sa voix onctueuse et de son rythme hypnotique. Les voix qu'il a choisies pour les personnages sont aussi convaincantes, en particulier Sansa.

Quant au texte, quelle misère! La simplicité de GRRM est perdue et le traducteur a plus ou moins réécrit le roman à sa sauce. Il y a aussi des erreurs de traduction. Riverain est traduit par Vivesaigues partout sauf deux fois et le traducteur a parfois perdu le sens important de certains moments clés en misant sur une traduction médiévale: frappe-les d’estoc pour « stick them with the pointy end », plutôt que pique-les de la pointe par exemple. Certaines traductions sont tout simplement erronées à mon avis, comme la description de Tyrion qui était grand comme un roi: écrire qu’il a une prestance royale minimise le texte original « and for just a moment Tyrion stood tall as a king ». C’est vraiment dommage parce qu’en français on perd le pressentiment que Tyrion est un personnage extraordinaire. Idem quand Maester Aemond avait dit qu’un géant était parmi eux pour décrire Tyrion et que ça l’avait ému. C’est vraiment dommage. Ou encore lorsque Jon apprend qu'il est un "bully" envers ses frères de la garde de nuit. Ecrire qu'il est arrogant (!), ce n'est pas du tout le sens original, méchant, violent ou bagarreur est ce que dit le personnage à Jon.

Je ne suis vraiment pas fan non plus du vocabulaire médiéval. Je pense être bonne lectrice, j’ai fait des études littéraires et puis d'anglais. J'ai un niveau C2 dans les deux langues et pourtant, je n'avais pas besoin de dictionnaire pour la version originale tandis que je devais constamment vérifier le vocabulaire français. Je butais sur le texte comme un enfant, ce qui n'est pas agréable quand on lit de la fantasy pour s'évader.

Enfin bref: super narration mais la traduction est bien dommage.

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Brilliant performance but deck the halls?

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4 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-06-24

Loved it, however i was very weirded out by the seven prayer following the rhythm of deck the halls

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Excellent, poignant and funny!

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5 out of 5 stars
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Reviewed: 20-05-24

Relatable characters and story was gripping. I didn’t expect how the story would turn. An audible page turned

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Depressing read with heart-breaking ending

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1 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
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1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 16-04-24

Narration: I’m a huge fan of the main reader (played in Downton Abbey). All narrators had modulated voices and carried the story well. The accents were lovely - as a non Brit, the Yorkshire accent is my favorite.

Story: absolutely depressing. This is the story of two “tweens” from Yorkshire and the discoveries they make of their neighbors in the 60s or 70s. I thought it would be a bit of a nostalgic read from the author but it is anything but. Makes you glad to live in the 21st century. One lovable character encounters tragedy and I have to admit I was deeply affected by it. I’m glad I finished it but I will not recommend it. If however you are a Northerner and would like to know what your elders went through, you might enjoy it.

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