Alice

I really enjoyed this book. The author has an understanding of faith and explores the question, "Why did God allow this to happen?" in the science fiction genre. This book is beautifully written and I looked forward to listening each day. The narrator was excellent and captured the "voices" for the various characters in this book very well. However, he is very soft and hard to hear at times. So be prepared to crank up the volume at those parts.

I am a huge fans of Bryce Courtenay's books and this book followed by Tandia is no exception. (I did not make begin with this series but began with the Australia series.) Humphrey Bower is an exceptionally talented narrator and after listening to Mr. Bower there are few others who are as talented on audible. In fact, I always have to remind myself when listening to another book that I should not compare the narrator to Bower's narrative abilities. I wish he was used more often to narrate books on this site. He is multi-faceted and the characters are brought to life with his voice.

Great story and wonderful narration by Simon Vance. I look forward to more in this series!

Great story and wonderful narration by Simon Vance. I look forward to more in this series!

Simon Vance as narrator does not disppoint and the series by Naomi Novik is very good!

Simon Vance as narrator does not disppoint and the series by Naomi Novik is very good!

I love the Temeraire series and the performance of narrator Simon Vance. I look forward to more from Naomi Novik.

I love the Temeraire series and the performance of narrator Simon Vance. I look forward to more from Naomi Novik.

I have loved the Clan of the Cave Bear series and looked forward to this book. I can only echo what the other reviewers are stating as negative about the book and ask another question: Where was the editor for this book? Surely, Crown Publishers employs editors? The backstory and repitition was overwhelming. Since Ms. Auel is a bestselling published author it seems Crown has let everything slide. Even published authors need editors especially after 31 years. Too bad because the series was a remarkable one.

Thank you Audible! Very thoughtful and classy of you to reward members this way! I will enjoy listening. Merry Christmas!

This book is set in old Japan when the Dutch were trading. I enjoyed it and will warn the reader that it moves a bit slower than some audiobooks that I have read.

I would probably have given it 5 stars but something is wrong in the third part and it repeats.

I also don't know if it is the fault of the author or if the audio book has skipped some chapters because it seems to have all the loose ends pull together in one chapter which I found to be quite sudden. Otherwise, I did enjoy the book, except for these problems.