• Bleak Seasons

  • Chronicles of the Black Company, Book 6
  • By: Glen Cook
  • Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
  • Length: 13 hrs and 12 mins
  • 4.4 out of 5 stars (1,109 ratings)

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Bleak Seasons

By: Glen Cook
Narrated by: Jonathan Davis
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Publisher's summary

Having risked their lives and souls to capture the fortress of Stormgard, a band of weary soldiers known as the Company witnesses their commander's descent into madness and await the reemergence of their ancient gods.

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©1997 Glen Cook (P)2010 Audible, Inc.

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Series Killer

If any book in the Black Company series can drive a fan to quit, it is this one. The constant, disjointed, mind numbing jumps between perspective time periods turns this book into some bastardized choose-your-own-adventure story. Take a regular novel, chop it into a dozen or two pieces, then read those pieces in random order and you've got Bleak Seasons.

The narrator does such a fine job with the voices, I almost pity the man for having to read this assault on listeners minds.

The style of presentation in Bleak Seasons is so dreadful and of no narrative relation to its predecessors that one has to wonder if Glen Cook were in a particularly vile mood when he wrote it and was purposefully trying to kill the series.

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Not as bad as the other review.

I'm just writing to go against that other review of the guy hating the book and making him stop reading the series.

The narrator is great. The timeline in the story is set up strangely. But not too hard to follow and anything would be better than the book of lady.

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very enjoyable

This was a very good book. I was worried when I saw many people complaining about the story continually jumping through time. I found it a great way to tell the story of what happened to the Black Company inside the city of Dejagora (uncertain of exact spelling) during the time frame of Croaker and Lady's time outside the city (previous book) while at the same time pushing the Black Company's story along with the war against the remaining shadow masters.

also loved the narrator's performance. having a new voice for murgen to differentiate from the narrator who reads Croaker was great. the reader provided great voices and personality to all the characters. after having listened to a couple other books recently with monotonous and emotionless voices, this narrator was like a breath of fresh air.

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TERRIBLE, ABSOLUTELY TERRIBLE READER.

names pronounced incorrectly, loooooong unexplained pauses. BAD READER. Book was okay. Murgan took some getting used to which I blame on the reader. time line is confusing as well

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Poor Audio Processing

Audio and tone of voice consistently varies between barely audible and piercing, requiring constant tuning of the sound levels.

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don't quit now

I'm sure at this point you have been with the efforts of the Black company since they came into the service of the dominators lady. some are saying this book is confusing and hard to follow- they are right. however, it is not so confusing and hard to follow as to obscure the story. the naration has been sorted out, but this annal is a lot more obscure hand generally a lot less fun than the previous. but, it's more of croaker and wizardry and a story you're invested in over many volumes, so keep on.

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Love the Black Company, but not this..

I am a big fan of the Black Company books and have been one since they were first released. Bleak Seasons is a painful book to get through. The main character jumps back and forth in some sort of parallel time travel, and it is extremely hard to follow, and just way too much. The style and jumping just doesn't work in this, not even close. The only saving part of the story was the narrator, who solid an excellent job. Sorry, Mr. Cook, this one pretty much sucked in my opinion.

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I love Glen Cook

But…. This was the worst book so far.it’s just confusing and no pay off. The next one better be back to original style.

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Worst so far

The narrator made me dislike pretty much every character. The book is by far the worst I`ve read in the series so far. Will pick up the remaining books as paperback as I cant stand the narrator.

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Narrator’s voice is not good for car listening

I may drive down a particularly noisy road but I felt that the style of narration makes this book difficult to listen to in a car. The narrator is perfectly pleasant to listen to in a quiet room, but the volume and/or speed of his voice changes frequently, making this book more difficult to listen to in a car, compared to other audio books.

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