King of Thorns

James Clamp returns with a masterful reading of Mark Lawrence's "King of Thorns." One of my favorite audiobook performances.

I like Jorg...and I hate him. I guess that's why I like him. He's complicated, but not arbitrarily so.

Clamp manages distinct voices for each character and is very consistent. He breathes a kind of personality into Jorg that I might have missed if I were just reading it on my own.

When Jorg wrestles with the unintended effects of his necromancy (trying not to give too much away).

The narrator gave a good performance and the story itself is just plain entertaining.

I might say it's similar to Joe Abercrombie's works only a little less dark.

Overall, really good. I had some trouble following the timeline because there is so much skipping back and forth between current time and 4 years ago from chapter to chapter. I still have some trouble with the young age of the character being so unstoppably dominant over everyone else in this story but I can usually allow that to slip out of mind and just enjoy the action. Dark, bloody, good action, interesting twists, excellent narration voice.

The title is not an exaggeration. This trilogy is shaping up to become one of my favorite reads in a long time, and this, the middle child in all of it, does not disappoint in the slightest. If you've read the first one you already know of the dark prince, and it should not be surprising that he remains dark even when his title advances to king (even if that title is somewhat self proclaimed), but we the listeners are also treated to hearing how Jorg Ancrath evolves over the years. And its a believable evolution because it keeps the perfect balance of being significant, without being drastic. So, in some ways he is the same prince we learned to love in the first book, but he also is maturing. This book also reveals more about the world of the Hundred War, something that is extremely interesting to learn, and added a lot to my enjoyment of the tale.

But enough about how amazing the book is, the narrator also deserves his praise!

Once again, James Clamp has done an AMAZING job. He nails every part of his performance. All the characters retain their individuality, and the acting is superb. Setting him with the task to read this book was really a match made in heaven and I simply can not wait to hear him reading the last installment.

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He was excellent

Not a run of the mill story pumped out in a heartbeat. Different enough to keep me interested...

The main character begins an evolution in this book, I think. But stays cynical, ruthless and darkly human.

It was a fun ride of memories stored away and other wise forgotten

This is a good continuation of the first book, and does not leave a great cliff hanger, which I hate in some developing series. The protagonist develops in this book, but no wild hooks in personality, just seemed gradual, but un-completed. Really looking forward to the next book.