A Clash of Kings (Part Two): Book 2 of A Song of Ice and Fire

As good as the books are, and they're very good indeed, it's Roy Dotrice's narration that makes the whole thing sing. As a comparison, the audiobook of Dune, another multi-threaded, multi-character, multi-dialect epic used several narrators sometimes and one narrator at other times. Sometimes the narrators were good, sometimes average and sometimes downright terrible.
Dotrice manages to do the heavy lifting and somehow carry the entire cast, from the major characters to the smallest one liner and give them all a voice and, using an array of British accents, makes them all consistent and recognisable.
Yes, sometimes the accent doesn't quite suit the character but such instances are rare enough to simply not matter.
It is hard to imagine how this audiobook could have been improved.

Gripping, delightful, insightful

Hard to choose from so many. Most memorable are probably the interaction between Tyrion and Cerci Lannister.

First time. He makes it very easy to distinguish which character is talking even though the celtic accents of some characters dont seem to ring true. Probably because I have watched the TV series.

Well it has already been done. But the warning should be, don't become too attached to the characters even when they are so likeable. You will be heartbrocken when their tragic downfall occurs.

Can't wait till I hear the rest of the series.

I had to stop what I was doing to pick up my jaw, lest I stepped on it.
I think I have learned how this man writes and so brace myself for an unexpected turn, trying to predict where the book will go but for the life of me, I can not pick most of the plot line twists.
You can imagine how stoked I am when I come close to guessing it but on the whole, this series is highly recommended for those who wish to be taken on a roller coaster for over 200 hours.

If it was easier to follow which book comes after the other, if the Titles were in a more understandable fashion it would make the reading far more pleasant. As it is it is very difficult to follow the story.

The book flows straight on from the first. I couldn't wait to start it and when I did start I couldn't stop listening. Sad that some of my favourite characters are no long in the story. But it is still a wonderful read.

It's good. By now you are into the series and wand to keep going.

Yes.

Good performance

Not the greatest but pretty good.

That it took me somewhere far away and kept me entertained.

The narrator struggled to keep his accents consistent. To be fair he had a huge cast to keep up with.

It was sometimes horrifying.

The characters lacked real depth in that the baddies were only evil and the goodies too good. But overall it was mindlessly entertaining and I enjoyed it.

If you like the 1st book you will like this one. It continues the story at a good pace and you learn more about the charters. The narration is outstanding - you can pick up most charters just with the different voices that the narrate uses.

One of the greatest fantasy titles of all time. Martin has created a world and storyline which bypasses Tolkien. This is the story which I will insist my children read (when they're old enough to handle the sex, violence treachery).

This is another awesome book, but again it is seriously enhanced by the efforts of Roy Dotrice, with his brilliant characterisations and accents.

Arya Stark shines as a favourite character for her courage and humour.

Tyrion Lannister, however, is my favourite in these talking books, thanks to Roy's lovely Welshification of him.

If you liked the books the talking books, with Dotrice in voice, will be even better. If you've never read the books then why not?