Uprising

Tribari Freedom Chronicles, Book 2

By: Rachel Ford

Narrated by: Megan Green

Length: 5 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

A daughter of Grand Contributors. The wife of a reformer. A woman caught between worlds.

Nikia Idan was raised in the glimmering spheres of society’s elite, but she traded it all for the love of a man who wants to change the Tribari empire. Her new reality is harsher than she ever imagined it could be. When her husband’s push for reform is met with brutal violence, her worlds will collide with a force that will either break her or the system that brought her to the point of breaking.

©2019 Rachel Ford (P)2019 Rachel Ford

Much better than the first book

I still don't care for the narrator. But this book drew you in with a much better story line and gripping conflict.

Once again well worth listening.

I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review. The narrator does a wonderful job, and I hope that the narrator does a lot more narration. I enjoyed this book, it drew me in and had me waiting for what came next.

Good development

This second story in the series jumps to the home planet and builds the background surrounding the uprising/riot in book one.

It involves a young couple who are married; but come from different economic backgrounds. She works to support them and he is an activist for change. When the government begins a total crackdown they run into trouble and he becomes injured.

After all the issues she becomes convinced that he was right and takes up leadership of the group striving for change.

The book was a little slow to develop the characters and most of them appeared rather stiff and unthinking. This was the weakest part of the story line.

The narrator was adequate but could use a slightly different character voice for the different people as many sound almost the same.

This book was provided free of charge with the expectation of an honest review.

3.25 ★'s

I reaaalllyy wanted more of the story. It has a ton of potential and could be truly dazzling with additional world building and character development. I'd love to read more about the "spheres", her parents & a bit more about their friends. :-) 

I'm on the fence about the characters. I truly enjoy a great heroine but it makes me uncomfortable when a man seems to be ummm… a bit emasculated. Lol, now I'm a strong stubborn woman & wife. Soo, I want to give him a little leeway. :-) At 1st, I thought this was the husband's but at became hers in my mind at the end. Ohhh man do I wish some issues/questions had been answered & justice metted out. Maybe there will be a sequel. ;-) 

Frustratingly, the narrator made it near impossible for me to finish. She drove me to utter disreaction. If you can I highly recommend reading this instead of listening to it. 


My star ratings include these 5 elements:
1★ story line
.75★ engaging characters
.75★ use of world building/descriptions
0★ narration or editing
.75★ the ending

Uprising - impressive start to Tribari Freedom

I was gifted a free audiobook of this and the other books in the Tribari Freedom Chronicles and this is my unsolicited and honest opinion.

I loved the book, the story and the narration. The excellent blurb outlines the plot. The world building is amazing, easy to picture and the characters are so well rounded. The narrator, Megan Green, has a wonderful vocal range and her interpretation of each character is so immersive. Megan Green adds that extra special dimension to the book.

Spoiler alert!
Nikia, a beautiful and privileged daughter of Grand Contributors, falls in love and marries Grell, an idealist clerk, who plans peaceful protestss to reform the oppressive Tribari society. Nikia finds the reality of her new life difficult when cast out by her family, but her love for Grell is undiminished. This idealist young couple, plan a peaceful march to demonstrate against the injustices suffered by the ordinary folk. This is where the events in Catalyst mesh. The consequences of the ensuing riot and its vicious suppression reverberate throughout the Empire, signalling the Uprising.

Another story thread. Children are cherished and yet people are treated as expendable. Grell always says that he would never bring a child into their world. Poor Nikia is conflicted when she discovers her pregnancy. Nikia seeks help of her former family physician.

Take down the Capitalists!

Full disclosure: I received a free review copy of this book and am voluntarily leaving a review.

I enjoyed this book, if you are looking for sci-fi this might not be your book though, it is more dystopian than sci-fi. As far as dystopian goes it had a reasonable plot, and seems to set up the series quite well. The series seems to have a basis of tyranny from the lens of capitalism being taken to its far extreme. It seems to push back against capitalism with socialism, we will see if that holds up in the books to come. The narration was adequate, I would not list the narrator on my top list, however she doesn’t hit the bottom either.

Overall 3.5 stars

Space Saga

I was given a free copy of this Audiobook In exchange for an honest review. This book is about Nikia and her husband grel, a man who wants change for the Tribari empire. This second one in the series goes into life on the mining planet which I find very interesting and look forward to reading more about. Definitely recommend.

Excellent!

The author weaves a great story of rebellion, deceit, and honor. The narration is well done, and adds nicely to the story. Definitely get book one and start there, it’s short but really lends to this book. I look forward to seeing where the story goes from here.

I received a free copy of this book in exchange for an unbiased review.

So Amazing!!!

I just finished reading book 1 and went straight into book two. And I really enjoyed them both. Personally, I think the second one might be slightly better. But I can't wait to start the third. I am so excited. I thought the narration was excellent too. Such great audio-books.... I think they will just keep better.

This book was given to me at my request. I am providing and honest and voluntary review. Thanx!

This one got the story moving.

I was given this book for free in return for a review.

This is a really interesting look at things and got me much more interested in seeing how things would play out.