Fly By Night

De: Frances Hardinge

Narrado por: Lesley Sharp

Fly By Night, read by actress Lesley Sharp, is a breathtaking adventure story, set in reimagined eighteenth-century England, and is the stunning debut novel from Frances Hardinge, author of the Costa Award winning The Lie Tree.

As the realm struggles to maintain an uneasy peace after years of civil war and tyranny, a twelve-year-old orphan called Mosca Mye and her loyal companion, a cantankerous goose, are about to become the unlikely heroes of a radical revolution. Mosca is on the run, heading for the city of Mandelion. There she finds herself living by her wits among cut-throat highwaymen, spies and smugglers. With peril at every turn, Mosca uncovers a dark plot to terrorize the people of Mandelion, and soon merry mayhem leads to murder . . .

Winner of the Branford Boase award, Fly By Night by Frances Hardinge has an unforgettable cast of characters and an inspiring message at its heart – sometimes the power of words can change the world.

Fly By Night is followed by its thrilling sequel, Twilight Robbery.

'Everyone should read Frances Hardinge. Everyone. Right now' - Patrick Ness, author of A Monster Calls.

© Frances Hardinge; (P) Macmillan Publishers Ltd

Great story...creative and lovely use of language!

Have read this book several time and very much enjoyed this audiobook. With the exception of Eponymous Clent, the performer sounded very much as how the character sounded in my mind. It was easy to tell who was saying what due to the wide variety of character voices she uses to great effect in the performance. Pacing was very nice and her ability to build a scene with her voice made for a charming audiobook. Mosca Myers has another adventure in Fly Trap. Would love to have that as an audiobook as well!

I loved The Lie Tree by the same author...

I found the complex story hard to stick with, but enjoyed it some what nevertheless.

incompletel

It's a great book with an excellent narrator, but be warned that it skips chunks of the actual book. It seems to be somewhat abridged. I don't like that I wasn't warned about that period

Wonderfully story - irritating narration

I enjoyed this book when I read it, although I find all Frances Hardinge's books take a while to get into. The plot is complex, twisting and turning, Mosca is a satisfying heroine, and her world is imagined in full and often terrifying detail. I found the narration irritating at times, though - a bit too exaggerated in some voices (one would have thought it impossible to over-exaggerate Eponymous Clent, but the narrator achieves it!), and rather too mournful in between.

One of My Favorite Audiobooks

This book is one of two that I consider the best of audiobook entertainment. It is one of a few that I return to over and over to reread when I can't find something new. The narration is perfect.

Even though Mosca Mye is a orphan child, she becomes embroiled in an adult conspiracy that dates back to her father's past. She travels with two companions, a goose (Saracen) and a con-man (Eponymous Clent). The goose is her protector; the con-man is her albatross. The plot unfolds into a real world conspiracy of national importance without hint of contrivance.

It is an adventure comparable with Huckleberry Finn. The plot is engaging and satisfying. We are treated to a spunky preteen girl who is a complete person. She doesn't whine, she doesn't procrastinate, she just gets on with things. She makes mistakes; she is getting by with incomplete information, but she doesn't stop to worry. Life hasn't been kind to her so she deals with it. How refreshing. She could be compared to Pipi Longstocking, but she is more grounded.

The world building is superb. History, fable, and religion are fleshed out to provide a complete and satisfying back story. Names of people and places are entertaining in their own right, providing the perfect atmosphere of mythic importance.

Don't miss the crocodile that protects the evil princess.

A Play of Names and Words

A colorful cinematic created with well timed descriptions and vibrant dialogues. It's thought provoking plot involving the importance of "Names" was really enjoyable.

Truly original

Any additional comments?

The world imagined by Frances Hardinge, for Fly by Night, is one of the most fresh and original I've encountered, and yet believable and thoroughly engaging. I love the complexity of the characters and themes, leavened throughout by Hardinge's dry wit. The plot and character twists were well-developed; they had a surprise element and at the same time made so much sense that in the end they seemed inevitable by virtue of character development, though never quite predictable.Though devoid of saccharine elements, the story ripened into a kind of believable yet never cloying sweetness, as the characters learned and grew.

Hope there is a sequel!

This story was appealing beyond the age group it was placed in. Stories that lack graphic blood, gore and sex should not automatically be considered suitable only for kids or YA. Nor should adult stories require those elements to be well told and enjoyable. This was very enjoyable on several levels and well worth the time.

A good-ish story spoilt by awful narration

The reader/narrator’s accents were terrible - especially Mosca’s cockney accent and Clent’s accent and way of speaking were, for me, so irritating as to spoil the story

Chapter? Cut out parts.

The chapters aren’t lined up, the speaker skips sentences, making it hard to follow along in a book, I’m just reading it for school so.