Dissolution

Forgotten Realms: War of the Spider Queen, Book 1

By: Richard Lee Byers

Narrated by: Rosalyn Landor

Length: 14 hrs and 11 mins

Publisher's summary

The War of the Spider Queen begins here.

While their whole world is changing around them, four dark elves struggle against different enemies. Yet their paths will lead them all to the most terrifying discovery in the long history of the drow and set them on a quest to save not only Menzoberranzan but the entire dark elf race from Dissolution....

©2002 Wizards of the Coast, Inc. (P)2012 Audible, Inc.

difficult but fun.

i had to listen some parts over. but it was a fun to listen too

Great!

Great from start to finish. I can't not recommend this book enough. Characters have depth and goals. The plot has a clear path as it occurs but not able to be predicted. Worth any readers time.

Good series, average narration

I'll preface this with saying that I've listened to a lot of different narrators. Rosalyn Landor was pretty average. Good book and good series delving into drow society, but if you're looking for exciting narration, you'll be disappointed.

Great story, miserable narration

Annoying voices for the characters. Sometimes gets the voice wrong during dialogue and it’s confusing because until you figure out which character was supposed to be speaking.

Story itself is great, when you can ignore the narrator... Overall vaguely disappointed but still going to listen to her reading the next five books, so... yeah.

Another great story

I love this story, it gives a close look at the Drow race and a detailed explanation of their culture and very interesting characters.

The narrator did not serve this novel due justice

I enjoyed the story of this telling thoroughly; however, I found myself struggling to stay immersed in the narration due to the Narrator’s lack of depth of character. During times of hardship or turmoil the tone used did not convey the emotion of the characters well. The same elocution was used throughout the entirety of the novel with I found off putting.

not a fan of The voice.

the main characters are male and shouldn't sound like hooligans in an Irish pub or some prissy Oxford professor having tea with the queen. but I love the story.

Wonderful.

The narration was spot on for the most part, aside from some mispronunciation of a few English words (the lore wording of the Forgotten Realms was impeccable). I will enjoy listening to Rosalyn Landor again.

Good book, off putting narration

I have read and very much enjoyed the War of the Spider Queen series. I was feeling a bit nostalgic about it and decided to download the audible version so I could revisit the story on the go. The narrator was completely wrong for this story. Ever thought of hearing a cockney/Scottish drow? Yeah, me neither. The voices she used for our intrepid “heroes” Ryld and Pharaun were painful to hear and ruined a lot of the charm and madcap antics I so enjoyed on my read through. It was an honest struggle to finish the story at some parts. I’m sure she’s wonderful in other works and others may disagree with my opinion here but it absolutely fell flat for me.

narrator

loved reading the series, was very excited when I found it on audible, but I just can't listen to this narrator. won't be able to listen to more than, just one,. Going to have to get out the hard copies to finish