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Welcome to the world of the Instrumentalities of the Night, where imps, demons, and dark gods rule in the spaces surrounding upstart humanity. At the edges of the world stand walls of ice which push slowly forward to reclaim the land for the night. And at the world's center, in the Holy Land where two great religions were born, are the Wells of Ihrain, the source of the greatest magics.

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Great Author, Terrible Narrator

What disappointed you about The Tyranny of the Night?

The narration was horrible. Stilted cadence, most sentences seem to end as a question. and the character voice variation is almost non-existent.

How could the performance have been better?

Different narrator.

Any additional comments?

I liked the idea of the story, but couldn't continue to listen after 2 hours. I'll have to go for the print version on this one.

I bought all three based on what I've read and listened to by Glen Cook. I wish I could get those credits back because I'm not going to listen to this version of the books.

20 of 23 people found this review helpful

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Horrendous narration

What disappointed you about The Tyranny of the Night?

I am sure the rest of the story would have been good but I will never know until I get some time to actually read it. This narration was horrible. The stilted and strange cadence of the reader completely distracted me from the story until I had to give up in frustration.

AVOID.

Would you be willing to try another one of Eric Synnestvedt???s performances?

No way.

20 of 23 people found this review helpful

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    3 out of 5 stars
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  • JZ
  • Appleton, Wi
  • 01-21-14

Only made it an hour in

What did you like best about The Tyranny of the Night? What did you like least?

I will give this story the benefit of a doubt because I couldn't get farther than an hour into it. The narrator is just terrible. I never "read" a book I didn't like from Glen Cook. Was hoping getting one of his series on audible would give me more time to chip away at his vast library.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

This narrator has two voices and both of them sound shallow and snobbish. You can't casually listen to this because you will never know when he switches between characters. If I made it far enough to know the plot I doubt I would have been able to attach myself to any of the characters since the narrator's voice makes them all hateable.

Was The Tyranny of the Night worth the listening time?

Listening? No, but I would be willing to give the book a chance.

Any additional comments?

There are a lot of audiobooks that have bad reviews for the narrator that I have learned to like after getting through the first chapter or so. Shadowmarch and A Feast for Crows are two examples where I stuck with them and after a while I forgot why I detested the reader so much. This is not one of those books. There is nothing about this narrator that leads me to believe he will eventually voice characters any different than the first 10.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

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    1 out of 5 stars
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    2 out of 5 stars

Narrator is horrible

The book may be good, I couldn't get past the horrible narration to listen to the entire book. since the same narrator is on all the books I will not waste my time or money on the rest.

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  • clinton
  • Auckland, New Zealand
  • 10-07-12

so very boring

You didn’t love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

none ... the reader is average and the story yawn inspiring

Any additional comments?

a shame the book wasn't good as the blurb made it sound it was very dull don't waste your credit on this dud

1 of 5 people found this review helpful