About Spinning Silver:
Miryem is the daughter and granddaughter of moneylenders, but her father's inability to collect his debts has left his family on the edge of poverty — until Miryem takes matters into her own hands. Hardening her heart, the young woman sets out to claim what is owed and soon gains a reputation for being able to turn silver into gold.
When an ill-advised boast draws the attention of the king of the Staryk — grim fey creatures who seem more ice than flesh — Miryem's fate, and that of two kingdoms, will be forever altered. Set an impossible challenge by the nameless king, Miryem unwittingly spins a web that draws in a peasant girl, Wanda, and the unhappy daughter of a local lord who plots to wed his child to the dashing young tsar.
But Tsar Mirnatius is not what he seems. And the secret he hides threatens to consume the lands of humans and Staryk alike. Torn between deadly choices, Miryem and her two unlikely allies embark on a desperate quest that will take them to the limits of sacrifice, power, and love.
Channeling the vibrant heart of myth and fairy tale, Spinning Silver weaves a multilayered, magical tapestry that readers will want to return to again and again.
Source: Info in the "About Spinning Silver" was taken from GoodReads at https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/36896898-spinning-silver on 21/09/2022.
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Art by Donato Giancola
My Thoughts:
I've had this ebook in my kindle library for the longest time but haven't read it because the openning salvo was not very interesting, at all!
The story is told from multiple points of view. The thing is, the book does not tell you who. It leaves it to the reader to figure it out for themselves. Sometimes it takes me a while to figure out that I am reading from Wanda's point of view, for example. This made the going slow even with the convenience of the audiobook format.
I am not a fan of the emotional roller coaster. However, it is also the very thing that makes this book intricate and beautiful.
Katy Sobey reads with a singsong which is not a desirable trait in a narrator...
Quantitative Evaluation:
Story telling quality = 4.5
Character development = 5
Story itself = 5
Writing Style = 5
Ending = 5
World building = 5
Cover art = 3.5
Pace = (16 hrs and 10 mins listening time)
Plot = 4.5
Narration = 4
Character development = 5
Story itself = 5
Writing Style = 5
Ending = 5
World building = 5
Cover art = 3.5
Pace = (16 hrs and 10 mins listening time)
Plot = 4.5
Narration = 4
Meet The Author
An avid reader of fantasy literature since age six, when she first made her way through The Lord of the Rings, Naomi Novik is also a history buff with a particular interest in the Napoleonic era and a fondness for the work of Patrick O’Brian and Jane Austen. She studied English literature at Brown University, and did graduate work in computer science at Columbia University before leaving to participate in the design and development of the computer game Neverwinter Nights: Shadow of Undrentide. Over the course of a brief winter sojourn spent working on the game in Edmonton, Canada (accompanied by a truly alarming coat that now lives brooding in the depths of her closet), she realized she preferred writing to programming, and on returning to New York, decided to try her hand at novels.
Naomi lives in New York City with her husband and six computers.
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The Narrator
About Katy Sobey:
Katy lives in Bristol and trained at the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, where she was a finalist for the Carlton Hobbs Award and was chosen to perform at the Sam Wanamaker Festival at The Globe. Katy has worked extensively in regional touring theatre, appeared in numerous BBC Radio 4 dramas and episodes of Poetry Please, and recorded over 100 audiobooks. Katy was nominated for an Audie Award 2019 for 'The Tuscan Child' and was one of Audible UK's top rated narrators in 2016. Katy has a home studio for voice over work.
FTC Disclosure:
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
The ebook and audiobook were bought with private funds.
No money received for this review.
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