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The Palace Job
- Rogues of the Republic, Book 1
- Narrated by: Justine Eyre
- Length: 11 hrs and 17 mins
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Summary
Loch is seeking revenge. It would help if she wasn’t in jail. The plan: To steal a priceless elven manuscript that once belonged to her family, but is now in the hands of the most powerful man in the Republic. To do so, Loch - former soldier, former prisoner, and current fugitive - must assemble a crack team of magical misfits that includes a cynical illusionist, a shape shifting unicorn, a repentant death priestess, a talking magical war hammer, and a lad with seemingly no skills. This crack team of misfits will help her break into the floating fortress of Heaven’s Spire and the vault that holds her family’s treasure - all while eluding the unrelenting pursuit of Justicar Pyvic, whose only mission is to see the law upheld. What could possibly go wrong?
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- lyn
- 26-03-17
Very clever
It was finished all too quickly. Great character development, interesting storyline. And don't forget the humour too!
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- Francesca
- 23-08-20
Not a good audio
Had to DNF because of the narrator, she clearly couldn't care less about what she's reading and made it very unenjoyable. Sorry book, it's not your fault.
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- Theresa A T
- 26-02-17
great fun
unusual and quirky characters make this story zing along through the plot twists. there are good old-fashioned villains pitted against heroes with flaws. can't wait to listen to the next story
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- Sue
- 04-03-17
Annoying Vocal Fry
I have to review this book to warn others. if you find vocal fry annoying, listening to this book will be unbearable for you.
The narrator does good voices for each of the characters but when she's simply narrating it sounds like she's trying to seduce your ears! Every sentence trails off into a croaky whisper. Once you notice it, it gets really, really annoying. She also uses strange pronunciations so "beer" sounds like "bear", "guards" sounds like "gods" and "sneer" sounds like "snare"! I genuinely though Kail was calling for God's help in the opening scene!
As for the story it was fine. As others said it's in a similar vein to Lies of Locke Lamora and Patrick Rothfuss stories but I didn't enjoy it as much. (I kept picturing the "Loch" in this story as a man because of having read the above book and then getting confused when the narrator croaked "she". ) I found my attention wandering a few times and found it difficult to remember who was who.
I downloaded all 3 books in the series so I will give them a go and see if the story gets any better (even though t is the same narrator!)
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- Hester
- 22-05-14
A really awful book
What could have made this a 4 or 5-star listening experience for you?
A better story
Would you ever listen to anything by Patrick Weekes again?
No
What does Justine Eyre bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
She reads beautifully, but even that was not enough to make this interesting
You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?
No
Any additional comments?
This is a confusing litany of characters, one even more unlovable than the next. But this is only my personal opinion and taste. Maybe someone else will enjoy the story. I do not like to belittle anyone's effort. It just does not fall in my taste
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- Sunny
- 02-07-16
UNBEARABLE narrator
The premise of this book sounds interesting,sadly I didn't get 2 minutes into it before I had to switch off.The reader's nasal,breathy tone went through me and I was cringing at that rather than listening to what she said!! It does make me wonder how they choose these people,this one's a definite NO for me based purely on the narrator,I'm off to read the book!
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