A Game of Thrones follows three separate storylines in three different geographical locations. In the North of the Seven Kingdoms Eddard Stark is the lord of Winterfell and strives to govern his land with a stern, but just hand. He struggles to teach his heir, Robb, to be an honorable leader and set an example for his other five children. When a dead mother dire wolf is found, and her six puppies are adopted by each of his children, Eddard Stark realizes that the motto of his house is becoming a reality.
Winter is coming. In the East, an exiled prince plots his return to the Westeros. Prince Viserys and his younger sister Daenerys make allegiance with a powerful, nomadic tribe of mounted warriors in an effort to begin building an army.
Set on the fictional contients of Westeros and Essos, Game of Thrones has multiple plot lines and complicated characters. In general, it contains three primary story arcs. The second is the last descendant of the realm's deposed ruling dynasty, Daenerys Targaryen, exiled and plotting a return to the Throne.
The third is about Jon Snow who, born in Winterfell, defends the realm against the ancient threats of the barbarians and dead creatures. A Game of Thrones is undoubtedly the best audiobook in this fantasy genre. Roy Dotrice did an amazing job to read this book, bringing all the characters into life.
Roy Dotrice appears on the TV series as well as Hallyne. Desipte hundreds of chapters in this book, Mr. Nam interdum justo eget nisi pulvinar et condimentum orci bibendum. Integer elementum tempor libero sit amet iaculis. Donec scelerisque, urna id tincidunt ultrices, nisi nisl lacinia mi, at pellentesque enim mi eu felis. Nullam malesuada egestas tincidunt. Pellentesque nec risus dui. Fusce sed nibh eu odio posuere semper. Etiam pulvinar, mi et molestie vestibulum, neque tellus pulvinar massa, vel varius nulla tellus at tortor.
Sed at augue sit amet ipsum viverra ullamcorper. Cum sociis natoque penatibus et magnis dis parturient montes, nascetur ridiculus mus. The novel is a favourite, but this talking book is really exceptional. The narrater is the master of voices and accents. Tyrion as a Welshman is masterful, and after listening enthralled through this I found one tiny flaw: Occasionally Roy forgets to step out of a characterisation when reading the narrative.
Other than that I would call his performance flawless, and entirely in keeping with the quality of the storytelling. The most memorable moment was when Tyrion first spoke. I'd always pegged him as being frightfully plummy, like Roy's version of Littlefinger, but the accent and voice used were a delightful surprise, and now work for me. I'm rereading the text of another book in the series, and now am very happy to hear Tyrion as Welsh in my head.
His eclectic and diverse range of both voice and accent stands out. He's got a vast array of distinct characters nailed down in a masterful way. He's very impressive. If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Your move. It's like watching a movie, with a cast of hundreds, with your eyes closed. One of the best thing about reading novels is the ability to create your interpretation of the world in question, to flavour the characters beyond the story itself, or the words on the page.
When books get adapted to film, the characters are presented in a very stark way so that people complain. Not going to give away spoilers here, but the first few times Roy Dotrice went from regal narrator to guttermouth were pretty memorable to me!
Dotrice has a talent of providing each character with their own unique voice - not a mean feat in a novel that has more antagonists than a YouTube comment section!
It may be a slight lisp, or a throaty chuckle, but the variances in Dotrice's voice allow each character their own identity. There are so many great characters. It is too difficult to choose just one. One of the most amazing things about this author is that he treats the characters realistically. As a result, it is very difficult to predict what will happen to them. What did you like best about this story?
See above. Which character — as performed by Roy Dotrice — was your favorite? They were all done well. Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you? When Lord Eddard died. From that point I knew that realism took priority over sentimentality. It makes reading the series so much more interesting.
I loved the story and the way it is told by the author not the narrator. First person perspective, and there are a lot of persons. The best thing is the set up of the story line. I will have to listen to more of his performances, he is the narrator of the other books in this series. So I am have no choice. I read that a lot of people love his acting. I just find it really annoying. A lot of huffing and puffing for the distinguished people. He also uses a lto of spit. Women sound like hardend men.
But the most annoying for me was the constant breathing in through the nose to sound distinguished. It is not as bad as Daffy duck just enough to annoy me. Also a lot of times you cannot distinguish the characters cause they all start to sound the same after a while. But some people absolutely love his voice acting.
Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry? Yes the voice acting made me cringe from time to time. The story is so good that even Roy Dotrice's voice acting can't stop me from buying the other parts. I started reading this series years ago when only books 1 and 2 had been released. I'm really enjoying listening to them now. Some of them are, for me, not quite right, but the major characters are brilliant.
If you haven't been introduced to the series before, I can strongly recommend the audio version - with one reservation: the maps and genealogies the are available in book form really help to anchor the story. With so many characters and so much sweeping action, it can be a little confusing without these resources. Especially because audio doesn't really allow you to go back and pick up a detail you might have missed.
There are several reviews here which express far more eloquently than I could just how good this story is so I'm not going to comment on that aspect, instead I'll comment on the listening experience provided by the audiobooks. I do feel that it helps for a newcomer to the books to have seen the TV show, the story in non-linear at points, jumping forward and then backtracking, this can be a little disconcerting, you may wonder if you've accidentally skipped over a chapter somewhere.
I certainly had to rewind on a number of occasions. A few reviewers have suggested that Roy Dotrice doesn't do a good job with the narration. I disagree, I rather like his reading style but, whoever produced the recordings should be embarrassed by the fact that at certain points characters are renamed and worst of all one character's accent suddenly changes from Northern English to Welsh, I thought I was hearing things at first.
Given the number of characters and the scope of the book I think on the whole he did a good job, but someone dropped the ball somewhere in the edit suite. I actually own the paperbacks to A Song of Ice and Fire.
And I re-bought the entire series as eBooks for my Kindle. And the Graphic Novel Part I. So take it as read that I'm familiar with the books, the story, George R R Martin's writing style, and the cast of thousands that populate Westeros and the lands across the Narrow Sea.
As you might surmise, I love the story. Unfortunately, this audiobook was a struggle to listen to because I just couldn't get on with the narration. Leaving aside the characterisation, for a moment, Roy Dotrice has this bizarre habit of pausing At some points, these pauses almost change the sense of what's being said, and you find yourself having to mentally re-wind to re-phrase the words in your head to get the proper meaning.
In a similar vein - just concerning the narration rather than the characterisation - at some points the narrator's choice of tone doesn't jibe with my own interpretation of the story's tone; the first time we hear the Stark's motto, '"Winter is Coming", we're given it in almost upbeat fashion, rather than the heavy, almost portentous phrase that I have in my head.
However, my biggest obstacle with the narration was the characters' voicings; to be fair, the book has a cast of thousands probably literally, although I haven't counted , and it would be impossible to form a distinct voice for every single person. But characters frequently sound much older than written Theon Greyjoy, for example , the cod-Irish accent deployed for some characters is almost unlistentable, and, most disappointingly, Tyrion's accent changes mid tale, from Lancastrian to something that oscillates between Welsh and Irish.
A fantastic book and well worth it, however a bit of a con from Audible to split it into two parts, needing to pay for each. It is only one book and should be sold as such.
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