Though the pace can be slow at times, I didn't mind it at all because I knew it was building up to something special and damn was it. It's a long read, but well worth the time. The characters are pretty unique and developed slowly and steadily, Tigana honestly blew away all my expectations, the worldbuilding and plot are simply beautiful. Read the trilogy 4 times now, but due to the poor narration I will unfortunately not buy it on audible.Ībsolutely fantastic, one of my first books by Guy Gavrial Kay and it was an incredibile journey. The books, especially the first, builds such a rich world with real characters that I could not put it down.
I will say no more just you need to get it!! As for David Gemmell it is all good and thank you Sean Barrett - pure brilliant narration.
I have read the Mistress of the Empire trilogy 5 times and listened to it on audible 3 times now. Will leave it a year and probably listen again. As always I read the book many years before I purchased the audible version, but am not disappointed. A great book and I would highly recommend not just for the unique story and concept but for the great narration. It has a different style, but I just could not stop listening. A page turner - if you can say that about an audible book. Well Tigana was different, but equally compelling. I love David Gemmell, Feist & Wurts and Trudi Canavan - best fantasy books ever. Additionally, I found the climax/end to be satisfyingly bittersweet, with more threads tied up than I expected. Sometimes it felt a bit more like reading a historical recounting, rather than a fantasy novel. The author expects you to just roll with the information and skips in time, seamlessly weaving the Palm's mythology into both small moments and large info dumps, and I appreciate that trust given to the reader - though I suspect some might find it frustrating. It starts off fairly meandering and doesn't necessarily hook the reader in a large action/magic sequence that typically composes the majority of kick-offs into a fantasy realm. There is a LOT of story in such a 'short' (for fantasy) book and the world felt tangible Kay's epilogue regarding the Italian city-states of history as inspiration makes a lot of sense and lends itself well to buying into the reality of the story. The fantasy elements mostly fell to the background as we followed the stories of our characters plotting their small grass-roots rebellion to reclaim a birthright. The main cast (no matter if they fell into slight tropes) felt real and I cared for them deeply. A slow story of revenge, of memory, of belonging and family. If someone were to ask me what this book was about, I'd have a hard time doing it justice.
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