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A Stranger in the Citadel

Von: Tobias S. Buckell
Gesprochen von: Janina Edwards
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A tale of family bonds, royal power, and the truth that threatens it all, from World Fantasy Award-winner Tobias S. Buckell.

“You shall not suffer a librarian to live.”

Growing up in Ninetha, Lilith has known this law all her life. The city’s every need is provided for by a god-machine called the cornucopia, which can produce food, clothing, anything in response to a thought. The gods provided this bounty on one condition: that humanity give up reading and writing.

Then, a librarian, an actual seeker of forbidden written knowledge, walks through the gates of the citadel, his very presence unraveling the life Lilith has known. She learns her father, the Lord Musketeer himself, has been harboring a secret - one that turns Ninetha against Lilith’s family.

Forced to flee, forced to throw in her lot with the librarian, Lilith uncovers even greater secrets - about the lie her life has been, and about the very nature of their world.

©2021 Tobias S. Buckell (P)2021 Audible Originals, LLC. Epic Fantasy Fantasy
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This book is painfully basic. The plotline is more "paint by numbers" than creativity. I have read much worse, but there are no surprises in this book. Multiple times, I felt compelled to stop reading, but I kept going because its only a short one anyways.
The only outstanding feature is a rarely used setting. On the other hand, the world building is only paper thin. A longer runtime could have helped. But then the writer might have used that to repeat just more intentions. The book has a small problem of character just stating their feelings out loud.

Characters do not get out of their role and feel like puppets. The do not act like people. I don't think any of them has a hobby outside their vocation, or does anything interesting without needing to do so.
The protagonist is painfully naive and just doesn't learn from her mistakes. The only character development she gets is that she doesn't just blindly stumble into the climax, but tries to come up with a plan.

The presenter is fine. She has not the greatest range for voices, but her audio is good and the presented emotions come through.

the most 3 out 5 stars i have ever read

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It is a lovely book.

The story is addicting and the voicover brings it to life in a beautifulway.

Another story to a different world.

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