The Privilege of the Sword, Audio Edition

The Privilege of the Sword Audio Book (2012) Ellen Kushner (Author, Narrator), Barbara Rosenblat, Felicia Day, Joe Hurley, Katherine Kellgren, Nick Sullivan, Neil Gaiman

This is a review of the audio book. If you’d like a review of the story itself, that can be found here.

Audio books take quite a while for me to finish, because generally the only time I listen is when my walking partner is out or on a car trip.

That said, I do love well done audio books, and this one is pretty much perfect. Ellen Kushner does the narration from Kate’s POV, and I believe it’s Barbara Rosenblat who does Artemesia’s POV, and for other scenes there is a case ensemble, including Neil Gaiman and Felicia Day (!).

As the main characters in this story are female, I liked having the female narrators, and I liked having the narrator switch during the scenes with Artemesia–it helped emphasize that we’re somewhere else completely, for Artemesia’s life is quite different from Kate’s.

I highly recommend the audio version of The Privilege of the Sword, although I admit that once I reached a certain point, I ended up reading, so I could relive the story sooner. Because I have no patience. But then I kept on listening, and it didn’t matter that I’d just re-read parts, because they were just as enjoyable.
Rating: 10/10

Published by Neil Gaiman Presents

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