{"id":3918,"date":"2013-07-22T17:09:58","date_gmt":"2013-07-22T21:09:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=3918"},"modified":"2026-01-23T19:33:06","modified_gmt":"2026-01-24T00:33:06","slug":"the-privilege-of-the-sword-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/3918","title":{"rendered":"The Privilege of the Sword, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Privilege of the Sword<\/a><\/em> Audio Book (2012) Ellen Kushner<\/a> (Author, Narrator), Barbara Rosenblat, Felicia Day, Joe Hurley, Katherine Kellgren, Nick Sullivan, Neil Gaiman<\/p>\n

\"privilege-of-the-sword-audio\"<\/a>This is a review of the audio book. If you’d like a review of the story itself, that can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

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 (!).<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

I highly recommend the audio version of The Privilege of the Sword<\/em>, 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.
\nRating: 10\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n

Published by Neil Gaiman Presents
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