Teen space pirates

Entertaining quasi-steampunk space pirate yarn, geared slightly to a younger audience (teens). Still good fast paced fun

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Really enjoyable

Love Alastair Reynolds and this book doesnt disappoint. Couldnt finish Blue Remember Earth, really didnt like it but Revenger is an easy and interesting read. Not a huge fan of female narraters, but Clare Corbett really suits the character and makes this story pop.....like the baubles really!

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Good read with some flaws

A good story although I found some character choices a bit frustrating towards the end.

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Excellent

Really enjoyable story and performance. the only problem I had was the voice volume was way too low, even with it turned up.

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narration... how it changes books

the narrator masterfully portrayed the characters. The story was at Reynolds standard of execlence, if not raising the bar further. I'm not sure if it was the audio or the code used but some of the sentences seemed to lose volume right at the last syllable. however, this did not distract from the story.

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Steam Punk Space Pirates

Quite a different feel than AR's other work, but set in a characteristically creative universe. Told from the point of view of a teenage girl within a harsh environment, doing adult's work onboard a treasure hunting light-sail spaceship. Thoroughly enjoyed the fresh perspective and the mix of fantasy and hard sci-fi elements.
Clare does an excellent job of narration, very immersive!

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Interest Waning...

I felt this novel had some interesting sub themes however the plot became somewhat trite the more I listened...

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Light (but dark) space adventure

I came to this with some trepidation, as a Reynolds fan but not one for YA novels (as this has been referred). very pleasantly surprised though. A typical space romp, with the fun of treasure hunting and piracy, but with enough darkness to avoid it being Harry Potter in Space. Well written and read.

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Beatrix Potter vs Psycho Pirate Queen

This seems like an old unpublished effort that was unearthed after Reynolds got popular. At first I thought Corbett’s proper English voice was an odd choice, but it suits the two society sisters and the florid descriptions that Reynolds thankfully doesn’t use in his other series. This first book is written first person from the younger sister, the second from older sister’s view, and the third is in third person. It seems like an exercise, with no relation to Reynolds’ other books. It does have the interesting perspective of being many millions of years in the future and looking back at more technological societies that have come and gone, but edges a bit over the fantasy line in my opinion.

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Great, gripping adventure story

I usually listen to audiobooks as I doze off to sleep at night, but this one was such a great adventure it kept me up all night wanting to hear more and more. It had great storyline, characters, action and suspense. While it is a space adventure, I kept getting vibes that it could've just as easily been set on a 16th century pirate ship, with a lot of detail spent on crew interactions and antagonisms and the less-than-spectacular living arrangements while on the ships. Also it reminds me a bit of Firefly, which I also loved.

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