The Far West
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The Far West
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Narrated by:
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Amanda Ronconi
About this listen
From #1 New York Times best-selling author Patricia C. Wrede, the fantastic conclusion to her tale of magic on the western frontier.
Eff is an unlucky 13th child...but also the seventh daughter in her family. Her twin brother, Lan, is a powerful double seventh son. Her life at the edge of the Great Barrier Spell is different from anyone else's that she knows.
When the government forms an expedition to map the Far West, Eff has the opportunity to travel farther than anyone in the world. With Lan, William, Professor Torgeson, Wash, and Professor Ochiba, Eff finds that nothing on the wild frontier is as they expected. There are strange findings in their research, a long prarie winter spent in too-close quarters, and more new species, magical and otherwise, dangerous and benign, than they ever expected to find. And then spring comes, and the explorers realize how tenuous life near the Great Barrier Spell may be if they don't find a way to stop a magical flood in a hurry. Eff's unique way of viewing magic has saved the settlers time and again, but this time all of Columbia is at stake if she should fail.
©2012 Patricia C. Wrede (P)2013 Audible, Inc.What listeners say about The Far West
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Readalot
- 17-02-2017
My Favourite Installment
What did you like most about The Far West?
It made a wonderful ending to Eff's story.
What did you like best about this story?
See above.
Which character – as performed by Amanda Ronconi – was your favourite?
I'm still fond of Eff and Professor Ochiba... and Wash is always fun.
Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
No, but it made me smile. I don't want to cry. I like entertaining books. I hate being manipulated into being sad.
Any additional comments?
I was expecting something different from one of the characters, but it didn't eventuate. That didn't matter, I just got my forecast wrong.
By the way, I have read reviews of this series that suggest the author has done something wrong by excluding humans from the far west. I don't agree in the least. This is Columbia, (Colombia? have to read the book to see the spelling) and not the US, and this is Patricia Wrede's vision of her alternate world. A world that includes mammoth, silverhooves and steam dragons quite clearly is NOT our world. If she had included people already living in the west, then they would have been the focus of the story rather than the animals. Also, the point of the expedition is that they are going where humans have not gone. To have native Columbians would have made this pretty well impossible.
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