While listening to this book, I could not help but be constantly reminded that it was book one of a five book set. There just is not a whole lot that happens through much of this book. This book takes a very long time to grab and hold your attention. Lawhead's descriptive quality is here, and the characters of the tale have wonderful potential for drama. "Taliesin" is, as they say, quite a different story. Placed in a far away time and place, it was an epic that I simply could not put down. I was introduced to Stephen Lawhead's works through reading "Byzantium", which I found to be an extraordinarily well written book. For those who enjoy fantasy, I highly recommend this story. The only difference I would cite is that the narrator portrays the character of Charis as a little more rigid and cold than I had interpreted her to be. I found myself returning and listening to sections that I had read just to hear how the narrator would interpret the section. I found the narrator?s interpretation provided depth to the characters and story that exceeded my own interpretation. Regarding the negative comments about the narrator, I both read and listened to the book alternately. However, just as Tolkein's more detailed descriptions of landscape and character give that book the intensity of reality, so does Lawhead's descriptive style give depth and reality to this story. There are parts of the book that I can see would be slow or taxing for some who are addicted to the instant gratification of constant action.
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