Name: The Judging Eye
ISBN: 9781590201695

R. Scott Bakker

Aspect-Emperor Anasãurimbor Kellhus launches a holy war in order to prevent the Second Apocalypse, while his wife faces challenges as she rules in his stead and exile Drusas Achamian seeks to prove that Kellhus is a fraud.

The Judging Eye

Fraser Simons

While the sections with Esme dragged a bit because her young child is boring, the Great Ordeal marching was much more interesting. The trek under the mountain and the reveal of the judging eye would have been enough to give this 5 stars. So much happened and so much was revealed. Riveting stuff.

If you’re listening on audible you’ll find the change in narration jarring. The guy who narrated The Prince of Nothing trilogy was amazing, where this new fellow is like James T Kirk and Vincent Price overdramatizing everything. The good news is that if you can bear it, the narrator improves tremendous amount. Just passed the halfway mark, if I remember correctly, that all stops and he reads it without that weird cadence and is much more enjoyable.

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