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MYSTICISM, SUPERSTITION, AND DARK FORCES, November 12, 2004
This review is from: Wormwood (Audio CD)
Fans of Shadowmancer will be delighted with Wormwood, one more supernatural thriller from the dipped in blood pen of G. P. Taylor. Those who have not yet had the pleasure of hearing Davina Porter read an audio book will feel they've discovered a treasure. She's been doing voice performance for some 20 years, and copped last year's Audie Award. She can be sinister; she can be coy. She's always a treat to hear. With Wormwood Taylor returns us to 18th century London - the streets are not only dark but the story's dark, too. (Which his teenage readers find immensely appealing). Scientist Dr. Sabian Blake has come into possession of a timeworn but extremely powerful book. It holds all manner of lore and secrets, most importantly the foretelling of a comet, Wormwood, that will destroy all. Of course, the City of London is soon mayhem, and to compound matters Dr. Blake's young servant girl, Agetta, steals the book. Little did she know that she would then by haunted by all manner of evil doers, primarily a fallen angel who wants to live in Agetta's body. Wormwood is one more tale filled with mysticism, superstition, and dark forces, all to intrigue young listeners. - Gail Cooke
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4.0 out of 5 stars
Another good read, October 2, 2004
This review is from: Wormwood (Audio CD)
I read this book after reading the author's first book Shadowmancer. Wormwood is another great trip into fantasyland. Even better than Shadowmancer. The fight against good and evil. I didn't expect it to be on the same level as Tolkien's books but it is still an exciting and gripping tale for most children and adults who enjoy this kind of book and can handle a few Bible verse without freaking out about being preached to.
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3.0 out of 5 stars
An Odd Story but a Delight to Listen To, September 9, 2009
This review is from: Wormwood (Audio CD)
I am just going to come out and say that I don't know quite what to make of this book. (And in many ways, I think it is more difficult to review audiobooks because the reading can really sway my opinion of the book.) In this case, I will admit that I am glad I listened to the audio version as opposed to reading the book, because I think I enjoyed it more thanks to Davina Porter's incredible reading. My understanding is that she has read many audio books, so I may actually seek out those that she has done because I enjoyed listening to her so much. The story is much darker than I anticipated--the synopsis does not really do the book full justice. At times the story is difficult to follow, because the point of view shifts back and forth between Blake's and Agetta's respective stories, which of course do relate to each other and eventually bring them together. Thanks to Porter's reading, all of the characters come to life right out of the book. Unfortunately I couldn't get into the story as much as I would have liked to, however. The tale was just so odd at times (and even gruesome at points) and quite frankly, I felt like the plot was a little shaky. In all fairness, though, it is more difficult to follow a book when you have to break up the listening sessions into several commutes to work. I have a feeling that if I had been reading the book, I would have felt like the prose was a little over the top, but it didn't come across that way when listening to the story. (Although I will say that overuse of words becomes more obvious when you are listening to a book--in this case, the word that started bothering me was "chink," as in a "chink of light" but then there were chinks in the curtains and it just got a little annoying after awhile.) Overall, I'd say this was a good audio book to listen to simply to hear Davina Porter read all of the characters. The story is a bit of a strange one, with religious undertones at points, but it is a basic fantasy tale of good vs. evil, science vs. magic, etc.
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