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A review by chrisk
Arrivals by Racheline Maltese, Malinda Lo, Patty Bryant, Ellen Kushner, Alaya Dawn Johnson, Joel Derfner
5.0
This story is so good! Tremontaine is from the point of view of three women each trying to be something else. The Duchess is keeping up appearances, the Trader wants to wield a sword, and the Farmer wants to be a Scholar... or Card Sharp. It's hard to tell with her. Tremontaine is set in the same world as Swordspoint. In just this short chapter the characters, their histories, and their motivations are all well established. As with Swordspoint, there are several gay and lesbian characters, and they are treated no better or worse than anyone else. In this installment the POV characters do not know each other or intersect, and I'm really interested to find out how they eventually meet and what happens when they do.
The audio version is read by a different person for each point of view. This is not my favorite type of reading since it makes listening feel choppy and takes a while to acclimate to each reader. They also have hired actors instead of narrators. Actors focus on the performance while narrators convey the story, so sometimes the performance gets in the way of understanding what's going on. That said, the readers are all very professional and so far the story stays with each POV long enough for me to sink in.
Arrivals is part 1 of the serialized novel Tremontine available through Serialbox.com. The first episode is free in audio or e-form.
The audio version is read by a different person for each point of view. This is not my favorite type of reading since it makes listening feel choppy and takes a while to acclimate to each reader. They also have hired actors instead of narrators. Actors focus on the performance while narrators convey the story, so sometimes the performance gets in the way of understanding what's going on. That said, the readers are all very professional and so far the story stays with each POV long enough for me to sink in.
Arrivals is part 1 of the serialized novel Tremontine available through Serialbox.com. The first episode is free in audio or e-form.