![]() ![]() She inhabits characters like she knows them inside out. Her voice is fluid and natural, never forced or awkward. Even when I don’t love the book itself, her narration always takes it up a notch. I have never listened to a book she narrated that I didn’t love. Robin Miles is a queen among audiobook narrators, the gold standard to which I compare all other narrators. Narrator Jonathan Davis alternates between the five Tabors in this gorgeously rendered audiobook from Cherise Wolas, acclaimed author of The Resurrection of Joan Ashby. But immediately, cracks begin to appear in this smooth facade. He gathers in Palm Springs to celebrate with his wife, Roma, a distinguished child psychologist, and their children: Phoebe, a powerful attorney Camille, a brilliant social anthropologist and Simon, a big-firm lawyer. Harry Tabor is about to be named Man of the Decade, a distinction that feels like the culmination of a well-lived life. You can catch her on Instagram shouting about the queer books she loves and sharing photos of the walks she takes in the hills of Western Mass (while listening to audiobooks, of course). In addition to her work at Book Riot, she reviews for BookPage and AudioFile, and writes a weekly newsletter, Books & Bakes, celebrating queer lit and tasty treats. I really liked it, and I love how Okorafor blends fantasy and sci-fi.Laura Sackton is a queer book nerd and freelance writer, known on the internet for loving winter, despising summer, and going overboard with extravagant baking projects. I wish I had more to say about this book, but I don’t. I’m really glad I went with the audio, and I wholeheartedly recommend the audio book.Ĥ stars. ![]() I’ve really liked the books I’ve listened to that have been narrated by her, and this one was no exception. Also, it’s narrated by Robin Miles, who is a fantastic narrator. It’s an oral history, told by Phoenix herself, and I felt like Phoenix was telling me her own story, which really worked. The Book Of Phoenix worked really well as an audio book. It is its own story, and I liked seeing Phoenix try to take down the towers and fight back against her controllers. Also, you could probably read just this one, and be fine. That being said, I thought the book stood on its own really well, and I don’t think the order in which you read the books matters. But that is what I get for randomly deciding to read a book without re-reading any of the other books in that series. I could be wrong, and I really am wishing I had re-read Who Fears Death. I do remember wondering how we got to the future we saw in Who Fears Death, and I am thinking that maybe everything we see in this book is what leads to that future. I did like Phoenix, and I thought it was horrible what people were doing to the biologically altered. Also, I couldn’t begin to tell you how the two books are connected, but maybe I’ll re-read Who Fears Death just to see. This one is a prequel to Who Fears Death, and I kind of wish I had re-read that one first, just to get back into this world. I really liked The Book Of Phoenix! Nnedi Okorafor always writes really interesting books, and this one was no exception. Before her story ends, Phoenix will travel from the United States to Africa and back, changing the entire course of humanity’s future. ![]() But Phoenix’s escape, and her destruction of Tower 7, is just the beginning of her story. Then one evening Saeed witnesses something so terrible that he takes his own life.ĭevastated by his death and Tower 7’s refusal to answer her questions, Phoenix finally begins to realize that her home is really her prison, and she becomes desperate to escape. Still innocent and inexperienced in the ways of the world, she is content living in her room speed reading ebooks, running on her treadmill, and basking in the love of Saeed, another biologically altered human of Tower 7. She is an “accelerated woman” – only two years old but with the body and mind of an adult, Phoenix’s abilities far exceed those of a normal human. Phoenix was grown and raised among other genetic experiments in New York’s Tower 7. A prequel to the highly acclaimed, World Fantasy Award-winning novel Who Fears Death, it features the rise of another of Nnedi Okorafor’s powerful, memorable, superhuman women. The Book of Phoenix is a unique work of magical futurism. ![]() She brings the aroma of scorched sand and ozone. Published September 2015 by Audible Studios|Length: 8 hours, 50 minutesĪ fiery spirit dances from the pages of the Great Book. Book: The Book Of Phoenix by Nnedi Okorafor, Narrated by Robin Miles ![]()
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