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Star of the Sea

By: Joseph O'Connor
Narrated by: Peter Marinker
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Winter 1847, the Star of the Sea sets sail from Ireland for New York. Among the refugees are a maidservant, bankrupt Lord Merridith, an aspiring novelist and a maker of revolutionary ballads. Each is connected more deeply than they know.

©2002 Joseph O'Connor (P)2011 AudioGO Ltd Action & Adventure Classics Historical Fiction Fiction Heartfelt Scary Thought-Provoking United Kingdom
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A wonderful piece of writing
Wish I had read it
The reader was abysmal
Pronunciation of Gaelic and Irish towns dreadful
I guess he was trying to be West Briton but got in the way

Bad reader

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Love the book. Utterly engaging. I did however question the choice of the narrator. His voice was smooth and enjoyable, his voice for the English characters was superb. However much of the book is narrating the voices and geographical place names of Ireland. The Irish accents were difficult to listen too, place names unintelligible and attempts at speaking Irish a concern to say the least. This undermines the book. It is not the narrators fault, it would be prudent in future to support narrators by employing an expert in the pronunciations of specific languages to enable them to do the book justice.

An epic!

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What made the experience of listening to Star of the Sea the most enjoyable?

I loved the different use of language in list book. Extensive characters of different classes all reanacted by Peter Marinker so well!

Who was your favorite character and why?

Meridith - he's a character to love and hate, feel sorry and regret for as well as despise!

Which character – as performed by Peter Marinker – was your favourite?

Definitely Merideth, he gave the character depth

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

No but it made me think a lot.

Any additional comments?

This book does move around a lot cutting from one storyline/group of characters, to another. The through line is not always as clear as I would have liked, but it is throughly enjoyable and very interesting.

Wonderfully read journey to the US

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Wonderful novel, fantastic narration. Reads almost like a poem. Great mix of characters and stories. Loved it

Prose

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a bit bambozled a the end! I lost the pot a bit. Mostly ok but I mustve missed something along the way

Thedescriptve passaes

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