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The Spear Cuts Through Water

By: Simon Jimenez
Narrated by: Joel De La Fuente
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WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD - ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, Vulture, Polygon, She Reads, Gizmodo, Kirkus Reviews, The Quill to Live

The people suffer under the centuries-long rule of the Moon Throne. The royal family--the despotic emperor and his monstrous sons, the Three Terrors--hold the countryside in their choking grip. They bleed the land and oppress the citizens with the frightful powers they inherited from the god locked under their palace. But that god cannot be contained forever.

With the aid of Jun, a guard broken by his guilt-stricken past, and Keema, an outcast fighting for his future, the god escapes from her royal captivity and flees from her own children, the triplet Terrors who would drag her back to her unholy prison. And so it is that she embarks with her young companions on a five-day pilgrimage in search of freedom--and a way to end the Moon Throne forever. The journey ahead will be more dangerous than any of them could have imagined. Both a sweeping adventure story and an intimate exploration of identity, legacy, and belonging, The Spear Cuts Through Water is an ambitious and profound saga that will transport and transform you--and is like nothing you've ever heard before.

©2021 Simon Jimenez (P)2021 Random House Audio Action & Adventure Epic Fantasy Royalty

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This book is so ambitious and even MORE so in audio format. The multiple perspectives and tenses are so confusing at first but when you settle into the rhythm is so worth it because it visualises so beautifully. It’s so satisfying once you can immerse yourself. Truly unique I loved it. Props to the narrator!

Stick with it! It’s worth it

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The story telling felt immersive as if you yourself had been written into it. I enjoyed the novel way it was told from three different perspectives. The prose was which I both enjoyed and did not enjoy at the same time. The narrator really brought the tale to life, without the audiobook I do not think I would have finished it or at least it would’ve taken that much longer to complete. I both liked and disliked the how descriptive the writing is, I felt I could clearly imagine the world/s in my mind, but it was sadly not a page turner for me as the writing felt somewhat disjointed and was difficult to read through. I thoroughly enjoyed the telling through the audiobook format and recommend those who like the story/concept and were not the biggest fan of the writing style to listen to the audiobook. I feel like it shines when spoken rather than read on a page.

Fantastical multi-faceted telling of a tale of long ago

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A fabulous tale, fabulous narrator, cannot recommend enough - fall in love with Jun and Keema’s story via the inverted theatre. This is a love story, blood soaked as it is.

Just wow!

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The story is good, but it is written in a very poetic way, which means it includes unnecessary descriptions or tangents around the main story. That makes it a bit tricky to listen as an audiobook. 2 or 3 minutes to describe what a side character, that we don't know and we frankly don't care about, is doing. It makes for a beautiful use of language, but quite difficult to follow as an audiobook, because it moves very slowly.

Good story, lots of unnecessary tangents

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This is a really inventive and excellently written fantasy that is a better exercise in literary composition than it is a story. It’s still very good, but I felt it lacked a really strong central momentum. The story itself just wasn’t, for this reader, all that engaging.

Good ideas, pretty original, but doesn’t quite maintain a momentum

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Make me feel a sense of wonder and awe like very few books. A magical novel.

Magical

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beautifully written and imaginative, kinda like being submerged in a dream! a bit slow to start but well worth it! I liked the mix of fairytale elements and modern life

wonderful!

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No idea what was going on the whole time, I really tried. Had to give up half way through as I was so confused. Reader was great though.

Not great

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Very confusing writing style and not a great story. Definitely not worth all of the hype it gets!

Not for me

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