Shadow of the Moon
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Shadow of the Moon
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Narrated by:
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Tara Ochs
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By:
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M. M. Kaye
About this listen
The author of The Far Pavilions returns us once again to the vast, intoxicating romance of India under the British Raj. Shadow of the Moon is the story of Winter de Ballesteros, a beautiful English heiress come home to her beloved India. It is also the tale of Captain Alex Randall, her protector, who aches to possess her. Forged in the fires of a war that threatens to topple an empire, their tale is the saga of a desperate and unforgettable love that consumes all in its thrall. Filled with the mystery of moonlit palace gardens and the whisperings of passion and intrigue, M. M. Kaye evokes an era at once of its time, yet timeless.
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Would you consider the audio edition of Shadow of the Moon to be better than the print version?
This was a wonderful book. I loved every moment of it.M M Kaye is an extremely talented and evocative writer. I felt I was there living the awful and the wonderful lives that are portrayed. I recommend this highly to anyone - everything all in one novel. I cannot wait to read her other books.
magical, romantic, beautiful, evocative
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Where does Shadow of the Moon rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
I have loved this story for many years and it was great to be able to have it read to you, the narrator managed to get through the story, though not without mistakes both in accent and dialogue. I winced at her pronunciation of certain words, and her pitiful attempts at some of the accents; overall it sounded like an American too much.Who was your favorite character and why?
Winter de Ballasteros - engaging, smart, loyal and resourceful.... who couldn't help but admire herHow could the performance have been better?
Different narrator who understands how the English accents are used; I hate to be so negative but in this case it is a must.Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The start of the mutiny, the Colonel facing his troops and them disobeying him, you could feel his pain and anguish at having lost the respect of his men.Great story, shame about the narrator
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The awful narration by an American.
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Would you try another book written by M. M. Kaye or narrated by Tara Ochs?
Not if it's narrated by Tara Ochs.What didn’t you like about Tara Ochs’s performance?
Her narration was awful - not just poor pronunciation of Indian names and words but her English let her down too. Painful listening and ruined the story for me.If this book were a film would you go see it?
PossiblyAny additional comments?
A beautiful story spoiled by the wrong narrator.Terrible narration
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This book is about the first Indian Mutiny. MM Kaye beautifully describes the savagery and magnificence of India, and, while Eurocentric, still portrays a depth of understanding and love of the country.
The story follows a young woman of Anglo-Spanish heritage, Winter, who, through a strange series of circumstances ,is born and raised until the age of 5 or so in an Indian palace. She is then sent 'Home' to England until she can return to India. She marries a dreadful slob who makes her life a miserable prison. Her love for her country makes her life tolerable, that and her hopeless love of a British administrator of her husband's district.
Alex Randall shares her love of India. He is one of the administrators of 'John Company', the East India Company who administered India before the Mutiny and the annexation of the country by the Crown of Victoria. He has a deep love and understanding of the people of India and is one of the few who recognises the signs of the coming Mutiny. His warnings are ignored and he watches helplessly as the Mutiny sparks and explodes.
The story is beautifully told with loving descriptions and balance. Alex and Winter's love unfolds against this backdrop.
I'm in two minds about the narration. Many of the Indian words are not pronounced correctly but generally the accents are believable. She manages to cover Indian, Queen's English, 'common' English, even Russian accents, well. Overall, a good job. Easy to listen to and engaging.
Magnificent saga of savagery & beauty of the Raj
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I agree with Kate Gertie. A brilliant book, thoroughly spoiled by the narrator’s extraordinary failure to find out how to prono
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If you could sum up Shadow of the Moon in three words, what would they be?
Great romantic actionWho was your favorite character and why?
It's hard to say which character is my favourite. Apart from the two main protagonists who we all love, Conway Barton and Lord Carlyon are great characters to hate as they are such monuments of selfishness and self-interest.What does Tara Ochs bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
I love Tara's weird and wonderful English accents. It's always a mystery to me why anyone would get an American to read a story based in colonial India, but Tara valiantly struggles with a variety of English accents. Though they don't always work (some of the English officers sound a bit on the cockney side!), I got used to them and started to enjoy their effect. They are slightly annoying at first, but stick with it and they become old friends!Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
The horror and savage nature of the Indian mutiny is so well told from an English point of view. M M Kaye doesn't flinch from some pretty unpleasant details, and really gives a powerful feeling of what it might have been like to be there. I particularly liked (well, not liked, but you know what I mean) the individual deaths on the first day of the mutiny of characters who were either very minor or did not appear in the book apart from to die - their deaths were moving, horrific and helped to understand all that happens afterwards.Any additional comments?
Everything you want from historical fiction - personal stories against a grand backdrop of real life-changing events, an exotic location, heroes and idiots, courage and cowardice, love and hate, life and death on a grand scale. What's not to like?Wonderful story with both action and romance
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Where does Shadow of the Moon rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
enjoyed listening to story of India as good as other book Far Pavilions,What about Tara Ochs’s performance did you like?
very good at character partsDid you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?
It made our upper crust in India to be ignorant fools and made you think about our Empire, no wonder we lost it.very interesting
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Poor narration
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
I would definitely recommend this book to a friend but advise them to skip the first 5 chapters which are so tedious it makes you want to give up. The early history is repeated several times over and you get the gist. Girl of European parents orphaned, sent to grandpa in England, age 5. Family dislike her, grandpa a dies, family send her back to India. Pick it up at chapter 6 when she's collected from family country pile, age 17, by dashing, sensible Captain Alex Randall.Who was your favorite character and why?
Loue Carter. The woman had sense. From a life of indolent privilege she whips off her crinoline hoops, cares for a new born infant which is totally out of her comfort zone and totally against her character looks after the child as she would her own. No this isn't Mills and Boon- it's quite bloodthirsty with graphic descriptions of decapitated heads and brutal goings on.Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Tara Ochs?
Anyone but Tara Ochs. Oh she is dreadful reading this book. Her pronunciations were so bad, perhaps a little research on her behalf would have been helpful to the listener. As one whose ancestors spent that period and more in India, I flinched a good deal of time at her pronunciations. She should read renditions by Sam Dastor for guidance. I thought for a long while she was pronouncing Lucknow (my birth place) as Lunio but it turns out she meant Lahore - according to another review. See "additional comments" for my preferred narrator.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
It's too long for that and besides Tara Ochs grates on your ears and brain after a while.Any additional comments?
My comments all sound negative, I am sorry for that impression. I love the book. It's a great follow on from the Far Pavilions but a different narrator would have made it so much better - perhaps Sneha Mathan. She would have been perfect-beautiful melifluous tones. A total pleasure to listen to. Sorry Tara!I reread this book and now remember how good it is
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