The Blacktongue Thief
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Set in a world of goblin wars, stag-sized battle ravens, and assassins who kill with deadly tattoos, Christopher Buehlman's The Blacktongue Thief begins a 'dazzling' (Robin Hobb) fantasy adventure unlike any other. Kinch Na Shannack owes the Takers Guild a small fortune for his education as a thief, which includes (but is not limited to) lock-picking, knife-fighting, wall-scaling, fall-breaking, lie-weaving, trap-making, plus a few small magics.
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Narrator Experience
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What the Story Feels Like
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This is the emotional atmosphere readers most often encounter in the story — the mood you are likely to spend the most time in.
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The story tends to keep moving, with enough forward momentum to make scene changes and plot turns feel relatively quick.
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The story asks for some attention, but the available evidence does not suggest unusually high complexity.
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What this means for you: The story carries a intense tone with a brisk sense of momentum. Its complexity sits around a moderate level, asking for some attention without feeling unusually dense.
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Reader Themes
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Humor & banter and violence are the ideas that recur most consistently, adding useful texture beyond the premise itself.
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Where Readers Agree
The strongest agreement centers on tone intensity and positive praise for the writing. The leading theme appears across 12 independent discussions and 11 source networks, which makes it more than a one-off reaction. Humor & banter and fast-moving story also recur, adding useful secondary context to why the book works for people who respond to it. Complexity appears less often, so it reads more like a supporting note than the main point of agreement.
The strongest theme is independently supported across 12 discussions and 11 source networks.
Our Take
The Blacktongue Thief fits naturally within sci-fi, with humor & banter and violence doing much of the work in shaping its appeal. Tone Intensity is one of the more consistent strengths readers point to. The narrator is confirmed, but the book itself is easier to characterize than this particular performance. Until the recording has stronger support, the narrator credit is useful context rather than a performance verdict.
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Runtime & Edition Details
- Runtime
- 12 hours and 44 minutes
- Audiobook release date
- 2021-05-25
Before You Listen
- The available book-level evidence repeatedly flags violence as part of the material.
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