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Title: The Mirror Thief

Author: Martin Seay

Narrator: Edoardo Ballerini

Format: Unabridged

Length: 22 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-10-16

Publisher: Recorded Books

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 113 votes

Genres: Mysteries & Thrillers, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

A globetrotting, time-bending, wildly entertaining masterpiece in the tradition of Cloud Atlas.

Set in three cities in three eras, The Mirror Thief calls to mind David Mitchell and Umberto Eco in its mix of entertainment and literary bravado. The core story is set in Venice in the 16th century, when the famed makers of Venetian glass were perfecting one of the old world's most wondrous inventions: the mirror. An object of glittering yet fearful fascination - was it reflecting simple reality, or something more spiritually revealing? - the Venetian mirrors were state of the art technology, and subject to industrial espionage by desirous sultans and royals world-wide. But for any of the development team to leave the island was a crime punishable by death. One man, however - a world-weary war hero with nothing to lose - has a scheme he thinks will allow him to outwit the city's terrifying enforcers of the edict, the ominous Council of Ten....

Meanwhile, in two other Venices - Venice Beach, California, circa 1958, and the Venice casino in Las Vegas, circa today - two other schemers launch similarly dangerous plans to get away with a secret.... All three stories will weave together into a spell-binding tour-de-force that is impossible to put down - an old-fashioned, stay-up-all-night novel that, in the end, returns the listener to a stunning conclusion in the original Venice...and the bedazzled sense of having listened to a truly original and thrilling work of art.

Members Reviews:

Best book that I have listened to in a long time.

It was slow to start. It was a little confusing to understand. But I went with it anyway. Finally a break and I understood. Wonderful how the author intertwined the stories and the centuries. A true masterpiece.

This book doesn't make a lick of sense.

Would you try another book from Martin Seay and/or Edoardo Ballerini?

I listen to almost everything Mr. Ballerini narrates. I think that he is one of the best narrators working now. However, even he cannot make a silk purse out of a sow's ear. This is just plain nonsense.

What could Martin Seay have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

I listened to this for almost six hours (!) waiting for it to make some kind of sense. Apparently there are people who like this sort of thing. At the time I read it, it had been reviewed by six readers, one of whom said that it was one of the best audiobooks he had ever read. This man (or woman) and I have absolutely nothing in common, at least in the realm of literature.

Would you be willing to try another one of Edoardo Ballerinis performances?

I will continue to read just about everything that he narrates. However, there have been a number of books that he has narrated that I just haven't enjoyed at all, and when I think about it, I note that several of them are about Italy, for what that's worth.

What character would you cut from The Mirror Thief?

I would cut the whole thing. There would be nothing left.

Any additional comments?

Nope.

This is no Cloud Atlas

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I just didn't get why the critics raved about this and compared it to Cloud Atlas. I found the story hard to care about and the lead character, Stanley Glass, at turn unfathomable and unbearable.