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Matrix

By: Lauren Groff
Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
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Brought to you by Penguin.

Meet the indomitable Marie de France.

Born from a long line of female warriors and crusaders, yet too coarse, too wild, too rough-hewn for courtly life, Marie de France is cast from the royal court. Woefully, she is sent to the muddy fields of Angleterre to take up her new duty as the prioress of an impoverished abbey.

The abbey is a dreadful place: its inhabitants are on the brink of starvation, beset by disease, stoic and stern, yet plagued with an unholy tendency to gossip. Marie cannot help but pine for the decadence and comfort of France, her secret lover Cecily, her queen Eleanor and the very court that had spited her.

Yet Marie soon realises that, though she may be tied to a life of duty, she wields more power than she could have imagined. With the fearlessness that has always set her apart, she inspires her new sisterhood to awaken their spirits and finally claim what is theirs.

A dazzling work of literature, Matrix gathers currents of violence, sensuality and ecstasy in a mesmerising portrait of consuming passion and womanhood.

©2021 Lauren Groff (P)2021 Penguin Audio Fiction Historical Fiction Romance Royalty

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I loved the beautiful descriptions of the tough everyday life in a convent in the XII century, the characters, the politics inside a closed self sufficient organisation.
A couple of things I didnt agree with were when it says Marie was not fluent in English after 5 years (unlikely) and that a girl was able to speak latin from listening to mass (also unlikely). When Marie goes to London it says it was full of smog. I understand smog in London was only a consequence of the industrial revolution so unlikely in the XII century? But I loved the novel regardless.

Wonderful novel about a world without men

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Lauren Groff has done wonders with researching this story and brings a whole life to the page. The narration adds another level of brilliance.

Fantastic

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Really struggled with the narrator's voice. I know it's a harsh story but listening to a harsh voice for hours was really hard work :-(

Narrator's voice ruined it for me

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This is a story about love and a shared life together and female resistance and resilience.
Well written by Lauren Groff and beautifully performed by Adjoa Andoh.

I love a good nun story!

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I found the story disjointed in its layout but there were lots of interesting concepts touched upon by the book, overall a good editor might have made the novel more fluid and easier to get to grips with.

A bit disjointed but interesting concepts

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Enjoyable and insightful listen. It highlights origination of nun convents I never thought about. Brilliant reading performance

Great book with excellent narrative

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Great narration. Very inventive narrative, but dragged a bit. Rather too much focus on sex.

Brilliantly read. Interesting but not gripping.

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Interesting voice (from the writer) throughout the novel, beautifully interpreted.
Amazing to bring to life what may seem as a very uneventful dull story - an bastard ugly heir to a throne become an abbess and her life in the abbey, but it is done masterfully,

Brilliant performance. Riveting.

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This was very enjoyable and gorgeously written. You will be transported back and immersed in medieval story. Super storytelling I will be reading more by Lauren Groff.

Bright and refreshing

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A lovely book if not a bit strange? It could have been exceptional, as the plot is different, but somehow it reaches interesting heights not exceptional!
The writing is flowery, but engaging.
You root for the main character Marie for the whole book and can’t help, but admire her.
The narration is excellent…

Short and sweet

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