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Fast paced but aimless

Revisado: 07-25-14

Would you try another book from Michaelbrent Collings and/or Kent Clark?

I might. I would have to check the reviews.

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

There is plenty of action and suspense here, but what I feel is lacking is any sense that we're getting to know the characters. They are basically in one non-stop action scene. While that is exciting, it is also kind of one-sided. I don't find that much to make me care about the people in the book. It is more like catching a tragic story on the evening news. You sigh and wish people didn't have to go through that, but then the commercial comes on and you forget about the story.

What does Kent Clark bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Kent Clark's voice is very pleasant to listen to, and he speaks clearly. I can't say he added any additional element to the experience, besides allowing me to "read" this story as an audiobook, which fits in with my lifestyle.

Was The Colony: Renegades worth the listening time?

I'm glad I checked out this author, but I don't think this type of story was for me.

Any additional comments?

Whether fair or not, I hold stories like this up to the example of Stephen King. King gives us horrible, terrifying situations like the one in this book, but he also gives us the added dimension of a set of characters we care about. Besides simply reacting to nonstop danger, what is it about the characters in a story that causes them to act the way they do. I was missing that element in this story.

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Slow start, but gripping by the end

Revisado: 07-18-14

Where does Legionary rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

For story, somewhere in the middle. For production, kind of low. It is possible to hear some of the edits and "punch ins" and certain words are pronounced differently at different times.

What did you like best about this story?

The drama built well, the author handled suspense well. Good pacing after a somewhat clunky beginning.

What does Simon Whistler bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Simon's voice and dramatic reading ability are both quite nice. Again I found the production quality somewhat lacking and that distracted me from the story at times.

If you were to make a film of this book, what would the tag line be?

Blood, Guts, and dust

Any additional comments?

Some back story is delivered too quickly at the beginning. The protagonist goes from young child to young adult quickly, and later allusions to his past that weren't really brought up earlier. But I found that the story became much more coherent and enjoyable as it went on.

I think the author handled two juxtaposed narratives well: the main protagonist is a grunt soldier caught up in the intrique of generals and emperors. The stories of both "higher" and "lower" rank characters are well told and well mixed.

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