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Well written and researched

Revisado: 05-04-25

I loved how accurate the story is, down to the minutiae. I don’t appreciate how Paul still was referred to as Saul, even after his conversion. However, the author was fair to the early church, in my opinion, showing that they (like us) were flawed individuals.

This is a story I highly recommend, and will listen to again.

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Captures the essence of being a grunt

Revisado: 12-09-24

Really captured the small and accurate details of military life, the human aspect that is, that is irrespective of eras, and that really speaks to the authors talent.

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Worth every minute! Cried even.

Revisado: 10-17-24

The writing was like that of Bernard Cornwell, as far as research and battle violence. The drama is emotional and both sad and touching.

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Confused over a small part of the backstory

Revisado: 02-18-24

The only complaint I have is that I am not sure of the Jesus or “j’hashua” mentioned in the backstory is meant to be the actual Jesus, or one of the off-shoot messianic figures that cropped up in history. The reason it confuses me is if it’s really meant to be Jesus, then Scarrow needs to read the Bible again. The things he claims that Jesus taught is way off the mark, such as that his whole purpose was to liberate Israel from the Romans. That is what the Jews THOUGHT He was supposed to do, they didn’t see that what He was doing was so much bigger than Rome vs Israel. Anyway, small complaint, the story is still STELLAR and the performance is outstanding. Well worth listening

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Just when you think you know what’s gonna happen…

Revisado: 02-16-24

Books involving naval warfare are difficult to write well, many authors who do it well are also sailors themselves, like Bernard Cornwell. I don’t know if Scarrow is a sailor, but he did it WELL.

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Satisfying

Revisado: 07-07-23

The story is wrapped up very well, or the night angel trilogy at least, but it seems that Weeks is setting up for follow on novels which will be very exciting.

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No words…

Revisado: 12-09-21

A little slow to start with, but I’ve never EVER felt such a transcendent experience at the end. I’m a former Marine, served in close combat, and well… I’m not generally disposed to cry over fiction. But, I didn’t just cry, I wept for loss, despair, joy, and contentment. Let’s put it this way, during the end I kept crying and choking out the word “Jesus!” over and over, and it was both prayer and curse. I was there. I was Jaime and Claire. I felt EVERYTHING.

Now the world is gray and bland bc I must wait the interminable length of time until the next book.

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Immersive Work of Art

Revisado: 11-23-21

Few authors can hold a candle to the great works of fantasy like Robert Jordan or Brandon Sanderson, but Abercrombie does. He is a master. As a writer myself, I can really appreciate this.

The narrator is also fantastic, a true master in his own right, up there with Michael Kramer, Kate Reading, and Diana Porter.

The author has a unique way if immersing readers into the story. Particularly the way he can make you both simultaneously despise and love some characters like Glocter, and feel the pain he feels. Honestly, as someone who spent 3.5 years in chronic pain from a war wound, I could truly FEEL Glocters pain. It’s almost as if Abercrombie himself has experienced chronic pain bc of the way he describes it. Nine fingers is such a treasure, along with the others like Jezal. Farrow is still someone I am struggling to like, even slightly, but knowing Abercrombie’s exceptional writing and storytelling ability, it must be intentional.

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I truly wept for my salvation

Revisado: 02-18-21

Story of an age, this story dwarfs all I have read. Now that it is over, I feel a loss like that of an Aesedai who lost a warder, but I wouldn’t have done it any other way. The best story ever written.

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Addictive, lost many hours of sleep due to it.

Revisado: 11-03-20

Narrator is one of the best, while Sullivan’s story absolutely captivates you. I have listened to all of his books, and I mean all of them. This series is on par, or exceeds Song of Ice and Fire, and is tied with Diana Gabaldon’s Outlander series. Can’t recommend enough!

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