Roger Mullins

Did not get better from Book 2

Revisado: 03-13-22

The author replaces grossness for storytelling. There were only parts of this book that were well-written, the rest was a confusing mess. Some minor and supporting characters were interesting and adequately developed, and contributed to the world-building; others were ignored until they were needed to move a sloggy dialogue and storyline along. The former were introduced and forgotten at random, the latter would intrude at a certain point, say the one or two lines that the story needed, and then they would be discarded. I think this style of writing is sloppy and it makes a story hard to be invested into.

The biggest problem I had with these series is that I first listened to James Lovegrove's Cthulu Casebooks prior to this series. And while the Cthulu Casebooks are excellently written, and do a very good job of character and world building, this series is lacking on both accounts.

The narration is perfect though.

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Not so good, narrator saves the audiobook

Revisado: 03-13-22

The author replaces grossness for storytelling. Some parts of the novel have promise, but the author loses focus and with her the audience. The biggest problem I had with these series is that I first listened to James Lovegrove's Cthulu Casebooks prior to this series. And while the Cthulu Casebooks are excellently written, and do a very good job of character and world building, this series is lacking on both accounts. There is also the minor issue with the character variation between the two series. Lovegrove's Holmes and Watson were entertaining; Gresh's Holmes and Watson are irritating. Lovegrove's Moriarty is nefarious and one-step ahead; Gresh's Moriarty is petty and greedy.

The narration is perfect though.

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Revisado: 11-11-10

I love the HH novels, and I have gotten very used to Ms. Johnson's narration, but this book never seems to end. Mr Weber has gone out of his way to destroy and wreak havoc on HH in more ways than in all of her previous "rides of the Valkyrie." Weber digs the grave so deep for the book's characters that I found myself just stopping the playback because the depression was just too much. He kills off some of our favorites as well, but we dont get the same emotional effect like when we lost Adm Raoul C.

Listening to the first two thirds of this book is a boring chore. It's all recap, bloated exposition and endless chatter that could have been done MUCH better and consisly..The book is not just slow, it crawls. There are hours of dialogue in which nothing happens and where minor characters do (and say) unimportant things. In one scene, we follow a team of marines through a captured ship, from the airlock to the bridge. Nothing happens. They don't even encounter anyone. Why was this in the book? The attack on the Manticore system is the big event of the book, but it feels very anti-climatic after listening for hours of drooning background. When compared to time wasted on the problems of prisoners, it really feels diminished. There are references to events from 'Torch' and 'Storm' which were never explained, and if you have not read or listened to them, you will be totally lost with this audiobook. I have read them, and I still got lost.

\If you are a HH fan, you will be disappointed. She is hardly in the book at all, when she is, she does not do anything. The book also ends on a huge cliffhanger, which is not at all typical for this series. I wanted to love it. It's been so long since we had a good solid HH book. But unfortunately I don't, and this isn't one! 3 stars, I gave 2 extra stars because HH is one of my favorite SiFi fictional character

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Good book...terrible narrator

Revisado: 06-23-10

Just when I got used to familiar voices, a new narrator comes along and makes my ears bleed.

Jay Snyder's female voices are excruciating as he speaks in a weird, hyper, false falsetto and tries to speak with an English accent.

In general, he narrates the entire book like he is being timed to see how fast he can speak and sitting on the edge of his seat about to fall off. I do not think he took a breath in the first 30 min of the book. I do not know about the rest of it, because I just could not stand listening anymore - I have tried about 6 times since purchasing, to no avail. He speaks so fast and in such a hyper-intense manner, its hard to follow the story.

I love the author, the book series, and got used to the female narrator on the previous Honor books, but I will not purchase again with this narrator.

I read/listen to relax, Jay Snyder's narration left me feeling like I had just run a 4-min mile in 30 seconds! Slow down dude and let the listener enjoy the book.

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