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Stray Shadow
- Oh Sh*t! Wrong Side of Heaven! (Arachnomancer, Book 2)
- De: Dustin Tigner
- Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
- Duración: 15 h y 21 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 62
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 62
Heaven sucks. It most definitely, undeniably did not live up to the expectation of a paradise in the clouds, not with the talking spiders, evil priests of Light, and war, lots of war. Those of Light simply wouldn’t leave the fledgling village—Dedu Tedu Novus—alone. Peace was not on the menu. The seven declarations of war made that point crystal clear. Worse, in a series of unfortunate and escalating events, our stray King of Shadows finds himself where he really ought not to be.
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5 out of 5 stars
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What A Ending
- De Jonah en 10-01-23
- Stray Shadow
- Oh Sh*t! Wrong Side of Heaven! (Arachnomancer, Book 2)
- De: Dustin Tigner
- Narrado por: Qarie Marshall
A fun mixed bag worth your while.
Revisado: 10-06-23
Before the actual review I want to say I do recommend this to people.
To start the review, we need to get the cons out of the way. Other reviewers have the right of it in some ways. If you read them, you will notice most talk about the off humor and sometimes way too detailed “thought process”. These are not thoughts, thoughts are not a paragraph. The world has stopped for several seconds for this guy to think, there are other small annoyances I could detail but I am not attempting to write my own novel here. To summarize, the finesse or execution of the story needs refining. Jokes and monologues to me are execution and this author does seem to be improving but still as far to go. This does bring up the good.
The overall structure and skeleton of the story is really good. I like the design of how the MC gets into and out of trouble. For the most part they find actual solutions and when they are making a stupid decision over escaping or fighting (which is way smarter) there is a legitimate reason behind it. No “and then a stone was smacked by a fish and hit my head knocking me out at the worst time” here. Some lucky encounters persist of course but predominantly it feels like the MC is actually working through the issues with some idea of what they want to do and how they will do it. Another point to me is the way characters feel fairly real. They are most of the time rounded with wants and flaws. Could still use some more work but are a step above other stories I’ve read. This world and plot are interesting and though there are major flaws in that some people seem to unquestionably believe the mustachioed and comically sinister villains, there is at least a substantial amount that do not.
The good news is that this author does seem to be improving with their flaws over the last book. Interested to see if they continue to develop.
Tldr: it’s a really fun story with great bones and decent characters but is held back by wonky execution (jokes, cartoonish villains, and monologues) and only 80% of the time does it seem like the author considered the consequences of everything.
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