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Great adventure sci-fi story & audiobook

Revisado: 06-10-21

Tolagon is the first book in the Tolagon series and is a space-opera sci-fi novel with elements of fantasy. In this story we follow Crix an orphan and the last Tolagon who possesses the blue orb, a source of extreme power. The majority of the book follows a trio consisting of Crix, Karriah and Krath as they escape a force of robots called the Marcks which are controlled by the power-hungry, would-be tyrant Zearic and are alerted to the orb’s power should it be used.

I listened to the audiobook version of Tolagon and enjoyed the adventure. It was quite difficult to get into in the beginning because of the use of jargon specific to this world and the sheer amount of worldbuilding that happens. However, the worldbuilding was one part of the book that I really appreciated, there was a lot of it, from the political system, the races, the monsters/robots and the magic that were present within this world. I think this book would have benefitted from being longer, to further explain and describe the elements of this vast world in more detail.

The narrator of the audiobook is Gabriel Michael, and I felt that the narration portions were overacted and should have been toned down. However, I personally loved the voices that were done for all of the characters, and this made it such an enjoyable audiobook. The unique voices really helped me to connect with the characters and know more about their personality, particularly Krath. He is a wonderful character, who made me chuckle multiple times and ended up being my favourite. I did really like Crix as the protagonist; He was a humble and focused character, and I genuinely felt like he cared for others. Some of the dialogue between Crix and Karriah felt a little cheesy and I didn’t feel any strong emotional connection to their relationship (however, this may be built on further in book two).

I had a lot of fun listening to Tolagon and would recommend it to fans of space-opera sci-fi novels, who like stories with adventure, strong characters, humour and LOTS of worldbuilding. Also, if you are like me and like narrators who go above and beyond with voicing different characters and added effects, I’d recommend checking out the audiobook on audible. I can’t wait to listen to book 2.

Thank you to Gregory Benson for providing me with the Tolagon audiobook, in exchange for an honest review.

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