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The Land: Monsters
- A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds, Book 8)
- De: Aleron Kong
- Narrado por: Nick Podehl
- Duración: 16 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 12,368
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 11,077
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 11,064
The battle of the dead was won, but at a great cost. Sion, leader of the Mist Village, was left with only pain and regret as Richter was claimed by the abyss. What no one but the abandoned chaos seed knows is that he narrowly avoided the curse of the lich Singh, a curse that still hangs above his head. Now, surrounded by miles of darkness and tons of crushing rock, Richter has to find his way back into the light.
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2 out of 5 stars
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ok wth is this it isn't a story
- De jordon en 06-02-20
- The Land: Monsters
- A LitRPG Saga (Chaos Seeds, Book 8)
- De: Aleron Kong
- Narrado por: Nick Podehl
Money Grab filler book
Revisado: 07-16-20
Wow. It was like reading an algebra thesis in the dentists chair. Overwhelming dull and painful to read. Even the attempted humor around toilet issues fell flat with the excruciatingly wordy chapter going past the natural end of the joke. I feel like I was sold a filler book in another wise great series of books. Dr Kong has let his fans down.
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Villains Deception
- The Shadow Master, Book 3
- De: M. K. Gibson
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
- Duración: 9 h y 6 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 682
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 629
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 627
Jackson Blackwell, the Shadow Master, returns. And lo, the multiverse shall tremble. Why? For someone dared to kidnap his daughter. While on a consultation trip to a sci-fi dimension, Evie Blackwell is taken by hired mercenaries, and Jackson is stranded on a remote planet. Using all of his devious and deadly tricks, Jackson must escape, assemble his team, and travel through space and time to find those responsible. Jackson will stop at nothing to prove his commitment to his family while wreaking his patented, comedic havoc in a way that only a man-turned-god can.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Good story
- De Kaz en 07-22-19
- Villains Deception
- The Shadow Master, Book 3
- De: M. K. Gibson
- Narrado por: Jeffrey Kafer
Pre Epilogue
Revisado: 05-27-19
Highly functional sociopaths, assimilated, gainfully employed, capable of relationships, sarcastic, well versed in pop culture, autodidacts and above all… assholes will love MK. He has struck a nerve with those that know D*sn*y is turning out cookie cutter prequels but will go see them anyway.
If you enjoy a good yarn, a laugh, and some undeniable satire, give his books a go.
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The Easy Day Was Yesterday
- The Extreme Life of an SAS Soldier
- De: Paul Jordan
- Narrado por: Neil Pigot
- Duración: 12 h y 37 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 10
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 9
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 9
From his cage in a putrid, overcrowded Indian jail, Paul Jordan reflects on a life lived on the edge. His childhood, marred by the loss of his father and brother, produces a young man hell-bent on being the best of the best - an ambition he achieves by being selected to join the elite SAS. The Easy Day Was Yesterday is fast paced, brutally honest, raw and laced with dark humour. The core of Paul Jordan's eventful life, it shows the ability of the human spirit to survive even in the direst adversity.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Engaging Book - Misleading Title
- De openheimer en 01-27-18
- The Easy Day Was Yesterday
- The Extreme Life of an SAS Soldier
- De: Paul Jordan
- Narrado por: Neil Pigot
Engaging Book - Misleading Title
Revisado: 01-27-18
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
This is a good yarn. It is essentially a autobiography or memoir of an interesting Australian guy. It really has minimal “SAS” content, but that may be a factor of the time frame of his service and that this is about the Australian SAS.
The author relates genuine and personal stories of his life and various jobs. The literary style overall is simplistic and overuses some metaphors “squadron of mosquitoes” is repeated too many times.
Sometimes the detail is tedious and ignores the Chekhov's gun principle that states that every element in a story must be necessary, and irrelevant elements should be removed; elements should not appear to make "false promises" by never coming into play. This alone can derail the storytelling in this memoir.
I found the training portion very interesting as it mirrors the selection procedure at Hereford. As a former infantry NCO, the contrast of the Australian mountain training and the British Army’s infamous “fan dance” in the Brecon Beacons was engaging. This grueling 24KM race up Pen y Fan and the other peaks is part of the SAS and Senior NCO courses, Brecon.
Overall it’s a solid tale, but it is not a book about the SAS.
Would you recommend The Easy Day Was Yesterday to your friends? Why or why not?
No, skip it.
Which character – as performed by Neil Pigot – was your favorite?
Neil Pigot was very dry, I imagine this was based on the material.
Did The Easy Day Was Yesterday inspire you to do anything?
Only to tell stories about the Brecon course in Wales.
Any additional comments?
A bit of a slog, but stick with it.
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