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This meeting could have been an email

Revisado: 07-27-24

For the bulk of this recording, it seemed like I was being presented with an ersatz C-3PO blundering his way through an ad hoc Pilgrim's Progress. It was definitely clever, but probably because I enjoyed the occasional turn of phrase, and I'll be honest, I probably got too far through it to return before I decided I wouldn't because I had gotten that far and it wouldn't have been fair. The few chapters before the very last kind of tied everything together, with a sort of malevolent AI character that's become somewhat of a trope so at least there was some closure. The end just felt trite.

I've never written a full-length novel, so on one hand I feel a little disingenuous giving this (I feel) a harsh review. On the other hand, I feel obligated to push back against the flood of gushing praise for what reads like a watered down copy of a 1950s scifi pulp novel. It was a warm glass of water on a hot day.

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Started out good, ended up not.

Revisado: 06-03-24

The first two stories were pretty good, the last three were just sad and bordered on sketch.

The audio on these adult books isn't bad actually.

In both cases, I'd be more bothered if I paid money for the title, but this is part of my subscription so I can't complain too much.

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Not bad

Revisado: 05-29-24

The dialog is pretty standard for this kind of thing, but some of the narration for Grey was genuinely funny.

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This is not like other stories by this author

Revisado: 04-30-24

I have a bunch of other work by this author and this has to have been ghostwritten. The main character was completely unlikeable, the supporting characters were weak beyond redemption and I finally gave up after neverending, cringe worthy scenes. The story might have eventually got off the ground but I couldn't care. I'm not sure where these reviews are coming from, but I couldn't even finish this thing.

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Strong female charaters

Revisado: 03-13-24

...unfortunately, what that evolves into is a set of female characters whose high point is the ladies doing the right thing and scolding men into "right" behavior. I enjoyed the first three entries of this saga, and didn't even bother noticing that the author was female until certain patterns became apparent in the first,and that's when I confirmed. Even then, i ignored it because there are plenty of novels that are overtly guy centric, but after a while even the smartest, most capable female becomes a little repetitive when she regularly seems exasperated by poorly behaved males. Don't get me wrong, there are repetitive tropes in other series that a female audience would get tired of quickly (Undying Mercenaries comes to mind). in the end I think it's fun that SciFi has strong female characters for readers to identify with, but I'll likely bail out of this one for the same reason I don't read romance novels. I'm not the target audience.

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Eh, I finished the series

Revisado: 01-15-24

Like I said, I finished the series, but like the whole swing shift collection the end sort of fizzles out. The main character isn't really likeable, and in most contexts he's a villain. it's a light read, and you can overlook the absolute swamp of female characters by just falling asleep and missing a chapter and just moving on with the whole thing. it's definitely not literature, but that's not what you hear for is it?

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More of the same after Faust 1

Revisado: 01-15-24

if you like Faust 1 you'll probably like this. Seriously contrived but you already know this is just e-pulp. The adult parts are what you'd expect from the author and Andrea does a good job of recycling voices from the other series.

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Swing shift lite

Revisado: 01-15-24

Not bad and a decent series if you enjoyed the whole swing shift and related novels.

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Meh, it was ok but not great.

Revisado: 10-27-23

The narration was good but I felt the story was a little scrambled. TBH it was pretty easy to put down, and while the plot was interesting enough it never seemed to grab me. The MC was weak, the antagonists were 2D and the ending felt awkward.

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A great take off and a clumsy landing.

Revisado: 10-13-23

Beware: SPOILERS.
I enjoyed Nolyn's story, but was totally put off by Sephrin's (?). Anything that was built up by his adventure seemed to be crushed by one horror after another for her, and the ending was completely overshadowed by her nightmare. There was no resolution, just a trite fairy tail ending for two other characters that will be too traumatized to deal with it. This broke what should have been a great story and I'm not sure I'll continue with this author like I thought I might.

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