Cole M.

Fantastic collection*

Revisado: 09-17-23

The collection of stories is well worth a listen and very intriguing, but The Invisible Man is quite irritating to listen to as the story is poorly written compared to the others.


Rant about The Invisible Man: It reads more like a mixture of The Three Stooges mixed with The Tell-tale Heart, with most characters being clumsy and lacking common sense. The protagonist is poorly written and comes across as a pathetic Dr Frankenstein that randomly swings from science-oriented to power hungry and Scrooge like. You already know the story will end with him dead because he’s so hostile to everyone he meets. I felt myself dreading the end of the story every time a new chapter began and I honestly feel like this story doesn’t fit with the others. That’s all my opinion though.

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10/10 book, 5/10 narrator

Revisado: 08-07-23

While this book is great and worth the buy, this audiobook falls short due to its narrator lacking enthusiasm and life in his narration.

I HIGHLY advise you search for the audiobook that has the shorter version of “Who Goes There?” that is narrated by Steve Cooper, he does a phenomenal job at actually making the voices come to life and making the story feel alive and real.

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Don’t believe the bad reviews

Revisado: 02-21-22

This series is great and the people who diss it only do so because they’re upset that this author isn’t focusing all its time on Spartans. The trilogy is very interesting and got me hooked soon into the first few chapters.

Ignore all the bad reviews, they are only doing that because those readers personally dislike the author either because of other books she has written or because she is a woman.

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A spoiler-free review (Overall good but one GIANT issue)

Revisado: 01-16-22

Overall, this book is a nice addition to the halo universe and helps to explain A-LOT of lore events that are happening around the time that the guardians begin to rise due to the AI uprising. It fits in well with the other halo books by Kelly Gay and I would recommend it to those who liked the previous books.

However, there is one thing in this book that gets VERY annoying and drawn out. A certain character, one who was introduced fairly late in the last book and who is considered to be almost like a goddess, appears frequently throughout the book and talks way way too long. Every chapter there’s always a HUGE chunk of meaningless, slow paced dialogue by this character and it is so painstaking boring. It rips you right out of the immersion and talks about things that are barely relevant at the current time in the halo universe and holy f**king sh*te does she yammer on and on and on.

Two separate times I actually gave up on this book and went to another because of how overwhelming it became. Some entire chapters are just this character talking and barely mention current events or the main protagonists or even the main storyline of this series of halo books by Kelly Gay. It’s also like the author wanted to sum up ALL the lore from the forerunner trilogy books and shove it into this novel where it doesn’t really have a place to be in. It comes across as a pace killing, overwhelming, boring exposition/lore plot dump where it only serves to fill in plot wholes but in a way that takes up so much time.

I would say that nearly 35% to 40% of this ENTIRE book is just that one character talking on and on about past events to either herself, to Ryan, or to Spark.

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AWFUL NARRATOR

Revisado: 12-06-21

I wanted to listen to this trilogy, I really tried my best to put up with this narrator, but I can’t stand it. I’ve listened to every other halo novel audiobook and could understand all those narrators, but this one is awful.

First, and I mean no disrespect, but the guy speaks like he has a partial slur to his words. You know when you crunch on ive that came in your drink and your mouth kinda poofs up, that’s what he sounds like he’s talking with.

Second, no distinction when switching between dialogue lines of different characters. In the first chapter he reads three different peoples’ dialogue with the same tone and no distinct change of voice so you don’t know what character is actually talking unless he says “Jack/John/Kelly said” at the end of the line.

Third, as someone who lived in Australia for several years, this narrators fake Australian accent he uses for Aussie characters is so grotesquely painful to listen to.

Fourth, he makes little/no effort in emphasizes certain lines and comes across as quite monotone. His narration makes it very hard to immerse myself in the story when I am always struggling to find out who’s line he is reading or why he is mispronouncing basic halo lore aspects but yet is tryharding to pronounce the locations each chapter takes place in.


I have ADD and struggle to read books so I use audible, but for these three books narrated by him, I am forced to buy the physical book so that I can actually enjoy the story.

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The best book regarding diseases and how they were/are faced

Revisado: 07-21-19

There is so much that I enjoyed about this book that I do not believe possible to cover it all within this review. The amount of research, time, and effort Jennifer Wright put into this book is astonishing and overwhelms me with joy in seeing these diseases and their history told for what REALLY happened. She goes into detail on each one and not just the disease itself, but the history of that time that it took place and all the sane and insane methods people used to combat it; from medical milestones like the vaccine to the horrors of pseudo-medicine such as the lobotomy. It goes beyond diseases as well and tells of the psychology behind them, the moral/social view of them, and the amazing heroes that fought them (and I RARELY use “hero” to describe anyone but these figures were more than saints of their time.) I would (and have already) recommend this book to anyone who is has an interest in diseases, history, or even the study of humanities. If you find yourself already considering reading/listening to this book but are unsure, I can tell you that you will.

Also for those concerned about the reader, I think Gabra Zackman did an AMAZING job at narrating this book and there were times I genuinely thought the author herself was narrating it. Her voice was a delight to hear and I honestly could say I would intentionally seek audiobooks outside of my personal interests if Gabra Zackman is narrating them.

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A must listen/read for anyone in the Psychology field.

Revisado: 06-01-18

This book may have taken me a year to finish, but it was worth every minute. The psychological terminology Zimbardo uses, the cases he studies, the lessons brought out by this stories, and the overall analysis of the cases, has taught me so much not only about myself but about those around me and about psychology. This book is one id recommend to anyone willing to tackle it and I definitely am buying the physical copy to add to my mini bookshelf, to be proud of finishing and to refer to later in my pursuit of a career in psychology.

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