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Poorly Translated.

Revisado: 05-02-25

It appears that English is not a first language for the author, and I usually have a lot of patience for translations (I speak 3 languages apart from English, and none of them very well at all), but I found this one quite difficult to get through.

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Well worth a listen.

Revisado: 04-27-25

I've really enjoyed the series so far, and definitely recommend it.
The protagonist has some definite advantages over his peers, but is not over-powered the way so many are.
Interesting and well thought out.
the narrator does a good job. The 4/5 is because 1) voices are not always distinct enough keep straight who said what in some conversations, and 2) he mispronounces certain words repeatedly (eg. "noch" and "gunwhales," both of which he pronounces the way they are spelled rather than as 'knock' and 'gunnels')

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A Great Addition to an Excellent Series

Revisado: 01-02-25

I've enjoyed the series so far (starting the last book now) and this is a really enjoyable addition, providing the back-story of the mage, Wesson. Enjoy!

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Solid with a few unexpected twists

Revisado: 11-04-24

the writing is decent, better than a lot of what is available in this genre. overall I've enjoyed these books, the 1st in thr series being my favorite of thr trilogy (so far, at least)

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Good Story; Often Painful Narration

Revisado: 04-14-24

The story is well written and interesting, with unexpected twists. Unfortunately, the narrator, while he has a good voice for thr main character, it is excruciating listening to thr voices he has created for virtually all other characters, especially female characters. They all sound like drunks with broken jaws.

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24 books I & I still Having a Great Time

Revisado: 03-15-24

24 books between the Bad Guys and Good Guys parallel series, and I still look forward to the next installment every time. They don't disappoint.

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A Decent Idea, But Painful Execution

Revisado: 10-27-23

I don't know why I had moderately high hopes for this book. Sadly, the best I can say is that it is no worse than the rest of the chaff that makes up 80% of this genre.
The idea and plot are solid, and the problems are nothing a decent editor and different narrator couldn't fix. The dialog is often contrived, and the characters are inconsistent at times. The worst irritant was the narrator constantly mispronuncing words and/or placing the emphasis on the wrong syllable. It is as though he has read a great deal but seldom heard the english language spoken outside of the most basic colloquial situations.
I am uncertain whether it was the writer's mistake or the narrator's, but when I heard "all of the sudden," I nearly choked on my orange juice. Although, I should not have been surprised. The book is like that all the way through, and that one was towards the end.
If you are reading this and do not know what is wrong with that phrase (it should be "all of a sudden"), that is, perhaps, understandable. But if you are an author, your vocabulary and grammatical skills in your language of choice should at least be to a semi-professional standard. poor grammar is fine in dialog if it is in keeping with the character of the speaker and situation, but outside of that, it shouldn't read like a C- creative writing assignment for a 10th grade student (perhaps that is a bit hyperbolic, maybe 12th grade).
If you are going to sell this for public consumption, please use a professional editor... and get a better narrator.

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Painful to Listen to

Revisado: 10-09-22

I have given the story 3 stars because I presume that it was written in another language and this translation is just not doing it justice.
the narrator is flat and their pronunciation of what appear to be Chinese words and names is poor.
the translation was clearly done by someone for whom English is a second language and for that reason I would like to cut them a little slack, but I just cannot continue to listen any longer.

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Not without some merit, but mostly painful.

Revisado: 06-27-22

If the author is right out of (or still in) highschool, then this is an impressive work, otherwise...
I give the author props for correct use of "haggle" when so many would have incorrectly used "barter" and the idea of thr protagonist transported to a new world from 18th century London, rather than a modern-day gamer or similar, is different. Unfortunately, thT is where thr positives end.
Generally, the author's use if the English language is very poor. in particular, they seem to be trying to write characters whose grasp of the language is greater then the author's own. The result is that just as the reader is getting into the flow of the dialog (if they ever do) they are ripped away from it by jarringly incongruous vocabulary choices and grammatical mistakes.
The narrator does a decent job of the accent, but the aforesaid language issues leave it like putting lipstick on a pig, as do some equally jarring mispronunciations such as "anathema" (which is also misused).

Sorry.

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Someone get that author an editor and a thesaurus

Revisado: 04-01-22

Abysmal.
Listening to the first in the series, the story was creative and interesting and, while the use of language was poor (characters using vernacular jarringly inconsistent with their background and use so far, laborious overuse of some words and entirely incorrect use of others, etc) it was narrated by Neil Hellegers, who does an excellent job, so it was tolerable; I simply treated it as though the author was ESL .

Book 2 is narrated by someone else whose oration skills are on par with the author's capacity with the English language and the plot has gone from somewhat interesting to tortured. I am honestly not able to finish it. Sorry.

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