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Not what I was looking for but I’m glad I found it.

Revisado: 07-16-19

While on a search for books that feel like Joss Whedon’s Firefly I came across Quarter Share. On the surface there are similarities but Quarter Share doesn’t feel like Firefly. As it turns out, that’s totally okay. Quarter Share is its own thing. It’s oddly entertaining and engaging while seemingly entirely without a plot. Hmm. I might be wrong about that. You see, I’ve been on a military sci-fi kick for a while so subtlety hasn’t been part of my diet of late. Anyway, I can’t explain why I liked this so much but I did. In fact, I’m already a chapter into Half Share, the sequel.

A note on the narrator’s performance. Solid. That’s how I’d describe it. Christian Rummel is my favorite male narrator but Jeffrey Kafer is no slouch. No obvious mispronunciations, voice characterizations seem to match the characters well, no complaints.

To summarize, this is a slice of life, there are no bad guys to kill or evade. There’s just Ishmael and his crew mates/friends and his oddly compelling journey and I’m totally digging it.

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One Small Gripe

Revisado: 03-07-19

Make that two:
1) The sudden addition of music at chapter 6 was so distracting that I fell out of the story for a bit. Luckily, it doesn’t last. In hindsight, it was as if someone added a soundtrack clip as a demo and forgot to remove it before publication.
2) The word material! Just pronounce it like any other standard English word. Why the eff does the narrator pronounce it as if trying to impress a girl in his sophomore French class?

Other than those small irritations, this was quite enjoyable. I’ll likely buy the next book in the series.

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Better in Print

Revisado: 10-12-18

If you’re a Radclyffe regular, this par for the course. It’s not up there with Fated Love but it’s a solid read. Read being the operative word.

No disrespect to Nicole Vilencia, the narrator, but her performance definitely left a lot to be desired. I’ve no idea if a narrator’s performance is guided by a director so I don’t know where to lay blame - and someone should be blamed. Ms. Vilencia’s inflection and/or delivery oftentimes didn’t match the written descriptor or the tone of a line or passage. Additionally, there was very little differentiation between character voices. [Listen to the sample of And Playing the Roll of Herself narrated by Lisa Cordileone for an example of narration done right.]

I think I’ve said enough to get my point across. To say more would just turn this review into a rant.

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My Favorite Audiobook So Far

Revisado: 08-10-18

I’ll save you reading through the story synopsis that you’ve probably got memorized by now and just tell you that this is my favorite audiobook so far.

The novel itself is top notch but adding Lisa Cordileone’s narration is such a goodness that I can’t think of a comparison to give you.

Just buy the dang thing, listen to the dang thing, and know that you won’t get a dang thing done that day. You’ll spend it listening Lisa Cordileone’s honey-dipped voice and watching the movie her narration creates in your head.

Go on now. You can thank me later.

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