Smart Fella

A fantastic collection of sea monsters and more. Cryptic fans will enjoy it.

Revisado: 01-18-25

This is an incredible, well documented work, unlike most of the Cryptid collections that tell stories, yet have no facts. The author seems genuine and honest and did an amazing amount of research and also used that research to objectively validate or offer his view of what these creatures could be. The stories were interesting, people eaten by monsters, ships taken down by krakens and some fun personal stories by the author himself. If you love the mysteries in the world of Cryptids and Sea Monsters you’ll love the book. I found the author to be intelligent and dedicated in his mission.

What I didn’t like.
The only reason I did not give this title 5 stars all the way around was because it was done with virtual voice. There are several sections that ended with all the references and citations. The virtual voice painfully reads all the long URLs letter by letter. A better solution would be to have 1 link to a website that had all of them linked and ready to click. Also there are several pictures, videos and drawings referenced. I would have loved to see those witness monster drawings as a pdf or web link.

Overall. I liked it.

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Great listen. Loved this 4 book series. Checks all the boxes.

Revisado: 05-13-23

I listen to audible to escape into new worlds, lose myself for a while and go on a little adventure. This audible did just that. The character narration of this book was excellent and the characters came alive. The book was well written and you can’t help but respect the author in his ability to bring this steampunk world to life in setting the stage for the characters to conduct their adventures. You know a book is good when you find yourself already missing the characters before listening to the end of the last book.

I wouldn’t listen to the high-brow literary critics, because it is most certain that none of them has, or could write a book this well thought out. As far as other reviews saying this was a book for children, I would argue that this world needs a little whimsy and creativity and the most intelligent among us would enjoy this daring little coming of age spy versus spy steampunk adventure. It’s just fun. This is my first Audible review. I got all four books for one credit. A great deal. Give it a listen.

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Better than expected.

Revisado: 01-01-20

I thought the story was original and creative. I was drawn into the story, liked the use of magic, the characters and the story line. Swamp magic! At first I was not excited about a story involving’ teeth’, but I gave it a listen and was glad I did. It’s a nice escape, and I enjoyed escaping into the mystical bayou and root magic.

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