Ben Cook

A classic hampered by its reader

Revisado: 01-19-25

Amazing book series but the narrator is quite bland and not great at differentiating the characters

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Best Historical Book I’ve Ever Read

Revisado: 01-05-24

I have a degree in history so that says quite a bit. Very well narrated - I felt like I was listening to a fictional recounting at times, which is as big a compliment I can give to both the author and the voice actor. Very good at relating 16th century mindsets to modern readers.

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Pierce might have just written the best book of the series

Revisado: 09-12-23

Absolutely fantastic story, an immense improvement over the last two installments. Kept me on the edge and needing to listen more and more, till I was shocked by the words, “The End.”

TGR does a great presentation, as always, though I did get used to Lysander having a more haughty voice; Lysander sounded a tiny bit too much like young Darrow. I also find it more enjoyable to listen to TGR at 0.9x speed.

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Perfect rendition

Revisado: 05-20-23

I’ve read and listened to the RR series in its entirety many, many times. This gives a whole new perspective and is just a pleasant journey through an already amazing story. More of these renditions is not a simple want, my Goodman, but a NEEED

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Fantastic

Revisado: 03-06-23

Fun, quick, witty, and emotional all at once. Fantastically narrated as well, I highly recommend it

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Amazing

Revisado: 09-14-22

These books keep getting better and better. This series is even better than the last Geary/Alien series…can’t wait for the next one!!

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I’m not mad, I’m just disappointed

Revisado: 06-13-22

I tried; I tried to get into this book but just can’t. It feels like the “the Last Jedi” of the Quasing/Tao universe.

I could forgive the slightly juvenile writing style for the great story and character elements from books 1-3.5. This book, however, failed to grab me at all.

3.5 sets up a great continuation to a world event I was excited to see play out—if not with the original characters, then at least the same time frame. Instead, we open 10 years after book 3.5. It feels like a washed up version of book 1, with more forced character identities.

I’m going to have to leave this book as unfinished in my library; if I could get a credit back, I would.

Wes, wake me up if-and-when you ever retcon this stuff and continue the Tao series from where us fans wanted it to continue from.

Until the Eternal Sea

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Another slap in the face of Star Wars fans

Revisado: 02-21-22

Oof, Claudia, you might want to stop writing Star Wars stories. Basic plot premise: “What if the Jedi can’t do the one cool, unique characteristic that everyone loves about them and then made the worst possible decisions?”

I was beginning to like the High Republic, but like every Star Wars trilogy, there’s always that one story we don’t talk about. The Bruno of this adult trilogy is The Fallen Star. At this point, I believe Kathleen Kennedy and the execs at Disney get masochistic joy from serving us up this feces on silver platters. The sad thing is, we all down it happily like greedy little pigs and demand more.

Pacing and writing feel like a juvenile novel. The phrase “in other words” is used ad nauseum to over explain any major plot points. In other words, Claudia thinks we’re too stupid to get what she’s writing.

Marc Thompson redeems it with a great performance, and the SFX make it much better than it deserves.

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Leaves you shocked and wanting more

Revisado: 12-28-21

Wow, wow, wow…Alanson knocked it out of the park with this one. I can’t wait to see where the story goes. Bray again delivers a fantastic, flawless performance that makes the story even better. Wonderful job, everyone!

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Good beginning, meh middle, stupid ending

Revisado: 10-26-21

Bray knocks it out of the park again. The ending was so annoying, disappointing, and infuriating that it knocked me off my axis for the next day and a half. I guess that lends itself to the great universe creation by Alanson, but I want to slap his sack for ending it that way.

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