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Fantastic

Revisado: 09-16-24

Recently picked up this, and anothwr book from an author I dodn't know on an Audible 2 for 1 sale. The other was awful, but this more than made up for it - an interesting magic system, compelling characters, and a setting I'm hoping to see a lot more of in book 2. Speaking of, the next three volumes are already up for pre-order, so not a huge wait there. Give it a try!

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Fantastic

Revisado: 05-20-24

After reading the Licanius trilogy, I had very high expectations for this book - Islington did not disappoint. Fantastic worldbuilding, compelling characters, and a very interesting magic system... I can't wait for book 2.

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Fantastic

Revisado: 01-30-24

Excellent story and narration, but this recording had several audio issues - hopefully they can fix that and provide an updated copy.

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Meh

Revisado: 09-28-22

The past few Dresden novels have shown a marked increase in Butcher's writing skills, but this fell quite short of those standards. Every step of the plot was predictable, and without Marsters' excellent narration giving it that extra bit of character, it was a slog (even with its < 3.5 hour runtime). Bob's voice was particularly difficult to listen to.

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Horrible narration

Revisado: 12-23-21

I'm going to try reading this in KU, because the story sounds pretty interesting. Only made it about 5 minutes into the audio, though - the narration is atrocious. Robert wasn't terrible; I'd at least put him in the acceptable category. Alyssa, though... she needs a new profession; that is possibly the worst voice acting I've ever heard.

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meh

Revisado: 10-05-21

Waited a very long time for this, and was ultimately disappointed. Despite rewriting chunks of it for the audible release, the quality has not improved since the first book. Almost every problem is solved with a deus ex machina "I bought an artifact from the shop weeks ago for this exact scenario" trope. Which, of course, is presented in the same, smugly clever manner each and every time.

Take a shot each time he compulsively states the exact point cost of a passingly-referenced ability or item, adds metric-to-imperial unit conversions for a random value, or says someone was "shocked to their core!" and you won't survive the first 20 minutes.

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Ok read, but very unbalanced

Revisado: 09-15-21

Perfectly-tailored loot rains from the sky, and a sub level-10 character repeatedly takes down (or at least fends off) level 67 enemies. The stats are irrelevant to the point that it would have been more enjoyable if the litRPG elements had been entirely removed; as-is, the reader is just frustrated every time we're reminded of how unbalanced everything is.

That said, the narration was pretty good.

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Fantastic, as always.

Revisado: 12-19-20

Hard to top Dalinar's arc, so I'm not surprised I didn't enjoy this quite as much as Oathbringer. Some pieces also felt rushed (particularly Shalon's sections), but overall, a very enjoyable book. Navani and Raboniel were particularly well done, in my opinion.

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An informative, engaging, and sobering read.

Revisado: 10-28-20

So much more informative than my history courses ever were. Gives some much-needed perspective on the effects European incursions had on Native American civilizations.

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I wanted to like this

Revisado: 10-05-20

Started off interesting, and had some decent moments, but I just never felt invested in the characters. There are no stakes and, as I read through the series, this issues just because more and more pronounced. In book 1, death has negligible repercussions. In book 2, I started to have hope when things moved into the real world, but later on they began cloning themselves to essentially have unlimited lives. At least this required an experience sacrifice, but they just created an exp farm to bypass the cost. Later on, another race provides enhanced cloning tech, essentially negating the issue altogether.

I could overlook this, if it were the only issue. However... the main character has very overpowered items and abilities, and can just magic his way out of any situation thrown at him. And yet, he continues to make aggravatingly-poor choices, given the tools at his disposal. The most glaring example is his passive cultivation, and access to the time affinity. He never considers combining the two with his autopilot function...

I appreciate the effort, and there were a few neat ideas here, but all in all, ot just wasn't worth the time investment.

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