J. Larson

Nicely Inventive take on time travel

Revisado: 02-16-25

Narrator is wonderful. Story has fun twists and suspense. I really liked how deeply the plot wound through the various concepts.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

So fun and twisty!

Revisado: 02-06-25

Love everything I’ve read by John Scalzi, love everything narrated by Wil Wheaton. Satisfying ending to a fun, inventive trilogy

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

His only series! :(

Revisado: 10-30-23

This series was amazing! The character development was incredible and the way he artfully wove back in earlier characters and encounters was absolute literary bliss. Nothing felt forced or solely had a single purpose. The narrator was great with recognizable voices for each character. I loved the entire series from start to terrific endings!

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Trying too hard to be epic

Revisado: 10-24-22

The reader is lovely and dramatic, but the source material is weak. The story maxes out the superlatives and tries wayyyyy to hard to be epic. The result is that you roll your eyes at the book over and over. Oh, the main character must survive this monster so I can eat his soul? Here, let me give him the exact tools he’ll need to defeat me later. Oh the Barrow King is level 67 and he’s millennia old, but the main character manages level 11 by the end of the week. Just not believable even for fantasy!

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Wtf?

Revisado: 08-16-22

Read the first review for a dang good summary of this strange, off-putting, darkly unhappy pile of shit.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Excellent Sequel

Revisado: 07-06-21

It’s hard to be a sequel, but this book delivers. I love will Wheaton voice and I love Ernest Klein attention to all nerdy details. The trivia in the detail even about the concept but I’m not as familiar with we’re still fun to listen to. Well not as innovative is the first one the second one is still just as much fun to listen to. PS I’m driving so I apologize if there are typos and weird grammar.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Good story telling. Horrible People.

Revisado: 06-24-21

Sex, drugs and selfish people indulging themselves in every way with no empathy or care for the world or others in it. That’s the total summary of this book.

I’m not religious so I wasn’t offended by the author’s takes on religion, but his assertion that without religion there is no reason to be a good person is faulty. I am a good member of society, not because I seek eternal reward, but because I seek the immediate and long term rewards of self fulfillment and knowing that I better the world around me.

The historical fiction short stories are interesting but all of the members of the Cognomina are horrible people. It’s hard to give a high score to a story in which you dislike all the main characters.

Overall wish I could have these hours of my life back.

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

Fabulous - love the scholar path

Revisado: 07-22-19

I wasn't going to write a review, just give it five stars and then I glanced over the negative reviews. They make no sense! One person dismissed this as good for teens only. This 38 year old high school physics teacher/optometrist/gamer loved it!

I really liked the intro to Joe and the way he enters the game (the other prologue was a bit opaque and wasn't at all needed, I'll grant you that). Joe is a very likable and believable character. Not everyone wants to be a mindless barbarian! Some of us revel in our nerdiness and I LOVE that his skills in life actually translate into his skill in the game.

I found the pacing to be very good and I liked that the story wasn't linear. This world is open ended and so the story has multiple threads going at once which gave it a sense of realism and longevity. Awesome litRPG. I found Joe to be a more sympathetic and believable character than those in the Divine Dungeon series (which I also liked, but they were much more linear and less interesting especially the irritating wisp).

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

esto le resultó útil a 3 personas

Delightful twist on D&D

Revisado: 03-01-19

While not a Dungeons and Dragons player myself, I love RPGs and this story captured the fun and the mannerisms on the RPG-er. All of Drew Hayes’s novels are exceptional writing with terrific details and plot twists.

I’m actually writing this review after re-listening to the book in preparation for the fourth installment having just been published. This awesome read is the weakest of the series by far! They get progressively more interesting and exciting as the plot twists pile on. I also recommend his wonderful Vampire Accountant (Fred) series and I can’t heap enough praise on Superpowereds which may be my all time favorite series ever. Drew is fantastic at dreaming up a logical progression of his characters so you don’t wonder where the crap that ability or action came from. Even as he shocks you with a plot twist, the action makes perfect sense for the character making it.

Love your work, Drew!!

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña

More Please!

Revisado: 06-18-18

I love the Superpowered books! I do get sick of only finding out about the training of heroes and mages though and here is the perfect counterpoint. I adore the character Owen Daniels and thought his redemption quest was really awesome. Great writing of real, believable characters with a completely original plot not a rehash of tried and true formula.

The reader is fantastic and I have the release date for the forth Superpowereds book in my calendar. Again, MORE PLEASE!

Has calificado esta reseña.

Reportaste esta reseña