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The Masks We Wear
- False-Kin Chronicles, Book One
- De: BD Carpenter
- Narrado por: Michael Gallagher, Jeannie Sheneman
- Duración: 8 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 2
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 2
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 2
Beau is a genius Gnome with ambition; his inventions could change the world, if only his common sense could keep up. Meep is a Lynx, with inhuman gymnastics skills and a desire to do something more meaningful with her life than serve coffee. With the appearance of one bizarre stranger in their mundane little town in the Pacific Northwest, the destinies of Beau and Meep collide in the most unexpected ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A great coming of age story for new adults
- De Ben S. en 02-13-25
- The Masks We Wear
- False-Kin Chronicles, Book One
- De: BD Carpenter
- Narrado por: Michael Gallagher, Jeannie Sheneman
A great coming of age story for new adults
Revisado: 02-13-25
I really enjoyed this book, even if some of the characters didn't click with me initially. I really hated Jeremy at first, which is something I think we're all supposed to do, but he grew on me as I got to understand more of his back story.
The story centers on Beau and Meep, two people who are actually hidden creatures. I enjoyed the split POV, and never had any issues following the different characters in their individual arcs. I also enjoyed a lot of the social commentary on relationships, including some very good advice that many young men should be taking with regard to forming the kind of lasting relationships that they're looking for.
One thing that seemed challenging was a bit of a seesaw from confidence to a pile of self doubt for the main characters that I didn't think was entirely in keeping with their development, but I think they're also young adults and the wild swings make sense when looking at it through that lens. There's a lot of weight put on their shoulders in a short amount of time.
Overall a really good book, and the performances were quite good. I slightly preferred the range of Beau's narrator with regard to characterization, but both were very good.
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The Tronis Assignment
- The Assignment Series, Book 1
- De: E.L. Grover
- Narrado por: A Smith, C Stewart, C Feili, y otros
- Duración: 2 h y 15 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 5
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 5
Humanity has started to colonize other worlds and learned the lessons of colonization anew. A recent war with a neighboring alien race has prompted changes in Earth's military. Straining the relationship between Earth and her colonies. Worlds such as Tronis, now a trade center that was spared from the war. Pirates have started to attack the Tronis trade routes. The latest attack has taken hostages, and the government is forced to ask for help from Earth. Enter Gamma Squadron, the United Nations Space Corps' latest evolution of Earth's special forces teams.
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5 out of 5 stars
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well executed performance
- De Joshua Rodriguez en 02-04-25
- The Tronis Assignment
- The Assignment Series, Book 1
- De: E.L. Grover
- Narrado por: A Smith, C Stewart, C Feili, D Leggere, G Cash, E Cash, C Birch, J Wallace, M Mangum, Roadie, S Welnosky, T Estrada, Z Rosenfeld, full cast
Good story, some audio hiccups
Revisado: 01-17-25
I thought the story line was good. Starting from an over-the-shoulder perspective of the "newsy", I enjoyed diving into this space-opera military drama from a civilian's perspective.
Things I liked: The characters were pretty well developed, even in a short novella, and the dialogue felt pretty clean. The story itself was reasonably good, though a lot of it focused on some pretty long and descriptive combat sequences.
Regarding the audio, this is one of the first "full immersion" stories I've listened to, and overall it was pretty well done. Some of the sound effects I didn't enjoy, and the mixing was a little inconsistent as far as volume and quality, but overall it wasn't hard on the ears.
Things I wasn't as fond of: I didn't like the perspective shifting away from the journalist MC. The extended combat sequence from the perspective of one of the leaders of the military outfit was alright, but I would have preferred to stick with one POV for how short the novella was.
Again, with the audio, one of the pilot's accents was so unintelligible that it really took me out of the story. Everything else was at least average-or-better, and the narrator was always very consistent and enjoyable to listen to.
So I think the story gets 4*, but the audio portion gets 3* for some of the inconsistencies and that one section where I couldn't understand them.
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