Mouse Guy

Story is okay, performance is excellent!

Revisado: 08-07-21

This story takes place in a Star Trek-ish universe, with various classes of star ships, a handful of alien factions, and remote outposts. Fairly standard trek-style universe, to the point that previous exposure to star trek may actually be a prerequisite to putting yourself into the world. The story itself is compelling enough that I'll give the second book a listen, but it almost completely lacks one of my favorite aspects of this type of sci-fi: world building. We don't get much description of the ship itself, aside from the fact that it has corridors, and bridge, engineering, and an observation deck. Gravity is assumed, ships have energy weapons and shields, but unless it's specifically relevant to what's happening at a given moment, there's zero description of the ship or what life is like on board it beyond there being three shifts.

The plot is enjoyable, with well developed characters, very good action, and appropriate pacing.

Matthew Ebel's performance is excellent, with consistent and recognizable voices for each of the main characters/species.

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Not Sci-Fi, but entertaining.

Revisado: 07-11-21

I expected sci-fi from the description. More political drama than sci-fi, with a small amount of "Atlas Shrugged" style ideas sprinkled in as well. I'm not normally a consumer of political drama, so I can't say how it compares to others in the genre.

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Fascinating idea, rushed conclusion

Revisado: 06-08-20

I've enjoyed each of N. K. Jemisin's other works, and "The City We Became" was no exception. I did enjoy it, but it also left me disappointed.

The story follows 6 main characters throughout the book, and their arcs are easy to keep track of, but I got the impression that the author had different plans for them than what ended up being published. Complex dynamics between the characters were laid out and detailed only to be ignored in the end. Risks are taken by the characters which end up being non-issues. The story felt like it got 4/5ths of the way through what was planned, being wrapped up within a single paragraph in the final main-arc chapter.

I enjoyed the story overall, and Robin Miles's performance was spectacular, but the ending felt rushed and unsatisfying.

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Inconsistent voices spoil an engaging story

Revisado: 09-23-18

The voice actors change for specific characters at several points in the story. It not a subtle change either. In one sentence, the Baron sounds like a British noble, in the next sentence, he sounds like
James Earl Jones. This happens with nearly every character in the story at random times. I don't know how it could have been released in this state. Only reason it's not one star is because the acting itself is good. It just feels like two different productions of the same story edited together. Only the narrator is consistent throughout.

The story itself is good. A bit light on action where action would be appropriate. Entire battles are skipped, consisting only of the setup, followed by poat-battle dialog which makes it clear who won. It's a shame, because when fights are fleshed out, they are described well and interesting to follow.

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Slow start, but very satisfying

Revisado: 09-03-18

The pacing is a bit slow at the beginning, but the story develops and evolves enough during the long setup that it kept my attention. The conclusion is very interesting and took me by surprise. Overall, this one sticks with me.

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Wonderfully produced, but story was ordinary

Revisado: 09-03-18

The performance was wonderful. The narrator did a great job of keeping each character unique and recognizable through the story. He had the correct energy for the various scenes and was able to portray a good sense of action when appropriate. There were many distracting pauses (poor audio editing?) at odd times throughout.

The story was creative, but somewhat ordinary. The main plot device, described in the synopsis as a doomsday device, seems to take a back seat to the plight and development of the individual characters. The doomsday device is built up throughout the story, but felt effectively dismissed by the end.

I came to this book because Nick Harkaway's "The Gone Away World" was amazing and really took me for a ride at the end. Both stories had similar gradual pacing for the first 3/4 or so, but "The Gone Away World" spiked to a climax worthy of the build up, while "Angelmaker" continued on a linear path (well, several parallel but straight paths) throughout, lacking any satisfying twist or treat to conclude on. The parallel paths were tied together neatly at the end, with some new ideas thrown in to explain things, but it didn't snag my interest.

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