David S.

Business adventures

Revisado: 03-15-23 El oyente recibió este título gratis

At my request I received a copy of this audiobook in order to give a fair and unbiased review.

Genre: Gamelit, system breaking, profit focused, fantasy business owner
Explicit/adult material: None.

Summary:
Greg has lost it all and is starting again. Heading out to the new islands created by the system.
But others have the same idea, and even with great innovations, rebuilding his business is going to be quite the fight.

Narrators
Voice diversity: Each character had distinct voices and it was easy to follow.
Pacing and intonation: Well done. The storytelling is immersive and alive.
Overall: 4.5 / 5 stars.

The book’s strengths.
- I love books where the MC keeps trying to break the system
- I love trading and wealth building in stories
- The premise of an expanding world with a dungeon focused gold rush is great
- I really enjoy that the storyteller is the main character. It is fun, collegial and breaks the fourth wall in a way that works.
- Great narration

The book’s weaknesses.
- The pacing. I feel like each of the failed attempts of getting rich could (and should) have been their own book.
- There are a lot of gotchas. Everything feels too easy. We did it! But not really. We did it! but not really!

Overall: 3.5/5 stars

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Fantastic start to a new fun and sexy series

Revisado: 01-11-23

At my request I received a copy of this audiobook in order to give a fair and unbiased review.

Genre: LitRPG Harem story where MC is teleported to strange dungeon focused LitRPG world

Power dynamics in harem: Harems are common in society and the girls lust for, trusts and listens to MC
Explicit/adult material: Explicit and well done. Fox girl.

Summary:
Danny wakes up in what seems like some weird mix of a theme park and a D&D dungeon. When he uses a damaged orb to unlock his class he unlocks maintenance worker a class that clearly isn't intended. On top of that his class and many things he encounters are glitched. Together with 2 sexy girls Danny sets out to become the best and richest dungeon runners in this new world, and if the happen to figure out some things about what is going on with the glitches as well? Even better!

Narrators
Voice diversity: The voice diversity is great and matches the characters well.
Pacing and intonation: The story is expertly told with great use of varying pace and intonation.
Sex scenes: Very well done.
Top notch narration all around. The glitch sounds are exceptionally well done and had me literally laugh out loud at first.
Overall Narration: 5 / 5 stars.

The book’s strengths.
- The writing is fun and had me laughing out loud more than once.
- The absurdity of the world and how we slowly get to know it. It felt like a fun sexy bioshock.
- Who doesn't love a kitsune and I love that her race has more meaning than just her looks.
- The fantastic narration

The book’s weaknesses.
- The handling of "how to initiate the harem" is a little hand-wavy, but is a minor part of a great book.

Overall: 5/5 stars

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Fantasy romance in a dark world of might and magic

Revisado: 12-26-22

Genre: Fantasy romance in a dystopian world
Explicit/adult material: None. Kissing, petting.

Summary:
Alina was a subpar cartographer, but on a mission to the dark area known as the fold, a new power erupts from her as she and her crush are attacked.
Suddenly her life is turned upside down and she is taken before the king to help the kingdom using the power she never knew she had.

Narration and editing
Voice diversity: The characters have fitting voices and are easily recognisable
Pacing and intonation: The story is masterfully told by Lauren Fortgang and carried me away.
Overall: 4.5 / 5 stars.

The book’s strengths.
- I love the universe. Diving into the militaristic Ravka and their acceptance almost reverance of grisha (mages) is interesting after reading the six of crows series
- Leigh Bardugo writes creative and interesting stories with flawed people that do fantastic things, and this is no exception
- The narration

The book’s weaknesses.
- Some retakes were noticeable in the recording with slightly different volume and sound and it detracted enough from the experience that I can't give full marks for the narration.

Overall: 5/5 stars
Whether as an entrypoint into Leighs fantasy world or as a follow up from six of crows; I fully recommend reading this first book of the grisha trilogy.

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Read it and see if your mind changes

Revisado: 11-04-22

A nice, if slightly preachy, story teaching about compounding returns and how small changes in habits and investments can change peoples lives.
Interesting and thought provoking presented within an easily read and digested story.

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A good intro to money for American children.

Revisado: 11-04-22

Though very focused on the american audience I do believe it covers many interesting aspects of how to introduce your child to finanse and money at different ages. Allowing them to handle money with humility, confidence and skill from an early age.

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A great introduction to a new world

Revisado: 11-04-22

An interesting fantasy universe with Shamers; people with the ability to force others to feel and re-live the shame within them. To me there are a lot of parallels to Confessors in the Sword of Truth series, maybe because they serve the same purpose in society.
It is is a short book with an interesting universe. That alone makes it worth the read.
I hope the series continues to build on the characters, which are relatable, but still quite shallow in their depth.

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A worse version of another of his books

Revisado: 11-04-22

Seems like a terribly rushed rebranding of his book targeted at raising kids.
If you are a teen and want to learn. Buy the one for kids instead. It will teach you more and will not seem like rushed second-hand filler.

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A great continuation for Jason and friends

Revisado: 10-28-22 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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Genre: LitRPG fantasy Farming Slice of life romance
LitRPG system: level and skill based, but not dominant, the focus is on the financial game aspects
Explicit content: No adult or explicit content.

We are back again in Summer Shandy. The guild hall is back and trying to incorporate themselves in society. At the same time new pests are challenging the life of our farmer Jason.

Narrator
Ashlinn Romagnoli is a good story teller and I was once again swept away into Jason's life.
Overall: 4/5 stars

The book’s strengths.
- An engaging set of ever changing challenges.
- The characters are growing deeper and more interesting as the series progress
- I love how the previous book is tied into this one.

The book’s weaknesses.
- I feel that this book had more action than I had hoped. I would love for the series to have even less action/combat.

Overall: 4/5 stars
Great continuation of the story. I find myself getting more and more invested in the friends from Summer Shandy.

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A Farming slice of life LitRPG

Revisado: 10-24-22 El oyente recibió este título gratis

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Genre: LitRPG fantasy Farming Slice of life romance
LitRPG system: level and skill based, but not dominant, the focus is on the financal game aspects
Explicit content: No adult or explicit content.

Jason inherits his uncle's decrepit farm. He works to rebuild it while defending it from monsters, hiring adventurers to help him and builds relationships with his new neighbours.

Narrator
- Pacing and intonation: Ashlinn Romagnoli did an excellent job at engaging the listener with passionate use of intonation and narration speeds.
- Voice diversity: The characters do not have distinct voices, instead the narrator relies on contextual cues and pitch indicating gender of the speaker.
Ashlinn Romagnoli is a good story teller and I was fully immersed and taken away into Jason's life.
Overall: 4/5 stars

The book’s strengths.
- Fantastic premise. For me this is a fresh new take on LitRPG and I love that it is not all combat
- The story is will written and especially Tess is a memorable and interesting character
- The narration

The book’s weaknesses.
- More time could have been devoted to making the initial Paulina arch less abrupt.

Overall: 4/5 stars
Recommended. An engaging story that can stand on its own, but leaves me wanting to dive straight into the next of the series.
That and start up the game stardew valley. It scratches a lot of the same itches.

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Great beginners guide to rewarding consistency

Revisado: 09-20-20

Short and actionable. Little to no filler and great at motivating for action and setting sustainable achievable goals.

Not a lot of new concepts to readers already into improving through consistency, but a great entry point for people looking for a toolkit for how to set and achieve goals.

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