Paul Keener

A frustrating listen

Revisado: 11-21-24

The premise is fine. The narrator is solid as she always is. The plot is good. Unfortunately the whole thing is ruined by the fact that everyone is always snapping at each other. It's not witty banter, its not sarcasm (though they try to pass it of that way at the start) its not characters with opposing ideals that always snark at each other. Any of these would be fine, but what we actually get is the kind of lashing out at people that happens when a person gets so overwhelmed that they lash out at the first thing that they see. Sure many of these character are stressed and overwhelmed, but its to much. Any whimsy and enjoyment is quickly dashed because just about every chapter has someone lashing out at someone else then immediately apologizing and then turning around and doing it again over and over and over. I gave book 2 a couple hours of listen to see if it got better but it seemed to get worse in the second book so I just gave up on the series. Maybe you will be less frustrated with this constant lashing out but either way Youve been warned.

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Stupid nitpicky reviews

Revisado: 02-15-24

I don’t know why people are leaving stupid 2 star reviews about this book. It is literally a direct continuation of the story. If you like what the first book established you will keep liking how the second book carries on. The book is mainly focused on the establishment of the guild town and the first interactions between the dungeon on the delvers so in some respects it’s a bit slow since it’s more of a set up book then an action and change book, but that’s not unusual in long book series.

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I good story with a glaring flaw

Revisado: 12-22-23

It's a well written that I believe many people will enjoy and find appealing and at 76 hours it is most certainly worth a credit. I think people should be warry of the publishers summary though as it describes itself as delightfully optimistic with all the cozy feels and that is terribly misleading. It carries more along the lines of something like Game of thrones where things start out not great but not bad and consistently get worse and worse until the story reaches a breaking point in the last 10% or so of the book. Yes there are optimistic and cozy feels but they are spread out few and far between so don't go into this looking for a nice laid back story. The major gripe I have with this series is the fact that until the last time every occurrence of the MC resolving herself to do something that resolve is immediately shattered by whatever the next plot device is and it doesn't always line up and make a significant amount of sense. Instead of the MC's decisions driving the plot She is consistently being dragged along to wherever the plot needs her to be next and her resolve consistently folds when the plot direction and her decisions are not compatible. It doesn't ruin the story and some people may not notice it but for me it makes the story feel more like a slog I am having to drag myself through to get to the end rather then I story I am looking forward to continuing every time I put it down.

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Arbitrator of Dictator?

Revisado: 08-20-23

This book is standard C.R Daems fair for the most part. The main character straddles the line between hero and villain rather more then ever before, especially at the beginning of the book. Constantly setting lines she doesn’t tell people about and the penalty for setting even a hair over the line is immediate death. The main issue in the book is the fact that cheppy decides everything for everyone which give the supporting cast no room to thrive. This make the praise most CR Daems support cast heap on the protagonist more the yes man response you’d find in a dictatorship then the admiration of peers. Though I am unsure if it was intentional it’s at least an interesting dichotomy.

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