Thomas C. Plummer

A decent Lutron let down by sub par narration

Revisado: 09-20-23

The story, for what it is, is pretty good.

The narration, on the other hand, is just not there.
I would struggle to call it bad— it isn’t quite monotone, and the attempt is there to distinguish voices. The problem is that the tone is too muted, and emotion and tone seem entirely disconnected from what is going on in the book.

It’s almost like the narrator is more focused on precise reading(full stops at every period for example) than enjoyable reading.

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This book is just fun.

Revisado: 02-09-23

I love auroro. He is a fun character who never takes anything too seriously, which is a nice change from more serious series.

The narration only serves to make it better, with the male voice adding ettra character to him, and the female voice really selling how completely irrational she finds him.

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Can't wait for a sequel

Revisado: 02-09-23

I truly enjoyed this book. I can see where it can easily be a nice long episodic series where each book is a new "case" or a serialized series where everything plays into long running plots. Either way, I am in because the characters are interesting and the world has a lot of potential.

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the premise is good, the writing is okay

Revisado: 01-04-23

I loved the first book in this compilation, but things just kind of went downhill during the second book.

antagonists just kind of became evil because? the hero started acting like a total ass, and one of the characters just gets booted out almost out of nowhere. in general characterizations were not changed smoothly.

then the climax of book 3 really felt like the author was getting tired. out of 10 challenges, 2 are skipped, and the mc is just given things over and over. I like the author, and understand this was his first series, so if you liked this, you will definitely like his other work. if you felt a bit let down, most of his other work is better.

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a great new chapter

Revisado: 12-06-22

I loved this book, as I loved this series.

I do however, have a beef with at least one other review here, in regards to the character of Winter.

One of her plot points was that she was deeply ashamed of her past-- without context, what she was ashamed of can come across as quite shallow, but in context, it tells you a lot about her character, and the heart of it isnt really what the other review would have you believe. there will be minor spoilers from here on.


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as they have already mentioned it, part if the issue was that the character had premarital sex. the problem is not as much the sex, as the reasons she was having it. and the way she used it. addictive behaviors and knowingly placing yourself in bad situations are always unhealthy.

the context of why she was doing it is more important than the what. and while you might not agree with her that it is something to be ashamed of, the fact she believes it is believable and rounds out her character.

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fantastic narration in a fun story

Revisado: 10-12-22

the characters and story are great, if you like the genre, although perhaps not the deepest exploration of harem or litrpg out there.

but the narration really kicks it up, being better than some dub casts.

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a dissaointment from an author who has done better

Revisado: 10-11-22

first. I have to say the narrator was not good. aside from mispronunciations(I swear he said police oppicers at least once" the female voices and general floatiness just made the book worse than it should have been.

and I have to be honest. I like the authors work, but this was at best a mediocre example. aside from often clunky word choice, there were a lot of instances where I was taken out of it because the characters weren't acting like people. at all. at multiple points, they barged in to private place, bullying their way through, and got almost no pushback. they jumped to conclusions with no context or leadup, and it was often just accepted.

in the end, the book just did not work nearly as well for me as a parody of Scooby-Doo doo by this author should have, and the narration only made it worse.

I wish I could give this book higher praise. I wish I loved it. but in the end, it's only a 2-3 star audiobook.

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decent story

Revisado: 08-24-22

the book was good, although it felt incomplete.

the role reversals in the book were such that I had to keep asking myself, would I feel differently if the the standard gender conventions were held.

it was interesting, but the end really was infuriating because it did not feel like anything had been resolved. hopefully a second book is incoming shortly.

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