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Great Drzzzt story in the saga. Terrible female voice

Revisado: 04-15-25

Normally very happy with Victor Bevine's performances over the last 12 or 13 books in this series. However, for some reason he made some terrible character voices in this book, especially a female halfling (Tiggerwillies). It is one of the most horrendous voices I have ever heard! Like Miss Piggy/Minnie Mouse fusion. It instantly broke the story immersion for me. It's the biggest mistake some male narrators make when it comes to voicing female characters. You don't have to sound like a female...just use your normal voice with a softer/lighter tone. Hopefully he doesn't make this mistake in future books. Again, I have loved Victor's previous performances...but this one was a dud where this character is concerned.

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Falling off...

Revisado: 06-09-19

This series started of great with the first couple books. Great zombie detail and storylines. interesting characters and great narration despite some glaring mispronunciation. But the last two books...especially this one have changed. Still great narration...but the books have become obnoxious comedies...like a dawn of the dead literally morphing into Shaun of the Dead. The suspense and drama is gone from tense situations because the characters want to have nonsensical dialogue and argue with each other about farts and feelings. Tracie and BT....the worst. Ugh...Talbot's own internal musings are fine and often morbidly dark...but that feels genuine. And Eliza is the stereotypical bad guy who tells you everything...then steps on their own dick. At this rate...I'm not sure I'll hit the rest of the series. Great start....but totally stalled out. :(

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Great story & narration!

Revisado: 05-07-19

One of the most "realistic" zombie stories I've read! Excellent detail of things that would actually happen...from logic to logistics! None of jackass walking dead shit (TV series not comics) The narrator was also perfect for this book... Great humor and ability to relate a horrifying scene in a way that's easy to visualize!

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Great Dragonlance series...best Narrator

Revisado: 12-12-18

Amazing story with right amount of every aspect in the DL universe. Nick Sullivan is by far the best narrator yet of all the 30+ DL audiobooks I've listened to. I wish he did them all...perfect tone, pronunciation, accents, inflection, and overall great storyteller!

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Complete nose dive!

Revisado: 02-19-18

What an incomplete/rushed effort to finish this series. :( The first two books had amazing promise of an epic storyline... This book started off well where the 2nd ended... and that's all I can say that was positive. It seemed as though the author just ran out of time or creativity...and mailed it in. Sad, because I felt this had potential to rival Chronicles and Legends. Why bother to develop characters just to give them an unknown/anonymous fate, regardless of what series follows. This is not how you close out a trilogy.

The reader/narrator...I tolerated through the first two books because of great story...I couldn't any longer. Absolutely horrible voices for dragons and kender. Never thought I would envision mighty dragons as geriatric douche bags...the moaning and groaning voices were better suited for Gargamel. The hillbilly kender...wow, I firmly expected the reader to throw in a "Roll Tide!" each time he spoke for Blister. Somehow I think he screwed around intentionally...changing the most known words and pronunciations in the DL saga to something just terrible. Magius sounded like Muh-gina. Huma sounded like Hooma, and Ariakan....yeah, you get the idea. Do the producers of these audiobooks not do any type of screening? While authors and stories be hit and miss...no excuse for the the readers. That being said...I live the Dragonlance universe! This would be a better read than listen.

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Great Story!

Revisado: 02-06-18

Best DL story since Chronicles! Excellent, well developed characters and story. A bit of a odd start, but soon became a very engrossing epic! The narrator was pretty good, maybe my second favorite behind Richard Topol. Although, like some other have noted...the dragon and kender voices are a head scratcher. The dragon voices make me think of a constipated and irritable elderly person who has run out of prune juice. The kender...sound like hillbillies...a voice much more suited for gully dwarves. It throws me off when I envision Blister, who is a very likeable character. Other than that...spot on performance by the Josh Clark! Looking forward to the next book!

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Excellent DL novel

Revisado: 01-14-18

Great story and narrator. The narrator, Topol, is among my favorites in the DL series. Has excellent range, tone and pronunciation. He is also consistent across all his readings. There were a couple oddities...like Kalonda...wtf? A powerful female commander, who sounds like a sniveling Veruca Salt-esque voice . But he has certainly earned a mulligan! As for the story...amazing work by the author. Although the story thoroughly conflicts with other novels that cover this place and time (Dragons of the Dwarven Depths), this story along Storm Blade blow DDD away with characters, story and relevance. my one beef is the last two chapters...they fell completely flat. It's almost as if the deadline was approaching and the author had to wrap it up fast. Disappointing, but the overall story was well worth it. I am a fan of all Mr Parkinson's books.

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Nostalgia....

Revisado: 07-31-17

Absolutely love the Dragonlance chronicles and all of the subsequent books! I first read chronicles back in the early 90s...and was hooked instantly. Great story and characters by the authors (Weiss & Hickman). I just found them here on audible...25 years later...like it was yesterday. And now...that dragonlance is huge...so many books beyond the Preludes, Tales, Legends, etc... My life is much busier now, so I will try to find any audio book edition I can, but if that fails...nothing wrong with picking up a paperback...like the old days! :) Book was amazing. The narrator was good...it took me awhile to come around on his Tas & Tika...but by the end I was used to them and the story had sucked me back in. Highly recommend to anyone who read the DL universe as well as any lover of the fantasy/D&D genre.

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Epic!

Revisado: 05-15-17

This was my second "live action" audio book in the Alien genre (River of Pain & Out of the Dark). Totally immersive experience! If you are a fan of the Aliens movies...these are great additions to the lore. The actor who voices Ripley...amazing! Sounds just like Sigourney! Great time, hope there are more to follow by Mr. Maggs

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Outstanding story and narration!

Revisado: 01-15-17

I was pleasantly surprised with both the story and the narration. The story is a great compliment to the Game of Thrones series. Gives some great back story about some of the events referenced in GoT. I highly recommend this audiobook!

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