Elijah Weber

Good story, terrible female VAs

Revisado: 01-19-25

Actually a pretty good story. You get used to the male narrator. The female voice actors are horrible. For every well-delivered line, there are 30 jarring ones.

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Wonderful story, obnoxious narration

Revisado: 11-06-24

First, the story is fantastic! This is my first experience with the author, and it's been a treat. The universe he builds is interesting, the protagonist is fun. Unfortunately, to be frank, the narration is just bad. The narrator performs several voices well and is obviously talented, but he reads slowly, primarily in a southern molasses drawl, and his reading speed seems like that of a fourth grader, adequate but too slow by half. The voice choices are uncomfortable as hell. Southern drawl space man of the future? At some point, he is narrating in the primary drawl and switching back and forth to a campy Australian accent. It's jarring and honestly tipped me over the edge. Instead of the narration bringing the characters to life, it just feels like the narrator is ruining a good book for me. I'm sticking through to the end, but if I had a second chance, I would have gone for print on this one.

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4 star story, 3 star narration.

Revisado: 04-07-24

This is the middle book, so I'm assuming you've read enough of Brent Weeks to know that he is a phenomenal author. The content of the book is wonderful (except for Elene being an idiot, but there are excuses for that in the plot). I've listened in the past to Simon Vance, and think he's a talented narrator, but I hate one big thing he does in this book; When the narrator shortens Viridiana, he pronounces her name as "Vie".

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Underrated Grimdark!

Revisado: 08-26-22

I'm a grim / gritty / dark fantasy addict.
Some credentials: I've listened to, read, and own all of Joe Abercrombie's books. R. Scott Bakker. George RR Martin. Peter V Brett. I've read Hogg. I've read the Emperor of Thorns series. Brent Weeks. Blood Meridian. Many more. If it's grim and I've not consumed it, I'm seeking it.
My review: this book is far undervalued, possibly because it's simply not well-known. I don't see it in a lot of lists, but it outclasses many books on the Goodreads Grimdark top 50. The narrator is astounding, the characters diverse, not a single fully positive outcome happens for pretty much any choice the characters make. There is sacrifice and betrayal and mystery. The sex is graphic and used to move the story along. The violence is actually relatively downplayed in my opinion, compared to books like Blood Meridian or The Heroes or any RA Salvatore novel. The good people are bad, the bad people are hardly recognizable as humans. Stellar villainous grimdark novel with a morally grey cast of characters. Leaves you with questions, leaves you wanting more. I very much hope Mark Smylie continues to flesh out this world, and tells the remaining stories through Michael Page.

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Fresh Grimdark, Tasty Content, Stellar Narration

Revisado: 03-30-22

Steven Pacey's narration skill is such that he could read the mission statement from a company that makes breadbaskets and I would be enthralled. That being said, the writing quality of John Horner Jacobs' first book in this series is such that it stands alone. The author blends grimdark fantasy tenets together with a fresh take on firearms, dwarves, elves, and Roman Patricians. The story narrator (First-person stlye) stays true to himself throughout, and though his perspective shifts, its clear that 'Shoestring' is the same person chapter-to-chapter, and reacts as hos character would to ongoing events. I am on the edge of my seat waiting for the second book to download. Kudos Steven Pacey, Kudos John Horner Jacobs, Kudos Shoestring, and Kudos Fisk!

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Great Story, Crippling Continuity Errors

Revisado: 12-23-21

I own all of Miles Cameron's books, on Audible, Kindle, and some in paperback. This Audible performance is as good as the story, but the continuity errors that plague this series are egregious. Character names change between books (Gawin to Gavin), character relations change in these books (Lachlan Cousins to Brothers to Cousins), and some characters even die in one book and just appear as part of the background cast in the next. Great author, great narrator, abysmal editor.

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Bad Copy Do Not Purchase

Revisado: 06-24-21

The audible recording of this book is all over the place. midway through Chapter 2, the narrator begins to read Chapter 7. I have deleted and re-download the recording on multiple devices with no change. Save your money, read the book.

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