Mr. D. Dingwall

A good start, sagged in the middle, did not finish

Revisado: 01-04-23

World (or multi-world) building is very hard work. Good intention and details in the start, but faded in execution mid-way. Sorry, I could not justify the time to finish the book, and hit NEXT. The editor in me wants this to succeed with an author re-write to tighten up the plot arcs, but at the moment does not get my passing grade.

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A firm recommend - time well spent over two days

Revisado: 07-18-22

Ok, you've read the book's fly sheet on Audible, and wondering if this is worth a go? The premise of a junior officer becoming the only officer of a planetary command unit is a probable minefield. Pleasantly surprised - not full of too much exposition, nor never-ending internal monologuing, and with the story blocks moving along nicely. A good listen, either as a stand-alone book, or the beginning of a series if that is the author's plan, However I agree with other reviews that a little more differentiation by the narrator between female characters' voices would help the listening experience if there is a follow-up book.

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Pacing did not work for me

Revisado: 03-28-21

I just could not finish this audio book, maybe I would have persisted as a physical read instead? Advertised as a "do whatever we have to do to get out of here" scenario, strangely it was the unrelenting drive on to do just that that was disturbed by asides, foreshadowing, reflections from the past, and other devices to beef up character development that did me in this time.

Narrator did a good job

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A decent starter book for a new series.

Revisado: 09-11-20

Not going to spoil the plot for you. For the audio edition a slight niggle that Antigua (An-tee-guh) was continually mis-pronounced, getting thru that section was getting in the way of the story for me.

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Good story, and excellent production values.

Revisado: 12-02-18

Travel the Bard's path, enjoy his music. A beginners new start in Land of Chains, as he hides from choices in real life.

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See my review on the main Amazon site

Revisado: 03-06-18

As usual the narrator R. C. Bray is excellent.

Very sadly the story this time - Meh.

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An OK mil-sf story, let down by jarring oversights

Revisado: 11-10-17

Hmm, how to do this without spoiling the plot . . .

Story structure is quite good, characterization needs deepening, and would expect that from a future book in the series.

Story framing and scope has some lapses. The bad guys are reported to be looking to take over the universe, not the galaxy, which kind-of made me go " whattzat - huh?". From the jist of the plot jumpdrives seem to be going from system to system, not jumping the void between galaxies. It would have been nice to be given some rough direction where in the galaxy/universe different races we are introduced to are based.

My main issue with the story thoughout was when the main character visits Earth, and alternates at odd times casually tossing out Earth-English terms and phrases when elsewhere he does not understand slang or what other terms of phrase actually mean. When he uses "ace in the hole" I completely lost my trust in the plot. It would not have been too difficult to create non-Terran turns of phrase which we, as readers could understand or work out the meaning.

I think I will pass on future books in this series. Christian, book one structure is fine, but needs some polish.

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litRPG done right

Revisado: 08-13-17

What did you love best about The Land: Alliances: A LitRPG Saga?

As the main character levels up in different skill areas the sound effect prompts before status messages are very good. In a "normal" read-through I have listened to from other authors they are missing. Good choice for this series adapton

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when is the next one?

Revisado: 03-26-17

If possible I would be pre-ordering the next in the series today. Go read and/or listen.

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The best sf book this year

Revisado: 11-14-16

A nice meaty SF saga, that stands alone as a single book. So many others are shorter, built to be split into a three of five part series, leaving the reader slightly disappointed at the ending of each one. Not so here.

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