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I really wanted to like it more.

Revisado: 11-08-24

As usual, this narrator is utterly brilliant (see Gideon the 9th)

The characters were good, not great as all bad guys were two dimensionality evil. There was some character development, which I liked.

For the story, I have one principle issue: predictability. If you listen to the first two hours and then to the final chapter, you will have missed very little of the plot.

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plot holes wide enough to drive a truck through

Revisado: 02-08-24

So, this story started out decently and collapsed into a hot pile of garbage by the end.

1) Inconsistent powers
2) Does no one use guns?
3) Characters in this autobiography can cuss, but they can't use contractions!?
4) Plot holes, so many plot holes.
5) There is character "development," but only as that which can be imagined by a teenager.

I would say that this is just a YA thing, but it is just a poorly written book. It is a kind of wannabe edgy take on urban fantasy that fails to properly build a world.

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It is a LitRPG

Revisado: 04-04-22

Too little explanation of "game mechanics" to bring them into the real world. Do not recommend unless that is your thing. The Narrator was decent though

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great narrator - try hard book

Revisado: 03-11-22

The author had three points to make: slavery is bad, progressive society is good, environmental destruction is our fault

These are all great points to make; extremely salient. My issue was the frequency with which and the melodrama with which I was constantly reminded. It was too much.

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I love Gideon; I love Harrow but...

Revisado: 07-01-21

I am not a fan of an author removing my two favorite characters to write an extremely convoluted lead-in to the next book.

It was messy. The last hour or two was amazing. Everything else with a couple of notable exceptions was a drag...

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Koli is the boy with no gifts.

Revisado: 02-15-21

All traditional virtues associated with men are given to women. All others are too.

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Goddamnit Marlow!

Revisado: 03-10-20

This book could have been amazing, but no, the main character has to be Marlowe.

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the author does not understand age/emotion

Revisado: 01-07-20

I really couldn't get into this book. A character loses everyone and is only angry? The characters are all children, but one is already renowned? Maybe I will try it again some other time...

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It was decent.

Revisado: 01-08-19

1) R.C. Bray is an excellent narrator. No question there.

2) The MC is boring. He is the cardboard cutout of a "downhome" cheeseburger eating-salt-of-the-earth protagonist who is incapable of change.

3) This is a bit of an odd one that I feel is worth pointing out: I get that Skippy can access all info everywhere forever (he is a mary sue/deus ex). Why is his personality so colloquially Earth >> American >> Pseudo Asshole >> Scientist? I could understand if it changed over time after meeting Joe. I could also understand if the personality were an affectation to manipulate Joe. Neither seems to be the case. Somehow this ancient AI has always had a very ordinary personality.

Bottom line: The book was "okay." I did enjoy some of the banter between Joe/Skippy as long as I ignored that plot hole. Skippy is OP. Joe is a cheeseburger. The rest of the crew reminds me of the kids from Captain Planet in both diversity and depth.

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It's an okay story.

Revisado: 11-28-18

I liked the "real world" aspect of this story. I didn't especially like that Alex turned into a quipping, generic super hero by the end of it. I would have preferred that he use the tactics and mindset he demonstrated at the beginning.

There were no real plot twists nor would I say there was any sort of emotional investment. So if that is what you are looking for, you are barking up the wrong tree.. I would recommend you read it the way you might read a standard issue comic book.

My last point is this: I get it. He's a Marine. He's a badass. Everyone who knows he is a Marine knows that he is also a badass. Stop rubbing my face in it and let Alex live his life without the constant reminders of his badass-ness. True badasses never need to advertise. True badass writers do not need to tell us that their main characters are badasses for us to know.

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