Josiah Hagan

The same but different

Revisado: 01-01-25

Most Zpoc stories suck. I heard the first book in this series and it was surprisingly good. The second one was really bad. This one is between the two. The characters are, you know, more MarySues. The most interesting characters are the side characters- the mere mortals. This book has a lot of background which is kind of interesting. The bad guys are absolutely pathetic low level npc’s, especially the military guys which is super annoying. I’ve never met a boot who wasn’t full of piss and vinegar but their Military? Mercenary? Are portrayed as ants to the supercivilian MC’s.

And the perfectly trained dog pulls you out of the immersion every time. They should’ve made it a shapeshifter for how much it understands and how perfectly it acts.

Also every knife is a Bowie knife and every handgun is a “9mm”. Just say Glock. Every magazine is a “clip” it gets under my skin but not enough to quit the series.

I like the series for the most part but F me there are some glaring problems you should be aware of. If you can get past these it’s still a better zombie book than 90% of what’s out there.

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It’s zombies

Revisado: 08-01-24

It’ss everything you want in a zombie book. There are tons of worse books. The author has some quirks but the book is exactly what you’re signing up for content-wise. Given how crappy a lot of zombie books are, it’s refreshing to get something expected.

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Mostly Good

Revisado: 07-11-24

As far as zombie stories go this is good enough. I’m invested in the series because I really enjoyed the first.

However

Max starts out okay for the first half of the book. Then she’s somewhat annoying. By the end she’s a power fantasy superhero kicking the butts of five active duty soldiers in a row. All of whom are surprised at her ability.

The military is caricaturized so hard it’s difficult to listen to. The soldiers and officers are generic morons who have never experienced civilian life. Max becomes an inconsistent decision maker and it’s frustrating. Stylistically I don’t enjoy getting glimpses into other people’s thoughts when we are following Max.

I really, really liked the first book. I bought this whole series. This book isn’t bad; it’s just the last two hours that have become nearly unlistenable. And Max is impossible to enjoy as a character.

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Worth it

Revisado: 10-20-23

This book makes all the difficult parts of the first books worthwhile. The writing is good and visceral. My only complaint is Rayford is downright petulant at times. There’s very little cringe- I only skipped ahead once or twice. The weird transitions between perspectives are present as they have been in all the books so far. Overall this is everything I had wanted in an end times book

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Audio Drama

Revisado: 10-10-23

Pretty good for an audio drama. Definitely enjoyed the third story far more than the first two

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Only worthwhile for a completionist (maybe)

Revisado: 02-20-22

I don’t want a credit refund I want the time I spent listening to this book refunded. Of all the dumb shit I’ve read this book ranks really high. The premise is gold. The characters are obtuse stereotypes. The writing ranges from a juvenile “tell don’t show” to gratuitously morbid. Save yourselves. Read the 40k lexicanium entry.

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Great book, grating mispronunciations

Revisado: 12-06-21

It’s a great book and I actually like the overall story method of Overview-> firsthand accounts. What hurts is the narrator saying things like:
Bougain-veeo instead of Bougainville
K A B A R instead of KABAR
Aelite instead of Elite

There are some others but those are the most annoying. Anyways it’s well worth the listen, just prepare to cringe every half hour

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This is the advice I was given

Revisado: 11-01-21

Skip this book. It’s a YA fantasy for most of it with a hopelessly naive main character. The beginning hints that it will explain why some Dark Angels turn traitor but it doesn’t. Luther very lamely admits to the MC that he is jealous. Then Jonson gets weirdly moody and sends the MC and Luther back to Caliban which is super offensive which seems like a rip off of Horus and the emperor except there is no reason for them to be that affronted. There are a lot of plot holes too that are brought up which make it more irritating- like how the Dark Angels all have calibanite names before finding Caliban.

TL:DR my friend told me to skip this and I wish I could have. There is nothing in this book that “Luther was always in The Lion’s shadow and grew jealous” won’t explain. If I didn’t know these characters would show up in the book that ACTUALLY explains anything, I would have returned this.

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Good First in Series

Revisado: 03-03-21

Really enjoyed the story. Slowed at times but never dragged. Narrator did a great job. There’s a lot more world to explore and I look forward to the next in series.

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Nothing like the first

Revisado: 02-24-21

Might as well be a different MC from the first novel. The narrative is interesting, even some of the existentialism, but the token hyper-religious zealot from a intergalactic space with the mentality of an 11th century priest is story breaking. This author hates religion and goes through obnoxious, redundant, and nonsensical lengths to show it.

The story is really good otherwise and an interesting investigation of relativism.

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