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Solid fantasy book, good world building

Revisado: 09-05-24

Just starting the series, but the world building is good, the concept is solid. Not a hard hitter like a GOT, but not a YA book.

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I wanted to like this series

Revisado: 05-14-22

This is more of a review for the series and not just book 4. This whole series just kinda fell short in the end. Between the short runs of each book, and some overall plot points that ended not being relevant or important at all. Sandra was just... unbearable (see book 1 review for a similar note), but most of the main women felt like they were written by a man, and yes I know they were.. but it was very obvious. They are very shallow in depth, very whiny, their motivations feel mostly like empty plot devices. The wrap up of the main story and characters felt very hollow, we never got a gradifing conclusion to ANYTHING, it just kinda stopped. In the end every time someone hugged and smiled, or thanked each other for their honest opinion and apologized, I was laughing because EVERYONE did this except perhaps the magic hitman (who never shows up again). I get that some people would do this, and have this relationship, and it makes sense, but I swear If anyone got stabbed in this book the stabber would apologize and hug the victim and tell them they didn't really want to do it and hope they appreciated the feedback and if they survived see if they can help them get a new apartment or job. The very abrupt ending of some characters was also a bit comical, a bit of a.. welp don't need them anymore. I think the voice actor kinda hurt this story, His choice of voices really colored the dialogue, and when I replay some of the more cringey dialogue in my head and use a more basic "reading voice" it does sounds better. His Colston, Greg, David voices were really good, the rest just didn't work.
I'm feeling a bit ranty here, and I could focus on the negative, but the positives DO win in the end. It was an interesting world to live in, the Science Fiction concepts were clever and allowed you to spend time thinking about lassoing an asteroid. The software engineering parts felt well grounded. I think another couple of revisions of these, and just merging them into one or two books, and expanding and linking the plots together would have turned this into a really solid read.

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A good start to a series, if not a bit short

Revisado: 05-14-22

I liked the start of this series, most of the main characters are believable and interesting. The intrigue and mystery kept you guessing and wondering. Can't tell if the Female characters are not well written overall or if it's the voice actor, they come off as very whiny, confused and desperate. Sandra is esp unbearable... After going through all 4 books, I feel like these should have been made into a 2 book series, the stopping points, including the one for book 1 seem a bit unfulfilling.

Pros:
Some solid and interesting science fiction concepts
Well rounded plot\story that makes you want to listen to book 2
Fun and Funny at times without being too campy

Cons:
I know this sounds a bit weird.. but a bit too Canadian, everyone hugs each other, says sorry, and great job, and it all feels a bit like an office training video on how to talk to your co-workers.

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One of my new absolute favorites

Revisado: 01-24-18

This is now in my top 3 along with Hyperion, and Altered Carbon, Highly recommend.

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Fun story, good characters , way to short.

Revisado: 10-30-17

This book was a lot of fun, the story was very engaging. The character dialogue was relatable, and the concept is unique and fun. My biggest issue is this feels like only 1/3 of a book, where's the rest?

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Is this the same series?

Revisado: 04-20-16

Would you try another book from Stephen Moss and/or R. C. Bray?

Yes

How would you have changed the story to make it more enjoyable?

I would have stuck with the main characters, and on that note, I wouldn't have written them as completely different people with minor story lines. The focus of this just got terrible.

What about R. C. Bray’s performance did you like?

That voice... He ranks up there with Roy Dotrice for me.

Did Fear the Future inspire you to do anything?

Be upset

Any additional comments?

Books 1 & 2 are really great, I'm hopeful that book 4 will recover some of that lost focus.

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I had doubts on the plot synopsis, I was wrong...

Revisado: 02-25-16

Excellent plot, excellent sci-fi , excellent if not slightly unbelievable characters. I'm hooked. The writing style is strong.

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worst of the 4, but still a lot of fun

Revisado: 10-14-15

Too much detail in all the wrong places, ending was a let down. The series needed this to draw out to a fifth book.

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