Amanda Hickman

Excellent storytelling

Revisado: 02-01-24

This book was so good! I'm glad I listened to the audiobook, it was really helpful with names of places and characters. This book has a great, diverse cast of characters, and the narrator did an excellent job doing different accents to help set them apart. I never had trouble knowing who was speaking. My only complaint is that I thought this was a stand alone and now I have to wait for the next one to come out!

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Short and sweet

Revisado: 01-18-24

Nice to hear from Stan The Man once again. Short little promo, but it's fun to listen to every once in a while.

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Perfect for fans of Scifi Original Movies

Revisado: 01-18-24

I felt like I was listening to the script of a scifi original B movie. Not every book needs to be super descriptive, but this book could have used a bit more descriptions, especially during transition scenes. The characters constantly made the worst choices possible that you'd only see in a movie. Character development and diversity was lacking. This book felt fast paced, but almost nothing happens until half way through, which felt odd. Per usual, the female characters are useless and multiple male characters recieve debilitating and catastrophic injuries and are just fine. The narrator did a very odd thing where sometimes all the characters would sound exactly the same. I'm sure there are people who will really enjoy this book, I just wasn't one of them.

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The Movie Was Better

Revisado: 01-06-24

I see people praise this book constantly, and while I don't let other people's opinions make my decisions for me, I was unprepared for how bad this book ended up being. It was about 3x longer than it should have been. For the majority of the book, nothing happens. The characters are cardboard cut out archetypes. The two females characters are some of the worst written women I have ever read. I don't know how many times the word "implacably" is used in this book, but if I never have to hear it again that would be great. This whole book felt like the author had an idea he wanted to use, but didn't bother to plot out the execution before writing it. I wasn't a fan of the narrator, and his female voices weren't good. There's a lot more I could say but I'll end it here.

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Immersive World

Revisado: 12-23-23

I wasn't sure how to feel about this one at first. You don't get much background on any of the characters, but as the book went on I decided that wasn't a bad thing. I'm not a romance reader, but I came to really care about Orym and Pains relationship. I liked the character growth, and how you slowly learn more about everyone's motivations. The narrator was phenomenal, she did an excellent job! I always knew who was speaking. Overall I really enjoyed this book.

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one of my favorite books of the year

Revisado: 12-18-23

Mira Grant is an automatic buy for me now. I really enjoyed that this was a creature feature without feeling the need to get excessive and ridiculous. Not every horror story needs the final girl in her tanktop with a giant weapon and one liner to finish things off. This story focuses less on oh no big scary monster, and more on understanding those monsters, their biology, and how they'd actually function in our world. It's not a fast book, and I think that fit with the way the story is told. I loved this, but I can also see why some people might not. I think the narrator did an excellent job and was perfect for the role. My single complaint is that the narrator mispronounces "Melusine", and since it's a pretty common word in the book, it did get slightly annoying.

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Spooky

Revisado: 12-07-23

Quite enjoyed this one! it was my first Ania Ahlborn and I'm excited to read other works by her. I didn't love how the narrator voiced the female characters, so I'll probably read a physical copy of this book at some point, I think I'll like it more that way.

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Grumpy Man Yells At People

Revisado: 12-02-23

I think I need to read a physical copy of this, because I really wanted to love it and I really didn't. the narrator was phenomenal, which is why I kept listening, but for the book itself I just didn't vibe with it. I'm going to try again at some point with a physical copy and see if I like it more then.

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Excellent classic vampire tale

Revisado: 11-28-23

The narrator was a really good fit for Carmilla. Having heard a lot about the story, this wasn't exactly what I expected, but I enjoyed it overall!

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I wanted to love it

Revisado: 11-21-23

It's an interesting story. I know it's an alleged recounting of a true story and it's not supposed to read like a novel, but I was having a hard time caring about what might happen next. Maybe it was the child and animal abuse, but I just did not care about either of the parents. Overall it was an okay time, but I think if I had been reading a physical copy and not listening during my commute, I probably would have DNF'ed it.

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