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Summoned Book 1
- Parts 1-8 (Compilation)
- De: W.G. Spillman
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
- Duración: 15 h y 4 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 40
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Narración:3.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 40
Angela wakes up in an unfamiliar world, surrounded by thousands of others. Several thousand gamers were summoned from Earth to another world in the hopes they would be able to prevent the annihilation of the last stronghold of humanity. For many, it's kidnapping. For others, it's a rebirth. For Angela, it's just...confusing, because until she was summoned, Angela was a man! Years ago, emissaries from another world, called Geamhlúrt, arrived on Earth looking for help to save their world. In the end, they created an online game which mimicked the abilities and conditions which the ...
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5 out of 5 stars
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Great story
- De grumpy old blind guy en 01-22-24
- Summoned Book 1
- Parts 1-8 (Compilation)
- De: W.G. Spillman
- Narrado por: Virtual Voice
Interesting Premise Weak Follow Through
Revisado: 05-03-24
I don't have a problem with the genderbend, in fact that is one of the things that drew me to the book. The premise was excellent and one I was excited to explore. I wanted to know more about what life might be like as a man summoned into the body of a woman, but was immediately disappointed when the main character's preconceptions exempted him from many of the challenges of having a female body simply through ignorance. The fun part about a genderbend story is the new woman learning about living as the other gender.
Given the premise there also should have been a great deal more women, as one third of men online play as female avatars online, so truth be told there should have been a great deal of men having to deal with being summoned into female bodies given the premise. The other sad thing is that supposedly all these men were chosen to be summoned after background checks had been done on them to determine they were good people. Yet how easily they all fall into the stereotypes of the handsey frat boy.
The main character is certainly a hypocrite - constantly saving the damsels from gropey men but is a closet pervert that I'd put in the same box as those men he is supposedly defending the ladies from. The MC's focus of their attention is often on other character's underwear. Its hard to accept this person's virtues. On top of that, in the setting it is laid out specifically that all of these women are just as strong if not stronger than the men, and that blades and weapons struggle to pierce skin given how tough their bodies are, but the women are constantly being overpowered so the main character can rescue them from men. I would be able to get over it if this just happened once or twice but degrading these superhuman women to damsels in distress who need constant saving gets old really fast.
The main character seems to be a Mary Sue, they are good at everything, a crafter leader and fighter. Good at fighting, good at crafting, everything works out for them, and combined with the constant posturing of demonstrating how virtuous this character is supposed to be I started to lose interest. 5 hours into the book and all the main character does is rescue one girl after another. She is a loner that prefers to spend her time alone, but is so magnetic as to attract followers and suitors everywhere she goes. I think I could get over this if there was just something else going on.
I really wanted to like this more.
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Edgedancer
- From the Stormlight Archive
- De: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
- Duración: 6 h y 23 m
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General5 out of 5 stars 18,952
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 16,944
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 16,885
Three years ago, Lift asked a goddess to stop her from growing older - a wish she believed was granted. Now, in Edgedancer, the barely teenage nascent Knight Radiant finds that time stands still for no one.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Warning: This is a duplicate from Arcanum Unbound
- De Robert J Petri en 11-18-17
- Edgedancer
- From the Stormlight Archive
- De: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrado por: Kate Reading
Stop using the word "Awesome" in a fantasy Setting
Revisado: 01-09-22
I do love the heroic Thief vibe Lift has, and her high energy. My primary grievance is that she feels completely out of phase with the setting given her vocabulary doesn't match any of the characters rich or poor, child or adult. Instead she speaks like a more modern preteen girl and this really breaks my suspension of disbelief every. Single. Time. She. Describes. Herself. Using. Her. Powers. She calls herself awesome whenever she accesses her stormlight powers which is alot. The Word Awesome itself means "Profoundly reverential" and the constant use in a colloquial/slang sense is a very modern weakening of such a word. It would be one thing if it was just a little bit but its like every single dang page is about her being "awesome" After the prologue I just couldn't keep listening. I'm sure the story for this book is great but I think I'll stick to the wikipedia on this one.
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