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Mildly amusing

Revisado: 04-18-25

Reviews on this novel that purported hilarity seemed to be inflated. There was, at best, a reluctant chuckle buried in there somewhere. It was well written in a humorous tone, but the laughs were evasive for this listener.

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Mildly amusing

Revisado: 06-11-24

Author’s editor should have only allowed four similes and six metaphors per chapter. Some had merit and were worth a grin, but Yahtzee went overboard with them, trying too hard, and it became annoying. Not a page turner, but the story was a good distraction for summertime listening.

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Czech stories

Revisado: 06-02-24

I normally shy away from these compilations. . .but it was under Larry Corriea’s aegis, so I downloaded it. Most of the stories were Monster Hunter worthy and I didn’t feel the need to fast forward any of them. I look forward to more Czech Fantom stories.

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Vicious Author

Revisado: 03-18-24

Butcher’s escape from Harry Dresden has been successful in this series. Excellent world building effort. Not too many characters with magic talents to keep track of. Best of all, one cares about the characters throughout the story.

The narrator’s talent is award worthy.

My only complaint is Butcher’s penchant for beating the living shit out of his protagonists to the point of taxing the reader’s suspension of belief. There regularly appears to be scarcely enough left of a hero to be scooped up and deposited in a Petri dish after a story’s violent encounter. Yes, drama. Yes, a hero’s suffering that needs to be overcome. Yes, good literary fight choreography.

But enough. The continuous near annihilation of a character becomes tedious and I skip ahead.

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Penultimate

Revisado: 11-07-23

Well, that episode ended abruptly. Seeing how there’s only one more book to go, the story must continue. I’m all there.

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Engaging

Revisado: 05-30-23

Engaging as I’ve followed the series from the beginning, but disappointed that the previous timeline didn’t connect. Now we wait for Mr. Anderson to get writing to wrap the story up.

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Enjoyable despite the brevity

Revisado: 05-10-23

Liked the story. For once, the author didn’t subject Dresden to his routine physical beatings to the point of almost dead. I liked most of Butcher’s narration, as Marston sometimes reads Dresden’s inner dialogue like the character is on verge of suicide instead of having a wiseass sense of humor. I was expecting to be disappointed by the brevity of the story, but it satisfied my enjoyment of continuity with the series and the characters.

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Preachy

Revisado: 01-11-22

Meh!

There were some interesting data points I wasn’t aware of. But I couldn’t finish it because it was too preachy.

“OMG, nukes are bad!” Thanks, for the newsflash, Dr. Greer.

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Couldn’t finish it

Revisado: 10-19-21

Couldn’t finish it since Biden capitulated Afghanistan. I couldn’t suspend reality for the stake of the predictable end of the book. It was moderately entertained up to then.

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Rehash?

Revisado: 09-24-21

Mildly disappointed. Essentially a rehash of the series except set a century before. American military gets swept to the world of the cats, they form an army, & beat the bad guys.

Having been dragged this far through the series, I was hoping for a denouement, but felt dragged back by this book.

The writing was good. The descriptions of mid-1800 weapons and tactics were interesting. The array of characters & relationships could be easily transposed from the previous destroyer men stories to this one.

So, OK, I guess.

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