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RPG-style fantasy with a fun twist

Revisado: 12-06-24

Tchaikovsky is, once again, reliably creative with a weave of introspection about the nature of humanity or reality.

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Interesting story, not well written or read

Revisado: 09-28-24

The story had some interesting elements and original ideas, so I powered through. But character development was weak. The worst was the tactical and tech/physics writing tho, the author clearly hasn’t thought seriously about these things and didn’t do a good job glossing over his lack of knowledge (I like technical sci-fi like Tchaikovsky and Reynolds, but I have seen other sci-fi authors just skirt around their lack of technical chops in ways that worked for me). Narrator did okay, but two characters sound all but identical and the voice of the main character is an obnoxious sidekick voice, not leading man voice. Really made it harder to listen to.

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Joe and Skippy get a makeover!

Revisado: 07-17-24

Basically the same formula as Alanson’s other books, but still entertaining and in an interesting new flavor. :)

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Interesting ideas… poor execution

Revisado: 05-23-23

I really liked some of the ideas in this story but the writing just wasn’t good. Dialogue was stilted, characters not well-developed or consistent, and the realism was just totally broken. The author is not good at describing realistic combat in the micro sense and even worse at space opera combat. He seemed to be shooting for Joe Bishop style spur of the moment creative inspiration but none of it was convincing. I stuck it out for the first book but couldn’t bring myself to continue. Narrator was fine.

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Well worth it

Revisado: 02-06-23

I won’t say this is the best apocalyptic story I’ve listened to, but it was interesting, had some original ideas, and was reasonably well-written.

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Good story

Revisado: 12-30-22

Good story. Just don’t count on liking the main character too much. No spoilers, he’s just… a stubborn and deeply flawed person. Then again, that may make it a more realistic character as well.

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Good story

Revisado: 12-30-22

Good story. Just don’t count on liking the main character too much. No spoilers, he’s just… a stubborn and deeply flawed person. Then again, that may make it a more realistic character as well.

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Interesting story

Revisado: 08-14-22

I’d have gone with 4.5 stars on the narration if I could have. The cadence, inflection, and emotion was all very good. I just think it would help if the narrator could manage more distinctive voices to differentiate between the characters.

As usual, the author weaves a tale that, while not world-shattering, is interesting and thought-provoking.

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Very interesting

Revisado: 06-13-22

I thought the author brought a refreshing and unique world to life. A few times where the logic of the characters seemed a bit off to me, but largely very well written and interesting.

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Great book, great narrator, minor editing snafu

Revisado: 05-01-22

Loved this book and mostly loved the narrator too (some character accents were a bit indistinct from one another). Only real annoyance was that the editing allowed no space in the narrative transitions, so mid chapter you swap narrative perspectives with the same beat as between any two sentences.

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