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Great performance, good story

Revisado: 07-03-19

While Gun Meister Online starts out great, Barnett derails the story a bit. The main character in 'the game' Gun Meister Online, not Charlie and that's the main struggle. Subplots are left unresolved and long stretches are about action scenes and combat rather than character development. This might sound harsh, but it was a bit grating for such a long audiobook.
Barnett is a brilliant writer of scenes and voices of characters though. The descriptions are flavourful and even the sex scenes are tasteful.
4/5 for story.

The performance is brilliant though. Ellicott, James, and Hays are all excellent and really bring the flair to this story. Without them, I wouldn't have picked this up.
5/5 for performance.

Total 4.5/5 rounded up to 5/5.

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Jimmy brings his book to life

Revisado: 07-01-19

I absolutely loved this audiobook. Some narrators just narrate, but Jimmy O. Yang tells his story and adds his flair. He goes beyond just reading the words aloud from the page, and adds timing, precision and comedy as only a skilled comedian would do. Favourite moment? When Jimmy reads the copyright notice. He even sneaks in a joke there! Mindblowing! If you like comedy books or autobiographical books of comedians and actors, this should be high on your wishlist.

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Great story, great performance

Revisado: 05-29-19

Really great story. I listened to it on my commute and I was absolutely delighted. Vernon writes in a straightforward voice and Dysart manages to really capture the heart of the story.

5/5 both for story and narration.

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Fun, quick but doesn't scratch the itch

Revisado: 03-20-19

Preface: I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review

While I enjoyed this book, the narration was especially good, I found it somewhat lacking. It's a rather short listen and it feels like it set up for other plotlines and would have benefitted from being a longer book. The pacing feels a bit rushed, where I think it would have been beneficial for the characters to grow more slowly, and for us to actually care about them.

Overall, it's a good audiobook. I'd recommend it.

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H Jon Benjamin fails to be unfunny

Revisado: 03-12-19

I absolutely loved this book by Benjamin. It's fun from start to finish and even helped me reconsider my own failures, because at least we can laugh at our dumb mistakes.
highly recommended

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Excellent but...

Revisado: 03-10-19

Some times a story lends itself to being narrated in an audiobook. Sadly, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde was not this type of story (for me at least). Without spoiling too much, an important part of the story is the "embedded stories", think of a letter within a story. These sort of things need to be read carefully. I opted to read along with the audiobook which made it brilliant. So if you can do that, or if you'd just prefer an audiobook, get this. However, I'd rather recommend getting the actual book. The narrator was good. The story was great. Highly recommended.

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Hilarious and well-narrated by the author

Revisado: 03-08-19

If you like Ellie Kemper, you'll certainly like this book. Her narration of the book is brilliant and brings it to live. As all humour and comedy, the timing and voicing of jokes needs to be perfectly balanced, and Kemper delivers.

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Excellence performance of a classic

Revisado: 02-22-19

BJ. Harrison does a terrific job narrating this old classic. His voices are nicely varied and gets you in a really comfy atmosphere. I'm hooked on his narrating! 5 stars without a doubt. The source material however is not my favourite thing. I find the first one to be the superior book, as it's more filled with wonder. The linearity of Through the Looking Glass is certainly a weakness. However, it's still a great story by all means and deserves a 4 star rating.

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Great narrator, lacking story

Revisado: 11-29-18

At times the story is a slug. The pacing is all over the place. The author most likely intended to have small timeskips to keep things interesting, but the atmosphere was rarely maintained for long. It's a fun story though, and Jeff Hays is as always phenomenal.

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Funny LITRPG with a brilliant narrator

Revisado: 11-21-18

If you liked the previous installments, you'll enjoy Vol 3 as well. As always, Jeff Hays delivers a stunning performance with a magnificent range and passionate narration. The combination of Iliev's writing and Hays' narration becomes more than the sum of its parts. I'm usually not into LITRPG books, but this is simply wondrous.

Don't expect high culture literature, don't expect art, but expect to laugh. It's funny, it's well-narrated and it's a good LITRPG.

Highly recommended.

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