Eric Osborn

Cool Story, Poor Execution

Revisado: 01-31-24

I'm not sure if it's the translation or the writing was just not that great, but I constantly found myself frustrated with the way new details were introduced. Pair that with the way the story felt...railroaded, and everything was just an eventuality. No complaints on the performance, you work with what you're given, and he did a great job of giving each character their own voice without being obnoxious.

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Subpar in all but concept

Revisado: 12-21-23

if it wasn't for the magic system and the concept of the story I would have given this series up a couple chapters into book one. it's really hard to get past the sexism, bigotry, borderline racism, self inserts, pointless 4th wall breaking (which just becomes normal in order to montage, but it's 'funny' or 'engaging'), what one might call homages to other fantasy writers (but it's just lack of creativity), over sexualization of entities that have no choice but to be under the MC's domain, I could go on. In the end, the magic system is nifty, not worth 4 12+ hour long books, but they're free, so go downsides!

Also it's like the narrator didn't read anything ahead of time, so there's inflection issues consistently, fantasy words will change pronunciation at will, but it's flat toned enough to fall asleep to!

Goodnight and good luck, check yourself if this series doesn't raise some hackles in your brain.

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literally my favorite

Revisado: 08-08-23

Endless stories, endless emotions. I've adored these people individually for years and to have them in such a space is like family.

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Informative and Engaging

Revisado: 07-11-22

I've listened to a lot of this show, but the Tuskegee episodes brought me to tears and drove me to add my five star review. Thank you for such a great podcast, I look forward to future material.

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Thank You

Revisado: 10-15-21

I'm a week out from telling a professional for the first time the depth and width of my illness. I won't self-diagnose, but 1+1=2 most of the time and I expect the prognosis.

I'm lucky that I've made it so long with only one hospitalization, and this show has eased some of my anxiety with being honest to a doctor. Thank you.

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Eh.

Revisado: 08-20-21

The stories are interesting, the audio quality is good.

There is a feigned ignorance about top layer subject matter that plays to a first time listener. It feels like dead space after the third time in twice as many episodes where multiple minutes are spent on a single angle of precursor behavior in the subjects adolescence.

Also there's something about the primary cadence that hits my ear wrong.

All n all, listenable. Needs a visual medium to flesh out the bone dry police accounts.

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The Reason I Adore Robert Evans

Revisado: 07-28-21

I adore Robert Evans for one reason, and a logical step. Reason being: His incredibly deep research that leaves no stone unturned*. The logical step is if I have questions after being bombarded with brilliantly acquired, and dressed, information, it's either specific enough to Google-sink on it, or broad enough that Robert offers his sources with mini reviews.

Learning is God and Doctor Sheriff Reverend Barbert Evans is a Prophet.

*or he tells you the jist and offers resources

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Official Bastard Material

Revisado: 07-24-21

An original ending that feels familiar. In the thematic ballpark of The Dark Tower without wishing another SUV on the author.

Sheriff Doctor Father Surgeon Barber Evans has crafted an Americana fantasy pulling from cyberpunk roots (post-calamity, near-future setup) where no one is right but there has to be a winner.

This book is very listenable, well built, guiding you towards eventuality comfortably. That said, the amount of Robert Evans' voice I've listened to is bound to bias me, but that in itself lifts the creative curtain, layering known opinion on geo-social-political techno-militarism extrapolation, it humanizes an apathy I already see evolving. Hearing the lectern become an armchair, while carrying the underpinnings of knowledge not yet imparted upon the audience, it leaves puzzle pieces of who this Evans person and author are, and how they differ.

Thank you Robert, for all you do.

-Eric J. Osborn

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Become

Revisado: 07-04-21

I'm usually a passive reader, pre-bed, in transit, while gaming, etc.
I started this book, bookmarked before I passed out, then finished it. I couldn't put this down.

If early work of an author is a turn-off, put that aside and strap in. I am an avid King fan (Still, and always will be, upset about The Dark Tower) growing up cessating my wait for TDT books with rereading The Stand, Dreamcatcher, and pretty much anything more than 300 pages. Somehow as a child I picked up my dad's copy of Tommyknockers and put it down. Mistake. While lacking the...dense grotesqueness of Desperation or The Stand, it doesn't drag like It.

If you aren't a King reader, this is my new go-to for your kind, it covers his general art in a succinct manner without you feeling cheated. if you are a King reader, it's the introduction to shit-weasels in Dreamcatcher extended for a full book.

it's exciting, engaging, disturbing, and above the words, is a brilliant voice. Edward Hermann is on point, I appreciate his stress on words I hate to hear. Borderline dramatization, thank you sir.

P.S. beatitude will never sound like a real word spoken.

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Whistler continues his top tier content tornado

Revisado: 04-12-21

Mr. Whistler and his crack team have constructed another ever evolving fact storm. The culmination of Simon slowly telling his life story on accident via tangent and the brutality that is true crime, gives rise to an oddly comical stomach turning media baby.

The developing slogan for this show is: Don't write down your crimes. This exemplifies the tone for The Casual Criminalist, snarky disdain for the monsters discussed. The rapport within the team and Simon not being tied to a script brings a human element that contrasts the inhumane acts contained within to create a...Drunk History version of Forensic Files.

The selections for this podcast are both thorough and individualistic.
Audio quality is what you'd expect from someone who runs a small media empire; crisp, clean, balanced.
Expect snark, skepticism, patronizing murderers, semi-cringe jokes/puns, tangents, descriptions of gore, mutilation, and places in England you don't know anything about.

While generally light-hearted and jovial, this is a true crime podcast, and contains what you would expect from that type media, not acceptable for all ages.

Thank you Simon and Co. for another engaging product. 5 Stars.

Allegedly

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