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Some classics are up to the hype... Some aren't

Revisado: 09-19-17

It seemed to take forever to get to the good parts, and then it ended.

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Not enough Correia

Revisado: 10-06-16

I love Larry Correia and the MHI series. But not this one
Why? Because the hero is Superior Man. He's the best at... Everything. :p
Master marksman, best swordfighter, learned 29 languages by age 7.
You get the idea. A hero needs to have weaknesses (and no, being a guy that chases women does not count).
Boring.
Please Larry, take a bigger part of the next one.

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Correia & Porter do it again

Revisado: 07-31-16

Larry Correia is a fantastic writer in the genre, and Ray Porter top 2 narrators.
A solid sequel to the original.

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Zombies Read By A Robot

Revisado: 10-16-14

It might be a good book, it's hard to tell...all the characters are read by a robot...or at least that's how Brian Sutherland makes it sound.
To me, one of the big differences between and okay Narrator and a great one is if they sound like they are telling a story, rather than just reading one. Mr Sutherland not only sounds like he is reading to you, he sounds bored by what he is reading...and so it is all flat.
Unfortunately, I couldn't finish - it sounded like an interesting story, but...not read by a robot.

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Love Sanderson's Fresh Twist On The 'Hero Genre

Revisado: 11-19-13

This was my first book by Brandon Sanderson, but it won't be my last. I was intrigued by the twist on the superhero genre - only bad guys get superpowers. No heroes, just villains. He plays it well, and the characters are solid.

You can tell he spends a lot of time in his universe before he starts writing for us, there are layers of depth that only come from living there for a while.

A good book, with a solid plot and characters, and a Tell you won't figure out too early. Recommended.

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A Really Good Book Read As A Bed-Time Story

Revisado: 05-20-13

I'm a huge fan of C.S. Forester's Hornblower series - I have them all in print, and was working my way through the audible version in series order. It was going swimmingly!

Then they changed Narrators. Disaster. Mr Coster's tone reminds me of someone reading a bedtime story - it is soft, even, and the volume lowers steadily throughout the sentence. Imagine "he parried the blow, then hacked and hacked again, fighting for his life" being read in the same tone as "lullaby, and good nite..."

I'm sure his melodic drone is great for some stories (Copperfield?), just not this one.

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A Really Good Book Read As A Bed-Time Story

Revisado: 05-20-13

I'm a huge fan of C.S. Forester's Hornblower series - I have them all in print, and was working my way through the audible version in series order. It was going swimmingly!

Then they changed Narrators. Disaster. Mr Coster's tone reminds me of someone reading a bedtime story - it is soft, even, and the volume lowers steadily throughout the sentence. Imagine "he parried the blow, then hacked and hacked again, fighting for his life" being read in the same tone as "lullaby, and good nite..."

I'm sure his melodic drone is great for some stories (Copperfield?), just not this one.

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Leftenant Bush, actually!

Revisado: 04-04-13

This book has always struck me as an odd one in the series; not bad at all, just odd. Told more from Bush's point of view almost, or certainly focused more on him. I suppose to get you ready for Bush as the best friend.
I didn't like the narration quite as much on this one, as the characterizations slipped a bit between Bush and Hornblower causing a bit of confusion, but not anything to cry over.
A solid part of the series though, and well read all in all.

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Solid Narration Of An Outstanding Work, Except...

Revisado: 03-18-13

Except when it all gets too quiet and you can't really hear it. Maybe you can if you are sitting at home in your armchair listening with headphones on, but I tend to listen in the car to and from work or on other errands. The volume of Mr Rodska is good 90% of the time, and I think it's his flair for the dramatic, which is a good thing all told, which causes this small problem.
Every so often someone with a small voice comes in, or there is something whispered or shocking and it's hard to hear at normal volume for the rest of the piece. I get by because I've read the books already, if you haven't you may end up rewinding or palying with the volume.
As for Hornblower? An awesome tale of high seas adventure in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic Era!

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This is the one to spend 50 hours listening to!

Revisado: 03-05-13

There are plenty of other versions, but after listening to some samples I went with Bill Homewood. He's the man. A different voice/ characterization for each person in the story - different enough that sometimes I forgot their names but remembered them from earlier in the story by the voice!

It's a good story, and I'd tried to get through the book before but could never fight through Dumas' long winded prose. Mr Homewood battered it down for me in style and has a great dramatic style.

If you like the classics, you should give this a listen. If you're going to listen to The Count, you should listen to this one.

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