Mike

This book’s a dud

Revisado: 04-14-25

Just a very mediocre and simplistic story, I regret having wasted a credit on it

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Pretty good but overly dramatic

Revisado: 11-19-23

Good story, and I’ll probably read others in the series if offered. But woah, the main character is SUCH a drama queen at times. My eyes got sore from their frequent rolling. The narrator is fine but robotic, at times difficult to distinguish from those synthetic voices encountered on social media.

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Formulaic

Revisado: 05-12-23

It was enjoyable, but nothing special. Somewhat formulaic with all the predictable characters and roles.

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Story is great, format is not

Revisado: 04-26-20

These three books are one story and cannot possibly stand on their own as in a regular series. In fact, they may as well have each finished mid-sentence for as much sense it made to split them where they did. They also clearly weren't split solely due to length either, since many Sci-Fi books are much longer. So this is another example of a publisher splitting a book up purely for profits which I think is shameful. It may seem unfair for me to "punish" the book/author with 3 stars solely for this reason, but it's my opinion that the author was either part of the decision or holds some responsibility for working with an unscrupulous publisher.
The story itself, however, when considered as a whole is pretty darn good!! It starts strong, the middle section is the weakest and the book really starts to shine in it's last third. It's a great combination of science, exploration, mystery and "first contact" and certainly entertains.

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Story is great, format is not

Revisado: 04-26-20

These three books are one story and cannot possibly stand on their own as in a regular series. In fact, they may as well have each finished mid-sentence for as much sense it made to split them where they did. They also clearly weren't split solely due to length either, since many Sci-Fi books are much longer. So this is another example of a publisher splitting a book up purely for profits which I think is shameful. It may seem unfair for me to "punish" the book/author with 3 stars solely for this reason, but it's my opinion that the author was either part of the decision or holds some responsibility for working with an unscrupulous publisher.
The story itself, however, when considered as a whole is pretty darn good!! It starts strong, the middle section is the weakest and the book really starts to shine in it's last third. It's a great combination of science, exploration, mystery and "first contact" and certainly entertains.

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Story is great, format is not

Revisado: 04-26-20

These three books are one story and cannot possibly stand on their own as in a regular series. In fact, they may as well have each finished mid-sentence for as much sense it made to split them where they did. They also clearly weren't split solely due to length either, since many Sci-Fi books are much longer. So this is another example of a publisher splitting a book up purely for profits which I think is shameful. It may seem unfair for me to "punish" the book/author with 3 stars solely for this reason, but it's my opinion that the author was either part of the decision or holds some responsibility for working with an unscrupulous publisher.
The story itself, however, when considered as a whole is pretty darn good!! It starts strong, the middle section is the weakest and the book really starts to shine in it's last third. It's a great combination of science, exploration, mystery and "first contact" and certainly entertains.

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Worth the $1.99

Revisado: 07-21-19

This is supermarket checkout isle quality. It’s entertaining, but the author did close to zero research (knows nothing about sailing).

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Skip this one...

Revisado: 06-02-19

This series is fantastic, but this particular book is silly and a waste of money. It doesn’t progress the story any further but just recounts the previous book, adding very little detail, from Zoe’s perspective as narrator. While I’ve seen this trick done very well before, it just fell flat here - there wasn’t any worthwhile new twist or revelation. I wish I knew this ahead of time, I would have just skipped ahead.

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Not really that great...

Revisado: 03-16-19

It's not terrible, just "meh". The story gets a bit tiresome over time, the science is absolutely absurd and the ending is a little like the author just got tired of writing. I like what the author tried to do with unconventional characters but it was too too much like Rain Man. Rain Man was good, but I've already seen it.

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A rare find indeed

Revisado: 02-19-19

This is one of those very rare books (I've only found TWO so far in my years of using Audible*) where, even though the book itself is fantastic in it's own right, it's then made better than it could ever be on it's own due to the genius of the narrator's performance. Combined together (the book and the narration), this was a masterpiece that was a delight to listen to. Don't get me wrong - this book will probably never be up for a Man Booker or similar award - it's not serious literature or science fiction and has is fair share of crudity and "locker room humor". But I frequently laughed until my stomach hurt and couldn't wait to keep listening when I had to stop. I am planning to start the book over again -- and I never do that. Please Audible, RR Haywood and Colin Morgan: Write and narrate 16 more of these?

(*I know I can't just casually make that statement without telling you the other book: it's A Gift of Time by Jerry Merritt)

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