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Empire Builder 4: Breed, Populate, Conquer
- Empire Builder, Book 4
- De: Dante King
- Narrado por: Tess Irondale
- Duración: 10 h y 13 m
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Ben has taken a second tower, but there are still three remaining. He turns his sights upon the third tower, one ruled by an intelligent version of himself whose creations are both ghoulish and powerful. By breeding more monsterkin and adding new citizens to his growing empire, he might have what he needs to claim his third tower.
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Much better than book 3 and even book 2
- De Stepan Chizhov en 10-25-24
- Empire Builder 4: Breed, Populate, Conquer
- Empire Builder, Book 4
- De: Dante King
- Narrado por: Tess Irondale
Much better than book 3 and even book 2
Revisado: 10-25-24
Did the author lose a bet and had to pack a many words "monkey" in the first chapters as possible?
And then there were goblins. Lots and lots of goblins.
Just to be sure that everyone gets it: lots of monkeys, but even more goblins.
On all seriousness, I promised myself not to continue following this series after the decline of storytelling in book 2 and the compete disaster that was book 3. But I read another review and it seemed that it's author had struggled just like I did. Still, they mentioned that the fourth book was much better. And I can confirm that.
While there is room for improvement of the style, language, and dimensionality of the characters, this book can be a quite enjoyable listen.
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Demon Lord Academy
- Demonic Education, Book 1
- De: Shane Hammond
- Narrado por: Alyssa Poon, Evan Jordan
- Duración: 12 h y 50 m
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My life was far from perfect, revolving around a dead-end school and caring for my sickly mother. It’s not until a chance encounter with a beautiful and mysterious blonde that I learn the truth about myself. You see, I’m not just an ordinary human. I’m a demon lord, potentially one of the strongest that’s ever lived. My mysterious new friend introduces me to the Academy for Demonic Education, where I learn about my emerging powers alongside my gorgeous classmates, including a shy brunette trying to find her voice as well as a famous shifter princess.
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good story, nicely done.
- De John en 08-28-24
- Demon Lord Academy
- Demonic Education, Book 1
- De: Shane Hammond
- Narrado por: Alyssa Poon, Evan Jordan
Nice novel, but could have been so much better...
Revisado: 10-24-24
It isn't that easy to find a harem fantasy novel that is written well, with. And this book seemed like it was just the right thing. At least until the middle of the book when the investigation part got full attention. After that moment it felt like the main characters are kids who were put in young adult bodies only to mage the spicy content legal. The actions and deliberations of the characters are at the level of the 6th grade at best.
Also, why does the author have hint a dozen of times that a woman in glasses can't be considered beautiful? That's just bizarre...
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He Who Fights with Monsters 10
- A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 10)
- De: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrado por: Heath Miller
- Duración: 25 h y 18 m
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Following the devastating attack on Yaresh, its people are left to pick up the pieces. The city lies in ruins, but its decimated defenders have more to deal with than just reconstruction. Jason's actions during the battle have brought unwelcome attention from allies and enemies alike. While the adventurers question his loyalty, the messengers question his very nature. Both have designs on Jason that he intends to thwart, but a danger comes to light that shifts everyone's agenda.
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Disappointed and tired of the rehash
- De Anonymous User en 11-30-23
- He Who Fights with Monsters 10
- A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 10)
- De: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell
- Narrado por: Heath Miller
Brilliant, as usual!
Revisado: 12-13-23
This time, I made myself not to listen to the whole book just in two days to spread the joy over a long period of time. Can't wait to see the 11th chapter published on Audible!
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Counterweight
- A Novel
- De: Djuna
- Narrado por: Daniel K. Isaac
- Duración: 4 h y 37 m
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On the fictional island of Patusan—and much to the ire of the Patusan natives—the Korean conglomerate LK is constructing an elevator into Earth’s orbit, gradually turning this one-time tropical resort town into a teeming travel hub: a gateway to and from our planet. Up in space, holding the elevator’s “spider cable” taut, is a mass of space junk known as the counterweight. And stashed within that junk is a trove of crucial data: a memory fragment left by LK’s former CEO, the control of which will determine the company’s—and humanity’s—future.
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Thumbs down
- De Christine en 07-13-23
- Counterweight
- A Novel
- De: Djuna
- Narrado por: Daniel K. Isaac
Interesting mix of sci-fi themes
Revisado: 07-13-23
That's the first book by Djuna I listened to, and I'll definitely look for more books of the same author!
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Duplex
- A Micropowers Novel
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 9 h y 41 m
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Ryan wakes up to find his contractor dad building walls to turn their big old house into a duplex. The family that moves into the other side includes Bizzy Horvat, the pretty girl he has a crush on at school. Bizzy claims her mother is a witch with the power to curse people with clumsiness or, in Bizzy’s case, astonishing beauty. When a bee gets caught in Bizzy’s hair, Ryan acts so quickly and radically to save her from getting stung that he attracts the attention of a group of micropotents - people with micropowers.
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So much potential
- De T. Smith en 09-22-21
- Duplex
- A Micropowers Novel
- De: Orson Scott Card
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
Abusive narcissistic parenting at its best
Revisado: 07-12-23
It's not news to me that Orson Scott Card is a bit problematic author. Still, more often than not, I enjoy reading his works. The most recent I read/listened to is Duplex (2021,) a continuation of Card's Micropowers Series.
The book should be delivered with a bunch of warnings:
- Denial of body autonomy to a woman/wife
- Propaganda against choice
- Kids/wife considered property by a father/husband
- Aggressive behavior towards children, bullying, distant parenting
Card is great in transferring teenager's angst. And he's good at depicting the drama of a household where teenagers live. However, here, most of this drama and abusive behavior of parents (mostly of the father) is depicted as normal, and the mother that decided to make a very hard decision is blamed for everything going awry.
Moments when the father explains that his son is poor because he doesn't possess anything and that everything he has in life is only due to his parents' efforts are true to life. But they also are cruel.
Also, explaining to your son that he owes you everything, because without the father, he wouldn't even exist is quite narcissistic: children never ask to be born. It's always a decision parents make (or don't make) and never the kid's responsibility that they have been born.
All in all, I have never been as disappointed by Card's book before.
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Empire Builder 3: Breed, Populate, Conquer
- Empire Builder, Book 3
- De: Dante King
- Narrado por: Tess Irondale
- Duración: 11 h y 11 m
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Ben has set his sights to the north, where a tower reaches to the heavens. But first, he will need to gain the favor of a master deep within the dungeons outside his own tower. With this new master’s training and his new children, Ben is ready to venture north and claim what is rightfully his. Inevitably, things prove more difficult than he could have ever imagined, and The One Who Rules All could be Ben’s undoing.
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Was this written by AI?
- De Kayn Void en 06-30-24
- Empire Builder 3: Breed, Populate, Conquer
- Empire Builder, Book 3
- De: Dante King
- Narrado por: Tess Irondale
Every next book gets worse than the previous
Revisado: 07-07-23
it's quite impressive how the quality of writing and storybuilding degrades in this series with every next book. Not that the level of the first book was too high, though. Still, it's a bit upsetting as the original permise is quite entertaining. Don't think I'll be waiting for the fourth book.
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Minimum Wage Magic
- De: Rachel Aaron
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
- Duración: 9 h y 45 m
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The DFZ, the metropolis formerly known as Detroit, is the world’s most magical city with a population of nine million and zero public safety laws. That’s a lot of mages, cybernetically enhanced chrome heads, and mythical beasties who die, get into debt, and otherwise fail to pay their rent. When they can’t pay their bills, their stuff gets sold to the highest bidder. That’s when they call me. I’m a Cleaner: a freelance mage employed by the DFZ to sort through the mountains of magical junk people leave behind. It’s not a pretty job, or a safe one....
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One Of My Favorite Authors
- De Connor en 02-14-19
- Minimum Wage Magic
- De: Rachel Aaron
- Narrado por: Emily Woo Zeller
Could have be much more engaging and interesting
Revisado: 09-04-20
Predictable from the beginning to the end. In also struggled with the narration style quite a lot.
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Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars)
- De: Timothy Zahn
- Narrado por: Marc Thompson
- Duración: 13 h y 21 m
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“I have sensed a disturbance in the Force.” Ominous words under any circumstances, but all the more so when uttered by Emperor Palpatine. On Batuu, at the edges of the Unknown Regions, a threat to the Empire is taking root - its existence little more than a glimmer, its consequences as yet unknowable. But it is troubling enough to the Imperial leader to warrant investigation by his most powerful agents: ruthless enforcer Lord Darth Vader and brilliant strategist Grand Admiral Thrawn.
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Maybe my expectations were too high...
- De Goggles en 08-29-18
- Thrawn: Alliances (Star Wars)
- De: Timothy Zahn
- Narrado por: Marc Thompson
Anakin Skywalker is just unbearable...
Revisado: 08-15-18
Darth Vader is so much better... as a character... in this book...
Also had to speed it up. The second time it happened to me with the new canon books (the first was the prelude to Solo). To boring if listened with the original speed.
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The Last Jedi
- Star Wars
- De: Jason Fry
- Narrado por: Marc Thompson
- Duración: 11 h y 5 m
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Written with input from director Rian Johnson, this official adaptation of Star Wars: The Last Jedi expands on the film to include scenes from alternate versions of the script and other additional content. From the ashes of the Empire has arisen another threat to the galaxy’s freedom: the ruthless First Order. Fortunately, new heroes have emerged to take up arms - and perhaps lay down their lives - for the cause.
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You will love the audio version.
- De Robert A. Raymond en 03-07-18
- The Last Jedi
- Star Wars
- De: Jason Fry
- Narrado por: Marc Thompson
Performance might have been much better
Revisado: 03-15-18
It was fun to get all these additional details of the story. However, Thompson's performance becomes really strange when he describes actions of young female characters. This almost spoiled the whole experience.
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