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The narrator makes this an absolute slog

Revisado: 07-05-23

I’m a few hours into this, and it’s grueling trying to get through because the narrator is so bland. I haven’t even got to the part when the war actually started yet and it’s absolutely terrible.

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Learn your subject matter before a performance.

Revisado: 03-15-23

The book itself is decidedly mediocre, this is made worse by the scene chewing narration. The book sounds like it’s being read by Zapp Brannigan or some Phil Hartman character.

Add to that, the narrator incorrectly pronouncing a multitude of military words and terms - ANYONE OUT THERE IN CHARGE OF HIRING NARRATORS - A TANK ROUND IS PRONOUNCED “SAY-BO” - it’s not “SABIT”, it’s not “SUEBOT” - every single performance gets this wrong and it drives me up the wall.

That being said, I’m not even half way through the book and I’m not sure I’m going to finish it.

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Entertaining Story…

Revisado: 12-15-22

I reached the end of this book & wanted to put down some words about the series, since the epilogue of this one made it seem like the series was ending.

Overall an entertaining journey, however it occasionally drifts into “right wing prepper fantasy” and cheesiness in my opinion. Bourne writes a military perspective very well & has good subject matter knowledge, so the main criticism is that the series would benefit immensely from having a narrator with a military background, because this guy would spell out things like “B.U.D.S.” and “NODS”, where actual troops just say “buds”, etc.

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Glad this was free.

Revisado: 10-10-22

If I’d have paid for it, I’d have asked for a refund.

The book reads as if a school teacher was carrying a stack of research papers, tripped, fell, dropped the papers and didn’t bother to put them back in order. It’s rambling, disorganized and VERY repetitive. Author tends to lean on very long winded quotes from other books, Frequently the same books, over and over - to the extent that I should probably just read those books. A lot of VERY long lists of dates/events, and repeats the same things frequently.

This is one of the few, probably the second, Audiobook I’ve not finished.

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Some cheese, but some brilliance as well.

Revisado: 09-21-22

So I will start with the opinion that there are some corny dialogue moments, and it’s generally hard to do any vampire fiction without treading ground that’s already well trodden.

That being said, the cast and foley is amazing and overall it was good enough despite the occasional eye-rolling I had, that I’m looking forward to the rest of the story.

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New to the world of William Gibson

Revisado: 09-11-22

I’m new here, having just read Neuromancer for the first time and immediately following it with this - CZ feels a bit slower to get started, but I feel like it’s just as good once it gets going.

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Not what I’d usually read, but an amazing discovery.

Revisado: 11-30-21

I ended up here after enjoying “Matterhorn” immensely.

I was apprehensive at first, but Bronson Pinchots reading and Marlantes’ writing on Matterhorn swayed me, and I’m glad it did.

I fell in love with the characters, and they eventually began to feel like…family. I ached when tragedy befell them. I cheered when they won a hard fought victory.

I’ve been recommending this book to nearly everyone I know, because it’s THAT GOOD.

5/5 stars and will definitely reread it.

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Great because of Nathan Fillion

Revisado: 03-08-21

Truthfully the story starts out great and only gets stronger, but at the end feels like it peters out a bit to me. Fillions performance takes it from 3-4 stars. He is brilliant.

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Great story about the human spirit.

Revisado: 02-02-21

First, Will Patton is my favorite narrator, that’s what drew me to the book. But the story, characters and style are simply amazing. Definitely one of my favorites and will definitely enjoy again.

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The narration is terrible.

Revisado: 08-07-20

I LOVED the first 3 books - but the narrator for Lyria drove me up the wall. Her voice and lack of inflection made me grind my teeth with dread every chapter she narrated. It went from being a series I couldn’t put down, to one I struggle to pick back up.

I’m about half way through the book, and I just don’t think I can finish it, her performance is so awful.

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