*AshleyG

A great bounce back from the last book!

Revisado: 11-20-23

I've been into the Hank series for a while now, and the only book I sort of disliked was the last one. This one comes back to even it out a bit. The multiverse/other universe Hank stuff was confusing at first and was not lead into very well at any point in the series, it just poofed and changed. But still love these books and the narration by Liam Owen is always fantastic!

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This fan is pretty disappointed

Revisado: 11-30-22

I have listened to and enjoyed all of the Hard Luck Hank books so far. Some were a little rougher on the story than others but all were at least entertaining and the performances from Liam Owen have always been fantastic. The point of view in this entry to the series is third person for some reason and really feels off. Hanks voice is narrating and talking about himself in third person. I don't get it - first person was working so well for this series why the change? The story is completely flat. Things are thrown in that end up being completely useless and just take away from the actual plot. At the end the author even wraps one pretty major story beat up with "We still don't know why this happened but who cares now, it's over.."

I love these books, I was really not expecting this to be so far off from the rest of the series. I hesitate to even recommend this to fans. The only reason this entry is tolerable is because of Liam Owen.

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Not a good starting point by any means

Revisado: 12-14-13

What made the experience of listening to The Orc King the most enjoyable?

Continuing to accompany Drizzt Do'Urden and his friends on another adventure

What didn’t you like about Mark Bramhall’s performance?

After listening to a dozen books in the Drizzt Do'Urden series narrated by Victor Bevine, the narration from Mark Bramhall was utterly jarring. I expected a difference, for sure, but I was unable to find any redeeming qualities in this performance. It sounded like a lecture from a textbook - Mark's spirit seemed far removed from the book in front of him. The character voices were distinguishable but flat, Drizzt was harsh and angry, and the dwarfs were just poor imitations of Irish accents. I wonder sometimes with his inflection if he actually understood anything he was reading. Victor Bevine may have just set the bar way too high, because his reads are nothing short of fantastic. I am dreading listening to the rest of the "Transitions" series with Mark Bramhall reading them...

Any additional comments?

This is not a good place to get into the Drizzt Do'Urden series... it really is foolish to jump into the series here without reading the earlier novels. The author already assumes you know a lot about the characters at this point. Start with earlier books in the series both for the sake of the story and characters, and also to hear Victor Bevine give a narration that will make you fall in love with these beautifully written stories.

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