Phillip hinch

Very entertaining. Not a litrpg but is that a bad thing?

Revisado: 11-05-23

One of the most entertaining series of books I’ve read since I ran out of good stuff and went down the litrpg rabbit hole to fill time. Would recommend this to anyone looking for a good book with a unique premise. I wouldn’t say that the author doesn’t have room to grow in their craft but it’s not poorly written either. They also seem to be getting better and I look forward to seeing what they do in the future. The narrator does a good job with the male voices but the female voices are hit and miss. Overall I really like the series and eagerly anticipate the next book.

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Love these Necron books

Revisado: 10-26-21

I've never been a fan of the 40k books I've read. but this and the infinite and the divine were much better than the other ponderous books I've tried to read from the 40k setting.

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Best book in this series so far

Revisado: 08-07-21

Erin is still the weakest character by a large margin but at least she didn't return to acting like a complete psychopath. With that unfortunate exception the rest of the characters were done well. Author kept focus on a single character for a decent amount of time before moving on and the story feels more cohesive for it. Needs to be more action. There wasn't a lot going on in this one. It's not flawless, but it's a marked improvement in almost every way from earlier entries.

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Audio quality was terrible

Revisado: 07-11-21

This sounds like it was recorded on a cheap headset in someone's bathroom. Never had to put a book down because of sound quality before but I couldn't make it past the first ten minutes or so. Couldn't say if the story was good or bad.

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Book is great. Erin is terrible.

Revisado: 05-09-21

This is by far the best entry so far in this series. The mechanical issues from book one and the first half of book two are gone. Miss "practically perfect in every way other than the sociopathy"( Rioka)seems to be entering a credible character arc in which she isn't unnecessarily nasty to everyone and is running into obstacles she can't just Mary Sue away. New characters that have been introduced are much more fleshed out than the original crop.

Story jumps around a bit but not so much that I can't tolerate it and the detours are largely introducing and expanding on those interesting characters I mentioned earlier.

I had only one major problem. Erin is a objectively terrible person in this book. To the point that I don't know if the author can salvage her character. My disgust was so deep it was physical. She has always been a manic pixie dream girl trope. Which is to say a shallow sack of assorted quirks. But this time around she adds thoughtlessness, narcissism, and selfishness. I could deal if these actions were presented as a character flaw she got called on. But everyone just rolls with it. Don't want to spoil anything, but if you're reading this do yourself a favor and skip chapter 18 and the first half of 19.Thankfully she is largely absent from about three quarters of the book.

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Best 40k novel I've read

Revisado: 11-11-20

40K novels are, as a rule, terrible. glad this one breaks that rule. Orikan and Trazen are very well written characters, the pacing is good, it really does a good job building out the necron culture. The narrator was also quite good. Overall I'm impressed, to the point where I think I would have enjoyed this even if I didn't know anything about the 40k setting.

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Better than the last one. Still not great.

Revisado: 07-28-20

I had my issues with the last book. chief among them how bad it was from a technical standpoint. jumping from one character to another without warning was probably the worst example. This one started off the same and improved as it went along. The characters got somewhat better as well. The two primary protagonists weren't nearly as annoying as they were in the first one. I still like the supporting cast more than them though, and I hate that whenever the get into big trouble they just ask for help and everyone bends over backwards to solve all their problems. As little as I liked the political stuff in the first one this one got worse in that respect. A whole chapter given over to Trump winning the election was just pure cringe. If you can't listen to somebody hamfistedly inserting their hard left ideology into their book a few times in the first half of the book I would stay away. Trump and blatant political gack aside I think the authors political opinions leak into her storytelling in one specific and unfortunate way. I think it interferes with their ability to write male characters. almost every one of them is written like a living breathing stereotype. Between the cads, grandiose narcissists, harmless but somehow attractive wimps and unpredictable sociopaths I'm convinced the author has never met an actual male.

I guess the question is why you would give this, or any future titles, a listen. I would say, for me, that it's coming down to improvement. from the last book and even the beginning of this one the author is improving. Not as fast as I may like but it's interesting to see. And I have the time to burn honestly.

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Not too shabby

Revisado: 07-12-18

Not bad. Characters are interesting and the premise is pretty good. Paceing was a little on the slow side but not unbearably so. There was a bit of a exposition dump but it wasn't some multi chapter slog that made me want to track down the author and make them pay. Overall this feels like a good beginning. I'll probably get the next one

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Lot better than I thought it would be

Revisado: 07-08-17

I was looking at the reviews for this and really didn't think I would like it. Yeah it had a decent rateing but everyone was saying it was a bunch of wish fufillment harem sillyness. I thought I had run into some big new YA novel popular with younger folks or possibly that someone had paid for some good reviews. But I was in a hurry to get something before I had to hit the road and figured why not.

Really glad I did. It is a bunch of wish fufillment harem sillyness but is also well written. The characters are fun and grow well with the story. Paceing is spot on. I expected a lot of cringeworthy writing that never materierized.

it's not perfect. the points stuff is annoying and probably works better in the written form. And there are some issues with nonsensical plot points and characters occasionally behaving out of character. But overall it was a very pleasant surprise.

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Fanatic libertarian separatists in space.

Revisado: 06-01-17

And too heavy handed about its political message. last quarter gets a bit better though.

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