Daniel

conflicted but happy

Revisado: 09-30-24

I'll start by saying that once you are 11 books into a series you are committed, much like a marriage it has it's ups and downs and takes work for both parties to continue. This series is one of those I both love and struggle with simultaneously, the author has some real flaws in his writing that he doesn't seem to learn from over and over again, while on the other hand has some amazing ideas and world building.

This book was almost the divorce, the first third or half of the book was total garbage imo, just the author repeating himself over and over and over in the most bland uninteresting continuation of a battle that took a book and a half to complete.

Sometimes I get angry at how little faith the author has in his readers to, understand the plot, to remember past events or understand the mechanics of the systems that have been exhaustively covered in the past. I think the most improvement would be less repeating, less side quests, more development.

The second half of this book is what I came for and it did not disappoint in the least, probably one of the better parts of the whole series which saved the marriage.

I suppose I'll continue on and see what happens next.

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Brilliant World Building

Revisado: 08-20-24

I absolutely Love this Author, he's completely incapable of reeling in his scope or outlining and pacing his stories properly, I'm sure many a writing teacher would scold him for rambling and letting the store get slow at strange points.

However I'd say that this is his strength, I've read two of his books so far, this one and Service Model and both have a way of telling a story where the main protagonist is, time, entropy, the world and setting and I just adore it.

He does not just drop lore from an omniscient narrator, but rather the world reveals itself in small segments as the main character learns it and it just keeps building and building in layers.

I'd say both books do really suffer from a pacing issue or having any one particular story to tell, what you end up with is a patchwork quilt of lives and stories that weave together to show an immaculate but old worn quilt made with care and attention.

I feel like perhaps his writing started as a way to cope with various existential dreads of the Author and sprawled out into narrative fictions living within his head.

Anyway I highly recommend, give it time, do not rush it and wait for the tale to deep into your bones.

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Charming and Endearing

Revisado: 07-19-24

I just loved this book, the performance, the story and the intelligence in which it was presented. Anyone who has worked in I.T. or with software will have a special appreciation for this book, while others can appreciate the charm and over arching message.

it can be a bit dry but if you liked the murderbot diaries this feels like a more authentic version of that to me.

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Basic, Boring, unlikable

Revisado: 07-10-24

The Basic idea is alright for the mystery with enough twists and turns but honestly this book was painful to finish. None of the characters were likable at moments they seem to have depth but then act in character breaking unawareness of basic things. It feels like it's a cast of infants regardless of age and you'd be better off listening to something else.


I will say the narrator did an excellent job, it's just a bad book, not her fault.

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Well Produced

Revisado: 02-01-24

I thought the narrators did an amazing job, this isn't my normal genre and I thought I'd just take a chance listen and was pulled in immediately. The writing is clever, the characters are smart and wicked and it gets more fun as you go down the rabbit hole.

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sometimes clever mostly not

Revisado: 12-12-23

I really enjoy Greek Mythology and sometimes cheesy esikai harem/romance books so this seemed a solid fit. It has some interesting thoughts on the how the Gods function socially, how Love works and how people work but I just was not buying any of it.

these characters were all infants and I'm highly suspicious that this Author understands people in general other than very shallow surface impressions. I didn't find a single character believable in how they thought or handled things.

some points I was able to turn my brain completely off and just go along for the ride as I did enjoy the setting and struggles presented with the main Character but then something he would say or do would be so unbelievably dumb that it would pull me right back out of the narrative.

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Just the best

Revisado: 09-27-23

I freaking love this series. Sound booth does this book justice, the production is some of the best you’ll hear.

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Just the best

Revisado: 09-27-23

I freaking love this series. Sound booth does this book justice, the production is some of the best you’ll hear.

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So much fun!

Revisado: 09-19-23

I was skeptical at first that this was going to be royally stupid, but I was pleasantly surprised at just how awesomely stupid it was!

It’s the best kind of stupid, and you won’t regret crawling through this nightmarish hell scape with Carl and Princess Donut.

And remember kids Glurp Glurp.

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So much fun!

Revisado: 09-19-23

I was skeptical at first that this was going to be royally stupid, but I was pleasantly surprised at just how awesomely stupid it was!

It’s the best kind of stupid, and you won’t regret crawling through this nightmarish hell scape with Carl and Princess Donut.

And remember kids Glurp Glurp.

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