Ann J.M.S Harlan

Help for the reading order

Revisado: 12-29-24

Read chapters 1 and 3 first, then the book Oathbound, then this again, but skip chapters 2 and 4 which are also part of that book (though 4, Keys, has a brief opening from the accused's POV you may want to hear). Continue with the all but the last 3, which I believe occur after Oathbreakers, so read that, then come back here. One does need all 3 for the full story, as Oathbound is NOT fully included, though part is repeated here in the second and 4th stories.

There is further chronological shuffling one could do, if one cares to, but these are mainly standalone stories that can be enjoyed out of strict sequence.

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Too much angst, not enough plot development

Revisado: 01-25-24

Young adults get their first real jobs. Kids chafe for freedom and not being like famous parents. Parents worry about their kids and getting older. Kids run into trouble with the monsters of the most frequent appearance in the world of Valdemar and thus really overused. Families learn to understand each other and themselves better due to combat.

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Tedious. Returned.

Revisado: 06-05-21

Tedious, trivial, dragging, unheroic, angsty, with a deus ex machina ending. Certainly not up to what I hope for from a favorite author.

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I actually liked this one a bit better

Revisado: 12-18-20

It's a little less surreal than The Handmaid's Tale and I think it does answer what happened to the handmaid questions and others.

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Tim Gerard Reynolds levels it up

Revisado: 12-11-20

I like the story and the characters and the humor very well. I think the stat updates would be tiresome from a different narrator, but TGR just makes them, in effect, another amusing character. I doubt I would be a dedicated LitRPG fan, but it's used for decorative humor and an important plot driver here. The writing is quite good as read by TGR, so I spent the credits for 2 and 3. I can recommend it for fine entertainment!

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This was very interesting

Revisado: 11-13-20

Well read, too. I listened all the way through, which is unusual for me with non-fiction, even when I expect to like it.

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Very annoying protagonist

Revisado: 10-31-20

Goodness gracious, what an aggravating portrayal of headstrong stupidity in character combined with feminine physical weakness. She never seems to learn to behave in any reasonable manner. The created world is interesting in many ways, but the girl is like an anti-Mary-Sue and made me so frustrated.

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Part one

Revisado: 08-08-20

Well, I love these books, but I do dislike not getting the rest of the story. Hope the next one (or two) is already almost finished.

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Chapters in correct order in Standard Quality format

Revisado: 04-17-19

The chapters are out of order if you download in High Quality single part format. If you switch to standard quality before you download, the chapters are in the correct order.

It seems like there are three parts and they are linked out of order, Part 2 first, then Part 1 starts at "chapter 15", then Part 3 at "chapter 25". If you want high quality, choosing mulipart downloads for this download can help as the sections are correctly labeled and in the correct order. These choices are in the download settings for some devices.

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This is amazingly bad for the ratings

Revisado: 01-25-19

Poorly written with constant plot holes and inconsistencies. I had to stop wasting my time about halfway through. I was right to have not bothered with it when it was all the rage. I waited for the series to be completed and for a sale before I decided to try it.

Some specifics... Early on, from the mining tunnel sealed community, a pair climb through ventilation ducts for a brief time up to a domed garden from which they view stars and sunrise and it's... beautiful. Later one of them takes a lift a long, long, long way to the surface and is overcome by the amazing sunlight coming through the windows even before looking outside. Stuff like this abounds. First person viewpoint with recognition of items never before encountered by some... instinct. Exposition of character traits rather than demonstration. Tedious action that progresses nothing.

Hunger Games was significantly better written even if it's not among the best books I've read. This approaches that most closely amongst the speculative fiction I have read.

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