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Seriously? They/Them/Who?

Revisado: 05-25-24

The entire series we didn't have to deal with this. And then in the last hour of these shorts, you throw in the required bowing down to virtue and include a character (Jackson) and start calling them "They/Them." You're a writer; this is plural. But you're referring (evidently) to a singular character. I don't care how a character identifies; it doesn't mean anything in the story. But when you use a plural, this means several characters, and it's just simply confusing. Don't do this; it's a bad popular fad that will go away, and in the future, you'll be wondering why you wrote in plural. Who are they? How many? Where are the rest of them? This is all just silly, and now I'm done with you. Sad, really sad.

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couldn't finish.

Revisado: 08-14-23

Sorry, Beaver-people? Clones and repeats? Too many muddled plots and it just isn't interesting. Left me feeling that the author should have put more thought into the plot. The fact that I couldn't seem to muster enough interest to finish it means it just wasn't very good.

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Good story and narration. Nice work.

Revisado: 08-14-23

A great insight into war and survival on the far reaches of this remote land. Interesting enough for a good listen.

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Great insight into tactical arrangement, organizai

Revisado: 08-14-23

Great insight into tactical arrangment, organiziation, and operation. Good military examples of how a fleet should operate, why tactical and logisitical decisions are made, and what to do with command issues when they arise. I wasn't sure about the premise, but the narration is good enough and the management of personnel was clearly illustrated. Perhaps this should be a guide for managers who have to deal with troublesome employees and staff. Good work, Jack. And I don't know why others complained about the narration; it's fine. At least it's not an uptalking valley girl; it's clear and paced. Will look into the next in the series.

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Good yarn, irritating narration

Revisado: 12-25-22

Why in the world would a narrator continuously use uptalking at the end of a sentence? Seriously, Wyman does some great voices, and jumps between them easily, but his persistent, meaningless "questioning" in the tone of his sentences was almost enough to make me return the book in the first hour. It makes it as if every character was questioning their action, their thoughts, their understanding, their participation in the existence of the story and world. Despite this, I was determined to slog it through, and the story was a good one, though the characters were somewhat shallow and predictable. The typical tropes of evil master of a society, unrequited love, a good-hearted young and innocent hero, a stolen land and enslaved peasants: these are all there. There wasn't much detailing of the characters; I didn't care too much about any of them... wait, I need to take another star off of the ratings. Okay, fixed that. Correia and Brown do write good action, and monsters, and battles, so there's some nice stuff there. Is the irritating uptalking and uncertainty presented by the narrator worth it? Do you get my question? Am I uptalking at the end of the sentence? Is it worth another story? Probably not; I'll avoid Wyman's stuff from now on. It would be nice if he could read authoritatively, ending all sentences on a lower, more certain audio frequency. The funny thing is he can do it, but he doesn't do it often. Very distracting and off-putting.

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I'm sorry, Had to return

Revisado: 10-15-22

I could only listen to a chapter or two. Nothing but repetition. Also, hint to writers: don't tell, illustrate instead. I don't want to know any more about Hugh and his big brain, Telling me over and over again about his genius does not make it so; instead, why not show this intelligence. It's almost as if the writer's second language was English, and he failed that in school. When I bought this there were no reviews, and now I see what everybody else does. Bad writing cannot be saved by great narration. Hats off, as usual, to Bray. But no go there; can't listen!

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Don't say "plethora" one more time...

Revisado: 06-29-22

Okay, despite that (and pronouncing it different each time), this book is written by someone who thinks computers will produce music without humans soon in the future. Whaaat? And that although "no technical method exists to rival vinyl records for fidelity," somehow analog is dead. Sigh... he reads some advertisements from DAW sales sites and proceeds to tell you what to purchase. Oh my, Save your credits.
After torturing myself to listen more, it seems this is a book-length version of "repeating stuff found on the internet." You know the sites; click-bait summations by non-English speaking authors who gather bits and pieces of text from websites and try to reword them into coherent thoughts. "Build your brand" "Don't be repetitive, Be consistent. Consistency is one of the keys to building your sound, and it takes a lot of practice." "Incorporate your style into new ideas." These are actual examples from the book. A lot of strung-on "wisdom" cliches, Very, very little actual information. Horrid. Just horrid.

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Story Okay, Narration almost intolerable.

Revisado: 10-14-21

For the time this was written, it's a great book. Forward looking concepts, great ideas, decent plot and characters. However, it was almost intolerable to get through the narration. The narrator has a frustrating, continuing, and relentless habit of ending most sentences with an upward, questioning tone. As if he's a valley girl, asking everything in a question, seeking agreement. He doesn't do it continually; he seems to know (or his agent knows) it's a problem, so every now and then an actual statement is read just as the author intended. But so much bizarre intonation! Gets to you after a while, and by the end of the story, I just wanted the torturous up-talking to end! Please, Oliver, Just quit reading or get help!!! I will never listen to anything with this narrator again.

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Sadly, winding up with Global Warming Pop Science

Revisado: 07-27-19

I didn't acquire this book to be lectured to about "climate change." Yes, sure, we're causing a mass extinction. Sure, just like a meteor hitting the planet or the entire country of France erupting in fire. Run away!

If you don't want to be spanked for being a human and ruining the planet, I suggest you:
1. Stop listening before the last ten minutes of this documentary
2. Leave the planet by the shortest route possible, thus lowering your emissions footprint.

Unfortunately, Garrod has swallowed the KoolAid, and thus forced me to doubt every other fact, discovery, or supposition in this text. He has done a great disservice to reasonable scientists who just want to study and reveal how and what the dinosaurs were. Sad, truly sad.

First, prove you can predict the weather a week from now before we swallow the bitter pill of endless "few years left" alarmist, reactionary, fear mongering designed to pick the pocket of the most wealthy productive nations.

Technically, the small sales pitch about climate change at the end didn't sell me on the agenda, and won't sell anyone else who isn't already a believer.

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If you can stand the awful narration...

Revisado: 04-07-19

The book is great, perhaps the best book ever written on the subject. Incredibly researched, highly detailed, and the follow-up about "Tom Horn" legend was a surprising treat.
However...
The narration is awful. I can imagine that the narrator sounded good, at first, to those who choose these things, but they didn't listen to him long enough. His GLOTTAL STOP is the most disturbing feature that left me laughing at parts that shouldn't be laughed at, with the troubling effect of halting my concentration about the subject overall. Really, did someone vet this guy? Evidently, they never had him read the words "mountain," or "Martin." There are actually "T's" in those words, and this guy can't get to them. I grew up in the panhandle area of Oklahoma, Texas, and New Mexico and while the drawl here is fast and loose, there is no reason to punish the listener of of a supposedly professional work by hearing "mou-un" and "Mar-un" over and over (with extra emphasis on "un"). Really, we don't allow our kids to speak this way in the southwest, and the reason will be obvious to you if you listen to Lucas enough. It's not "hick-charming," or "range-cute," it's just lazy, lazy reading. Add to that the less often mispronunciation (actually, slaughter) and syllable addition of words like "burgularizing" and you'll be in stitches, even though the narrator is describing a tragedy. Or is that a tragedidy? The lazy talk of glo-ul stop has to, well... stop!
-Nevertheless- The book was worth the torture of the listen, but more than once, I considered returning it because of the narration. It is, after all, a good book. I should have bought the text version and read it for myself, I suppose.

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