Jacob

It's a classic.

Revisado: 12-30-14

Flowery language in an interesting tale and very well read. I was awesome! I highly recommend it.

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Something is wrong with the audio

Revisado: 12-15-14

Would you try another book from Dean Koontz and/or J. Charles?

Probably. I didn't get through this one due to poor audio.

Would you recommend Watchers to your friends? Why or why not?

I didn't get through this one due to poor audio.

Who would you have cast as narrator instead of J. Charles?

I can't imagine that the poor audio was the narrator's fault. It sounded like one of those clipped computer voices at automated call centers. It was difficult to listen to.

Could you see Watchers being made into a movie or a TV series? Who should the stars be?

I didn't get through this one due to poor audio.

Any additional comments?

Fix the audio.

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Can't hear the reader

Revisado: 10-09-14

What disappointed you about Backtracker?

I had everything turned up as loud as it would go including the pre-amp software on my device and the independent amp on my expensive headphones and still couldn't hear the reader well enough to follow the story.

Would you ever listen to anything by Jason Koenig again?

Probably. I didn't really get to listen to this book. So this is nothing on Mr.Koenig.

How could the performance have been better?

I didn't care for the reader's style, but that wasn't the issue. The issue was with the terrible job the Sound Engineer did. The reader is soft spoken and all the other reviewers seem to want to hold that against him, but lots of actors and actresses are soft spoken and you can still hear them on TV and in movies. It's the job of the Sound Engineer to make sure you can still hear them even if they are quiet and on this project the Sound Engineer simply dropped the ball.

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Backtracker?

Couldn't hear any scenes.

Any additional comments?

No idea if this is a good book or not. If you're interested in finding out, buy the physical or Kindle version.

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Not an escalation. Just an excellent read.

Revisado: 07-08-14

Would you listen to Skin Game again? Why?

Definitely. I'm always impressed by the little things I notice during the second time through a Jim Butcher novel.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Silly question. This is a Dresden novel. All the characters are awesome.

What does James Marsters bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

James Marsters brings himself and needs to bring nothing more. The only better reader I've ever encountered was Jim "The Man" Dale, reader of the entire Harry Potter series, who won two Grammy Awards for such and earned two Guinness World Records also for his work on that series. So that's the company Mr.Marsters shares.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

If I had the time I would have.

Any additional comments?

I was given one spoiler before reading this book and I seriously appreciated it so I'm going to give it to you. This book is *not* an escalation. The last several books in this series have been escalation on top of escalation, all of it pushing forward the central Dresden story. Skin Game is a return to the earlier episodic (ie, a "Monster of the Week" story, to put it in X-Files parlance) form of the Dresden series and this is a *good thing*.

If the escalation continued at the previous pace indefinitely Harry would be playing croquet with the planets in the solar system or something in very short order. If he's to remain an accessible, understandable, human character his life needs to be more than a steadily rocketing expansion of power and scope in all directions. He needs to reconnect with friends, make the occasional trip to the bathroom, and deal with normal problems of (relatively) limited scope. The world can't end every day if the threat of such is to retain its gravity.

Keep that in mind and you won't be disappointed that this book doesn't simply pick up where the last one left off with the same story at the same pace with all the same players. Other things happen. Accept that and if you liked the earlier Dresden novels, you'll like this one. I did.

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Not a Horror Novel As Advertised

Revisado: 02-07-14

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

People who read and liked Twilight.

Would you ever listen to anything by Deborah Harkness again?

No.

What did you like about the performance? What did you dislike?

The reader read it. It was the book that was awful.

What reaction did this book spark in you? Anger, sadness, disappointment?

Disappointment

Any additional comments?

There are three types of books that tend to get the "Horror" label: 1) Mislabeled Supernatural Romance (everything from vampire erotica to Twilight), 2) Mislabeled Supernatural Adventure (Dresden Files, Harry Potter, etc), 3) Actual Horror (Stephen King, H.P. Lovecraft, etc). This book was solidly in the Mislabeled Supernatural Romance section. Solidly. Audible you have fooled me again with your poor labeling.

Readers, if you are looking for Horror, you're in the wrong place with this book. If you're looking for a poorly written female lead who (despite being the single most powerful witch in the world by birth) pines for a normal life and yet wants into the pants of the tall, mysterious, vampire with the graceful hands and aquiline profile who wants to *eat* her... look no further.

Meaningful glances? Check. Coy flirtation? Check. Violent over protectiveness? Check. "Romantic" breaking and entering to watch the object of a murder based obsession sleep? Check. An evening of wine tasting complete with lines like "What do you think I'd taste like?" Check. Interesting story? Sorry... must have misplaced that somewhere...

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A little underwhelming

Revisado: 01-09-14

Would you try another book from Cherie Priest and/or Wil Wheaton and Kate Reading ?

Probably try it. Maybe the author hits their stride later on. The readers were great.

Any additional comments?

The characters were largely uninteresting and the steam-punk and zombie elements seemed to me like the author had written a late 19th century novel and their publisher asked, "Say... Zombies and steam-punk are big now. Think we could throw some of those in?"

Also the characters were kind of one dimensional. Each of them felt like they could be defined in a single paragraph and a short one at that. No one displayed any complex emotions or ever seemed to be more than just a card-board cut-out of a person.

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Awesome and completely out of left field :)

Revisado: 01-09-14

Where does American Elsewhere rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

Very highly.

What did you like best about this story?

What *didn't* I like about it?

The characters were complex having more than a single motivation each.
Loved the Lovecraftian elements.
Creepy small town vibe was great.
Well written and clearly well thought out.

Any additional comments?

Highly recommend this one!

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Not a Horror Novel

Revisado: 01-09-14

Would you try another book from Donna Tartt and/or Karen White?

Definitely not. I didn't finish this one.

What do you think your next listen will be?

Not sure yet.

What do you think the narrator could have done better?

Nothing. Not the narrator's fault.

What character would you cut from The Little Friend?

Primary complaint: I was misled by Audible.com. This book was listed as a Horror novel and it isn't. So I'd cut the tag "Horror" from it on your site.Secondary complaint: Boring. I mean I got through a good chunk of it and absolutely nothing happened. Kids wandering around. Adults having unimportant conversations. I mean I like some good character development as much as the next guy, but a story needs a plot.

Any additional comments?

This book is listed under Horror and it is not.

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