Richard

Great little story

Revisado: 06-07-24

What I especially like about the Tiffany Aching series is how it's definitely a young adult novel but it doesn't feel like it. The descriptions in it are a joy to read and respect the reader's intelligence. The audiobook just enhances everything with the voice work as you get so much fun tone.

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Gimmick gets stale after a while

Revisado: 06-02-24

This book reminds me of having a DnD party and one of the players rolls a character with a odd quirk or trait. This trait is all they've written for their character and it's what defines them. They then take this character and replay that same trait over and over and over again.

That's what the two main characters remind me of. There are still funny parts, but it all gets stale after a while.

Main guy is a wizard who only knows one spell that he's afraid of saying because it'll probably end the world. He's also a coward, but is insanely lucky with not dying. Makes some good banter with Death.

Other character is a tourist who is insanely naive to the world and thinks this is all one big amusement park ride. It's fine at points, but the lack of agency from him and Mr. McGoo walking through explosions starts to get the stale.

The story in general has zero agency as the characters get out of everything despite their stupidity or cowardice. Which I get is kind of the point of the story, but it's just not for me. I prefer Guards, Guards and Wee Free Men.

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90% talking

Revisado: 10-27-21

It's fine. But the problem is nothing really happens until the end. The politics are top notch, but fall flat as every scene feels as though ther characters are just sitting at a table, talking. Nothing exciting happens to build off the politics as they're happening. Paul and his sister are reduced to some prophecy seeking psychos. The Princess Eralon is reduced to some baby seeking nut job. Herbet brings back a dead character just so Paul's sister has someone to get hot for. It's all just too weird, stupid, and boring.

The performance was solid, but after following the first Dune, this one is just lacking all around. Despite bringing back most of the narrators, you only have them reading their chapters. In the first Dune audiobook, they all were voicing characters in a chapter with the sound effects and soundtrack creating a very Radio Drama feel. None of that is here and for a book that is just about talking and politics, it really really needed something to liven it up.

The book is like half the length at best of the first one and my review reflects that. Herbert could have put more into this and not made it so prophecy fueled nonsense, but instead it just felt like he was spinning his wheels to write Paul after he became emperor.

Just a very disappointing book all around. I understand the reputation it has now.

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Solid

Revisado: 08-19-16

Honestly I'm not sure what all the negative reviewers have against this story. It's a solid murder mystery with a fun perspective from another criminal that we don't really see a lot in other stories. The focus on locks, keys, and lock picking was a great over arching theme to the story. The only real complaint I had was the main character was stuck in the apartment a bit too long and I felt bored. Other than that the noire setting was executed really well, the narrator did a fine job creating the smokey filled room like nostalgia of a classic detective story (although Bernie and Ray sounded a bit too alike at times), and the characters themselves kept things interesting with their ever evolving and revealing back stories.

I'd recommend this to anyone who is a fan of the genre and audio books.

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