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Good Story

Revisado: 11-18-23

Good story. Good series. Unfortunately, I do not enjoy these dramatized adaptations. I want the story, not a bunch of distracting and irrelevant background noise.

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Horribly Disappointed

Revisado: 03-13-23

I have been a fan of this series for years. The books are usually a lot of gun talk, a little humor, and a lot of interactions within the team and family that makes them all pretty real to me. I felt the previous book might have been showing a few cracks in the façade, but surely, I thought, things will look back up. Boy, was I ever wrong. This book was such an incredible disappointment. Think monster hunting women's fiction. I'm a woman and still I was ready to lose my lunch over the numerous repetitions of "but I must find my baby" or something similar. Okay. I got it. But once again it felt as if the text was being padded for length. Additionally, I listened to the audio version with a narrator who made Julie sound about 20 (and that's stretching it) and which contained numerous incorrect words that may or may not have been errors in the text. Had I been less annoyed overall, I might have given that a pass; as it is, I have to ask "Doesn't anybody ever proof this stuff??!!" The only thing that made it worthwhile slogging through to the end was the presence of a pint-size shoggoth.

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Excellent

Revisado: 02-12-23

The combination of Larry Correia and Oliver Wyman is always magic. Even though the stories are frequently outside my normally preferred genres, I still cannot stop listening. Mind you, in this case, you might find Monster Hunter characters hanging about...but that's a hazard of listening to too many books too many times.

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Bad Narration

Revisado: 07-23-22

What everyone has said about the narrator is absolutely true. I want to listen to these books, so I’m adjusting the speed from funereal to something a bit more lively and will soldier on. Slowly. Got a headache a few chapters in.

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Ordinary Magic is a Wonderful Series

Revisado: 10-22-20

It is rare for me to decide to purchase audio versions of ebooks that I own...only one format is my policy. Ordinary Magic ... I decided a short time ago that I wanted to have the audio as well. The whole Whispersync thing is cool. Kristine Hvam is a rocking narrator. I sped through the first three in the series happily. Then fast-forward to my next listen-through. I didn't have this title in my library. It is a very recent publication. I am not fond of full-cast productions. They just do not really work for me; they tend to feel overdone. But ... whatever. It's not Ms. Hvam, but better than nothing. But is it an unabridged version of the book? I can't tell. It is only half the length of the previous books. It never says either way...abridged or unabridged. Also, it's not Whispersync, so the switching between listening and reading is off the table. For me, then, this rendition of Dime A Demon is overall a 3-star rating. Love the book; have issues with the audio production.

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Narrator Killed it For Me

Revisado: 10-07-20

The books are good. Unfortunately, the voices used by this narrator for the Grimlocks make them all seem like idiotic teenagers. I don't know if my aversion to this narration is simply because I am used to the sound of the Grimlocks in their own series, but I don't think that is entirely the case. This narrator is simply not capable of one male voice let alone the entire cast of Grimlock brothers and other characters. I won't return it, because I was pretty much aware in advance that the narrator was a problem (and bought the book anyway ... that's on me); there's no way, however, that I'll invest in the rest of the series on Audible, which makes me sad

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Awful Narration

Revisado: 09-08-20

I have read and enjoyed this series, but I did not realize that I had never listened to this series. Therefore, I was astonished to find that the narration was so poor. After about a chapter, I realized that there was no way I could listen to the end. I intend to return this title as soon as possible

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Fun Times

Revisado: 04-24-19

The authors clearly enjoy a good bout of wordplay; I TOO enjoy wordplay. The authors clearly appreciate alliteration; I TOO appreciate alliteration. The authors were following the path to a classic Tolkien epic journey and had a blast doing it. The story itself wasn't too deep, but the character-building was extraordinary. However, for the Audible version, it is difficult to review the story. I have a feeling that the story was written merely as an exercise to let Luke Daniels loose to do .... his .... thing. His performance was utterly amazing.

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Hard Lessons

Revisado: 03-10-19

I love this series. This particular book, however, was a lot about learning hard truths. The Others find that they are not as invincible as they imagined. The Humans learn that no matter how hard they try to earn their place in their world, there is always some big schmuck to come along and wreck everything. Sometimes the good guys don't win. Big losses; hard lessons. Some people are suggesting that the characters did not behave intelligently or consistently. I'm usually prone to finding that annoying, but I was totally enthralled throughout this listen so either I don't concur or I just didn't pick up on it. I thought that characters might not have made the best decisions, but most of us do not always make smart decisions.

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Fun Times

Revisado: 01-21-19

This series is just the sort of light, frivolous read I sometimes crave. No angst; no drawn-out inter-personal tension; no "will they or won't they". Just a little mystery. A bunch of interesting characters and a satisfactory conclusion. The only negative I could really come up with is that the narrator has one elderly lady voice, so I feel a certain subconscious confusion with characters from other series I've listened to him narrate. On the whole, though, he does a surprisingly good job.

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