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Wind and Truth
- Book Five of the Stormlight Archive
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
- Length: 62 hrs and 48 mins
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Dalinar Kholin challenged the evil god Odium to a contest of champions with the future of Roshar on the line. The Knights Radiant have only ten days to prepare—and the sudden ascension of the crafty and ruthless Taravangian to take Odium’s place has thrown everything into disarray. Desperate fighting continues simultaneously worldwide—Adolin in Azir, Sigzil and Venli at the Shattered Plains, and Jasnah in Thaylenah. The former assassin, Szeth, must cleanse his homeland of Shinovar from the dark influence of the Unmade.
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Went woke
- By M. C. on 12-16-24
- Wind and Truth
- Book Five of the Stormlight Archive
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Kate Reading, Michael Kramer
Disappointing and did not live up to the rest
Reviewed: 01-02-25
I finished this book just feeling…Nothing. It did not have the buildup and conclusion I have come to expect from Brandon and There was just too much happening. I feel like 50% could have been trimmed and the other 50% could have been better vetted out. There are some important characters that need to be fleshed out and some that just didn’t need to do anything.
The emphasis on every single person in this book being broken and needing therapy got kind of beaten to death. Characters like Kaladin and Shallan have had a lot of time through the series to progress and improve and it really made their successes meaningful. Where everyone who got “Help” in this book felt rushed and not very believable.
The spiritual Realm felt like a convenient plot device to do huge Lore dumps, which were often interesting, but it was way too much and felt like a slog. There were too many times a main character was beaten down and left in in impossible situation but “Overcomes it” though nothing but plot armor and will power sometimes multiple times to the same character. So when the ending happens it felt like there was no pay off.
The ending felt rushed and honestly was confusing and did not feel like anything was resolved truly. The bits that got “Resolved” felt kind of half baked. The entire state of the world is flipped upside down leaving so many questions and destroys any understanding we had of Roshar and now the series is effectively over for the foreseeable future…
I have read all of Brandon Sandersons books and this is the first time where I finished it and rather than wishing I had more was glad there isn’t any and want to go read something completely different to cleanse my pallet. It was not what I had come to expect from these books.
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Wool
- The Silo Saga, Book 1
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 15 hrs
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The world outside has grown toxic, the view of it limited, talk of it forbidden. The remnants of humanity live underground in a single silo. But there are always those who hope, who dream. These are the dangerous people, the residents who infect others with their optimism. Their punishment is simple. They are given the very thing they want: They are allowed to go outside.
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THIS is a strong female character
- By Alex on 03-23-23
- Wool
- The Silo Saga, Book 1
- By: Hugh Howey
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
the originality is there
Reviewed: 12-11-23
I started off not sure about this book and wondering if this was heavily influenced by FallOut. but as I kept going I think I like this version of "Vault-Tech" bunkers and they mystery involved. the sense of progression and resourcefulness was believable and refreshing. It had good beats and always left me me wanting to be part of the story.
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The Greater Good
- Ciaphas Cain: Warhammer 40,000, Book 9
- By: Sandy Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Matthew Hunt, and others
- Length: 9 hrs and 50 mins
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When the world of Quadravidia comes under attack by the insidious tau, only one man can defeat the aliens and save the planet in the Emperor's name – the legendary Hero of the Imperium, Commissar Ciaphas Cain. When the aliens call for a ceasefire, Cain expects the worst, and his fears are answered in the form of the dread menace of the tyranids. As a hive fleet approaches Quadravidia, Cain must try to forge an alliance between the Imperium and the t'au – but can he truly trust the inscrutable xenos?
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misleading title, still a fun book.
- By Your Friendly Neighborhood Trex on 03-21-23
- The Greater Good
- Ciaphas Cain: Warhammer 40,000, Book 9
- By: Sandy Mitchell
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring, Penelope Rawlins, Matthew Hunt, Andrew James Spooner, John Banks, Tara Rawson
misleading title, still a fun book.
Reviewed: 03-21-23
I had a good time but only picked up this book because I was expecting it to be focused on interactions with the Tau. it was a tyranids story more then Tau. Tau we're practical a footnote I. comparison
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In the Shadow of Lightning
- Glass Immortals, Book 1
- By: Brian McClellan
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
- Length: 24 hrs and 53 mins
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Demir Grappo is an outcast—he fled a life of wealth and power, abandoning his responsibilities as a general, a governor, and a son. Now he will live out his days as a grifter, rootless, and alone. But when his mother is brutally murdered, Demir must return from exile to claim his seat at the head of the family and uncover the truth that got her killed: the very power that keeps civilization turning, godglass, is running out.
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A slow start, but would recommend this to everyone
- By Wakawaka on 07-07-22
- In the Shadow of Lightning
- Glass Immortals, Book 1
- By: Brian McClellan
- Narrated by: Damian Lynch
Loved this book
Reviewed: 07-12-22
Was really not expecting a book like this but it was great and I loved every minute of it.
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The Salvage Crew
- By: Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
- Narrated by: Nathan Fillion
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
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An AI overseer and a human crew arrive on a distant planet to salvage an ancient UN starship. The overseer is unhappy. The crew, well, they're certainly no A-team. Not even a C-team on the best of days. And worse? Urmahon Beta, the planet, is at the ass-end of nowhere. Everybody expects this to be a long, ugly, and thankless job. Then it all goes disastrously wrong. What they thought was an uninhabited backwater turns out to be anything but empty.
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Rats, I got sucked in and wasted a credit
- By unknown on 01-31-21
- The Salvage Crew
- By: Yudhanjaya Wijeratne
- Narrated by: Nathan Fillion
mixed feelings
Reviewed: 09-15-21
I liked the start and the first half of this one and the narration by Nathan Fillion was fun but the last half just kinda felt meh. and the end was kinda depressing.
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Infinite
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 10 hrs and 21 mins
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The Galahad, a faster-than-light spacecraft, carries 50 scientists and engineers on a mission to prepare Kepler 452b, Earth's nearest habitable neighbor at 1400 light years away. With Earth no longer habitable and the Mars colony slowly failing, they are humanity's best hope. After 10 years in a failed cryogenic bed - body asleep, mind awake - William Chanokh's torture comes to an end as the fog clears, the hatch opens, and his friend and fellow hacker, Tom, greets him...by stabbing a screwdriver into his heart. This is the first time William dies.
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a rather complex science fiction story
- By Midwestbonsai on 12-26-17
- Infinite
- By: Jeremy Robinson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
Brovo Jeremy Robinson you got me good.
Reviewed: 07-15-21
This is a book I had no expectations going into and man did he get me good. Just when I thought I understood where things were going and I started accepting thing it would change and go somewhere else. It never made be annoyed or disinterested but kept me curious. so many twists that were impossible to see coming. But I loved it.
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The Alloy of Law
- A Mistborn Novel
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
- Length: 10 hrs and 48 mins
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Three hundred years after the events of the Mistborn trilogy, Scadrial is now on the verge of modernity, with railroads to supplement the canals, electric lighting in the streets and the homes of the wealthy, and the first steel-framed skyscrapers racing for the clouds.Kelsier, Vin, Elend, Sazed, Spook, and the rest are now part of history—or religion. Yet the old magics of Allomancy and Feruchemy continue to play a role in this reborn world....
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Pleased, yet wanting more...
- By T on 11-11-11
- The Alloy of Law
- A Mistborn Novel
- By: Brandon Sanderson
- Narrated by: Michael Kramer
top notch!
Reviewed: 06-18-20
loved it. such a great book. im already on to the next one. Mistborn rocks.
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Supernova Era
- By: Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen - translator
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
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Eight light years away, a star has died, creating a supernova event that showers Earth in deadly levels of radiation. Within a year, everyone over the age of 13 will die. And so the countdown begins. Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge needed to keep the world running. But when the world is theirs, the last generation may not want to continue the legacy left to them. And in shaping the future however they want, will the children usher in an era of bright beginnings or final mistakes?
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A little torn by this one
- By Daniel G on 10-25-19
- Supernova Era
- By: Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen - translator
- Narrated by: Feodor Chin
Pretty disappointed with this book.
Reviewed: 11-14-19
I had read several of Cixin Liu's other books and loved Three Body Problem. I recommend it to everyone. This book however really misses the mark in so many ways. The style is very much like his other books. A mixture or third-person and historical like accounts which work really well for books that cover a huge period of time like Three Body. This book takes place over the span of 2 years and the constant flip to quotes from supposed history books just feels dull and adds very little.
The setup had my attention. The reveal of the driving conflict and humanity's struggle to prepare a transition of the world to the children. And that leads into how the children solve their different problems. That's where everything falls apart for me.
I would be very curious what actual child psychologists would say about this book. I myself found the entire events completely unbelievable to the point that this drifted from being a published novel to some wacky fan-fiction on the internet. Children would not behave this way on the scale that the author describes. I am a Father and know from first hand experience that children are caring, kind and generally non-violent. The Idea that the author puts forward that children left unsupervised turn into wild destructive idiots that can only think about having fun is just ridiculous. According to the author children don't value life and are indifferent about killing. Such a hard sell! The idea that these kids would have actual war battles and kill each other for months for the sake of fun is just insane. In reality they would wise up real quick as soon as people started dying. Its almost like the author doesn't realize that children have feelings and emotions. The extreme reaction by children aside, any parts involving the U.S.A feels like blatant Chinese Anti-America propaganda. Apparently in China, unsupervised kids will just play with all the toys. But in America they all become Violent remorseless heathens who think murder is fun.... What? No kid would think that way!
There were so many realistic and possible challenges the children could have been faced with that would have still been interesting to see. Like solving production issues, negotiating Trade routes, dealing with split off factions, or just staying alive. You get a taste of that at first but then it all just becomes this absurd journey for kids to find "Thrills and fun" at the cost of hundreds of thousands of lives.
As far as the Plot, You keep expecting a twist or a revelation which is common in Cixin Liu's other books. It never really comes. There are a few but they always turn out to be inconsequential. Things like the children realize they have an AI super computer that can do essential anything or that they have a secret nuke left them from the adults. In both cases you are like "wow, this is going to change things and going to get good". Wrong. They only use the computer for a minute to be a robocaller and to act as an auto moderator on an an online forum. Then we learn about the nuke which they use to retaliate against the nuke launched at them by the Americans. Mass Death. but there is literally no repercussions or even hard feelings towards each other afterwards.... What? What kind of world is this? How are all of these children not suffering extreme mental health issues and PTSD after all the horrors they have been through. Through out the entire book there is only a single instance of a kid showing an emotional break down from the violence.
The books conclusion is also very dull and by this point I was just waiting it out. More stuff happens that just makes no sense. Apparently its fun to swap counties? And then there is an abrupt end. No real resolution or satisfying conclusion. The epilogue is just a lack luster account by the supposed narrator of this historical account.and it insinuates he lives on Mars.
The End.
Honestly I just don't know what to say more other then I think the author had a lot of good ideas and tried to shove them all into a single book and that left everything that happens in the book to feel half baked. So may good starts or plot lines that had promise and then they just drop off and may as well not had happened at all.
I can honestly say I wish I had skipped this one.
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Death's End
- By: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 28 hrs and 51 mins
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Half a century after the Doomsday Battle, the uneasy balance of Dark Forest Deterrence keeps the Trisolaran invaders at bay. Earth enjoys unprecedented prosperity due to the infusion of Trisolaran knowledge. With human science advancing daily and the Trisolarans adopting Earth culture, it seems that the two civilizations will soon be able to coexist peacefully as equals, without the terrible threat of mutually assured annihilation. But the peace has also made humanity complacent.
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one of the best trilogies I have ever listened to
- By Patrick on 10-17-16
- Death's End
- By: Cixin Liu, Ken Liu - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
A solid ending
Reviewed: 09-23-19
The finale to this trilogy was very good and while it did leave me wanting a bit more I think it was perfect. I don't think it could have been better. I was tearful saying goodbye to a series I have been so invested in the last 3 months.
The writing style is some of the best I have read. Cixin Liu is amazing at establishing metaphors and really helping you understand his characters and what they are like and what they are feeling. I have never felt so connected to a book series before.
I loved how long the books are too.
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The Dark Forest
- By: Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
- Length: 22 hrs and 36 mins
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This near-future trilogy is the first chance for English-speaking listeners to experience this multiple-award-winning phenomenon from Cixin Liu, China's most beloved science fiction author. In The Dark Forest, Earth is reeling from the revelation of a coming alien invasion - in just four centuries' time. The aliens' human collaborators may have been defeated, but the presence of the sophons, the subatomic particles that allow Trisolaris instant access to all human information, means that Earth's defense plans are totally exposed to the enemy.
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A New Favorite
- By averageconsumer on 08-14-15
- The Dark Forest
- By: Cixin Liu, Joel Martinsen - translator
- Narrated by: P. J. Ochlan
My favorite Book in a while
Reviewed: 09-23-19
This book is my favorite of the series. I was fully invested from the start and enjoyed every minute of it.
The amount of scientific detail that goes into these books is amazing. The writing style is some of the best I have read. Cixin Liu is amazing at establishing metaphors and really helping you understand his characters and what they are like and what they are feeling. I have never felt so connected to a book series before.
I loved how long the books are too.
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