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Gritty Cop Show In Space, Episode three!

Reviewed: 09-30-24

Oliver Wyman knocks this performance out of the park reading my all time Favorite Author, Larry Corriea.

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Young Adult needs a lable

Reviewed: 09-30-24

normally I don;t mind Y.A., but this was... rubbed me the wrong way. like it was talking down to me, or was written for pre-teens. to say the least, I was not happy with it. this is the third Sanderson novel I tried, and I'm not digging it.
don;t get me wrong, the Quality is good, just the subject matter that doesn't sit well. *shrugs* sorry

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if you love gobbo sex, then that is what you get.

Reviewed: 05-25-24

the world building, character development, and pretty much anything else takes a back seat to goblin p*ssy... seriously that's like 90% of the story how goblin vag is the best there is.
I'd like to say that the sex scenes were at least well done, but it's all male ego stroking on how his prick is the biggest and the best, not realistic at all.
the kid (mid thirties?) is tired of adventuring and takes on the task of rebuilding a gobbo clan/tribe.
yeah, KID. I'm in my 50's and thirty year olds might as well be kids as far as I'm concerned.
Over all, the quality of the writing is good, just the topic is a little MEH for me.
the performance of the narrator is supurb, so you at least have that going for you.

but I'm not going to bother with book 2.

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boring and predictable

Reviewed: 07-03-23

goes for Terry Pratchett, falls VERY short. isn't actually BAD, but is not good unless you like turning your brain off and listening to whatever is playing. VERY long road trips with a Marine, and this would hit the spot, but I rarely have my brother (the marine in question) so this isn't really my jam.

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if you are a trucker, pass this one on by...

Reviewed: 06-26-22

I've been an Over The Road Truck Driver for over twenty years now. I've driven Kenworth's, Peterbilt's, International's, Freightliner's, MACK's, and Volvo's, and multiples of each during that time. Never Once have I run into an 18 wheelere with the key in the steering column. Never had a stick shift with a PARK gear, Never had an engine that could be fixed with a monkey wrench and a welding torch. The Kenworth I'm sitting in Right Now is 36,000lbs fully fueled with an empty trailer (That's 18 tons) and that's about the lightest OTR truck I've ever driven.
Over the last 20 plus years I have stayed in motel rooms exactly 9 times, all when my truck was broken, or the a/c didn't work. Motel Rooms are too expencive to afford for an average OTR driver on any kind of regular basis, seeing that they START at $80 a night, and run WELL over $500 in a nice area. half my base pay before taxes for a bed and bathroom? no thanks. I can sleep in my truck for free, unless I have to pay to park.
I do not know who in the heck Simon Archer is, but he obviously doesn't know anything at all about driving a Commercial Motor Vehicle in the modern era. Sure Sure he probably heard tales from the late 60's or early 70's about the wild west of trucking, Maybe he saw movies like CONVOY or Smokey And The Bandit.
Those are Fiction, and nothing like reality.

and it's REALITY that's the problem. every time Simon goes to add 'a little trucker flair' into the story, it's like jabbing my pinky toe on the coffee table in the dark. Totally ruins the mood, and takes me out of my suspension of disbelief. I cannot enjoy this story because he gets too may things WRONG.
Having Sex with Cat Girls? sure, no problem. Hopping from one dimension to another? Why not? it's all good.
putting a stick shift 18-wheeler in PARK? just... NO.

I'm halfway through this story, and the less he talks about the truck the better. if he keeps it up, I'm going to demand my money back because I cannot enjoy someone that is completely clueless trying to "tell me how to do my job" because that's what it feels like.

IF you are 20-something and know nothing AT ALL about trucking, it's a fun story...
I'm 48. One Of My Kids is older than the main character. and I suspect that the author is about that age as well

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young kids, not young adults

Reviewed: 03-03-22

highly suggested audiobook by audible, very disappointed with it.
I could see younger kids liking it, but not young adults.
I'm an old adult, nearing 50.
the 0lot is thin, the characters are more archetypes than people, the competency of the people involved suggest they stole a shuttle to Tru and back-door a "solution" Rather than an actual military mission.

wasted a couple hours on this and wish I hadn't.
the narrator did a good job polishing this turd.

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emotionally painful for me

Reviewed: 08-17-20

I was only able to listen to this a few minutes at a time because of all the trauma in my life. the ebatings, the insults and abuse, getting raped at 8 years old and BEATEN for it for the next 8 years for 'lying about a family friend'

This book would be GREAT for people that are allowed to decide for themselves what they want and need from this world

I say that because in my forty-six years on this planet have never once been ALLOWED to decide ANYTHING for myself. other people decide for me wether or not I want them to.
my only need, want, or desire is to be loved and not get hurt any more... and I'm not allowed to have that. it's beyond my reach.
for decades I've been forced to work to pay for everyone elses crap, pay their bills, fix their stuff till they just up and leave me so the next person can use and abuse me.

I don't value my life, at all because I get no enjoyment from it.
Others live off me like Parasites and I have nothing to show for near five decades of work, pain, and toil.

the audiobook is good, but it can't help me... no one can

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well written, entertaining

Reviewed: 12-05-18

the reader does a good job of bring the main character to life, and by main character I mean Beast. oh she does a good job with Jane as well I guess XD

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I laughed, I cried, I cleaned my guns

Reviewed: 07-17-18

third in a Monster Hunter Memoirs series, Saints covers several years of Oliver Chadwick (call me chad) Gardenier's life, and his death. the wacky crap he pulled, from the parties to sueing the MCB to earning his maters degree to killing the biggest monster in history. if you like MHI, you will LOVE John Ringo's Memoirs series

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Kris Longknife defends the ITEECHE

Reviewed: 05-16-18

Kris Longknife bites off more than she can chew by getting involved with the Iteechie civil war

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