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Awakening: A LitRPG Adventure
- A Dragon Idol's Reincarnation Tale, Book 1
- By: AbyssRaven
- Narrated by: Erin Bateman
- Length: 20 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 150
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 119
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Story4 out of 5 stars 119
If waking up in a new world isn't bad enough, Hestia starts her new life as a small, newborn dragon in a hostile forest filled with vicious monsters. With status screens obscuring her vision, her first task is to escape two hungry kobolds wanting some grilled lizard for breakfast. Equipped with fragmented memories from her past life and the gamelike mechanics of her new reality, Hestia must face trials, beasts, bosses, and more as she grows in size and power.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Not enough dragon or idol
- By ajax on 08-08-23
- Awakening: A LitRPG Adventure
- A Dragon Idol's Reincarnation Tale, Book 1
- By: AbyssRaven
- Narrated by: Erin Bateman
I Love dragon protagonists but this one falls flat
Reviewed: 08-23-23
Continuous reference to stats, book spends too much time copying "so I'm a spider, so what,,?" and talking to itself.
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Failure Mode
- Expeditionary Force, Book 15
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 19 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 18,540
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 17,277
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Story5 out of 5 stars 17,230
The galaxy is doomed. Monkeys may be clever and too stubborn to give up, but Skippy The Idiot Who Got Played knows the harsh truth: this is a fight he can’t win. The odds are not only stacked against him, he was designed not to win this fight. Maybe he can salvage some faint memory of the civilizations that inhabit the galaxy, but those beings are doomed. Doomed. Including the Merry Band of Pirates.
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1 out of 5 stars
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A wholly unsatisfying ending to an epic universe
- By Anonymous User on 12-10-22
- Failure Mode
- Expeditionary Force, Book 15
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
As the supposed last book, it's disappointing.
Reviewed: 12-11-22
This book ended up as a whole Bishop and Skippy vs the universe. There was so much potential in the alien characters in previous installments that the author just threw them away to the side of the road. It should have not veered this way but it did. In a way the story was predictable. Nothing with Legion, nothing with the ruhar or exploring new worlds with different races. Idk how many times Skippy repeated glass half empty lines to no end. Not worth the read.
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Jake's Magical Market
- By: J.R. Mathews
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
- Length: 20 hrs and 41 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 7,849
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,160
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,141
Jake is working at the neighborhood market under his apartment when the world ends. He expected nuclear war, a computer virus, or even climate change burning everyone to a crisp to bring about the downfall of civilization. But cruel and arbitrary gods from another world? Who would have guessed that? When these cruel gods shuffled Earth like a deck of cards, nothing was in the same place anymore. Monsters, dungeons, and magical items appear scattered across the globe. And suddenly, everyone has access to a new, strange magical card system that gives them magical powers.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Lots of 5 star reviews
- By Noah M on 01-09-22
- Jake's Magical Market
- By: J.R. Mathews
- Narrated by: Travis Baldree
copypaste Wuxia
Reviewed: 02-28-22
I thought this was gonna be about a magical market jake owns. but instead, its magical market with a large portion of it becoming a copy paste of common wuxia tale formats. MC becomes pointlessly overpowered to kill a child of a god. Narrator is great.
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Brushfire
- Expeditionary Force, Book 11
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
- Length: 19 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 20,004
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 18,128
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Story5 out of 5 stars 18,062
Peacetime can be a rough adjustment for the battle-hardened Merry Band of Pirates.
Especially when aliens don’t get the memo that the shooting is over.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Disappointing
- By Andrew Nguyen on 12-16-20
- Brushfire
- Expeditionary Force, Book 11
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: R.C. Bray
1/2 of the book can be thrown out
Reviewed: 12-17-20
A good 1/2 of the book is boring with filler material. Had an extended shore leave/romance plot that was just boring and could have been compressed. The whole plot can be summed up with the last few chapters, and the major plot was dragged out over a few chapters to the point where it just was a deus ex machina dragged out for too long. Nothing in the beginning was a foreshadowing nor did it contribute to the main plot.
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Steel Dragon
- Steel Dragons, Book 1
- By: Kevin McLaughlin, Michael Anderle
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 17 hrs and 45 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 323
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 294
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 294
Dragons rule the world. Their claws are into every aspect of human life, from government to industry. But Kristen Hall is about to throw a wrench into all of that. Because she's a dragon, too. She just doesn't know it...yet! A dragon raised by humans, in the human world. After graduating from the police academy, she's dropped right into the ranks of Detroit's elite SWAT team. A rookie, in SWAT? Unheard of. But what the dragons want, they get. The reasons behind their machinations become clear as her dragon powers begin to surface. Will Kristen rise to the challenges of her new life?
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2 out of 5 stars
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I love the story but hate the MC
- By Austin on 08-24-20
- Steel Dragon
- Steel Dragons, Book 1
- By: Kevin McLaughlin, Michael Anderle
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
Story is weak and predictable, narration is decent
Reviewed: 08-18-20
it's a struggle to listen because the characters are a bit wooden and prone to unrealistic decisions. The story overall became a predictable tell all and ignores "the show don't tell" guidelines of exciting story telling. There are also places where a backstory pops out of nowhere and does not make sense. Since when did "Wonderboy" explicitly hate Dragons until the middle of the story? The MC doesn't make sense and feels like a different character after every arc.
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Of Sand and Snow
- The Wings of War, Book 5
- By: Bryce O'Connor
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
- Length: 20 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 329
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 289
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 290
With 50,000 freed slaves at their back, Raz i'Syul Arro and Syrah Brahnt leave the savannahs of Perce behind. Karesh Syl is no more. Karesh Nan burns in their wake. Beyond the border before them the South looms, ready and waiting, and together Raz and Syrah pray they are prepared for the great offense they must now undertake against the fringe cities.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Good, but has its issues.
- By Nikki on 05-29-20
- Of Sand and Snow
- The Wings of War, Book 5
- By: Bryce O'Connor
- Narrated by: Mikael Naramore
Great performance
Reviewed: 06-02-20
Great performance and good writing, a bit on the large scale momentum of these things, Though its at the stage in the book where all those things are converging to a single point and the tendency for monotonous story telling is a common pitfall. Luckily in this book, it is far and few between. Though Troop movements are really hard to describe and imagine in both writing and reading it seems.
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Transformation
- LitRPG series. Book I
- By: Valery Starsky
- Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Aurelia Vazquez, and others
- Length: 11 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 244
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 222
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Story4 out of 5 stars 222
The familiar world collapsed overnight. As the Transformation progressed, disasters occurred throughout the Earth. Materials changed their properties, new species of flora and fauna appeared. The Game converted our world into a huge dungeon, completely replacing the previous civilization. However, the alien plans for Earth began to go awry from the very beginning. The conversion was less successful than expected. An ordinary young man stole the bonus for the first gaming action, depriving the invaders of their perk.
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2 out of 5 stars
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A great save by soundbooth
- By Tyler on 11-24-19
- Transformation
- LitRPG series. Book I
- By: Valery Starsky
- Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Aurelia Vazquez, Dalton Lynne
narration was really flat
Reviewed: 12-03-19
low effort audiobook? even as a Russian translation there is simply no inflection when there clearly should be. Also it seems like the translation in the first place was poor. getting a refund
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Homefront: An Expeditionary Force Audio Drama Special
- Expeditionary Force, Book 7.5
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, and others
- Length: 5 hrs and 58 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 15,998
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 14,954
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 14,898
After the latest mission of the starship Flying Dutchman, Earth is safe not just for a year, but for hundreds of years. The ship’s weary crew wonders what they will do with their lives in peacetime, but the enemy has other plans, and there is danger on the Homefront. Starring Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and everyone's favorite AI, Skippy the Magnificent, alongside a full cast. Includes plenty of pew-pew-pew, original sound composition, and maybe some singing by R.C. Bray.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great effort with potential, not the best executed
- By Rialtus on 06-18-19
- Homefront: An Expeditionary Force Audio Drama Special
- Expeditionary Force, Book 7.5
- By: Craig Alanson
- Narrated by: Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, Lisa Renee Pitts, P. J. Ochlan, Peter Berkrot, full cast
I did not want background sounds/music
Reviewed: 06-18-19
Background sound/effects is too loud and I can barely hear the narrators. I can barely even hear the people with the walkie talkies effect. I'd Rather read the book.
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Dragon Seed
- Archemi Online, Volume 1
- By: James Osiris Baldwin
- Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Laurie Catherine Winkel
- Length: 12 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,661
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 3,346
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 3,343
Before being conscripted to fight in the Total War, Private Hector Park had a shattered family, a collection of old video games, and a promising career as a motorcycle stuntman. Now, he is dying from a virus threatening humankind with extinction. He has three days to live. When Hector’s brother contacts him after years of hostile silence, Hector goes to try and make peace. But his brother has an offer even more unbelievable than reconciliation: the chance to cheat death by joining him in Archemi, a full-immersion fantasy VR-RPG video game.
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5 out of 5 stars
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good story, well told
- By Fievel on 12-10-18
- Dragon Seed
- Archemi Online, Volume 1
- By: James Osiris Baldwin
- Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays, Laurie Catherine Winkel
Story was okay, I kinda wished for no theme music
Reviewed: 02-19-19
Decent story to get through the day, but the theme music and sfx is really cringe for me. I understand that the high quality narration game is going up but please leave it out as it throws me out of my own theater of mind.
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Dungeon Desolation
- Divine Dungeon Series, Book 4
- By: Dakota Krout
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
- Length: 11 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 8,776
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 7,960
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 7,940
Auras empowering the body to superhuman status. Invocations tearing the land asunder. The war has arrived. The necromantic armies are on the warpath and nowhere is safe—even the sanctuary of the flying dungeon has been threatened. The leadership of nearly all the sentient races has been wiped out, and only the people most suited to repelling the advancing darkness have an intact monarchy. Cal learns quickly that the primary threat is not the far-off war, but the actions of those entrusted with protecting the population.
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3 out of 5 stars
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It should have ended.
- By Austin on 01-26-19
- Dungeon Desolation
- Divine Dungeon Series, Book 4
- By: Dakota Krout
- Narrated by: Vikas Adam
meh
Reviewed: 01-28-19
there was nothing compelling about this story and it simply dragged on at the end with overpowered antagonists with no payoff
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