Tomas Petrén

The end.

Reviewed: 07-01-25

No. Damn it. Although we're at the current destination, I'm so freaking sad the journey is over for now.

The best series I've ever had the pleasure of digesting.

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Fantastic story.

Reviewed: 09-08-24

Sanderson delivers again, like always. A fantastic world building, and a great story with several unexpected twists. a Although I really like blev the narrators I would have preferred it if this one was Kramer only, since the characters spend most of the book together it just felt off with different voices, and Hoid is the constant narrator, which is why Kramer would have felt better.

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Not as entertaining as the first book.

Reviewed: 04-08-24

It's ok. Some witty comments and quite a few laughs, it's Douglas Adams after all, but I found it lacking in substance compare to HHGTTG and the first DG book.

Also the narrator which I thought did excellent work on the first book doesn't shine here. Her had the opportunity to do Scandinavian accents (it even says so in the book) but he bungles it and makes the Scandinavian characters who play a large role sound like Germans instead.

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Excellent narration.

Reviewed: 19-07-24

Decent book, an interesting enough world with a likeable main character. Some pretty glaring plot holes and silly decisions take the score down for me.

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Depressing but good.

Reviewed: 22-06-24

The dark tone from the previous book gets worse, and I struggled to get through this one. Not because it's not great, it's is, but the story takes on G.R.R.Martin levels of nausea. Still well worth the listen.

They've switched narrators on two of the characters and I'm not a fan. The new ones do a good job, but when it takes half the book to her over the annoyance of the "wrong" voice it deserves to be mentioned.

On to the next one, which I've read that it's not as dark. I hope that's correct.

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Darker

Reviewed: 10-05-24

Almost wish I didn't start this one. Not because it isn't good, it certainly is. But while the third book of the initial trilogy ends on a pretty happy and hopeful note, this one tosses is right into more darkness. The whole book feels heavier than three earlier ones, except for perhaps the beginning of the first book.

We're introduced to several new points of view and Darrow shares the lead with three other characters. The different narrators do an excellent job of it, and it certainly didn't bother me that the horizon was brodened. They *should* have made a better job at trying to sound more similar when giving the same characters though, when the arches cross it's a little bit annoying otherwise. Only a minor detail though.

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Fantastic.

Reviewed: 26-04-24

Didn't know what to expect when going in to this series. But great world building, a sympathetic cast, an intriguing story and stellar narration make me finish all three books in just a couple of weeks.

Fitting more into them niche of books like The Hunger games than science fiction don't enter with the expectation of technology or storage travel being central, this story is more about character evolvement and the fight against an unjust society. And well worth the read/listen.

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Good.

Reviewed: 24-06-23

I started listening to this series because of the Netflix show, and one thing that comes to mind when listening is how great the TV show captures the books. Sure there are some differences, but unlike how it usually is nothing is actually missing in the TV show, and some choices that are different I actually found better and more interesting. Too bad it got cancelled, but now I can finally go on to the third book and see what happens.

The narrator is good, but not as good as the woman who did the first book, the characterization isn't as good and it's harder to distinguish between characters in a conversation.

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Yep, much better.

Reviewed: 01-03-23

The first Alcatraz book was only available in the dramatised version in Audible so I went with that. I was not impressed so ditt the second I bought this regular version instead, and it's so much better I'm severely annoyed I had to endure the first book in an inferior way.

The Alcatraz books are aimed towards a young audience and children so don't expect the regular Sanderson treatment. They're still entertaining to me and I plan on listening through them all as long as I can get the proper audiobooks with this excellent narrator.

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Losing momentum

Reviewed: 24-02-23

The third and final book leaves me satisfied with the trilogy. Like the other books the story is pretty predictable and it's a comfortable ride to finish. Nothing wrong with that though, although I found myself losing interest more often than I did earlier, perhaps it dragged out slightly longer than I would have wished.

Compared to Hamiltons best work (Commonwealth saga if you ask me), this is obviously aimed at a younger audience and from a single pov, making it a much more linear and child friendly story.

Still worth a listen and although there are books I regret purchasing this certainly isn't one.

Footnote: The narrator obviously isn't using her normal accent but tries to do some kind of posh British that I actually don't think exists, and she pronounces some words really funny. Not enough to annoy me, but I can imagine it can be an issue for people that actually are native English speakers, especially British ones.

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