Gloria C.

Excellent narration of a complicated character

Reviewed: 10-12-24

Loved the narration - it captured exactly how unengaged, yet engaging, the main character could be. The tone throughout kept my interest and compassion in place while not requiring approval of the main character. Irina felt familiar in the way that someone you know to be manipulative, and possibly destructive, can still be someone you feel needs sympathy and looking after. There was violence in all its forms in this book, but the title and summary give you fair warning.

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Thought provoking

Reviewed: 09-16-24

There is much more to this book than I anticipated. The main character had me examining, and then reexamining, their choices and circumstances from the perspective of both a Bot and a human. This made for an interesting and illuminating read that stayed with me after the book was finished.

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sad, exciting, bloody and lovely

Reviewed: 08-27-24

There was lots of ground covered.. it was a supernatural western adventure told by an excellent narrator with a couple of musical numbers presented at perfectly appropriate times. All in all, a wonderful listen

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Competency celebrated

Reviewed: 05-15-24

Plenty of action & adventure, some lust, some magic, and many interesting, diverse characters - What"s not to love? I particularly appreciated the narrator. They portrayed the irritation, ambivalence, and other very relatable and appropriate reactions in a distinctive voice. The characters had individual and interesting attributes and their skills, competence, and frailties were celebrated. It was refreshing that physical beauty was mostly irrelevant and mentioned only as needed. Extremely enjoyable listen.

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Sad, dark, uplifting, wonderful

Reviewed: 01-31-24

I enjoy when an author or other creative person explores a different vibe. I am a big fan of everything Mr. Kane has put out so far, and this darker, less comical, version of heroic, chaotic, flawed characters was no exception. I look forward to following every old or new avenue this author takes.

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Extremely hard pass

Reviewed: 05-16-23

This book had a very creepy vibe. The "Kings" (yeah, right) were wanted by all women, feared by all men (of course), and all 3 of their voices were predictably slow and raspy (emo mixed with angsty). The one woman they identified as the most valuable was not local (you know; "she goes to another school") and all other women were judged as less-than...of course the chosen woman also found them irresistible. No - just no. I stopped listening with less than 1/2 an hour left to go because I couldn"t see a world where this dated, stereotypical book could be redeemed and I was just rage-listening.

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Main character has no character

Reviewed: 03-21-23

I"m within 2 hours of the end and am returning this book because I just can"t follow the main character any more. No spoilers, but the protagonist accepts all the benefits of his inner older self as he time travels without taking on any of the interesting moral questions of how his younger outer self should express them. He never even asks the questions and thus becomes a thief, usurper, and creep fulfilling a quest without ever having considered how he has taken advantage of the circumstances, gifts, and people around him to fulfill that quest. A quest, which by the way, could destroy the world....but he REALLY wants to do it so, whatever. The science and math portions are sometimes interesting and the narrator is good.

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Production was overly dramatic

Reviewed: 08-28-22

I enjoyed many parts of the story, but the music and the voices made it seem like a badly produced movie. All of the "atmospheric" additions were way too intrusive and made it hard to engage with the audible version. I might read this in print, but I just can"t finish this audible version. I"m out.

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all emotions

Reviewed: 07-23-22

I recognized characters as real and flawed and wonderful as my friends and
family

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perfect light reading

Reviewed: 03-31-22

murder, but entertaining in a non stressful way. characters were engaging and the narrator did a great job with the overall tone

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