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A Great Wrap up

Revisado: 04-23-25

What an amazing wrap up to this stint of the Stormlight Archives. I didn't know how he was going to do it, but he did it! Well done Sanderson!!!

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Great Listen and Story Concept!

Revisado: 12-13-23

Dungeon Crawler Carl popped up on my "you might like list". I had read other lit rpgs. I wasn't particularly looking forward to this book. I needed to use up some credits and thought it might be an enjoyable read. But IT WAS AWESOME! It's like a blend of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with an MMO. It's not overly RPG forward. The story is incredibly well thought out and insanely entertaining. The voice acting is great, too. I'm excited to get the rest of the series!

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Great Listen and Story Concept!

Revisado: 12-13-23

Dungeon Crawler Carl popped up on my "you might like list". I had read other lit rpgs. I wasn't particularly looking forward to this book. I needed to use up some credits and thought it might be an enjoyable read. But IT WAS AWESOME! It's like a blend of Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy with an MMO. It's not overly RPG forward. The story is incredibly well thought out and insanely entertaining. The voice acting is great, too. I'm excited to get the rest of the series!

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A very relevant and great book

Revisado: 03-21-23

Heard Richard Reeves on NPR and knew I had to give this book a listen, I'm glad I did. It's incredibly relevant and brings up so many great points about the struggles of the modern man and boys. As a man and father to young men, I found it pertinent. Thanks for the great read and I hope we can tackle some of these issues in the near future.

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He Said/she said

Revisado: 03-20-23

Will Wheaton does a passable job at narration. He doesn't use different voices and they compensated by him saying "Bob said" A LOT! It gets kind of overwhelming at times but you get used to it. This book is worth a read if you're a Star Trek fan but I just couldn't bare to give it 5 stars because of the "He saids". Again, it's worth a read but you've ben warned.

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Definitely a history text

Revisado: 03-08-23

Definitely a history text but well written and enjoyable narration by Dugal Bruce Lockhart.

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Pretty Solid Book

Revisado: 09-27-22

The story is great but I got lost in some of the combat (not really my thing). I found myself having to go back and repeat large sections of this book nefarious is very very combat heavy.

Overall very enjoyable book series so far. If you're not familiar with RPG's I don't know if it would be a enjoyable. Yhe world building is great and may of set your need to love RPGs.

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Hayes nocks it out of the park again!

Revisado: 08-19-22

Such an awesome series, it's enjoyable, deep but not too heavy and Roger Wayne may be one of THE best audio book narrators of all time!

Check it out, you won't be disappointed. Also check out all of Drew Hayes' other works, most notably (in my opinion) Fred the Vampire Accountant and 5 Minute Sherlock. Those are some of my favorites but I can't imagine him putting out anything that would disappoint.

Thanks for the awesome escapes from reality, Drew, it's much needed!

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No Hook Until Book 3

Revisado: 09-17-21

Cameron has a story to tell. I'm glad I didn't give up. The end book is a bit disappointing but it's a solid concept that's unique and Cameron is great with historical fiction in a medieval setting.

You will be very lost until book 3ish. When Cameron sets the hook. I was insanely annoyed with the the "not Roman" "not English" "not French" world building until he sets the hook and it all makes sense.

***SPOILER***

In a nut shell, mythical higher powers transport medieval humans to another world/dimension to fight their mortal enemy. Humans stay culturally stagnant for thousands of years because they have magic and are constantly fighting other humans and other races that were brought to help fight the enemy.

Cool concept, just don't know why he takes so long to start reeling the reader in. The first two books are tough without this bit of informantion as you can tell by other reviews.

Voice actor changes partway through and I missed Matthew Wolf in later books. I fell in love with his voice.

Solid series. Good concept. Don't know if I'd ever go back for a listen but glad I gave it a shot.

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Meh ending to a solid concept

Revisado: 09-17-21

This just felt rushed and didn't fill in a lot of the loose ends.

Just like most of the series, I felt like I only knew half of what was going on. I could have definitely used a dim-whit character to every now and then say, "what just happen" or "why are we doing it this way." Perhaps if I was not working while listening or had read the book, I would feel differently.

The story just ends, then there's a 5 minute epilogue that ties up nothing ... Just, we defeated the bad guy and road off into the sunset. No more information about the gates. Why did Ash turn bad? Can we trust the other dragons? Maybe I missed something but I'm an avid audiobook listener and this one was a tough pill to swallow.

Medieval knights and traditions in an alternate reality was pretty fun if you like historical fiction. Cameron had a story he wanted to tell, just wish he would have slowed down a bit and dumbed it down every now and then. It was hard to digest in parts. I'm still glad I took a chance on this series but don't know if I'll ever go back for another listen.

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