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This is not really a fantasy novel

Revisado: 11-21-24

This book is not what it is marketed to be. It has some fantasy and magic elements but the vast majority of the book is a cliché forbidden romance with cringy dialogue and catty immature characters. About 10 percent of the book is fantastic the rest had me rolling my eyes and wishing something would happen in the plot. See my full review on good reads if youre interesed.

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Fantastic starter kit but marred by warnings.

Revisado: 12-17-22

I really enjoyed this book overall. The information is presented in a logical and is easy to understand. If you have a passing interest in Chinese history it's quite exciting to hear a name or period mentioned that you are slightly familiar with. The first half of the book is mostly history, while the second half is primarily practice. The history I have no critique of, but the practice I became more and more annoyed and upset with the constant reminders to "not try this at home" or without supervision of a teacher. Not sure what the authors goal was with these constant interruptions and reminders was. I understand the need to be careful and respectful of a faith and it's practices and that ALL physical activity comes with risk so warnings are understandable but an author should also respect their readership's ability to make informed and careful choices.

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Pay attention

Revisado: 11-07-22

It's wonderful to have this book available and for free! It's very well done. My only criticism is that it's read by a non-native speaker of English. While her command of the English language is fantastic, her pronunciation of several phonemes is significantly different that you might need to pause a second. Eventually I was able to adapt but it made the book far more work to listen to.
If you are unfamiliar with this work I highly suggest either reading the Greek classics or having an easy way to reference the many names come up.
Enjoy

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easy listen simple execution friendly narrator

Revisado: 09-02-22

the homework is well worth the time and energy. but look up more on the systems he mentions independently.

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Given a much deserved place horror history

Revisado: 09-02-22

short and sweet with many elements of what would one day inspire the first cosmic horror writers.

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Too many assumptions

Revisado: 10-16-21

The author of this book is clearly writing from a biased and angry point of view. The book Is now so dated that all of his little jabs or "just so" adages relevant to the time of it's writing now seem petty and over simplified. This book is less about Muhammad as a biography and more a roast of what he said and did and how it is applied to the Islamophobic and reactionary world of 2005. The author claims to be simply stating what is said and presenting facts. I disagree. I think his tone of writing clearly show's his true feelings. I refuse to give any credence to a book that simply rants about problems and fails to present any solution or closure. If he wants to paint the world in black and white that's his business. I prefer to live in the real world.

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Not really what the title says it to be.

Revisado: 11-10-20

I'm a huge fan of the Forgotten Realms. I was super excited about this book. I gave it my all but listening to it just drained me. The title of the book is misleading in that you spend most of the book inside the mind of Elminister and him remembering other people. There is very little hell related content, and very little actual story. The book has a huge cast of characters or memories of characters so if, like me, you're a fan, it's fun to see these characters again, but for a novice to the FR world I imagine it would be extremely frustrating. I'm sorry to say Ed. This one was a flop :*(

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Never took off

Revisado: 03-10-19

I went into this having no expectations and so I tried to listen with an open mind. I suffered through the first 3 hours of listening in the hopes that it would pick up. I grew tired of the over excited and juvenile expressiveness of the characters. I was also bored with the lack of connection and motivation between flat and uninteresting characters. This being said, there is quite a bit of excellent creativity, but the presentation doesn't feel artistic, more like the author simply presented their notes on the world and explained a spreadsheet as opposed to making a rich world full of cool things that are then regulated by these complex rules and systems. At about the 4 hour mark there was indeed a pick up as the characters start to meet for the first time, but it doesn't last, as this then leads to further explanations of more systems.
I finished the book and feel as if I've read the twitch stream blog of how to raid a wow dungeon as fast and effectively as possible. I think Dakota Krout would have better luck in game design than in literature.
Vikas Adam does give it his all thought. I was impressed with his range of contrast between male and female voices. I would listen to a another book narrated by him outside of the Divine Dungeon series.

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Great flow and golden nuggets!

Revisado: 11-14-17

Blues was always playing in my house for a long as I can remember. My father constantly talked about it and tried to impress it's importance on me. His lessons went mostly unheeded, or so I thought. This book was absolute fantastic in content, progression and style. The names presented were mostly familiar and I had a grand old time following along with youtube videos of the artists. The Narrator has the perfect voice. Low, cool and when he quotes lyrics, I got the chills. I'm hoping to find more of his narration.
After reading this book I have a new found appreciation and explosion of love for the blues!
Time will tell but this book may have chanced my life. It has certainly helped me see my father in a new, cooler, light!

“AUDIBLE 20 REVIEW SWEEPSTAKES ENTRY”

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A great dip into the world of the mythos

Revisado: 09-03-17

The audio book listens like a radio show with intro and outro music that I thought was a nice touch. Excellent voice acting by William Roberts! I'm inclined to go and find more of his work. A great place to start for people just getting into Lovecraft.

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