Sean R.

Great Story and would recommend!!

Revisado: 05-09-23

I’m a huge fan of the blue rose RPG and universe, so I was super excited to find a book written within the blue rose universe. The story was over before I knew it and kept true to the world canon, and while the characters were well developed I couldn’t help but feel like the author left space for more. I really hope there will be more!!

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Loved it!

Revisado: 12-24-21

I loved this book so much! The story is just great. Sam Burns knows how to pace a story so well, and the character development is spot on!

I found the change in narrators to be a minor bummer, but Zachary Johnson did an awesome job! I found his female voices to be indistinguishable from his speaking voice AND the protagonist’s voice, which was a bit confusing at times. Still an excellent performance.

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Loved the narration!

Revisado: 12-23-21

The narrator was GREAT! Lots of fun, distinct accents which made the very slow moving story more compelling. There were two (I think) sudden crashes as if the mic fell over, which gave me a jolt, and maybe he didn’t or couldn’t rerecord.

I learned a lot of big words from the story and also that gothic fiction might not be my cup of tea. I felt like romance and creepiness were conflated too often for me to root for love. I really just wanted the protagonist to go find a safe place to live far away from all these crazy people.

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I REALLY liked it

Revisado: 12-23-21

I thoroughly enjoyed this story. The pace and characters were great! The narrator kind of made the love interest sound like Johnny Bravo/Elvis but it surprisingly wasn’t as distracting as I first thought. Would recommend!

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Yikes

Revisado: 11-01-21

I listened to the whole book and I’ve got to say Jennifer Pickens did a great job with what she was given. I would definitely listen to another book narrated by her.

The content of the book itself is… not great. I found myself cringing a few times per chapter. I knew nothing about the author going in, but just a few chapters of reading his fiction and you’ve got a great insight into his political ideology.

The main character “Bunny” is immensely difficult to relate to as her perspective and reactions to situations repetitively shattered my suspension of disbelief. She is an Ex-cop, queer, stripper, pro cop/conservative all in one package. And of course she’s got to reference her cop background at least 8 times each chapter. During these reflections she’s often in immediate danger while pondering the symbols of police and how they impacted society (which shouldn’t be relevant since everything is on fire).

Bunny frequently internally argues that her cop background (a career which seems to have lasted between 1-5 years?) makes her a super human and a supremely qualified leader in such a crisis. Her motivation as a protagonist bounces between saving everyone because she was once a cop and abandoning everyone except for her friends because… I guess she forgot she used to be a cop?

Dialogue between survivors also seemed robotic and unrealistic. I found myself having a difficult time paying attention when everyone was chatting and had to go back a few times to make certain I didn’t miss anything important. But since little dialogue actually moved the plot along missing huge chunks of conversation was not an issue.

We are introduced to a female support character with tattoos who is most frequently referred to as “former gang member” when the reader is given her name long before.

The female protagonist experiences assault and I can’t help but feel icky with how the author uses this to try to give the character depth. She’s two dimensional and this really didn’t help that plot or character development in any way.

The plot also ended rather abruptly as the author seemed not to have an idea how to wrap up the story. I’m not complaining, as I was glad to be finished with it.

But… maybe you’ll like it?

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