Dylan Workowski

Started Strong, Then Burned Out

Reviewed: 04-11-25

Slow Burn starts off pretty solid. Zed goes from someone with no real direction to a guy with purpose, and that early character growth kept me interested. The first two books actually show him developing in a meaningful way, but after that, things just stall out. Zed stops growing, and honestly, the story does too. It starts repeating itself, and by the time I hit book six and a half, I had to tap out.

There were already flaws before that point, but the repetition and super obvious twists just wore me down. On top of that, the writing quality slips. Characters feel more shallow, and the darker moments seem to be there purely for shock value rather than serving the story. If the characters had stayed strong or the storytelling kept its earlier momentum, maybe it would’ve been different—but it just didn’t hold up.

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A Powerful and Hopeful Story Amid Tragedy

Reviewed: 10-17-24

This audiobook tackles a very heavy subject, and it’s understandably sad throughout. The writing is solid, avoiding the temptation to turn the story into a hero narrative or make any overt political statements. Instead, it focuses on the human experience. Despite the tragedy of a school shooting at its core, the epilogue manages to offer a sense of hope, which was a thoughtful touch. It was a powerful and well-executed listen, but due to the intense subject matter, it’s not something I’ll revisit anytime soon. Still, I’m glad I experienced it.

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Great Story Great narrating

Reviewed: 02-22-24

Honestly, love this series. The story just gets crazier and is just as entertaining as when I started it!

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Short and Neat

Reviewed: 12-22-23

It’s a nice little short, not much to it. A good listen if you really have about thirty minutes. The performance is fine it’s not my favorite but it’s solid. The story is really nice though I really liked it.

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Loved it

Reviewed: 12-22-23

After listening to the first book I knew I had to see what happen next now with Shawn’s story and this was incredible. It was thrilling exciting and a great listen!

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Those slurs were random

Reviewed: 11-22-23

Like the first one I really liked this one, however I thought it was really strange late in the book when a character who has never said the F slur before just starts saying left and right.

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Second try I Still Can’t Enjoy

Reviewed: 06-08-23

I realized I had already listened to The Complete Lee West Post-Apocalyptic once before but didn’t recall much about it. I also remembered not liking the ending, and this time, I couldn’t even finish the whole set. I made it through the first eleven hours. While the story itself is decent, the characters really brought it down for me. Most of them feel too similar, lacking the distinctiveness I look for, except for a couple of standout characters—one of which, a favorite of mine, was killed off.

I’m big on character development, and without a diverse and interesting cast, the story falls short.

(Spoiler ahead.)

The reason I stopped listening the second time around was the death of Brown, the most unique character with a point of view in the story. I was really looking forward to his redemption arc—seeing him make amends with the police and contribute after the main battle. But his death felt abrupt and unceremonious, leaving a sense of wasted potential that made me lose interest.

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It’s was aight

Reviewed: 12-24-21

While I enjoyed it for the most part, I didn’t enjoy some of the writing, character traits, or that the character is just perfect for the apocalypse. However the character is enjoyable and so is the writing so while most of these stories about the guy who is ready for the apocalypse and survives it super well usually aggravate and bore me this kept me pretty interested and the narrator was perfect.

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