Matthew Jacobsen

Love stories: presentations could use work

Reviewed: 10-26-23

I absolutely loved the stories and the background info on the life and times of Lovecraft himself. My only problem is that I wish the chapters had the names of the stories. makes it pretty impossible to go back to stories you want to hear again. All you have to work from is a long list of chapters from 1 to 99. The first omnibus had the titles listed which was great. It would be perfect if this change was made.

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More fantasy than cyberpunk

Reviewed: 08-01-22

This book was much different than the first. the first one was tied more to the tech of the shadowrun world whereas this one was tied more to the magic. Good pace and action throughout the story. feels like you are playing a video game while reading.

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True Alien 3

Reviewed: 10-09-21

I am so glad that this story is more true to the first two movies. Has more of tbe same style with a few new surprises along the way. I love the performance with the actual returning actors to play their original parts. That blew me away. With sound effects and music it literally was like watching a movie. But that also is where I have one critique: It literally was like watching a movie without picture. At times I could of used some actual narration like someone could have been reading the action from the original screenplay. Heavy use of imagination with sound effects is needed.

It did give me all the feels of an actual movie from the 80s, and I so so so wish this was the movie that finished off an Alien movie trilogy.

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Different Narator doesn't with continuity

Reviewed: 07-17-20

Having a different narrator for the 3rd installment in a trilogy is a bit disappointing. The previous book 1 and 2 narrator does a much better job capturing the characters essence. After a while you forget about what the last guy sounded like but right away at the beginning is very apparent. The narrator doesn't perform as well. Female characters all have the same voice and way of talking. Very little character difference. Story was not the Cyberpunk Noir story I liked in book one, but had its own sort of anime style to it. The story was a bit ponderous and long at some points.

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confusing production

Reviewed: 07-07-20

The story was good and the performances were good except that they were not consistent. Sometimes actors read parts and other times the base narrator read them. voices changed then and can confuse a bit. Especially when actors read for multiple parts. It seemed the actors were only brought in to read during larger dialog pieces. Once you understand this, listening is fine.

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Very Political

Reviewed: 06-19-19

It was very political with not as much action as the previous Thrawn trilogy. I hate the prequel movies because of their overly political substance, and I can feel that in this book even though I know it was written before the prequels. With that being said I still enjoyed this book way more than the prequel movies. I sense some cold war themes and maybe even some conflict in the middle east in there too. Probably a product of when they were written. Still an enjoyable book but would have preferred more jedi action.

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sound effects makes the book!

Reviewed: 05-19-18

this book is absolutely fantastic! This is the true Star Wars sequel. This story is much better than the current Star Wars movie sequels that are going on right now. The sound effects add to the Fantastic performance and it really does feel like you are watching a movie when you are listening to this book. the storyline is incredibly captivating and it is one of my favorite books of all time.

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Delightful

Reviewed: 11-29-17

A very magical book that kept me wanting for every "page". Such an interesting idea. Great story and the performances were perfect!

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Great retelling.

Reviewed: 05-27-17

It was very well written, but when I purchased it and saw it was by Neil Gaiman I was expecting more of a complete interwoven narrative. It was however just a book broken into the separate myth stories I have read before without a single narrative story connecting them all which I was hoping for. Again I love Gaiman and his telling, it just wasn't what I expected.

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Every original gamer's dream child!

Reviewed: 02-26-16

If you are a child if the 80's and remember Saturday mornings hunkered down in front of the TV with Atari or Nintendo nestled lovingly in your hands, you have to read this book. Classic 80's movie plot about good versus evil. This book doesn't try to be anything but nostalgic awesomeness that makes you long for a simpler time and also makes you look into the unknown future. Well written and engaging. Made me keep reading until the very last period. Will Weaton's performance is spot on and you feel as though the book was written about him. You can tell he lovingly obsessed over his own video game consoles of his childhood just like you.

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