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Martin Hrabko

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good

Overall
5 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-30-24

Great story and performance. However, it took some time not to get lost in all the foreign character / religion/ place names. too bad more titles from the same author are not included in the subscription.

I still wish audible was more like Netflix for audio books - so that when we pay subscription we would have access to all titles for the duration of the subscription - not just select few...

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didn't like it much

Overall
3 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-29-24

apart from the book constantly suggesting that being a backstabbing ****hole is supposedly superior, I felt that many examples were just twisted by author to support his theories. I doubt there are such complete records from history of not just what people did, but also the thoughts behind their actions...

summary of the book:
everyone and especially friends exist just for you to use them and discard them once you achieved what you want... of course with a friendly smile on your face so they don't see it coming :) here - just saved you many hours of listening to author describing what people from centuries ago actually thought... like he actually knows...

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eye rolling decisions...

Overall
3 out of 5 stars
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4 out of 5 stars
Story
2 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 08-21-24

I mostly liked the books up to this point, but these "veteran" experienced characters keep making stupid decisions and are totally oblivious to threats that are quite obvious... For me, this is the most sloppy and unimaginative way to create problems and tension in a story - just make characters ignore common sense... and "surprise"...

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3+

Overall
3 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-17-24

It was not bad, but I expected a bit more from the "award winning" books.

overall, I enjoyed the story and listened to most of the books in series - but while enjoyable - I wouldn't say it's anything super special. In fact, the characters felt rather"flat" to me. I would still recommend it though...

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enjoyable as a part of the subscription, but I wouldn't purchase for the amount of credits they are asking...

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
Performance
5 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-17-24

the story was enjoyable and the voice acting was great. I liked the potential of the story, but it felt like there is a bit too much focus on main character lusting after male protagonists. I found myself skipping some parts because of this - but I understand I'm not exactly the target audience.

overall I found the plot interesting, but a bit undeveloped in favor of "girly" scenes...

also, graphic audio splits individual books into 2-3 separate purchases - so you need up to 3 credits for one book ... and this series has A LOT of books... seems kind of exploitative towards readers.

I listened to first few books as part of the subscription, but I refuse to pay 3 credits per book.

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I liked it more than I thought I would...

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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-17-24

I liked it more than I thought I would.... Already purchased the rest of the series on sale. recommended.

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almost great..

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-17-24

great series and voice acting - except for narrators voice that sounds like he is terribly bored with all this stuff... very monotone and emotionless... yawn... but it somehow got better in later books - or maybe I just got used to it. recommended.

careful - last book is not in the subscription and requires additional purchase - just so you know that if you like the story you'll be required to pay more to know how it ends...

btw - book covers could be better - they make it feel like some low grade cheap fantasy - I disregarded reading it several times before I eventually decided to give it a try - and only for the lack of choice in the audible subscription library.

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good story... but..

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
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5 out of 5 stars
Story
5 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 06-17-24

I liked the story and voice acting. My only issue with this title is that while other books in the series are included in the subscription, this last book requires extra payment next to what I already paid for subscription.
This whole subscribtion system is useless when it's being treated like a free (but paid) sampler that requires additional purchase if you actually want to finish a series...
Feels kind of like being exploited ... you paid for subscription... now pay more if you want to hear the end of the story...
my bad - I didn't check the availability of all books before starting.. but from now on I'll not start a series unless all parts are included in the subscription I'm paying for...

It's like if Netflix was asking extra money next to the subscription fee for the last few episodes of TV Shows... imagine how that would work...

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mediocre

Overall
3 out of 5 stars
Performance
4 out of 5 stars
Story
3 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 05-17-24

I loved the sword of truth series from the same author. I didn't care about the story or the main character of this book at all... and the plot was pretty predictable...

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OK, but...

Overall
4 out of 5 stars
Performance
3 out of 5 stars
Story
4 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 04-12-24

Not bad, but there were some annoying aspects.

For example, some minor deviations from the book - like instead of having a training pistol (book) they changed it to shooting out of their fingers (audio)... why??! I understand some changes are required to adjust for audio format, but why deviate from the book on such things that don't effect audio? ...

Voice acting - this was also rather disappointing until I got used to it. It felt unrealistic. I felt the voices of the kids often didn't match their age. In general, most of the voices felt too unnatural - kind of like a voiceover for small kids animated shows, or video games. Quite over exaggerated and just unnatural... I expected more movie like voice performance, but that would be a quite unprofessional movie if it sounded like that.

And one last thing - the breaks were made of about 30 second long music inserts, which were quite uninteresting and just too long. I found myself reaching for the phone every time to skip them, because I found them rather annoying...

Overall, it was an all right listen since it was freely included in subscription. I would have been more disappointed if I had to pay full price for it... I liked both the book and the movie better than this audio though...

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