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2 books with wildly different pacing.

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

Reviewed: 10-26-23

The first book has a classic fantasy book feel and follows the normal "introduction, body, climax and resolution" pacing. The fantasy world is explained well and I like the main character and all of the other characters. The "Big Bad" is described well enough and his minions are villainous enough to make you hate them.

The second book is totally different. We start off with a huge plot twist. The characters seem to deal with the twist without much conflict. Everything falls into place so neatly that there is no internal conflict and the external conflict never causes much stress. One character wants to be a blacksmith and it just happens that the ranger who finds them is from a family of blacksmiths and has an unused forge. There is no real climax and the closest thing to a climax is brought on so early and is over so quickly that you won't even realize it was the climax. The resolution, which you won't even realize is the resolution, is nearly a 1/4 of the book. It probably has the opposite pacing of a Frank Herbert book, where he may have the climax on the last page of a book and not even bother with a resolution.

However, I enjoyed the first book well enough to make it through the mediocre 2nd book and I may try the third. I just hope the main character from the first book, who is barely in the 2nd book, returns as the main character in the following books.

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Better than expected

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

Reviewed: 08-01-23

To be honest, when I can't think of the next book to listen to, I randomly pick a book that Pinchot narrates. His readings of some Aliens books and Larry Correia books has made me a fan. I picked this book randomly and it was better than expected. It really showed a man who did the best he could with what was given.

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Not bad.

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

Reviewed: 02-17-22

The story is convoluted but on purpose. The first alien you meet sounds like Jack Nicholson doing a Jack Nicholson impersonation. Also, a very minor character has a Kathrine Hepburn imitation and one of the inmates sounds like Baby Cakes from China, IL.

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Definitely inspired X-Files episode "Squeeze."

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

Reviewed: 01-12-22

Definitely inspired my favorite X-Files episode "Squeeze." I'm new to Kolchak and I am not disappointed.

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3 quarters of a good book.

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

Reviewed: 12-09-21

I enjoyed most of the book but near the end it drags. A character has to debate committing treason and instead of making the decision all at once, he debates it with himself over and over again.

Also, I prefer if action portions read at the speed of the action. I do not want to read for 6 minutes about a fight scene that takes place in 2 minutes.

The performance was good but there are too many characters for one person. I don't understand why they don't have a female and male performing books together that have a lot of characters.

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Can't wait for more.

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

Reviewed: 10-26-20

Side note: Stockard Channing does a great job but does sound like she's doing a Susan Sarandon impression.

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This could almost be Aliens 2.5

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

Reviewed: 09-29-20

The voice acting is great considering they had two original actors reading their own parts. This could almost be Aliens 2.5 If Ridley wasn't found with her crew mates in Aliens 3.

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