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Book 2 Confluence

Reviewed: 03-01-23

This is an interesting sequel for the series. The authors do a very good job of integrating the sociopolitical situation into the story of Ean and his closest friends.

The narration is superb, and the authors do a great job of telling the story of a man who has been forced into a galactic political scenario that he was was not trained or prepared for, while dealing with his own personal emotions around how he got to where he is at this point in the story.

Narrator performance is incredible.

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Satisfying Backstory

Reviewed: 01-17-22

This is a satisfying backstory for the Fallen Empire series. It helps understand the motivations for the actions this character's decisions, and lays the groundwork for his motivations in the series.

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Narrator Kills Story

Reviewed: 02-12-15

This is a good short story in the Reckoners timeline. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys the series.

However, when I read Steelheart, it was not with a "young adult" voice. Hearing MacLeod Andrews' condescend in tone and timbre reminded me of how people talk to dogs...like they're idiots.

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Good Trilogy Ending

Reviewed: 09-13-14

Is there anything you would change about this book?

By the end of the trilogy a reader has a fairly good idea of the tech being used, and the story should reflect that. As an example a refresher of what H.U.D. means is good, but in the last half of the book it's not necessary.No Spoilers: There was some new elements to the overarching story that were only added in during this book. It would have been better if they had been introduced in an earlier book and their storylines expanded on in greater detail.

How did the narrator detract from the book?

Throughout the series the narrator kept falling into the habit of reading the story as Young Adult themed. This story spans 12 years in the lives of the main characters, and only one of them is under 18. When I read the first book there was a little bit of this YA mentality, but in the 2nd book the narration begins to actually detract from my enjoyment of the story. By the 3rd book it was as if the narrator had decided that every character was a teenager. Fighter pilots, Marines boarding parties, combat medics, bridge comms officers...It didn't seem to matter to him that these were military officers fighting a war. He read their lines as if they were 16 years old.When I picked up this book series I didn't consider it a YA novel, Dufris read it like he read the Pendragon books that my pre-teens listen to.

If this book were a movie would you go see it?

As long as William Dufris wasn't involved in the screenplay

Any additional comments?

Read this series if you're a fan of Space Opera.

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YA Narration Detracts

Reviewed: 09-13-14

This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

I think that fans of space opera will enjoy this book. It's a quick read, explains the tech pretty well, and only gets a little redundant with the explanations.

What did you like best about this story?

I thought that Scott did a good job creating an interesting story that made you want to see how it ends. Characters had flaws, and nobody was "perfect".

What didn’t you like about William Dufris’s performance?

I gave this a 3 star overall rating because the Narrator kept falling into the habit of reading the story as Young Adult themed. This story spans 12 years in the lives of the main characters, and only one of them is under 18. When I read the first book there was a little bit of this YA mentality, but in the 2nd book the narration begins to actually detract from my enjoyment of the story. When I picked up this book series I didn't consider it a YA novel, Dufris read it like a Pendragon Cycle story.

What character would you cut from The Invisible War?

Alara's mother could be removed from the story. Her only actual contribution seemed to be complaints and whining.

Any additional comments?

I recommend this story to fans of Space Opera. Skip the William Dufris performance, however.

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