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The Butcher's Masquerade
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5
- By: Matt Dinniman
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 23 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade”. The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds. As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a new, terrible threat looms. Outside, tourists are finally allowed to enter the game, and they are here and ready to hunt. Among them is Vrah, a famed and veteran hunter, intent on collecting the biggest trophy of her career.
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Perhaps the best plotted SF series ever written
- By Ed Pegg Jr on 05-26-22
- The Butcher's Masquerade
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5
- By: Matt Dinniman
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
Excellent as always
Reviewed: 06-01-22
Jeff's performance nails Matt's writing and pacing -- the jokes land every time. I've had multiple belly laughing sessions and find myself grinning ear-to-ear constantly.
I had been wondering what was taking so long for Jeff to finish up this audiobook after having been somewhat following his cold reads for months -- and now I know why. The amount of effort and polish Jeff put into this book is astounding,
Even in the End Credits --
*Waves lighter*
MONGOWALL!
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The Butcher's Masquerade
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5
- By: Matt Dinniman
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
- Length: 23 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall
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Performance
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Story
A lush jungle teeming with danger. Savage dinosaurs seeking blood. A fallen princess intent on vengeance. A mysterious, end-of-floor celebration for the top crawlers, dubbed “The Butcher’s Masquerade”. The sixth floor. The Hunting Grounds. As the remaining crawlers battle for their lives, a terrible new threat looms. Outside, tourists are finally allowed to enter the game, and they are here and ready to hunt. Among them is Vrah, a famed and veteran hunter, intent on collecting the biggest trophy of her career. But their prey is far from harmless, and this season they are fighting back.
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Perhaps the best plotted SF series ever written
- By Ed Pegg Jr on 05-26-22
- The Butcher's Masquerade
- Dungeon Crawler Carl, Book 5
- By: Matt Dinniman
- Narrated by: Jeff Hays
Excellent as always
Reviewed: 06-01-22
Jeff's performance nails Matt's writing and pacing -- the jokes land every time. I've had multiple belly laughing sessions and find myself grinning ear-to-ear constantly.
I had been wondering what was taking so long for Jeff to finish up this audiobook after having been somewhat following his cold reads for months -- and now I know why. The amount of effort and polish Jeff put into this book is astounding,
Even in the End Credits --
*Waves lighter*
MONGOWALL!
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Mitigating Risk
- Nora Hazard Series, Book 1
- By: Blaise Corvin
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
- Length: 7 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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On Ludus, life is often cheap. Nora's childhood hadn't given her many options. With nowhere else to go after losing her family, she joined an old friend in a street gang and found an unlikely home there. But unfortunately, tragedy is about to befall Nora. Grudges from the distant past and movements of shadowy organizations may take away everything she is familiar with and all that she holds dear...possibly even her life. Danger has never stopped her before, but survival may require escaping her old life and embarking on an insane, desperate journey.
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Ludus Lady lashes out!
- By LITRPG Audiobook Reviews on 05-25-18
- Mitigating Risk
- Nora Hazard Series, Book 1
- By: Blaise Corvin
- Narrated by: Emily Beresford
Another foray into Ludus, although, a little rough
Reviewed: 05-22-18
Nora is a huge leap from Jason & Henry. I get that this is a growth story, and it has some interesting concepts such as Nora's tasking, but Nora's monologing exposition and ineptness was starting to take its toll near the end. After Jason's and Henry's logical and adept approach to their issues, it was frustrating listening to Nora and how much of a selfish coward she was until she became triggered.
Also I think too much of the happenings to Nora relied on mysterious luck, and is being heavy handed with no explanation -- now that I think about it, Blaise could be hinting at A's (only listened to audiobooks) ability and it could be affecting the events of this prequel. I do really like the Ludus world and look forward to what Blaise has to bring us, but this book was a bit rough after the Delvers series.
Emily's performance was ok, and she could do an ok array of men's voices, but I developed a pet annoyance of how she very frequently drew out and inflected the last syllable of the last word of the sentence.
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