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Kevin Thomas

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Twists you’ll never see coming

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

Reviewed: 12-27-23

There were a few spots that verged on preposterous or simplistic but the plot twists are worth it! Well done!

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Really compelling and twisty

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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: 12-27-23

I enjoyed the plot, the characters, their struggles. It was an excellent read (listen), well written and performed.

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Awful

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1 out of 5 stars
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3 out of 5 stars
Story
1 out of 5 stars

Reviewed: 11-06-23

Terrible. Bad copy of several different stories, shallow, rambling, repetitive, blah blah blah. I’m asking for a refund of my credit. It’s bad. I hate to slam somebody’s work but Mike Ryan needs to find a new career.

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Just get the print version

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

Reviewed: 10-20-23

If the narrator were a robot from the 1950s, I would rate the performance 5 stars, but I’m pretty sure he’s a sentient being, so 2 stars is generous.

As for the stories, they were probably great, given who wrote them, but I really couldn’t get past the narration. Four stars anyway.

I hate to pile onto this poor guy, but this was bad.

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Great story, expertly performed!

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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: 05-24-23

This story is everything you want from Jim Butcher and Harry Dresden. I enjoy a well-done reading by an author when they can pull it off, as you know you’re getting every word, inflection and emphasis exactly as the author conceived it, but Jim goes well beyond that. He performed the work, with voices, accents and non-verbal communications every bit as well as a professional performer! He could have a new side gig!

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Simplistic story, odd word usage and reading

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

Reviewed: 10-18-22

Shea is no Grisham. Character development and story exposition is average. Word choices or sentence construction are sometimes strange,awkward or misused. The reader makes some strange pronunciation, like bureau with emphasis on “eau”, receipt with a p, and wafted rhymes with waif.

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Wacky and delightful!

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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: 03-18-22

Is Scalzi a comedy writer or a sci-fi writer? He’s both! This is a brilliant story, perfectly performed. It’s a must-listen!

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The Getaway Audiobook By Greer Hendricks, Sarah Pekkanen cover art

Endless internal monologue

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

Reviewed: 06-03-20

Emily Bauer puts in a fine performance, but the story lets her down. The protagonist spends far too much time thinking about the situation she finds herself in and we're stuck listening to the whole thing, while mentally shouting at her to quit wool-gathering and do something before the blatantly obvious impending doom actually happens.

I quit listening after the first chapter. If you decide to get this book, I hope, for your sake, that it gets better in chapter 2.

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Another Jim Butcher fan, not a Spider-Man follower

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

Reviewed: 02-25-20

I've read all Jim Butcher's books on paper, watched Spider-Man on TV as a kid and saw the first movie. Based on my recollection of Spider-Man, Butcher's snappy irreverence is a good fit for the character and I enjoyed the story.

The performance was good (I certainly couldn't do it better!), and the performer's voice is a good choice for the webslinger, but it included many occasions where the performer emphasized a word in a sentence in a way that you wouldn't do it if you were speaking. This jumps out at me any time it happens in an audiobook, and the book I'm listening to now, read by the author, is a perfect counterpoint; every sentence is emphasized correctly, as you would in conversation, as the author surely heard it in his head as he wrote. The odd emphasis is a distraction.

Overall it's worth listening to, and I eagerly await the next episode of Harry Dresden's adventures.

Also, can I just put this here?
Spider Pig! Spider Pig!
Does whatever a Spider Pig does

Thank you

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