Cody's War: Flight Of The Hope

By: Todd McCaffrey

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

When aliens attack and obliterate his solar system, fifteen-year-old Cody Ford narrowly escapes on a battered shuttle, carrying a precious cargo: the last remnants of humanity. Forced to think fast, Cody teams up with a brilliant young engineer named Ellaz to scavenge the wreckage of a lunar shipyard and construct a new starship – a ship capable of outrunning annihilation and carrying a warning to the rest of the galaxy. But building a ship is only half the battle. Cody and Ellaz must master cutting-edge technology, confront impossible choices, and face a chilling truth: sometimes, saving a life means sacrificing everything.

New York Times Bestselling Author Todd McCaffrey takes you on a wild ride with Cody’s War.

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Virtual voice

My first thought about the virtual voice was that it was remarkably good. But after a bit, I started noticing the word dash coming up really often and it was confusing me. Eventually I realized the AI was reading the marking to indicate aching off in the middle of a thought literally instead of just using it as punctuation. I found this very irritating and distracting. As I continued to listen, I realized the AI did not make dramatic pauses when appropriate, did not slow or speed up according to the story. in general, it acted like a computer instead of a human being. I’d rather listen to a human.

2nd Grade Story Time

I'm sure the story would be good if it weren't for the virtually emotionless, monotonic AI voice. The voice inflections are flat, bland and too unemotional when there's serious action going on. It just sounds like my second grade teacher just reading aloud. I'd rather pay $13 for a proper human narration.

interesting start

Well as this was the first book that I have listened by an AI voice. It was quite good and a interesting start to what I am sure will be a enjoyable series.

Kid Power! (Virtual Voice became irritating, though.)

Definitely aimed at pre-teens, the story is okay, but it should not use virtual voice. Virtual voice keeps saying "dash" when the - is used at the end of a sentence, and it doesn't handle abbreviations well, either. Some of the science might be tough for younger kids, and the virtual voice makes it even harder without a print-out so the kids can look up what they don't understand. Getting the ebook and Audible together might be better.

Todd McCaffrey often uses kids as the main characters, and this book follows that pattern. I know that kids can often do more than we give them credit for, but I think this went a bit overboard. Yes, there are a few adults and robots to help them, but not enough to accomplish the activities. Otherwise, the story is good. The characters are likable and the story makes one feel that kids can do anything!

Painfully bad AI reading

The emotionless voice makes this a painful read. The story is hardly what you would expect from the author. It’s trite, predictable, and boring. Clones. In space. That know more than they should. Over explaining everything.

Definitely not worth using a credit on it.

Awful reading of a bad story

The readers cadence was simply awful. I couldn’t listen to it for any amount of time.