Thresholder: Teaguewater

De: Alexander Wales

Narrado por: Henry Kramer, Jessica Threet, Justin Thomas James, Jeff Hays

A portal opened, and Perry's curiosity got the better of him.

Once.

Twice.

Three times did Perry step through a portal, each to a new and strange world.

He stepped through into a world of advanced technology, power armor and micro reactors.

He stepped through into a world of knights and kings, orcs and goblins, where old wizards handed out magical swords.

He stepped through into a world of hidden vampires and rainy streets, where the clocktower tolled the hour as ships sailed by.

Perry is a Thresholder, one of many exploring the vast multiverse. Able to bring ideas, technology, and magic with them as they travel, each Thresholder has an oversized impact on the world they're in, each one attempting to shape and change it to their will. Some, like Perry, try to uplift the world and improve everyone's circumstances, while others are interested only in gaining advantages for themselves.

Why should Perry leave his mark on one world, when he can leave it on all of them?

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great second half

if I were to give it a positive spin I'd say this book does a masterful job of portraying the confusion and lack of understanding you might experience going through a portal to another world.
real talk, I had very idea of what the heck was going on the first 4 hours or so...
after that however it hit it's stride and became easier to follow and the second half was friggin' awesome.
still, 4 hours is a long time to expect people to hang around


not much to say about SBT, they are the masters of their particular brand of narration, no one does it better

Good first book!

Very entertaining book with an interesting concept. Since the concept is built around world-hopping I did think we stayed a bit to long in the third world. I understand that the author wanted to tell that story, but I found it the least interesting of the 3 worlds we visited in this book. It was good though to learn of the "villain" back story that had visited 10 worlds to get a taste of what else was out there.

I did miss a lack of explanation to why the main driving force in the story happened. I couldn't come up with a good logical explanation to why this whole system was set up like that. Hopefully that will come in the next book.

the most 6/10 story I've listened through

The author takes their time explaining things, so if you're the type that likes to conjecture the rules of a universe, then you may enjoy the invitation to guess. if you prefer grounded rules and hard magic,you mau become frustrated. I kept getting stuck on why the MC has a particular item, and then the MC acts like he knows the local tech better than the natives. There's only 2 characters interacting at once 90% of the time, meaning the dull MC is constantly talking to a mirror that is only making the MC seem far less interesting in the dialogue and he doesn't have anything instrinsicly to offer. It's a power fantasy with an seemingly inconsistent or poorly explained universe system and technology. The voice actor for the audiobook is perfunctory, it's a fine performance but dry. I was attracted to it due to the SBT logo but the voice acting cast is the best part of this book. I initially gave this book a harsher review but I relistened to the second half with a more open attitude and agree with the other reviews that this story is a good start for a new universe, but I still find the first part of the book to be a combination of frustrating, boring, and a bit broken.

A good start to a new series

it was an interest premise. It spends time setting up for the next books, but has a lot of potential as a series. It would stand as a solo book also. The characters are interesting and have some depth. The narration is great!

Interesting, just...

Interesting idea, but told in a boring way or distracting way. Very first chapter makes it seem like we are starting the story after his two previous portals, but then we go back to a talk with his sister and start time skipping like crazy.

The MC is kinda boring and pessimistic.

Pointless

Jump into a new world. Fight the adversary. That's it. Oh you want more explanation? Too bad.