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corey

Fairfax, VA, United States | Member Since 2012

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  • Zombie Fallout: Zombie Fallout, Book 1

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 30 mins)
    • By Mark Tufo
    • Narrated By Sean Runnette
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (1614)
    Performance
    (1508)
    Story
    (1510)

    This is the story of Michael Talbot, his family, and his friends: a band of ordinary people trying to get by in extraordinary times. When disaster strikes, Mike, a self-proclaimed survivalist, does his best to ensure the safety and security of those he cares for. Book one of the Zombie Fallout Trilogy follows our lead character at his self-deprecating, sarcastic best. What he encounters along the way leads him down a long dark road, always skirting the edge of insanity.

    Teddy says: "Hooked!"
    "Amusing enough."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story
    Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?

    I'd be the last to praise this book as I often found myself cringing at the writing, but I was entertained to some degree.


    What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?

    It is interesting to hear a zombie story for the point of view of someone who might be suited to deal with it (mike's guns and weapons training) rather than the usually random dude. The characters were mostly unbearable.


    How could the performance have been better?

    Different narrator, was not a fan of the narration.


    Was Zombie Fallout worth the listening time?

    It was pretty entertaining if you overlook the obvious problems.


    Any additional comments?

    Mike was not funny, not in the slightest. No one was legitimately entertaining. Sarcasm seems to be the only attempt at humor which was kind of awful. The wife is irritating, irrational and endlessly nagging.

    13 of 15 people found this review helpful
  • Nightstalkers: An Area 51 Novel

    • UNABRIDGED (7 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Bob Mayer
    • Narrated By Eric G. Dove
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (37)
    Performance
    (35)
    Story
    (36)

    Staff Sergeant Winthrop Carter only enlisted in the army for the steady pay. When he cheated on the Special Forces’ final exam, he never expected his actions would get him drafted into the Nightstalkers - an elite team with a mysterious mission and even more mysterious leader. For decades, Rifts have been opening and unleashing bloodthirsty alien life forms into our reality. The Nightstalkers’ goal is to shut down these breaches and stop the beings that emerge from rampaging out of control.

    Tracey says: ""We don't need no stinking lawyers""
    "Was optimistic, was wrong. Just bad."
    Overall
    Performance
    Story

    I'd never willingly be harsh or callous about a book, not publicly anyway, but I really did not like this one. It was not what I expected, which in this case is not a positive point. While it was clear there was some knowledge or research on a lot of the military and weapons information, the writing is not up to snuff.

    I'm usually always skeptical about a book when I first start, don't know why, but I almost always come to like it in the end. This would be the first book with Audible I genuinely disliked. The writing was just not good. Early on 'American' was referred to as a language...it isn't. We speak English, despite how bastardized and butchered.

    The main character who might as well have been wallpaper? Awful. Why did every other character have more personality and narrative, however lackluster, than the main character? Among all of them it was 'Scout' who stole the show. Which is a shame, because I hate her...so much. I mean I'm not averse to cheesy sort of "we're one big happy family" sort of garbage -okay maybe I am just a little bit- but come on...

    The story is vague at best, never clearly explained and yet I found myself uninterested. I guess it was creative? I guess...but that's if i'm really grasping. Suffice to say it had some potential but really just provided uhh, I don't know what it provided. Nothing satisfactory.

    Near the end it was clear the author was getting lazy, completely skipping segments and covering his tracks by having the characters discuss what had just happened.The ending was anti-climatic to say the absolute least and practically an afterthought. The entirety of the plot was wrapped up in the last 20 minutes.

    I'm hesitant to say I hated it but then I think about it and have to accept. I hated it. I surely hope this is not meant to be a series.

    1 of 1 people found this review helpful

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