Iron Mike

De: Patricia Rose

Narrado por: Zachary Liebenstein

They came, but not in peace. They came to destroy us. Our cities crumbled. Our people died by the billions. Their weapons were sophisticated beyond our worst nightmare. In this chaos, a teenage boy must get his sister to safety and, in doing so, become a man.

Iron Mike is a light science-fiction story. Yes, aliens invade, but they're more the background. It's a heavily character-driven book. It begins with Mike trying to get his younger sister to safety, to get her "behind a line of soldiers at Fort Knox" to keep her safe from potential looters and rapists. Along the way, Mike picks up strays, so his responsibilities increase exponentially. Hard decisions are made, as in any apocalyptic tale, and consequences are accepted.

©2015 Patricia Rose (P)2015 Patricia Rose

Reseñas de la Crítica

"Patricia Rose's post-apocalyptic coming of age science fiction novel, Iron Mike, is fast-paced, exciting, and thought-provoking…Rose's vision is grim and dark at times, but her heroes grow stronger, more self-reliant and competent with each challenge they face. This is a well-written and absorbing story that will prove to be a pleasant surprise for readers who have grown somewhat weary of the ubiquitous zombie and plague apocalypse tales so prevalent in recent years…It’s an impressive debut novel that is highly recommended." (Jack Magnus for Readers' Favorite)

Unque end of World book Read Great Voice

What made the experience of listening to Iron Mike the most enjoyable?

Sit Back Close your eyes as The narrator take your on truly unique ride through end of world where thing you can see can really harm you where without moment notice world descend into chaos. The Narrator Zachary does amazing job of catching each character in voice that make you know them even when you in scene of pure chaos where many of them all speaking at once. Though really have to give him thumbs up for whole dog thought voice i loved Hershey mental voice. It is great entailed end of world with many levels many depths of death life love and sorrow. All can say is buy it listen to keep few tissue near hand for no charcters truly safe from end of world by alien apocalypses .

What about Zachary Liebenstein’s performance did you like?

I have to say monologues of each character was truly great though i love way he did inner thought best

Iron Mike- Deep characters and lots of action

Iron Mike is an enjoyable story from start to finish. The characters are believable and have plenty of depth. The novel is tightly plotted, well researched, and fast paced.

Ryan Michael Sanderlin (Iron Mike) is a likable protagonist who has to overcome heartbreaking trials during the course of the story. The reader will cheer for his triumphs and feel remorse for his failures. The secondary characters are also well written, three dimensional, and it feels like you really get know them. With the unique character Hershey, Rose also blends a little humor into the novel.

The one quibble I have with the audiobook version of the novel is the narration. While Zachary Liebenstein speaks clearly, there is a strange cadence to the narration that takes some getting used to. It almost seems the words are being read from flash cards, with maybe five words read, a pause, then five more words read, and another pause.

I highly recommend Iron Mike and would definitely be interested in reading a sequel.

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Great coming of age novel

I really enjoyed this. I loved Hershey (the dog) & how we got to see the story from his eyes at times. Iron Mike was honorable, mature and intelligent. The story played out well but I did feel the amount of time things would have taken was off. There was so much thought put in to the story & it paid off. It was original & compelling.
There not much of anything I would change about this story other than to get a part two.

I feel that mature teens would enjoy this book as well.


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Aliens and F-Bombs Had Me Stop Before End 😣

This book makes one think about what would happen if we had "visitors" invading us here on earth. However, it could have been more thought provoking had there not been the strong language – almost nonstop F bombs. I was ready for it to be over.

The narration by Zachary Lichtenstein was above-average and I enjoyed listening to his performance.

Notes: strong language, violence (including rape)

Overall three stars
Narration for stars

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A fresh new take on the post apocalyptic world

Any additional comments?

I love the way Patrica portrayed the post-apocalyptic world in her book Iron Mike. In the world she creates, aliens are the culprit. I like the multiple points of view. We get to see some of the action from the view of the Aliens. This is important. I wont say why. I don't want to spoil anything. One of the main characters is also a dog. She pulls it off brilliantly. The world as seen by the dog is both insightful and immensely funny at times.
In the beginning as the main characters come together they are faced with a daycare center full of kids. I'm extremely well read in this genre and that was a new one for me. There were some heart wrenching moments.
Again, without spoiling things, let me say the way the aliens trap the remaining humans is simple yet horrifying.
Overall a great read.

Loved it!

A truly enjoyable story. The plot was very interesting and kept me sucked in till the very last page. The characters were likable and relatable, my favorite being Mike. I liked that Patricia Rose gave us the point of views from none human characters, this really helped to see the story from all sides. The narration was great. I highly recommend this book.

Enjoyable read

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

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I would recommend this book. It's an easy listen with serious but yet adds fun.

Who was your favorite character and why?

My favorite character was Iron Mike. He always found a way and his determination

What about Zachary Liebenstein’s performance did you like?

I didn't particular care for the narrator but he was tolerable.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

I did listen this more than once and in one setting.

Any additional comments?

I will definately keep an eye out for this author. Awesome read.

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Kept my interest

Not terribly original but at least it kept my attention. Good pace. Decent cast of characters. The addition of Hershey was charmingly disarming amidst the death and destruction. I would read and/or listen to this author again.

Awesome

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Definitely. Loved this book, I flew through it. Was a perfect mix of scifi action humor and just plain sad at times.

What did you like best about this story?

The story was unexpected for me. I couldn't guess where it was going and the parts written from the dogs perspective were delightful.

What does Zachary Liebenstein bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

The extremely weird pronunciation of some words can be off putting but once I got into the book it didn't matter.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Yes to both. I don't like spoilers in reviews so I won't give anything away but some parts are very sad. The parts from the dogs perspective were wonderful and funny.

Any additional comments?

As much as I absolutely loved this book I can't say enough how much I hated how it ended. It felt wrong and didn't work for me.

Entertaining, with a very unique character

If you like apocalyptic stories, you will like this book. It is entertaining throughout, and the character development is good. There is a unique character in this book that the author wrote very well in my opinion, it is a dog.

I'm not giving anything away in that the author tells the story from the perspective of several characters. The one that will surprise and entertain you the most is that of a dog. Not only does the dog have a point of view about what is going on in the story it seems accurate to the way we, as humans, might perceive a dog thinks.

The book has lots of action, comedy, and I love story of course.

My first issue about the book that I didn't like was that it ended halfway through, I'm sure in anticipation for a sequel. My second issue is with the narrator, although he was good, his enunciation at times was not. Finally toward the end of the book the character perspective became a little blurred at times. I mean that in the beginning of the book it was easy to tell who was thinking what, but toward the end it became a little bit fuzzy as to who was narrating that part of the story.