Terror Byte

De: J. R. Park

Narrado por: Rick Gregory

Street tough Detective Norton is a broken man. Still grieving the murder of his girlfriend, he is called to investigate the daylight slaughter of an entire office amid rumours of a mysterious and lethal computer program. As the conspiracy unfolds the technological killer has a new target. Fighting for survival, Norton must also battle his inner demons, the wrath of MI5, and a beautiful but deadly mercenary only known as Orchid.

Unseen, undetectable, and unstoppable. In the age of technology the most deadly weapon is a few lines of code.

©2014, 2017 J. R. Park (P)2018 J. R. Park

Catchy title, but not much terror to the byte.

Detective Norton is thought to be one of London’s best detectives but lately he is a haunted man. Just weeks ago his girlfriend was murdered leaving him with nothing but the job which he focuses on relentlessly. Then he is called in to investigate an office building where the entire staff is found brutally murdered. His only clue is the flash drive that curiously has his dead girlfriend’s name printed on it.

I must admit I have a lot of mixed feeling about this book. It’s short, and part me feels that it works because of it. However I also feel like the hindrance of the book is it’s brevity and that it should be longer with twists, turns, and added suspense. As it stands, it is an interesting book that is never sure what genre it wants to be a part of so it takes a limitless from each. You have the grotesque beginning with the gratuitous sex scene, and then you stumble through the noir until you find yourself reading a techno-thriller.

Now don’t get me wrong, I found the book to be engaging and worked my way through the short fiction rather quickly, however this book was not one of my favorites.

I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.

Computer programs gone wild!

Computer programs gone wild!

I have been looking forward to getting to this author for a while, so when I saw an audiobook copy up for grabs, I jumped on it. The story itself is straightforward and fast moving. Nothing spectacularly original or earthshattering, but entertaining and well narrated.

"I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review."

Great pulp horror novel-Loved it!

Terror Byte by J. R. Park was thoroughly enjoyable. It had that pulp horror feel to it. This is my first of Mr. Park's novels and I can guarantee that it won't be my last, though he only has one other novel on Audible at the time of this review. If you've read the summary, you know what the gist of the story is. From the opening scene to the end (loved the last lines) it's a fun ride. Detective Norton and Orchid are fun characters and Mel...well, Mel is one bad piece of work.

Rick Gregory did a good job with the narration. I would listen to another of his performances in the future. This author is British and the story takes place there as well, as MI-5 is involved with the story and not the FBI. Okay, I'll be straight. The author uses the word 'whilst' a LOT. I actually took the time (because I was curious) to see just HOW popular that word is over the pond, as in the US, it isn't used nearly as often and it's used . It was like 7% US usage and 44% British usage. Source-OxfordDictionaries after a google search for 'whilst usage.' Anyways, the word didn't bug me, but the mispronunciation of the word throughout the novel did. Don't let this keeping you from listening to though! If that's my one complaint, it's minor in the scheme of things. For a shorter novel/novella, it's a complete story.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher for an honest review. I'm happy to say that this is one of those books that I got for free to review, but I would have happily paid for.

MEH Byte

I tried to like this story and listened to it twice to make sure it wasn't me. Was definitely better the second time as I was less confused but still just couldn't get into it. I think it if were longer it wouldn't have felt rushed and there would have had more time to elaborate on the story. It started out gory and great and then switched gears and became more like a mystery thriller with the bad guys in chase. All in all it was an interesting concept but didn't have all the right pieces. Can't even really say there were any characters I was especially attached to.

Rick Gregory did a great job, as always.

I was voluntarily provided this free review copy audiobook by the author, narrator, or publisher.

Terror Byte

Hmm. I liked the story but I feel like something was missing that would have made this story better. I liked the detective and the assassin. Another good performance by the narrator. I received this audiobook for free through Audiobook Boom for my unbiased review.