
Awakening
The Hunt Chronicles, Book 1
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Narrado por:
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Joshua Story
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De:
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J. D. Demers
After a contagion engulfs humanity, zombies rise to feast on the few survivors that are left. But they are not the worst monsters to come from this plague. There is hope, though: Christian Hunt is immune. But how many lives will it take to bring his gift to what's left of mankind?
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Great female character I hope to see more of as well!
Medium gore, mild swearing, no sexism, no animal abuse, no sex (thank you to the author), and no military jargon rants or long equipment descriptions that will annoy civilians.
Very solid first book in a series. Narrator was invisible.
Very good first days of the outbreak book!
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Firstly, I'll just say what I like or don't like to get in post apocalyptic tale. I get very frustrated with books where it seems the majority of the conflict or plot in the story comes from just plain bad people. It might be realistic, but it gets me down. Sure, you are bound to encounter people like this, but I'd prefer if it wasn't the main focus of the stories, or if it is something that isn't resolved. I also like it when the author comes up with some new ideas or slants on the genre. I like it when a book is contained - sure it can be part of a series, but deliberately ending on a cliffhanger is just poor form. You may never get the chance to read the next one, and the author may not even get a chance to write it. So don't do it... I like it when the main characters are good people. I also like it when there is some form of hope to the tale. And as an audiobook listener, I definitely prefer it when the book is no continually jumping around randomly among a huge cast of lead characters. It really can be hard to track in audio format. If you do, make sure the breaks are clearly marked, and the narrator puts in a decent pause. And on top of that, do not write a book in first person from more than one characters perspective - it is just impossible to track. There are several well known authors who have done this, and in audio, it really can make it impossible to follow, especially when the characters are so alike (eg I have some from well respected authors where it is is tough guy 1 and tough guy 2, both first person). And finally, I'd like to say I really prefer it when the series covers the actual collapse, and it doesn't start some unspecified time after the event. I like reading about the whole transition from when things were all fine to when they weren't, and how the characters react to this. I kind of feel cheated when that happens.
Awakening met all of these preferences of mine and more. Without giving too much away, there are two categories of "zombies" in the book, and neither of them are your standard run of the mill traditional zombie variants, fast or slow. This was also introduced very well in the story. Awakening is a story in first person, from the perspective of Christian, an ex soldier. And no, before you ask, he isn't some ex special forces, combat veteran, prepper, gun collector, survivalist, like so many post apocalyptic lead characters. He did a tour in Afghanistan, but in supply, with no combat experience. The novel is bookended by a journal entry at some unspecified point in the future, where he is trapped and in a dire situation, and it gives you some knowledge of what is to come, and the hope there is. He then proceeds to recount his entire tale, as the journal drops back to where it all began. The book proceeds at a leisurely pace through his story, and the people he meets, and their journey and decisions. I didn't find it overly gratuitous in violence and gore, but it may just be I'm so desensitized after so many zombie novels and movies. Their encounters with both zombies and humans, and their handling of losses were well written, and I felt humanizing. When Christian tries unsuccessfully to save someone, and realizes he is alone in a gift he has, it is moving. When it ended, I really wanted more, but I did feel like it ended at an appropriate point. I just hope the author does get to finish this story.
The narration by Joshua Story was excellent, although I found some pronunciations a bit odd (such as how he said "melee" and "peripheral"). His character voices were excellent though, and pace and clarity were great though, so I'd not deduct any points for that.
In all, highly recommended. I do hope J. D. Demers does actually get to finish this tale, and they all get audio releases!
An Impressive First Novel
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I love how the author writes this character.Not everyone is a "Kill 'em all and let God sort out the rest". He's an every day man in his mid 20's, placed in a situation that he has little to no control over. As I said before, I really like this character. The story runs well...there's little downtime between going from one crisis to the next, which I have to believe in reality would be just like that. The characters he creates (other then Christian) are excellent (a big fan of Fish as well).
Joshua Story, the narrator is simply outstanding. He applies different voices to the characters, from a 14 year old girl to a grizzled combat veteran, and is consistent with the voices. You become invested in the characters, that's a trait that a lot of narrators I've listened to just don't have. I listen to my books on my commute back and forth to work. Never when I am at home, yet with this story I've had to stop myself from listening to it. I killed the first book in 3 days and am 5 chapters into the second. Trying to take my time and not devour it like the first.
I had no intention of writing so much here for the review, but seriously. If you like zombie horror, either reading or listening to, check these books out. I searched and have found that there are only 3 books out currently. I truly hope that Mr. Demers has the intention of writing many more, as speaking for myself I will happily pay to listen to as many as he puts out.
On A Whim
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Great!!!
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Down to earth approach of Zulu apocalypse.
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Great
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The narrator was decent, couple of mispronounced words but editors should have caught those.
I’d have like my description and detail in the zombie attacks but I know some don’t like a lot of gore, overall it didn’t ruin the story. I knew by halfway in I was going to use another of my credits for the second book. I listen to the Zombie Fallout series and I tend to judge other zombie books and narrators based on Tufo and Runette. Probably not fair😂 I’m enjoying this series so far and looking forward to book 2!
Nice and fast paced
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Pretty good zombie book.
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This is the best fiction book I've read all year, I can't wait to get the next book! awesome reader too! Get it, you won't regret it.
World War Z meets Zombieland meets I am Legend!
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awesome read!!!
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