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Helm
- Narrated by: Paul Boehmer
- Length: 15 hrs and 45 mins
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Joe
- 01-02-13
Missing Chapters
Would you try another book from Steven Gould and/or Paul Boehmer?
Yes
Any additional comments?
This is a wonderful book, it is my favorite of all of Steve Gould's books. Paul Boehmer's performance is also excellent. However the book or at least my copy which I have tried downloading three times is missing all of chapter 21, and parts of chapters 20, 22 and 23. It is also missing Chapter 24. This was probably an editorial fault, however it earns the book the two star review even though I love the book and thought the performance excellent.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- KevDog
- 01-27-15
Good solid story and performance!
I enjoyed this story very much! I had no expectations other than wondering how the author would manage sci fi with medieval world. Fun exciting and moving story with a conscious.
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- R. Jernigan
- 04-20-21
Great story at a great price
If you liked this one, you'll love Exo by the same author. Both feature strong protagonists, interesting settings, great character building, aikido, and a nice sci-fi edge.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Chad Steven Vardas
- 02-25-13
Interesting..beginning of book was hard to pass
Would you consider the audio edition of Helm to be better than the print version?
I dunno never read the book
What did you like best about this story?
The science fiction
Did Paul Boehmer do a good job differentiating all the characters? How?
Mmm it was difficult to distinguish each character
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
I got nothing
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance4 out of 5 stars
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Story3 out of 5 stars
- mark
- 12-12-17
a solid story with good pacing
The book is solid for the most part and the pacing is done well up until the final section. It feels like the ending is rushed. but still a good read
