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Found this series quite by mistake but loving it

Évalué le: 2024-03-07

Found this series quite by mistake. Some books are super short (3hrs) so can be expensive based on the Audible credit system.
But the plot and story are complete and I really enjoy the characters and the pace of the book.

Kevin Free does a good job with narration.

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Good series: good plot, characters and story arc

Évalué le: 2024-03-07

Found this series quite by mistake. Be warned, some books are super short (3hrs) but the plot and story are complete and I really enjoy the characters and the pace of the book.

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Love the Murderbot series so far

Évalué le: 2024-03-07

Really good storyline, some books are super short though...come on Wells!

Kevin Free does a good job and gives the characters life - so far am enjoying it.

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The storyline is not for me

Évalué le: 2024-03-07

I've read every book in the series up to book 7. Just couldn't get into the plot... and I'm a voracious reader. It's just not for me.

RC Bray does a good job although I feel like there aren't enough different voices - if you know what I mean. I typically give him a 5 but this one not so...

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Storyline stalls

Évalué le: 2022-10-04

First, the good news is RC Bray’s performance is simply awesome. He brings the characters to life and the story is so much better because of his performance.

I’ve read every single book in the series and honestly CA’s work on this series has been ‘meh’. The storyline, like much of the others with exception of a few, repeats itself and offers little progress. It could be so much more! In 14 books, he could have explored each different species and characters in much more detail and filled out the arc. You would think that Skippy and Bishop’s relationship, spanning over 10 years (in the book), would have matured more than just subtly; you would be wrong. There is no further insight into each character after this many books. The useless bantering back and forth between the main characters fill chapters of each book and most of it feels old, well worn and recycled material from previous books.

CA if your reading, some of us really do find this universe you created to be so interesting. The different species are unique and captures our imagination; lighten up on the ’filler’ and fill back in with development.

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I returned this...

Évalué le: 2022-09-08

R.C. Bray is awesome! What a professional. His performance saves this series... honestly!

I've listened to every book in the series. Armageddon is probably my 3rd least favorite book out of the series and half the series so far have been meh because: CA does an okay job of developing the story arc but does so in a very very slow manner (spread over +13 books).

Just as other reviewers have pointed out, more than half the book is somewhat useless, senseless interaction between Skippy and Bishop - it neither develops these characters nor furthers the story-arc. They are just there for comedic relief... but when the same lines are used over and over again, they just get really old really fast.

The 'secret' crush between Bishop and Adams should be explored more, I like the moral dilemma of these 2, but do so in a manner that develops each other's characters more. Chang, Reid, Smithe, their characters need abit more too. More depth is needed in this book for each character to make the 13+ series that much more memorable. I'm in it for the long haul having bought all books. But. I think I'll be returning this one.

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I’ll be returning this book!

Évalué le: 2022-09-05

Good: I don’t mind the general story arc. Mr Bray is a talented artist and his talent does bring the book to life.

Bad: 75% of this story is filler. In fact 75% of the series is useless banter or information arc that never gets used or developed or furthers the storyline. IMHO, the plot storyline ‘moves’ along at a very leisurely pace and in a haphazard way. it doesn’t do a good job of character development.

Skippy’s casual on again-off again relationship with Bishop, the never ending abuse by Skippy towards the humans, and Skippy’s constant forgetfulness and lack of regard to the mission is never fully explored. In over 9 books, these relationships are still surface, and the protagonist and antagonist aren’t fully developed. After 9 books...

Ugly: Having read every book up to now, while still interested in the arc, I have a generally strong dissatisfaction with the filler material that consists of over 75% of this book (and if I'm being honest, all the books). As other reviews indicate, Craig seems to be dragging this series out not for the readers benefit but for his own - come on Mr Alanson!

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Book 7 better than 6.

Évalué le: 2022-08-03

I have read the entire series from book 1 to this book and will continue. R.C. Bray's performance was great. The author does need to work on new material to keep each book fresh. The story line is kind of like a long soap with especially slow development of the story line. I hope book 8 continues getting better.

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Book 6, way better than Book 5

Évalué le: 2022-07-17

Much more interesting with new characters and a different mission. R.C Bray is great and keeps the characters distinct and invites you into the story. This book is better than 5 but book 7 needs to keep up the same tempo to keep me engaged. Otherwise in my other reviews, it gets fairly repetitive between Skippy and Bishop.

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'Meh' to quote one of the characters of the book

Évalué le: 2022-07-09

RC Bray does a good job of bringing the main characters to life.

The storyline in book 5 is just passable. It seems to me that the only interest here is to extend the storyline and keep getting you to buy the next book. This story arc has been a good book followed by a 'meh' one - to use a terminology used many times in the book. It didn't capture my interest the way book 1, book 3 and book 4 did so the series has been somewhat kind of hit and miss for me. I hope book 6 is better

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