Great voice over and an okay story - good for fans of the game

Cherami Leigh who read it is absolutely fantastic! I dove into this just after finishing Cyberpunk game as female V and was so excited to hear the same voice again!
Like some ending of the game, the ending of this book is not satisfying, although true to the world. I was expecting to read about some resemblance of a hero journey and when that didn't happen I was disappointed but also curious enough to see how everything would unfold.

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Manages to nail the setting while missing the tone

performance was mostly great. there were a few instances of it seeming overly drab and disinterested but in general I have no problems there. this review will imply spoilers at the end, so be warned.

the story is disjointed and chaotic, and that may be by design. in general it did a decent job and kept a decent pace. a knowledge of night city and cyberpunk going into the book made listening to it feel like sliding into something familiar and comfortable.

however, while the setting was on point, the tone missed a crucial component of cyberpunk, the one thing that truly separated it from grimdark in its essence.

**spoilers implied from here on out**

cyberpunk is a dark narrative but it always leaves the smallest of margins open for hope, and it's at its foundation a setting that focuses on the smallest of victories found within survival. this book ended without any of that. no hope, no small victories, no survival.

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Adds to the bleak existence of 2077

Managed to portray the the bleak existence for humanity living in Night City. Desperation, battling with hope and ambition all comes together as another tragic story plays out on the unforgiving streets of Night City.

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Female V’s voice actor is the best

10/10 fun listen, no happy endings in night city. Cool to hear other stories from this universe.

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Great story but had loose ends.

Absolutely love the cyberpunk universe and this story did a really good job at holding onto the tone and themes of the universe. The characters in this story were interesting and memorable for the most part but there were some I had to go back and remind myself about to continue. My biggest disappointment was that a couple of characters were left off without enough detail to really understand their origins or purpose in the story and some were forgotten about and left without a conclusion. Besides that the twists and turns were really enjoyable and I hope they make more!

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Definitely Worth It

Great performance and twisting story. Was hooked completely from beginning to end. Quite a lot of revelations and connecting moments that will make it worthwhile reading a second time with these new perspectives and information in mind. Some reviews call the story disjointed, it's not; this is a tight, information-dense story that doesn't constantly spell things out, so you'll miss a lot if you're just passively listening.

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good story, no vocal range

the narrator has an iconic and solid voice for VA work. this however does not lead to great narrative voice range. can only vary her voice so much, which is normal but not great for audiobooks.
either way it's a well done job with a good story, just hard to tell who is saying what at times, or what is narrative vs speech

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It was okay.

I so badly wanted to love this book. But I struggled to finish it.
But unfortunately, it just fell short.
The story was all over the place. I wish each chapter contained a title to simply tell us which character we were following. It felt like it jumped all over the place. It almost felt rushed when it was written.
Now, I love the voice actor for her performance in the cyberpunk videogame. However, because there were so many voices, they started to drown out and become very similar. So it made it very difficult to tell who was who.

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Good performance, disjointed story.

Story was chaotic by design, but it's too much. Ultimately it didn't tie together nicely.

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Great Narrator

Loved the narrator, but the scripted seamless transitions to different points of view required you to really pay attention

Loved the story

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