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Timothy W. Long

Autor de Among the Living

27+ Obras 221 Miembros 14 Reseñas

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Obras relacionadas

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Conocimiento común

Fecha de nacimiento
20th century
Género
male

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I enjoyed this zombie book. As it opens with how the virus gets started and then concentrates on its first few days of progress I was a bit surprised. Happily. A lot of the ZBooks I read are already in the panic of the spread or take place once it has been in effect for weeks. Starting at the beginning and staying there made this book refreshing to me. I found this book to be well written and very entertaining. It is a fast read. Lots of action in it with some romance, sex, (some graphic), definitely violence. As stated there is alcohol and weed use. Adult language too.
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Wulfwyn907 | 3 reseñas más. | Jan 30, 2022 |
My original Z-Risen Book 3 audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

Separated from Joel and Anna, Jackson Creed and Christy continue their Zombie adventures in Los Angeles. Starving and desperate, they are forced to take refuge with the Reevers. And they are not what they seem. Safety and food feel good after the long and bitter battles with the endless hordes, but something is wrong. And Jackson is going to find out what it is.

Later in the story we find out about Joel, Anna, Roz and Brightstar. We also learn more about the shufflers and their unique ability to call the other zombies. If fighting zombies wasn’t bad enough, now they have semi-intelligent leaders. If the fighting factions of humans can’t get together, humanity’s chances of survival are looking grim.

In this third and fourth installment of the Z-Risen series, we learn a little more about the surviving humans, various factions and the fallen government. More questions are raised than answered, like how the outbreak started or if it was caused by intention. We are looking at the story from the point of view of Jackson Creed, so if he doesn’t know, we don’t know.

Z-Risen is a wonderful blend of zombie violence, fear and humor. The books don’t take themselves seriously. Humor in the face of extreme violence equals zombie fun. Why not? Zombies are ridiculous – dead humans that keep coming until you smash their heads. Long keeps the action light, and the sarcasm flowing. It makes for a truly fun listen. Science be damned.

The books are performed by Todd Menesses. His deep baritone rumbles in your head as he portrays the male military characters, then goes high enough to give the female characters their due. He has a remarkable range and provides a wonderful performance. The listener gets to enjoy Jackson’s steady sarcasm in face of infinite horror. Excellent.

If you like your zombie adventures equally mixed with horror and humor, you’ll love these stories. Just sit back and enjoy the ride. There is a kind of ending to the story, but it looks very likely there will be more in the series. You'll want to listen to those when they are released. Recommended.

Audiobook was provided for review by the narrator.
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audiobibliophile | Apr 12, 2017 |
My original Symbiosis audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

Seattle is the epicenter for an alien invasion. While the attack is going on five strangers will be struck by something and suddenly have the most unbelievable and unlikely powers. They aren't sure what happened but know that they are now capable of weird things. What they don't know is that they may be the only thing left to prevent the destruction of Earth.

Todd Menesses narrates Impact Earth and he has the perfect "superhero" type narrator voice. It just feels like you are flipping the pages of a comic book or graphic novel when Menesses is behind the story. The quality of the recording was perfect with no issues at all.

A word of warning, yes this book has some profanity to it. That is known to happen from time to time. And it doesn't bother me in the slightest. But as a service to others -- be warned there is a lot of cursing in this book. I chalked it up to the types of characters that Long was writing about. They weren't your normal 9 to 5er but more like your blue collar, un or undereducated people who are known to curse from time to time.

Superheroes aren't my go-to genre, but I still enjoy them. I wanted to read this book for two reasons. One, Menesses narrated it and I love his voice, and two, I want to get more into superheroes, comics, and graphic novels. This was a nice intro for me and I found myself enjoying it more than I originally thought I would.

The book takes on the typical "normal person turned super" but does a pretty nice job with it. The new superheroes are as confused and unsure as you would think a person would be and they even doubt what they are doing as they are doing it. There were a few times I found myself laughing at the situations they were in.

The details in Impact Earth were definitely there. Long takes his time making sure that the reader knows who these people are before and after the impact. I really like when an author can do that without making me feel like they are doing that.

Overall, a great combination of science fiction (alien invasion) and comic boon fiction (superheroes). Long is able to write a book that is both enjoyable and felt like good was served!

Audiobook was provided for review by the narrator.
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½
 
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audiobibliophile | Oct 19, 2016 |
My original Screaming Eagles audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer.

I picked this story for a couple of reasons: I wanted and fairly short read, as a filler between some new releases to which I was looking forward, and, well, zombies. Reading the summary and seeing the cover, I expected epic battles between American soldiers and German Nazi zombies, and honestly, not much else; I was wrong.

It's the height of World War II and a German Sergeant and his men are ordered to take an experimental drug that will give them extra strength, and even keep them from feeling pain. Meanwhile, American soldiers are hunkered down in fox holes dodging mortars. Low on ammunition, outnumbered, and with little reinforcements, they feared the worst. No matter how many Nazis they took out, two more seemed to take their place. Things go from bad to worse as the Nazis seem to be going crazy, displaying baffling tactics, and forcing some unlikely yet necessary alliances.

This was not a very exciting book. As I said, I was expecting a face-paced, action-packed zombie battle. Instead, the story developed rather slowly and almost lost my interest. It's saving grace was the authors addition of backstories to the main characters. There are several character points-of-view in this book, and the author added some depth to them with background of their past, or who they're hoping to come home to, etc. Character development is a big deal for me; I am much less concerned with what the characters are doing than I am why they are doing it. So, while some of the soldiers' stories were somewhat cliche, they humanized the men, making me care about what happened to them, and helping the rather dull plot become interesting.

Narration duties were done by Todd Menesses, who didn't seem to enjoy the book much. I've heard his narration on another book and was not disappointed but his reading as the narrator of the tale was not very enthusiastic, and somewhat dull in itself. I feel he read at too slow of a pace, and trailed off at the end of each sentence as if it were the end of a chapter with a cliffhanger. His voice is great, though, and his character voices were awesome and unique to one-another, making it easy to differentiate between the each one.

While I enjoyed Screaming Eagles, it is not a book aimed at multiple markets. It's for zombie fans, maybe the adventurous historical fiction enthusiast. The production quality was very good and, even with his unenthusiastic reading as the narrator, his performance as the soldiers was very good.

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audiobibliophile | May 17, 2016 |

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Miembros
221
Popularidad
#101,335
Valoración
½ 3.3
Reseñas
14
ISBNs
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