Would make a great action movie, not a great book

The books are fine, a little repetitive, but there are continuity errors and plot holes that are frustrating. Actions sequences are formulaic, which as a listener is a bit dull, but in a movie would be fine. Imagine a book version of John wick, there is only so many ways to describe the fight scenes. Well read.

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brilliant 👏 love this story series

brilliant story and series of books military science fiction at its best outstanding well written by an author who knows what makes a good storyline

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Great book 📖

Great book series love the story can’t wait to listen to the next book’s I highly recommended listening to this book 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

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Nothing

Written far to complicated. Bounces around I'm every direction so you have to keep tracking back to figure out what's going on. Not an easy listen at and requires 100% focus on it to keep track. Would probably recommend reading rather than listening.

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Very good

This was a very good book series I enjoyed the story and the narration was excellent would highly recommend

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Great Find!

I am new to Joshua James' books.
Bought this particular series because Mark Boyett has recommended it.
As usual his narration is excellent!
This series has action, interesting worlds/Aliens and is altogether good fun.
Now pls excuse me while I download the next books in the series!

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A gripping saga, with the odd excessively gory bit

Good story
Engaging, twisting, random saga that keeps you engaged and guessing at every step of the story.
Just beware there are a few passages where I think they went a little over the top on gory violence, sections the the book would suffer to lose, but apart from that thoroughly enjoyable for an adult.

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Space marines

Good story sometimes it feels a little bit the same in the different books but overall good way to kill some time.

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Fantastic book

I loved listening to this book from start to finish, was so glad when I heard there were more in the series

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Some cool concepts, but also dumb.

overall I'd say that this is a reasonably entertaining adventure but unexceptional in most ways.
One interesting thing that stands out most about the story is the ubiquitous use of drones and A.I. for support. This is used relatively well, but mostly as a dwindling resource.
One bad thing that stands out is that the character writing is poor. Male marines are clumsy, often incompetent, meat heads. All female characters are generically super competent badasses, of which the writer feels the need to invent a new one or two, every book.
The title character's nickname is Lucky which is apt. He gets through the majority of problems either through blind luck, or his internal 'special' A.I. saves him. The A I. has a female super competent persona which spends a lot of it's time mocking Lucky when it isn't saving him. There is also an angry psychotic male persona that takes control of lucky and puts him in a blood rage. This also diminishes the main characters agency.
Despite my complaints the books are entertaining, mostly because the voice acting is excellent.
I'm sure this book has an audience but I don't think I'm it and I won't be continuing with the series.

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