GigaBeasts
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GigaBeasts
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Narrated by:
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Jonathan Waters
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Aurora Bliss
Some inherit money. He inherited a farm, monsters and hot neighbours.
Samuel West’s world turns upside down when his estranged father leaves him a mysterious farm in a secluded village. Thrust into a realm where creatures called GigaBeasts live, he finally finds the opportunity he's been looking for.
Before long, he's delving into monster-filled dungeons, unlocking new skills, and transforming his humble farm into something extraordinary. But the rules of this strange new world are confusing, and failure could cost him everything. Luckily, he isn’t alone.
The alluring goth sees Sam as her unlikely hero. Her cool elegance barely masks the fire she feels inside. The cute, scatterbrained genius has an unusual hobby, but she's so intrigued by Sam that she can't seem to think about anything else. And of course, there's his best bud, the sharkpuppy Chomp!
But Sam isn’t the only one with an eye on the farm. His half-brother believes he’s the rightful heir and will stop at nothing to claim it.
So much for living a peaceful life in the countryside…
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Writing quality is about average for self-published KU/K+. There are lots of problems with past vs past perfect tense, causing problems in the flow of the first-person past-tense narrative, especially in the first chapter or two. There are also some odd momentary changes from narrative past tense to present tense. Other errors include unanchored and ambiguously and incorrectly anchored pronouns, and plenty of grammatical errors: singular-plural mismatches, grammatically unbalanced lists, dangling modifiers, incorrect verb conjugations and lots of instances of transitive verbs used where intransitive verbs are required, unclear or incorrect relative-pronoun antecedents ("which" incorrectly positioned in sentences), incorrect comparators, adjectives used in place of adverbs, and so on.
There are also some sections with needless repetition (platinum-blonde hair was described far too often!), some knowledge leakage and telling where showing would have been much better, and a few little inconsistencies. The love interests are unique and really likeable, but the main character is inconsistent and just sort of nothingy.
Audiobook narration is excellent. I found the system voice a bit grating and would have preferred something a little more melodious, but that's just my personal preference. Character voices are consistent and easily discernible. Intimate scenes are very well read, indeed. Gigabeast animal noises are funny. There are a couple of mispronunciations -- the male narrator fails the mischievous test, for example -- but that's only a minor nitpick.
I enjoyed this, but not quite as much as I expected to. The audiobook presentation is excellent and the story is nice enough, but the writing just felt a bit lacking. A good proofreader and editor could fix all of the errors and tighten it up bit. I'll grab the second one for the lovely LIs.
Carried by its very likeable LIs
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Great narration and world building
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Silly and sweet, and just what I needed
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