A dicking good laugh!

It wouldn't be John P. Logsdon if there wasn't a healthy dose of dick jokes to enjoy! And let's be real here, who doesn't love a good dick... joke!!!

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Great story/performance not for the PC brigade

Ok first off, if you're a "right-on", "politically correct" person ... just skip this because the stereotypes will annoy you. If you take one look at a "Carry On" film and start writing angry letters ... it's not for you. However, if you're willing to see how the characters develop and the stereotypes become real and are dealt with with humour and respect, then great. Now we have that out of the way, this is a great series with many genuine laugh out loud moments. The narrator is fantastic with wonderful characterizations and voices which make it easy to tell which character is speaking. Honestly, one of the best that I've heard. I don't want to talk much about the story and ruin it, but whilst you might think that it starts out as a cliche, the twists and turns, soon turn it into something much more. The series develops very well (I'm on Book Eight right now) and never feels like it's dragging. The only slow moment is the story-recap near the start of each book but that's only noticable because I'm listening to one book after the other. It isn't that instrusive. I will be looking out for other books by these authors and definitely by books read by this narrator. Honestly, you can't spend your credits in a better way than this but do expect some off-colour jokes and characters. They will flesh out (as Jensen or Parfait would say) but until then you might be thinking "ugh". Don't. It's absolutely worth listening to this series unless you are really an OTT PC person. For the record, I'm female. And pushing 50.

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Great Narration

Hmm, I can say I enjoyed this, a lot, despite the stories flagging at time’s mainly due to the author seeming failure to spot when he should stop labouring a point. The humour is there and while I never laughed out loud I was either smiling or just appreciating the strangeness of the stories, very enjoyable if not sparkling. The Bawdiness of the book mainly stems from one character and his, explained, focus on sex. It’s bawdy rather than explicit form just one facet of the narrative and is not going to offend if you have ever come across schoolboy humour, although this is accomplished schoolboy humour. The narrator is fantastic and gives voices to all the characters that are, by and large, distinguishable and often wonderfully exaggerated. At the end of the book there are a small number of outtakes where the author just loses it, bursting into a fit of laughter, and I can understand how delivering those lines with those voices while keeping a straight would be a difficilt task. W well done sir!

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Red dwarf meets carry on.

jouvenile humor at times but still quite funny with brilliant narration and long enough to be excellent value for one credit

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Pissed my pants

Loved it. Stories are so random and f#@kd up. Lovable characters especially GEEZER (Sorry didn't spell his name right). Very funny, the humor is dry clever and the right amount of ridiculous. Narration is excelent.

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Absolutely brilliant

Please please please write more of this.. stumbled across it and I'm glad I did.. if you live under a rock and are a complete prude, don't bother. However I enjoyed the stories immensely.. no shit :) happy listening..

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A great series

I was given a free copy of this for an honest review. I really enjoyed the level of humour. It’s like immature lad humour whilst half cut in the pub. A big thumbs of for Logsdon. Something different from ononokin but you can tell they’re written by the same author

The ups and downs of a long haul audiobook

Seeing as this is from what I can tell the entire series there’s too much to go through so I’ll try and be brief. There’s a lot of stereotypes in this story but there’s an in-story reason behind it so you need to give it a chance. A lot of the humour comes from this. I’d say it’s very much like say family guy South Park and even a bit of rick and morty. If you like those shows than you’ll enjoy most of what you get but be aware your getting a lot of hours and it does take its toll on you. This could be because I listened to this pretty much from start to finish with a couple of gaps in between for other audiobooks but you’ll still feel that mental fatigue. The characters are enjoyable, the situations fun but the humour won’t be for everyone. Not sure I’d go as far as describing it as an acquired taste but still. I enjoyed my time following Platoon F and their shenanigans but I won’t be in a hurray for a repeat listen.

Brilliantly funny

I received a copy of this audiobook in exchange for an honest review. My honest review is that this is a brilliant bundle and I shall be investing in more of these books! The author captures a red dwarf style humour crossed with a Terry Pritchett wit. I laughed alongside the characters and realised I need more of this kind of belly laughing. Unless you have had a sense of humour-ectomy, this is for you!!

dont bother

lasted 1 chapter absolute crap not even funny story boring not worth the credit x