1/4/2024 0 Comments Code zero audio bookSimply the finest horror writer in existence. the author needs to dial everything back by an order of magnitude, including the number of pages, and it might have been an enjoyable read. in between the story tries to be overly dramatic, heartwarming, paints the hero as the biggest victim there is and ever will be. a real try hard that feels like a cheap action movie with way too many unnecessary opponents, more and more powerful, and then combining the most powerful ones to make the hero even more heroic (and laughable). the parts which are new are confused jumps between different storylines. so you are annoyed and bored most of the time. the worst: these recaps happened again and again, repeating themselves over and over. the recap parts of patient zero were unbearably boring since I already knew the story. and although I don't know any of the books between patient zero and this one, all the recap of stories I did not know felt like annoying advertisement. 50% of the narration is a recap of the past books. but I don't know what the target audience is. this being advertised as direct sequel I was really looking forward to this book. are you still reading this review? what are you waiting for? download this audio book and start the adventure. i liked those books but not as much as the others. overall, code zero is one of my favorite books in this series! after an ok 4th book and a kind of out of left field 5th book, i'd say back on track. he's also incredibly good at portraying all of the other characters. which dms member do you loathe? i love ray porter's narration. i guess my main complaint is that with so many characters to love, only a few get to the chance "to burn to shine." but we do get to know one dms character a little better. as with most of the other stories in this series, this is a fast-paced thrill ride from start to finish with a few heartfelt moments dropped in along the way. of course, the action scenes are full-throttle, and there are only a few others who can pen them as well as maberry. part of the excitement of the story is watching the dms pull the layers of the onion back, trying to discover the identity of their enemy. for most of the story, the dms are scratching their heads at who could be doing these things. maberry does a good job building the backstory of the enemy so that he/she/it is truly a formidable adversary. just when you've thought that the dms has fought the cleverest of enemies, maberry introduces a new enemy, who is perhaps the most insidious and devious the dms has ever faced. joe ledger's enemies are over the top, and when i start a new ledger book, i always look forward to what kind of enemy jonathan maberry will throw against the dms. i have enjoyed this series b/c it's like a modern day, 21st century james bond, but only meaner, grittier, bloodier, and a lot more scarier. Throughout this series, joe ledger has fought just about every kind of worst nightmare imaginable and has managed to come out the other side. There ya go - let the tomato-chucking-*no*-help-button-pressing begin! This story leaned heavily on fist time and the guys running, a little too witlessly, into another trap to fight their way out of - no complaints.It's just, if the story is going to rely on fight scenes for half the pages, can't Maberry at least churn out the stories faster? Now that I've probably alienated my peer group of rabid Maberry/Porter fans, a helpful recommendation: Code Zero can stand on its own, but really needs (at least) Dragon Factory as a prelude. Here goes: needed MORE Ghost, more Bunny, more monsters, more story, more nifty weapons. So, I'm going to voice my opinion here safely among my fellow devotees and ask you all to take a step back, stand down (cut me some love). If you've read my reviews on Maberry's Ledger, you know he is my guilty pleasure, and I even offered to take up a collection so team Jon-Ray could devote all of their time to collaborating. Yeah, yeah, good stuff, fun listen, wild ride.you can't go wrong with the most fun series you can get your teeth into.
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