More McGill shenanigans

Much of the same, still entertaining and fun. Glad they are still going strong and looking forward to the next

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good plot but needs refinement

Plot was great but some aspects of the writing almost sound like larson asked ai to add more humour and then didnt bother editing it afterwards

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Another great adventure for James and team

Another enjoyable story with great narration and the characters continue to develop. Love the series and have listened to all of them more than once!

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love it

all these books later and I still love the series, no nonsense, no wokery, just good old story telling.

what's more, the story arc has an almost limitless canvas to be painted.

my wife listened to some of the story and even she was chuckling away with it.

the story is fantastic and the narrator is a perfect match. do not change this combo!

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Rebel World

This is book 22 of the Undying Mercenaries series. it is superbly read by Mark Boyet who provides great atmosphere. the story line continues with the thread and I hope there are more to follow...

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Great book 📖👍😀

Great book love the story and the book narration I can’t wait to listen to the next book 📖😀👍 it’s a brilliant book series I highly recommend listening to this book 👍😀⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

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Friendship Found

Another great installment to the saga. I must admit, the first chapter was hard going. Quite repetitive with similies, almost like trying to make an oblique mention of all past species featured, but not well done. I did wonder if Larson let a fan write the first chapter. Second on however, we hit the flow. No spoilers, but I'm glad of where the story led. Can't wait for the next one.

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Sticking With It ... For Now

Throne World, the previous book in this series, was the one that brought me back. Prior to that, I had decided to call it a day on this series, feeling it had nothing more to offer and was simply rearranging common plot elements to produce formulaic stories that followed the same pattern.

Similarly, Rebel World hinted at something fundamentally different for McGill. Though I did enjoy Rebel World, the aforementioned hint of insurrection never materialised. Still, there was enough variation here on a theme to keep me interested and entertained, so I'll stick with it for a while.

These stories are simple, no fuss, little intrigue but are refreshing in their lac of political correctness. McGill harks back to an era of men who loved women, lots of them, while also being a hapless hero.

It would be nice to see more development of Mc Gill’s character, perhaps even a promotion for him. Oddly, and touch don before by me in a review of a much earlier book in the series, there appears to be no air support. Grunts are dropped right into hostile zones without close air support. In fact, much of the initial fighting could be reduced by air strikes to soften up enemy infantry. Also seems odd to me that Earth's legions aren't making use of alien soldiers who may be better suited to dealing with hugely powerful enemy troops. Blood worlders would be an obvious candidate to tackle the hybrid soldiers and yet no use was made of them. Cephalopods, too, seem to have all but been forgotten by Larson.

Regardless, these stories remain light yet entertaining reading, providing much needed escape from an ever increasingly over reaching government in our daily lives.

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What happened!

I think I have rated all of the first 21 books 5 stars but this book missed the mark. Apparently we now no longer care about reasons for things: such as how someone knows your dead or gets your data for a revive. The characters do feel like an AI was given the rest of the books as the traits are repetitive and out of place. The characters and story just do not hold together and just feels off.

Not sure if Larson just does not care anymore, or was having life issues and was pressured to get this out, or it was ghostwritten by a human or an AI.... but I'll be waiting for reviews of any future books to see the direction he is going.

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Love it!

Fourth time through the whole series, can’t get enough. Definitely needs to be made into a tv series!

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