Trader Tales 2: Half Share

(3 Sterne)

A LibriVox Listener

The last book was really good and exciting! This one...I dont know what happened, it turns into a teen boys sex fantasy and just keeps going. Very wish fulfillment fan fiction. I had been enjoying the almost mundane adventures of a guy who was clever, but not a genius. Not attractive, but not ugly. Not a dullard, just well spoken. But then its all about how he's the hottest piece in the galaxy and it just goes ON and ON about it! Would have been 2 stars, but respect to the first book keeps it at 3

By: JoshB

Being a huge Science Fiction fan all my life, and having a special interest in anything "space" related, I found the first book "Quarter Share" not only intriguing, but captivating as well. I developed an instant interest to the characters, and fond myself relating to Ishmail on several levels. The ...

By: OutoorBen

Can I gush anymore than I did in my last review? Seriously... listen to these books. They are beyond wonderful and Nathan Lowell stands alone in my opinion for his talent in bringing great writing to life. When he reads these wonderful tales, he IS Ishmael Wang. Mr. Lowell, your ...

the story went from interesting. to soft core porn. yuck

(2 Sterne)

Nick

By: Nathan

@Ethan - I actually wrote the books to be released as podiobooks. That's why I created them. I wanted to see if there was an audience for this kind of story. Turns out there is. In 2008 and 2009 I shopped the first books around a bit and found no ...

Half share, half spicy

(2 Sterne)

Andrew

The first book was incredible and the first half of this one is pretty good too. Then all the sudden in one chapter it turns absurdly sexualized and stays on that one track for the rest of the book. I really hope the rest of the series is able to recover, but there’s a lot of contiguous chapters that could be cut out entirely with no issues. Just soft core porn for no reason. It’d be fine except that’s not what I expected out of this series and if that’s what the first book was like I’m not sure the I would’ve picked ip the series. I sound like a broken record but the harsh tonal shift was just startling, and it never stopped until the end of the book. It’s just a few steps away from some bizarre harem type story.

Sci-fi Meets 50 Shades of Grey

(2 Sterne)

smallsteve

Really enjoyed the first book and gave it full marks, but this one goes off the boil a bit. The problem is that it spends much of the time talking about clothes shopping and how achingly gorgeous all of the main protagonists are. For instance, Ish is so good-looking that he can’t pass by any woman without her groaning with sensual pleasure. I mean, come on! This plotline just goes on, and on, and on…. I found myself fast forwarding past much of the above nonsense. Now maybe the ladies will love this sort of stuff, but the guys will be turning off in their droves! My suggestion would be to leave all the fantasy stuff behind and stick to the sci-fi.

Loving it in Borneo

(5 Sterne)

Lord Jim

My second listening to this series remains a great choice - I'm certainly loving how Ishmael is developing as a person and discovering a new confidence. There are some well developed characters in this book. The development of trade opportunities is also explored well. Nathan's narration remains impeccable and brings the characters to life. This book is a real treat. Don't pass up the opportunity to invest in this series