Very good read!

A great start to the series and I really like the character development. I'm I to see where this goes next.

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Sceptical before hand and it was a slow start

That slow start became a fast paced, curiosity inducing adventure. So many questions about the who what where! Looking forward to book 2

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Epic Sci Fi

Can't wait to read the next pat. Well written and exceptionally read. Only my 2nd audio book. Am hooked

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Just good fun!

Where does Aurora: CV-01 rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

OK so this series of books is not Hyperion or written by Arthur C Clarke but it is great fun. There is ample humour, technology and characters to keep you listening and bags of action. Unlike some series there is not too much padding i.e. first third of the book is what you read last book, next third is new and well thought out, last third is open and basically setting the scene for the next book. Obviously Ryk Brown has to do that to a degree but it is entirely reasonable in its proportion.

What was one of the most memorable moments of Aurora: CV-01?

Its been a while since i listened to Book 1 but i do remember being pleased at how quickly the action started; and i don't mean with Jess at the party! There is good character development across the series and enough of the main folks early on.

What does Jeffrey Kafer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Kafer gives a solid performance across the whole series (11 so far). He does not go wild with accents that can be distracting when poor. Rather he uses mild inflection and after a while the subtle differences become enough to make it clear during dialogue.

Any additional comments?

I'm Writing this review after listening to the first 11 books of the series and having thoroughly enjoyed them. They are light listening and don't require concentrated thought. However, they are good enough that when i occasionally have become busy with a task and realised that i have missed a bit they are worth going back to catch up! Thanks Ryk Brown, Jeffery Kafer and Audible.

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And so the Saga begins.

I chose this book on a recommendation of Steve Gibson on a show called Security Now on the TWiT podcast show. And am glad that I did. it was a great listen and a book that a hated to put down when real life intervened. I like the characters and look forward to their over coming of the challenges of their situation. A great read with excellent narration.

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Very basic soap opera story

This is soap opera not hard sci-fi. There is lots of reference to ftl drive but no taking light travel time into space battles and general story. Definitely more Star Trek than Expeditionary Force. Probably targeted as Young Adult as all the older characters killed off pretty quickly and command goes to the most junior officer rank. No one left on the ship above ensign / lieutenant?? Main character is naive for someone having gone through officer training. Ok for a freebie but will not bother with the rest of the series.

Upside is the performance was pretty good and enhanced the audiobook.

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really enjoyed it.

I am not one to usually write reviews but I really dnjoyed this book.

I thought that the story was well written and want to know what happened next.

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A rehash of ST Voyager.

not a bad listen but once it becomes clear that this is a twist on the StarTreak Voyager story line it gets a bit predictable. Still worth a listen as its fast paced and action packed.

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It's ok

I feel a bit mean when I leave an indifferent review because it is so difficult to write a book, create engaging scenarios and characters and put them all together, I think the author deserves a lot of credit just for that. However, as my headline says it's ok. Kind of predictable. I've listened to far worse though and it's a short book that feels like part one of what should be a multipart book.

I found every one of the main characters annoying. All orders are questioned despite none of them having any experience in space and they bumble along from one disaster to another, sniping at each other constantly (they'll end up inseparable I expect). They manage to escape by the skin of their teeth each time.(making it predictable) limping around the galaxy in a wrecked ship and that's probably why I'm a little disappointed - thers's no aliens, no great battles you'd tell your grankids about, just a series of disasters.

But I did finish it so I'll give the second book a go because there's the building blokcks of a story there and it has potential to improve.

I didn't buy this book, it's in the plus catalogue so I haven't given a not-so-great review because I'm annoyed I spent money. It's my honest opinion BUT I'm an old man so perhaps not the target audience, it feels like it might be for a younger generation.

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loved this book

one of the best scifi books I've ever read cannot wait to read the next.

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