Bill the Vampire, Scary Dead Things, The Mourning Woods, and Holier Than Thou

How the books are divided inside:

Any additional comments?

If, like me you listened to the first and/or second book before seeing or wanting this omnibus edition here is how the books are divided, so you can skip to the new material:

Book 1 - Starts on Chapter 01
Book 2 - Starts on Chapter 28
Book 3 - Starts on Chapter 54
Book 4 - Starts on Chapter 95

Should save some skipping around and accidentally getting any spoilers. Very funny books, I hope you enjoy them as much as I did.

58 of 60 people found this review helpful

I very much enjoyed this book

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

In short, yes. I already recommended this audiobook to a couple of friends who have similar taste in books.

What did you like best about this story?

I loved the irreverent nature of the book and enjoyed the combination of the main character's internal monologue and story.

Which character – as performed by Christopher John Fetherolf – was your favorite?

Obviously, Bill would be a favorite. After all, he's the Free Will, and the main character. I really enjoyed several characters, though, as the narrator did a great job of bringing the characters to life.

Who was the most memorable character of Bill the Vampire, Scary Dead Things, The Mourning Woods, and Holier Than Thou and why?

I loved the friends that Bill surrounds himself with. The love/hate relationship with Sally, the stoic, borderline sociopath Eric, the annoying moron, Tom... loved them all.

Any additional comments?

I really enjoyed this series and will definitely pick the rest of them up, even though they aren't in a boxed set.

5 of 5 people found this review helpful

A vampire comedy with too much immaturity to stomach.

I made it to the second book before I got too annoyed with the characters to listen any further. I wanted to like these books, vampire comedy's sounds like a great premise, but characters are so unlikeable. Casual murder of innocence is supposed to amusing. Characters consist of every stereotype you ever heard about geeks, men, jocks, strippers, and blondes. The comedy consists mainly of characters insulting one another and every character does this. Makes all the characters extreme unlikeable. As the plot is simple the characters make or break these books.

Reader was fine he mainly sticks to his actual voice and nothing is really jarring. Still the lack of diversity in character voices makes me give a 4 star rating on performance.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Problems with the narrator

Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?

I would recommend this to friends, while advising them of pronunciation issues.

What didn’t you like about Christopher John Fetherolf’s performance?

The narrator's performance is great in terms of cadence, inflection, and keeping the story moving, but he's sorely lacking in areas of pronunciation. For example, 'voila' is pronounced 'voi-la', not 'vio-la' (like the musical instrument), 'Tatooine' (Luke Skywalker's home planet) is pronounced, 'Tattoo-een', not 'Tattoo-knee.' 'Caste' (the word referring to the methods of formal social stratification in some countries and groups) rhymes with 'cast' and not 'cased.'

If you're going to narrate professionally, get a copy of the NBC Handbook, Fowler's Modern English Usage, or The Big Book of Beastly Mispronunciations first.

Any additional comments?

Overall, it's a very good story, but the narrator's mispronunciation turns it from a nice five star experience to a high three or low four star experience.

25 of 35 people found this review helpful

Love, love these books!!

What made the experience of listening to Bill the Vampire, Scary Dead Things, The Mourning Woods, and Holier Than Thou the most enjoyable?

They are laugh out loud funny! From the first few sentences I was hooked! I had to buy the whole series. I love the narrator he sounds just like what I imagine Bill would be like.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Of course it's Bill. I enjoy his smart aleck quips and come backs.

What does Christopher John Fetherolf bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

He brings the book and Bill to life! He is great! How he reads this book was one reason I bought the whole series.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Not only the book but the whole series! I have a long stressful commute to work and back and listening to this series helps a lot to get away from it all. I probably look like a crazy person sitting in my car alone in traffic laughing.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Epic!

If you could sum up Bill the Vampire, Scary Dead Things, The Mourning Woods, and Holier Than Thou in three words, what would they be?

Holy freaking awesome!

What was one of the most memorable moments of Bill the Vampire, Scary Dead Things, The Mourning Woods, and Holier Than Thou?

The Feet! And omg, TURD! Ahahahah!

Which character – as performed by Christopher John Fetherolf – was your favorite?

See above, Turd. So effing funny! Loved Bill ad Sally, too.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

LOTS of laughs in this series!

Any additional comments?

Gamers will LOVE this series!

3 of 4 people found this review helpful

Can't do it!

I downloaded this book because it was 30 some hours for one credit and I like to get my money's worth... And now I want my money back.
Everyone is entitled to their opinion and here's mine.
The story was boring, the characters were cardboard, the narrator made me want to scratch my ears off.
I can handle sarcasm but not unfunny useless sarcasm constantly thrown around. And how many times can a guy call a woman "bitch" and think it's funny?
I listened about three hours then realized I had just scratched the surface and had no interest in seeing what came next (probably not too much). Will be returning this book in the morning.

9 of 13 people found this review helpful

Thanks for killing the Edward Image!!!

What made the experience of listening to Bill the Vampire, Scary Dead Things, The Mourning Woods, and Holier Than Thou the most enjoyable?

A flawed 'Hero' Love Bill and Sally team!! Not for the easily offended, delicate female sensibilities. Tired of seeing women bag on this book. I only read books with strong female characters and this has it!! Bill is a pawn in play and the toughest women are running the show.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Sally!! People that complains about the way women are viewed fails to embrace the fact that the character with the most brains and balls in this book is one. If you don't like the strong kick a** female who embraces he inner b**ch go back to waiting for your big strong Edward to save you and being tied up with gray things, eye roll.

What does Christopher John Fetherolf bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

Brings out the goof in Bill perfect.

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

Visit from my second favorite kick a** female Gan. What would Bill be without those frisky she vamps in his afterlife?

Any additional comments?

What a refreshing escape from the offended by every little thing world and media. This book is thankfully not politically correct thank goodness.

5 of 7 people found this review helpful

the main character dies not change.

the first book is great, because this is a series the assumption is that the main character will grow and evolve. this is not the case reading past the first book will leave you frustrated and angry at the waste of time invested. the main character has no respect for women as individuals. there is nothing about the main character that makes you think he is worth anything he thinks he should get including: respect from anyone or love from the women he is stalking. this character is largely disappointing because the author alludes to growth and it never hapoens. the only thing this main character has going for him is freaking dumb blind luck and an author who decided that the mentality of a 15 year old male virgin was the best place to be for the rest of your life. sorely disappointed.

8 of 12 people found this review helpful

Immature garbage

The title should have given it away, but I got suckered in by good reviews. Wasted credit. And OH GOD I rather listen to Steven King then this VA!

6 of 9 people found this review helpful