It is incredibly disappointing, because this book is billed as, "Ex-military engineer falls into a world of magic", and only the front and back of the book contain any of that at all. The final 1/5 of the book feels incredible rushed and includes massive time skips over Charlie's training in spell usage and his gladiatorial combat. The first hour or two is extremely fast paced, but then the story stalls out for the next 6 or so hours (about the middle 3/5 of the book), and nothing happens except Charlie is sold or captured back and forth between slave owners. I hope that Baron and Bennett work together more in the future (especially on this series).
#GOOD LUCK CHARLIE TORRENT SERIES#
Baron did a good job of showing a little of what’s to come from the series without giving it completely away. So, overall, I really enjoyed this book and I definitely want to continue the series. He was able to take on the roles that were given to him and the different species but did it in a way that was pleasing to the ear instead of annoying. I need to point out that this was the first book I listened to that Gary Bennett narrated and I thought he did a great job. More than a few times at the end of a chapter Baron would say something like “Charlie got so lucky.” And then the opening of the next chapter was “Charlie wasn’t lucky at all.” It’s interesting and definitely done to try and throw the reader off – but it was done so many times that it started to bother me more than make me unsure of what was to come.
I found myself getting more and more into the story as it progressed and there was only one minor thing that slightly irked me.
It’s bizarre in a good way and definitely unlike anything I’ve ever read before.
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I’ve been trying to figure out how to describe it (without spoiling anything) and I really can’t. Every time I thought I had it figured out it would change a bit more. This one was a weird but intriguing story. And by the end, it’s this bizarre fantasy/sci-fi mash-up with a bunch of other things thrown in for good measure. Also, he has bad luck… shocker! The beginning was basically a normal every day science fiction story. But to describe the story – it’s about a lost man, Charlie, who isn’t really trying to find his way home as much as he’s trying to figure out how to survive. The cover gives you some idea (much more once you’ve read the story and understand all of the things on it). It’s the first book in a series and the first book by Scott Baron I’ve ever read. I really went into Bad Luck Charlie blind.
Suddenly, faced with alien space pirates, talking dragons, and something that seemed very much like magic, Charlie found himself adrift, feeling like a space age Robinson Crusoe - only his man Friday was a blue-skinned alien, and this wasn't just a desert island. Of course, that was when things really went sideways in ways that made merely crashing on an uncharted planet seem like a walk in the park. With the crew’s lives at stake, Charlie had no choice but to stop his whining, put on his big boy pants, and step up to save them all, and much to his surprise, it actually looked like he might succeed. Things had started off all right - that is, until a freak wormhole unexpectedly swallowed his ship, leaving him stranded on an unknown planet far, far from home. In fact, at this point merely crashing the multi-billion-dollar ship he had helped design would have felt like winning the lottery compared to his current dilemma. It was looking like Lady Luck had quite a grudge against him.
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