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“Absolutely gorgeous and absolutely awful. A week after listening and I’m still depressed. The voice work and casting is great. Better than great. Way better. The actors are working with the kind of super flowery writing that’s extremely difficult to pull off the page and bring to life, and they manage it really well. And that in itself is a cool thing to explore in an Audio Drama. But also the story is very grim. Therefore, the listening experience is a dismal sticky smothering atmosphere — as intended. Real life is super grim and oppressive and sucky and pointless and absolutely ritualistically violent and spiteful and grotesque and deadly, too. There are barely any exaggerations here. So what the eff else are people supposed to write about? What else is honest besides the utter grimness of the worst of ourselves? “Words, like flesh, are food for worms. Today I offer them a feast.” So depressing.
Technically, there’s an unacceptable volume jump between the very end of E2 & the very beginning of E3, and some challenging sound choices after that. Show could use remastering at that point for volume control … listeners might want to skip the headphones. Even on speaker it’s a distraction.
Clearly this material is super far out of my zone of like, and the creators are working at a literary level that’s way over my head, with elements that repel me. Nevertheless, I did connect with it — most of the acting is phenomenal (one actor that started off brilliantly struggles a bit to find an authentic presentation of their character towards the end), the beauty of the language is undeniable, and the quest is almost enough to be a followable plot most of the time. Some of the action does get muddled (as is typical with modern audio dramas), but some of that seems deliberate … I think maybe sometimes it’s easier to hide a lack of intelligibility behind flowery writing and a dark quirky setting, and then if the audience can’t follow along, they’ll blame themselves (I definitely blame me). But I got the gist without too much struggle, more than that is beyond me … I’d have to cozy up more to the material than I already did, and I just can’t. It’s too depressing for me. But if that’s your thing, there’s lots to dig into!”
~ Violet ~ via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
10/26/21
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“Give the first full episode a shot, ideally with headphones on. There aren’t any jump scares, just genuine drea that mounts and culminates in an incredibly creepy ending I listened to twice. Highly recommend, especially if you were a fan of I Am in Eskew.”
MaeMaeMae'ae via Apple Podcasts ·
United States of America ·
01/15/21
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“There’s nothing like it! Amazing quality storytelling. Good characters and great world building…I’m in love and can’t get enough!”
Shallan’s Sleeve via Apple Podcasts ·
South Africa ·
04/30/22
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“Heard about this as a recommendation after the Magnus Archives. Great recommendation.
Season 2 update: Please listen to this - it’s absolutely fantastic!”
SCP_(redacted) via Apple Podcasts ·
Japan ·
10/30/22
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