Review from Villains Rule →
you have to get past the first few chapters of this book before it gets interesting. once you do, you will not be disappointing. the main character to start is a little much but, as he interacts with others and becomes a little bit more human it is easier to like him and his some..
Review from The Tower of Zhaal →
I was glad that I had this one to listen to after the first ended. Of course, it’s a stand alone book and felt very organic. But I wanted more from this world. Glad CT Phipps delivered with this, I also believe there’s a third coming sometime soon. 🙂 I am not very up with..
great fantasy comedy mashup with A reader just right for the job. hope you enjoy
a fun story with colorful characters. there almost Noar reading with a comical script. each book leaves me hanging enough to want read the next and see how ballsy the main character will continue to get
The dose makes the poison. While the world and story are adequately crafted, this book on particular seems to rely a little too heavily on pop culture references and current events. While the story is self-aware, that only makes up for so much. Past books utilized the occasional reference, but this title constrains toxic concentrations…
Review from The Science of Supervillainy →
…so he’ll keep writing these. Maybe even spin-offs. I wouldn’t mind a Diabloman One-Shot from before he had his mask.
Up front, I was given an audiobook copy by CT Phipps for an honest review The follow-up novel to Cthulhu Armageddon, Tower of Zhaal, greatly expands on an already impressive world building. John Henry Booth (JHB), the protagonist from book one, is continuing his adventures thought the apocalyptic cosmic-horror hellscape roughly a year later, following the events of book one. JHB and Mercury have been kidnapped by a secretive society who represent a surviving academy of mind and science. Led by a Yithian being, the academy tasks JHB and Mercury to team up with a rag-tag band of badasses to go in search for an academy outcast who is seeking to find the titular Tower of Zhaal and release a cosmic horror. Along the way, JHB comes to grips with the monstrous presence growing inside him while simultaneously dealing with the elder god Nyerlathotep whispering in his ear the whole time. Still with me so far? If you’ve read book one, then all of this should be making sense. If not, I highly recommend picking up book one first and giving it a read. Naturally the team does as teams do in these types of stories and suffers through attacks, murderous hordes, ghouls, genocide and pain to accomplish their mission. Now, I did have an issue or two with the story and its structure. We are introduced to several supporting characters who are very surface level and despite CT’s hard work, some of them are nothing more than filler. As well, the forward momentum of the story sometimes slows, or halts, for world building. As well, events of the missing year between book 1 and 2 play heavily, and you as the reader must march onward. Lastly, the final conflict I felt was a touch too short. Now, if you’re a fan of the Cthulhu mythos, or just a rough and tumble type who enjoys horror and/or films like Seven Samurai, Magnificent Seven, the Dirty Dozen, or the recent Rogue One, then you’ll have no problem with this story. In summation, I like it. Sadly, I didn’t like it as much as I did the first novel, but Tower of Zhaal IS a strong follow-up to Cthulhu Armageddon and I recommend it to anyone who is a fan of CT’s writing.
Well this was a pleasure to listen too. I would say that it helps to enjoy fantasy, DnD or RPGs. And I do like all off that but sometimes it feels like its all stock in the same loop. This book messes with all the troopes and punshes them in the face for good measure…
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more? The book has a rushed feel to it. The author borrows a lot of dialog and material already covered in the original books. There is very little original content in this book. Would you ever listen to anything by C. T…
Review from The Science of Supervillainy →
I think this book is better than what I think it is. It starts the ground running and I felt lost. It seemed like too many characters thrown in and to many names are similar. I really liked the first 3. I will listen to them all again and I assume I will like this..