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Dark One: Forgotten
- Narrated by: Rachel Jacobs, Sophie Oda, Keith Szarabajka, Kaleo Griffith, Avery Waddell, Kelli Tager, John H Mayer, Mia Barron, Luis Bermudez, William Elsman, Nan McNamara, Jim Meskimen, Roxanne Hernandez
- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From #1 New York Times Bestselling, Hugo Award-winning author, Brandon Sanderson, and co-author Dan Wells, comes DARK ONE: FORGOTTEN, a true-crime fantasy audio series and the first entry in Brandon Sanderson’s new DARK ONE fantasy saga.
Every year in the United States there are fifteen thousand murders, give or take a few hundred. Of those, nearly forty percent go unsolved.
In this six-part audio series, Christina Walsh is determined to change that. After struggling with the loss of her father, she sets out on a journey to bring the justice that has eluded her to the families of other victims. And she starts with a particularly strange case. The murder of world-renowned violinist Leona McPherson who mysteriously disappeared years ago after a concert at the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles. As Christina digs deeper, the story gets stranger. Leona was a prodigy, someone too good to be forgotten, but that’s exactly what has happened. She’s been forgotten. Entirely. By everyone who knew her. From the gushing music critic in her hometown to the detectives investigating her murder, even her own mother.
So Christina embarks on a cross-country mission, with her roommate Sophie, to figure out what happened to Leona. In the process, she uncovers a trail of similar victims who have suffered the same fate. But if no one can remember the victims, how can the killer possibly be caught? Christina’s only leads come from a crazed homeless man’s ramblings, a mysterious glass eye, and an otherworldly totem. Is Christina crazy or has she stumbled upon something so implausible it must be true?
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- Gavin Crenshaw
- 16-01-23
I expected more
The story was very interesting, but the characters are some of the most unlikeable characters I've ever experienced from a Sanderson project. Maybe it's because this was made for audio and the dialogue was written more like a script or something but the characters often came off as annoying and frankly dumb. There are definitely some crumbs of more to come and the overall story was interesting enough that I'll probably listen to the next one, but I could've passed on this for now and not felt like I was missing out on anything.
6 people found this helpful
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- Kindle Customer
- 15-01-23
Good story with poorly written characters.
I like the idea behind the story and the overall arc. My biggest issue with the book is the main characters. Two college students who act like 12-year-olds. Part of this impression may be from how the reader reads the book, but it is not only the reading that leaves that impression. The actions the characters take a more like a child then a woman in college.
My issue with the characters aside I could not stop listening to the book, I wanted to see how it turned out and the ending was satisfying. I cannot recommend the book, but if someone does listen to it they will have an interesting story with poorly written characters.
6 people found this helpful
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- Matthew Spidell
- 14-01-23
A Cringeworthy First Hour
This review covers the first hour, being unwilling to push further into the presentation as I abhor cringeworthy performance (or secondhand embarrassment). I appreciated how this highlighted the pretentious style of some podcasts, particularly the investigative format... having not realized (consciously) how much of the audio presentation in that genre is just boilerplate. The performance was fine but the source material was not worthy of the actor. That is a surprising result for these co-authors. Just as listening to a real podcast that unpolished would be unpleasant, so it is for a fictional true crime podcast. Also, this first hour really asks the audience to suspend their knowledge that they are listening to a Wells-Sanderson story. It's not suspension of disbelief, but rather suspension of knowing what you bought and the genre conventions.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Calvin
- 12-01-23
I don't really care for this book
I normally get every Brandon Sanderson book, but this one with Dan Wells I don't like. I like some of Dan Well's books, but not the murder types of books. As far as the performance goes, I find it distracting although I recognize that it is a in a style that I am sure some will like. I don't plan on getting any more if this series continues.
3 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 31-01-23
Expect more from these authors
I am a big fan of Brandon Sanderson and Dan Wells, but this book was rough to listen to. The foul mouthed friend was irritating and distracted from the story. I made it half way and gave up. Maybe it is a better read than audible listen.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Aaron Goodman
- 18-01-23
Interesting story idea but bad storytelling
Almost didn't get through it. It's told as a podcast, which is an interesting idea, but the characters are so annoying and vulgar (mostly bleeped out). Some annoying and unnecessary woke dialogue thrown into the story as well. The worst Brandon Sanderson book I've ever listened to by far.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Dave
- 14-01-23
competent storytelling but I had trouble caring
Felt more like a Dan story than a Brandon story. maybe it would have helped if I'd read the dark one comic book first. Performance was pretty good. The story seemed kind of thin.
2 people found this helpful
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- Mayaz
- 14-01-23
Entertaining
I love the podcast style story telling. A fun and refreshing story as well. This is also fun work from Sanderson.
2 people found this helpful
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- Darril Dixon
- 14-01-23
Amazing!
My wife listens to, and even has a true crime podcast. So this hit really close to home. I knew she'd love it. And sure enough with just the 1st 2 minutes she was hooked! I'm a huge fan of Brandon Sanderson so I pretty much knew I would like it (I don't think he's written anything I haven't enjoyed). But if you even have a passing fancy with True Crime and/or Fantasy I think you'll really enjoy this book/audio drama.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- M. Craun
- 13-01-23
Great
Well, narrated Love the actresses doing the voices of the characters felt in the story. And amazing writing from Brandon Sanderson and David Wells.
2 people found this helpful
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Prosserc
- 12-02-23
Keep going if you're struggling near the start...
I struggled with the format initially and initially gave up after about an hour as it just hadn''t hooked me at all. I eventually came back to it and I'm glad I did. The story became a lot more engaging as it went on and I liked the humor.
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- Magnus Carl Troels-Smith
- 05-02-23
Very good
Good performances, strong story and a very nice horror vibe to the entire thing. Can recommend.
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- Anonymous User
- 22-01-23
Expected more of the magic world
. The two main characters are super annoying, I know it’s by design and they’re college students, but still… at times too emotional and definitely too oversharing.
I loved the general idea around being forgotten, brilliant as usual for Sanderson, but I hoped there was more of the magic world revealed
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- I. Nanninga
- 16-01-23
Can sophie shut up
Sophie is one of the side charackters and very very anoying… so yep still havent finished the book but im about to put it away just becuaee of it
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Overall1 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 12-01-23
Like nails on a blackboard
I'm not sure if it's the actors or the characters that are so intensely annoying, but I really struggled with this. A rare poor effort from something with Brandon Sanderson's name on.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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Performance2 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 12-01-23
Well worth a listen!
I pre-ordered this audio-drama because I liked the fictitious true crime concept but if I'm being honest that turned out to be the weakest part. The story was pretty good (nothing life-changing, but I listened to it all in one sitting and it kept me entertained) but the performances were a bit hard to get through at times.
I'm hesitant to blame the actors because I felt like this was more of a direction problem. Because of the 'podcast' format, there's a blurred line between dialogue and narration and the main character is often interrupted by other people in the scene. This could have been really fun, but most of the line reads felt like audiobook narration rather than acting. In short, moments that should have been immersive actually pulled me out of the story because the performances felt too clean.
This kind of thing would feel normal in most audiobooks, where an emphasis on clear pronunciation has become a part of the style, but I think the story would really have benefitted from more of an audio-drama approach. It didn't help that the two main characters are quite young. I think their dialogue is meant to be energetic, but the acting and editing style made it feel very forced. (Long pauses in the middle of scenes really didn't help)
Overall, if you can get past these issues, this is a fun listen. I hope the style doesn't put too many people off because, while I wasn't a great fan of the execution here, the story was solid and it's exciting to see people experimenting with the format of what an audio drama can be. Personally, I'd be quite interested in similar Mainframe/Dragonsteel projects in the future.
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- tom
- 21-03-23
5 stars - very cool
An excellent idea which is well executed. The first half of the story is a bit slower, but the second half was just awesome.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-02-23
Great short story.
Enjoyed this title. Good story with solid performances. Story kept me intrigued. Great collaboration of the authors.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 14-02-23
There are issues
First up, I suspect that Dan Wells did the writing and Brandon just wrote a rough outline.
The main character, Christine, is a little loud, whiny, and often uses a tone like a teenager pleading for a new iphone. It's not a great match for an adult trying to produce a professional-sounding podcast.
Her "best friend" is a girl called Sophie. Sophie is verbally abusive to everyone around her, without cause. She constantly sabotages her friend's podcast recordings. She is a truly horrible person to be around, and it's unbelievable that the main character would continue to put up with her. I think we are supposed to find her funny. She is not funny. She's even louder and whinier than Christine. When they're both getting hysterical at the same time it is painful to listen to.
The story is in the style of a true crime podcast - a fictional podcast of very poor quality, The characters constantly record in coffee shops and get interrupted by other patrons asking them to stop yelling. Christine never edits out any interruptions, sabotage by Sophie, or much of anything. She does bleep out Sophie's constant swearing. In a middle episode she mentions that she'll have to learn to bleep out language, which is weird because she'd been doing that for a couple of episodes already.
The actual editing of this audiobook has some issues too - there are a few places where ends of words are trimmed to silence too soon, not major, but I find it annoying.
The quality of voice acting is generally very good, some supporting characters are exceptional.
The story didn't have a similar tone or feeling to the Dark One comic, at all. Crossover elements didn't seem to match up particularly well. There is a solid ending at least, but it's definitely not a Sanderson ending.
Overall this was more frustrating to listen to than satisfying, mainly because Sophie was so incredibly annoying.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Anonymous User
- 27-01-23
Interesting Story
I enjoyed the plot and the introduction of supernatural elements was well written. However, I found the narration quite annoying at times. Sophie especially. The character is really pushy and it was a bit frustrating and unnecessary to the story at times. I think she was meant to be funny but it came off as more annoying than anything else. I do recommend it if you enjoy true crime, and it was a different take on a regular audio book.
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Overall4 out of 5 stars
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-01-23
Umm...
The start was interesting and I liked how the story started to develop but then it just stagnated till the final hour. The ending felt a but fast and dirty.
Multiple narrators was done extremely well. Although the character Sophie was a bit annoyingly sceechy at times.
Maybe I am being harsh as Brandon Sanderson and I expected it to be something special. It wasn't a complete fail though...