Comments on: Checkwolf – Book 1

By: Simon Y.

Simon Y. — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 19:36:52 +0000

I couldn’t get by the first episode. Within ten minutes, I was introduced to 10 characters, I had no idea what they were doing except meeting in a garage (to have a pot luck? play poker?), I was given lots of background details I had no context for (one guy had messed up and didn’t get promoted… promoted in what?), and one of them got shot, and the protaganist (whom I had forgotten who he was already in the ocean of bland names and brief descriptions) was apparently upset by that.

By: Remy Gibson

Remy Gibson — Sun, 16 Nov 2008 23:51:29 +0000

D’oh! I thought it was all of Europe, or most of the rest of the world. [This comment and the previous one reference Book 2.]

By: Dwayne

Dwayne — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 15:38:00 +0000

I liked the books a lot very entertaining, even the dog barking in the background LOL. one thing for future reference the French drive on the same side of the road as you Americans its the UK that drive on the left not the whole of europe.

By: __Jim_

__Jim_ — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 02:12:13 +0000

Remy, I loved the story, no matter what everyone says about your idea of legalized vigilantes…

Here’s my Problem:

Remy, you ABSOLUTELY need to work with less background noise… Once, it was easy to discern that someone, (You?) actually closed a drawer on a file cabinet… The background noises distracted me a LOT from the story.

Thanks Remy,

Jim Fleming

By: Marcus Noble

Marcus Noble — Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:36:38 +0000

I found this story to be a very interesting take on vigilante justice. It does feel real yet somewhat fantastical at the same time. Loved the first book and can’t wait to start listening to the second.

By: Chris

Chris — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 03:46:29 +0000

I think the comments on this book are a bit interesting. They aren’t the things I would have nitpicked about, and already just a few episodes in to the story some of the things I didn’t like so much are fading out in place of better story and plot with tighter characters.

It seems the author was trying to introduce a lot in a short amount of time and wasn’t always successful at it. He tried to build a lot of emotional drama with the death of a team member early on in an effort for us to get to know the character better, I don’t think he was so successful, because at the same time he was introducing villains and secondary characters and setting up the world. Overall a bit awkward.

But since that is mostly behind us now I’ve enjoyed the last several episodes and am looking forward to more.

By: jAckdAndy

jAckdAndy — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 17:08:17 +0000

I’ve actually read the later books and it does get alot better. It’s amazing how far comics have come since that “square-jawed radio adventure”-era of the 1940s. Other than The Tick, Watchmen is the only good comic. From Dick Grayson to Walter Kovacs? Come on. I think the first book is satire. Well, I hope it is anyway. It’s like the Hardy Boys meets the X-Men or something. As far as the “politically-sanctioned lawlessness,” isn’t that the modern-day parallel of the blatant propaganda comics contained in the 1940s and 50s?

By: electric

electric — Sat, 19 Jan 2008 23:52:53 +0000

What’s the writing style, you say? Well so far you’ve got a team of vigilantes, a crazy new weapon, flight, and robots. Sounds like a comic book to me, minus any superheroes. And comics always ask you to “suspend your disbelief” to a certain extent, to “buy in” to a world. A cliched example, but a good example still, is men running around in tights. Both unrealistic and unintentionally funny. But you suspend your disbelief. And i’m willing to suspend mine here too.

By: Barry Bounous

Barry Bounous — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 20:33:26 +0000

Vigilante-ism, whether by those in or out of power, is not an uncommon scenario for fiction. I don’t have a problem with it. My problem is the writing style. I can’t decide if it supposed to be 1940′s squared-jawed radio adventure couched in more modern settings or if the author just doesn’t pick up on the unrealistic and unintentionally funny parts of the story. I don’t know if this author needs an editor or a reality-checker. The last couple episodes were tough sledding…….

By: mike

mike — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 22:29:01 +0000

i’m having a real problem with the tenor of the first couple of episodes…there is enough politically sanctioned lawlessness in our country and current culture..just can’t get behind this one…sorry…everyone is entitled to their own taste, but this one cuts the wrong way to me.
M