Wow, this was so entertaining! I loved everything about it, dialogue, plot, actors, story…. Just great!!

Whole seasons are missing

The audio books that this series presents are just gradually getting worse and worse. I read one review of this audio book describing it as a "YA novel", which seems apt. This is a silly story I don't care about, involving shallow characters I care even less about. I gave up because I couldn't bear to keep hearing the ridiculous dialogue.

I came on for the original book, but now we’re a couple in and I’m definitely loving them all. The current one, Legends And Lattes is fun. Not something I would have sought out, but whomever is running this ’cast has great taste !

I love the books (so far) they’ve chosen to present. Only nit to pick is wish I just pay a subscription and get the whole book instead of trying to find/buy the book.

Well narrated, great story

Season five took off like a rocket ship… Story gets lost a little bit because there’s no episode 2

Where is this episode?

Why is season 5 missing episode 2?

Did not expect Dak to tongue punch the alien

The nonsensical and poorly acted Thirst gets in the way of what could have been a believable and enjoyable sci-fi story.

Season One was a fully fleshed out Audio Drama with a cast and sound effects. The newest season is basically if Siri read you a science fiction novel but with less emotion.

I did not enjoy season 1 much, and hated the final episode. However, season 2, the 3 body problem is engrossing. It starts slowly - the first two episodes are historical, not science fiction, but once you get to episode 3 the sci-fi elements enter the picture.

I loved this sci-fi thriller podcast

Wowzers

I’ll admit the ending was... unexpected, but at least it basically finishes. There were 2 instances of “slurping”, but I recommend to get past all that. This is an excellently written & acted story - would love to see where it goes in Season 2. I need more Lloyd! <3

Mediocre sound design, acting and a very non linear, messy story line. I wouldn’t recommend. Mildly entertaining but don’t expect much more than that. Overly dramatic and chaotic episode design- hard to follow and missing substance. The ending was absolutely just bizarre and left field. Arguably one of the worst wrap ups I’ve listened to in a long time. Great idea but very poorly executed. If you’re looking for a show with similar themes jump on over to Limetown- that one won’t let you down!

I understand that some people did not enjoy finale but how else are you going to wrap something like this up. Sound production also stellar. Ashli is an amazing actress. I can’t fault any of the acting; it is all very good. I really had fun and looked forward to listening.

Put me in the camp of “Enough with the slurping/kissing/ice clinking/chewing noises” in audio dramas. I DONT need to hear this stuff to believe it’s going on. In movies, heck in real life these noises don’t stand out so much so why are they so often played up in audio dramas. Just yuck. 😣 Aside from that I don’t love the leads/Daks voice. She really sounds to me as if she has a bad head cold. The story is pretty good. Even gripping at times. Haven’t quite finished it so can’t speak to the last episode which seems to be a love/hate episode for most reviewers. Hope I love it.

Agree with the other reviews; it’s amazing until the very last episode.

I would still recommend listening, it’s a good story up until the last episode. The ending went completely off the rails in a way that probably could have worked if it didn’t feel so abrupt, but is also handicapped by just being f*#king WEIRD.

I don’t know what everyone is hating on here, it’s definitely a turn but holy cow it’s fantastic.

Characters and storyline were amazing ... until the last episode.

I love a good fictional podcast, especially when the characters are done well. This was exhilarating until the end! I listened a second time I liked it so much

Great story, production values, and voice casting! Dakota is one of my absolute favorite podcast characters. Please make more seasons!

Made it through about 5 episodes. Got tired of the language. Quit.

I loved the show but I hated the ending like I hate taxes.

I am hooked!

This is my single favorite dramatic podcast, ever. I still have it in my feed in the futile hopes that they decide to do one more episode (they actually did a live one, episode 0, so my hope was not misplaced!).

Story was good the ending seemed rushed

Story -4 stars Production value-2 stars Acting-3 stars. I thought Dak was miscast Music- 2 stars Feels like a student making a good first attempt at a podcast. There’s much better Si-Fi podcasts out there.

Loved the casting, the story, the build up. Everything! Until the end. The ending made no sense and left me wanting. It’s a shame, there was so much potential, but in the end I was left disappointed.

Weird as The Shape of Water.. Interesting until the end..

The ending is awful, but the journey was worth it.

Thought the story was interesting but didn’t love the ending. I thought Dak was an awesome lead voice; I like hearing a lower female voice like miners the main character! The character development was interesting but not super consistent. Gotta take Dak for who she is! But then there are moments that seem wildly out of the character that was built. Overall, I enjoyed this podcast. The audio was really great, especially with headphones. Didn’t care for all the swearing but, again, the characters are who they are.

The storyline is good, except for the romance. I just don’t care about who’s sleeping with who. Feels like a soap opera. Also, the mouth noises of kissing makes me uncomfortable like listening to people chew.

I enjoyed the voice acting - nice to have a different sounding lead person/character for a change, and she’s a talented voice actor. Sure, the character’s insecurities weren’t appealing - she’s a lead, chemistry happens, *own* it, for goodness sake. But the real problem is the story, itself. Doesn’t seem to know if it’s sci-fi thriller or romance. Could have been both (which would have been surprising, but interesting), but in the end winds being neither, just a hot mess. I’m not even sure what the point of the ending was...but didn’t have enough interest to listen to it, again. Too bad - this had potential.

Edit: Read the other reviews, wanted to just say emphasize Ashlie Atkinson NAILED it as the lead. I 100% believed how she played Dakota. It just made all the contrived BS the plot demands of her to be so much more Out of character. Patti deserved better. Lloyd deserved better. DAK deserved better than to be marched like a puppet towards an ending that makes no sense. Also deserved better than to spend every other episode going “BUT I’M HEAVY U COULDN’T LOVE ME”. Mysoginistic, stupid writing.

I don’t ever write reviews but I had to share my enjoyment. Great series and I’m demanding a second season

This is an excellently written and produced podcast. It’s my favorite fiction podcast of all time. It’s engrossing and I totally beloved the romance between Dak and Matt.

I love SF, and I really love radio drama, so I'm thrilled about the current flowering of audio-dramas-as-podcasts. This seemed like a sure bet, but...To begin with: terrible casting. I'm sure Ashlie Atkinson is a great actress and I know she's won awards, but...she was the WRONG casting choice for Dak. If the male lead had an irritating, chain-smoking mother, THAT role should have gone to Atkinson, not the female lead and love (lust) interest. During the love/lust scenes, my mind's eye just had to look away in embarrassment. I'd have gone with an experienced voice actress like (a younger) Laura Esterman, or maybe someone authoritative like Catherine Keener, Janine Turner or Jada Pinkett Smith. Then there's the plot, which starts out strong but seems to lose its way about halfway through and goes off the rails entirely at the end. Well...in the words of that great radio actress Vivien Leigh, "Tomorrow is another day."

Such a good, interesting story until the end. Seriously just slapped together the weirdest stuff. Could have been better.

Story was dumb Characters lame But, by far, the most horrible aspect was the narrator / story teller. I couldn’t tell if it was a man, or woman, or a chain-smoking tranny. It / she was like listening to a cancer patient trying to cough up flem.

Brilliant voice acting! Great story and good pacing. I love this!!

I love this podcast. Great story, amazing actors. Every bit as good as Homecoming for quality in story or character actors. Thank you!

I binge listened to all of the episodes on a car ride. The acting was well done and the storyline was very immersive. I knew that it was going to be kind of weird based on the genre and other reviews I’d read, but the last episode was a little too weird for me. It seemed out of character as well, but overall, I enjoyed it

It started off interesting and had promise. But towards the middle it got kinda weird. Though all the voice actors did great I did not think the two main characters, also love interests, had chemistry. I was hoping primarily for a Sci-Fi adventure with a side of romance, but instead got a mish-mash of a convoluted romance and a sci-fi story as an after thought.

Was this sci-fi or romance? I think neither. I didn't like the female lead's voice - she sounded like a 60yo smoker. Paired with the male lead, who sounded young and attractive, the romance between them (that happened about 4 minutes after they first meet) is unbelievable. The sci-fi premise had good things going for it, but the weird romance storyline ruins it all. I didn't finish listening to the story because I didn't care about the characters.

Meandering story, odd romantic development right out of the gate and what was that ending? It was like a cheap knockoff of star craft but instead of scary aliens it’s just some moss monster.

I really liked the story but the laugh track got to my nerves having random people cackle in my ear was weird and honestly I’d rather just decide what’s funny my self then have suggested times to laugh