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Mass Effect™ Andromeda: Nexus Uprising
- Narrated by: Fryda Wolff
- Length: 13 hrs and 24 mins
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Publisher's Summary
They slept for hundreds of years, dreaming of a new home in the Andromeda galaxy. When finally they awake, their dreams of peace are shattered. These colonists - turian, salarian, asari, human, and more - face an uncharted galaxy and threats beyond understanding.
The Nexus is the core from which the colonists will explore their new home. Yet even before the arks arrive, the massive space station sustains critical damage. The entire mission is placed in jeopardy, and security director Sloane Kelly must reassert order while racing to identify the nature of the threat that faces them.
If she fails, the Andromeda Initiative could crumble.
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- David B
- 04-05-17
Disappointing
This book wasn’t for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?
Unsure
What was most disappointing about Jason M. Hough and K. C. Alexander ’s story?
I have enjoyed most of the previous Mass Effect books (and the games, of course), but this one was pretty disappointing. The plot drags, and the delivery is uninspired, which is surprising given the narrator's talents in the ME: Andromeda game.
Would you be willing to try another one of Fryda Wolff’s performances?
Possibly
If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from Mass Effect™ Andromeda: Nexus Uprising?
They should have focused on more action, mystery and character interaction. People bickering in a city-planning meeting gets old fast, and half the book is just taken up with how tired everyone is.
Any additional comments?
The characterization is hit or miss. Tann, Addison and Sloan are interesting characters, but they seem to miss the opportunity to really flesh them out. Especially Sloan, who is just a perpetual ball of anger. Surely she has other emotions.
14 people found this helpful
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- Lester
- 03-27-17
Five Star Review But Be Warned
What made the experience of listening to Mass Effect™ Andromeda: Nexus Uprising the most enjoyable?
The writing and the performance is top notch. The fact that we meet these characters while playing Mass Effect Andromeda adds to it.
Who was your favorite character and why?
Sloane Kelly.
Have you listened to any of Fryda Wolff’s other performances before? How does this one compare?
It compares well. I think she did the most recent Brett Battles book but am not sure.
Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, ideally BEFORE playing Mass Effect Andromeda
Any additional comments?
This book gets five stars from me because it's the highest caliber writing and performance. Here the thing it's a prequel for Mass Effect Andromeda the video game. It's the missing backstory to the game that we hear about as we meet the characters in this book but don't get to see play out because it happens in the past.
The warning in my title refers to the fact that at the end of the novel it has the feel of setting up a future series of books. The problem with that is that those books will never be published as the story will continue and conclude in the video game Mass Effect Andromeda and perhaps forthcoming DLC. Worse the all of the main characters here are seen from the point of view of Ryder and have very limited screen time in the video game. As long as you are okay with all that, and I was, you're in for a very good time with this one.
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- Hector Lopez
- 10-19-20
why is all the characters one monotone
This is the most horrible read I have ever heard there are no difference for the characters this narrator is voicing they might as well all be human sounds more like a news read then engaging in the audience I will make sure I do not listen to more of her narrations
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- Mark
- 10-17-20
Meandering and Unckear
This story meanders. The characters unlikable. The protagonist is arrogant and unlikable and her purpose is muddled and lacks reason. Her antagonist is actually more level headed and has a better purpose. This book violates so many rules of good writing. A good story needs to have some interesting characters involved in an interesting story. This story has neither.
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- Virginia Reader
- 10-03-18
OMG I should get an award for finishing this book
Interesting premise but not a single likable major character. Even the one person that should have been both the hero and the most likable turned out to be the least of both. To be fair, I did not know this was based on a First Person Shooter game, which could explain why it's such a terrible read. In a FPS you need conflict and a bunch of people that need to go at each other, otherwise there is no shooting. I guess this means, if you like FPS games and you liked the Mass Effect game, you may like this book. For me, I stuck it out because I was on a ship and couldn't get something else, plus I hoped everyone would come together and fix the bigger problem. My life will never be the same after this book, I'm now more depressed about humanity that I have ever been
8 people found this helpful
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- Alex Wright
- 03-24-17
Engaging
Fryda Wolfe has excellent pace and inflection in her voice. This book really fills in some gaps in the game's narrative and makes me care about the characters. I'm genuinely looking forward to diving deeper into this new galaxy.
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- Kal
- 11-20-17
Not Even a Great Narrator Can Save This
Fryda Wolff is an excellent narrator and voice actor. She succeeds in making Sloane and the rest of the characters come alive. You can actually hear the angry weariness in Sloane Kelly's voice, the manic depressive nature of Director Addison and the calculating obliviousness of Director Tann. The narrator does a fantastic job, but at the end of the day, these characters are simply not believable in their jobs or even likable and that kills the book.
The story is depressing. Sloane Kelly is particularly unlikable as a main character and unbelievable as head of security. At least the other department heads have the excuse that their superiors died in an unexpected accident. Sloane Kelly is actually in the job she was supposed to have and handles it by going on a hike to clean up some debris in a hangar leaving her second in command to handle things. Argumentative and short-sighted, it's no wonder Sloane Kelly had disciplinary problems in her past. What is a wonder is that she was chosen as head of security on board a ship/station sent as the vanguard to explore another galaxy.
I will get the next book in this series because I enjoyed Fryda Wolff's narration so much. Here's hoping Mac Walters was smart enough to take direction from N.K. Jemisin. No one writes and creates a story the way she can.
10 people found this helpful
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- Brutis
- 01-06-21
Audible Freebie
This is one of those where you get exactly what you pay for. It gets the number of times people have tried it up though but that turns into nothing. It’s just a bad book from 2009 to up the free audible library.
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-17-20
Did you ever wonder about space bureaucracy?
For the first 10 hours enjoy people holding meetings and being unreasonable. Sloan the director of security won't get along with the other directors even when she agrees. When they run out of food, instead of going back to hibernation like it was suggested people decide to riot and burn the food growing on the station. If this wasn't free I'd want my money back.
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- peter
- 04-04-17
Good background info for the game
This book makes several unsympathetic characters in the video game much more understandable, and gives you context as to why they act the way they do. Does not deal with any of the main characters of the game, but there are plenty of recognizable characters. The voice acting is good, minus some of the krogan voices but overall the feeling of growing tension is transmitted well to the reader. I definitely look forward to the next 2 entries in this series as they will hopefully focus more on background info for andromeda rather than the nexus.
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- Peter Edwards
- 09-15-17
Just not very interesting
I really enjoyed the mass effect trilogy but haven't yet played andromeda, after this book I am in no rush. The characters were unlikable the story didn't really go anywhere and there was little reference to the larger mass effect universe other than the species involved (and then only four of them)
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- Ben
- 06-26-17
Must read if you've played the game
Sloane, addison, tann, you understand all that happened before the game starts. Makes me want to play it through again and maybe make some different decisions.
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- 5hreddy
- 09-20-18
Only for enthusiasts
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The reading was generally good and it was nice touch that they used the same VA that played female Ryder in the game.
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- Annika
- 11-29-17
Not my taste, but ...
Not my taste, but nicely performed story about a short uprising and mistakes of the leaders. Not very realistic people in this book though. Do you really go to a colonization attempt and think it is a joyride without any deaths and injuries and discomfort at all?
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- Vytautas Liesis
- 03-23-19
Fairly Good
At the beginning it seemed very dull, but then I liked it. not a bad one. Though not 5 stars.
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- Paige
- 10-03-17
Very enjoyable
loved it immensely, as a fan of the mass effect universe this certainly got my working weekend in and kept me from losing what little of my soul remains to boredom
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- Amazon Customer
- 07-13-17
Good intro to Andromeda, and well read.
Good intro to Mass Effect Andromeda, and well read. It's good to know a bit of the back story behind some of the characters that you meet in the game.
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- Robert Cresswell - Green
- 07-12-17
Fantastic
For someone who has played mass effect Andromeda the book helps you appreciate the game more and has made me look at certain characters in a new light
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- Mr. M. Pitt
- 04-03-17
Great insight into Andromeda lore
I thoroughly enjoyed listening to this book, but I would say that it assumes you know a little about the Mass Effect universe before you start which could be an issue for anyone unfamiliar with the games. It gives you a really good insight into the hardships suffered before the beginning of the games and an understanding of some of the cynicism shown by a lot of the characters within the game.
The story moves fairly rapidly, and as such descriptions of locales and people/aliens seem a little rushed, again this is not a problem if you are familiar with the games but could be an issue for anyone attempting to read this as a standalone.
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- Al Forbes
- 09-29-21
not too bad
There was a lot in the book that irritated the crap out of me. The reading by Frydda Wolff was very well done, and she made Spender's smarminess apparent, and having me want to pulverise him. Although she did call him Spencer a couple of times.
The problem was in the writing, and the difference between the history that was told in the book compared to that in the game. I can't go into details because of spoilers, but there were some glaring differences. also, the repetition of things that had been said before, like a "don't forget this happened in the Milky Way" ... "you haven't forgotten this happened in the Milky Way".
On the whole, it told the story not too badly of the uprising. It's just a shame we didn't hear Kesh refer to Tann as "Eight".
This is my opinion of this book.
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- Amazon Customer
- 04-11-17
Gave a great insight into what happened on the Nexus
I could not stop listening to it even when I only had 5 minutes headphones were on. I felt like i was on the Nexus with them. I am currently playing the game and wow did it open my eyes to what was going on and how I'm going to play the game. Great job by reader too.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-28-22
Bureaucratic dribble
Chapter 9 and I’ve given up listening to office politics and internal monologues.
Only syfy is that it’s in space. No action.
Narrator unfortunately can’t vary her characters voices enough.
Disappointed.
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- Xenkarr
- 05-22-22
Well worth the listen.
Much needed back story which fleshes out the Nexus' arrival and chaos leading into the game.
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- Anonymous User
- 04-02-22
Liked it, Fills in a few gaps.
excellent narrator.
As someone who has played the game, I gained a new appreciation for Sloan Kelly and will definitely be paying more attention to the character in my next playthrough.
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- MM
- 11-29-21
boring AF
tried to get to into it. several times but found it boring AF. The narrator did not do the boring story any favours either. Very flat and monotonous droning.
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- Anonymous User
- 09-23-20
character
I guess the S. Kelly character hooked me. My kind of person. I like the story
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- Anonymous User
- 05-08-19
Great reading and insight
Gives an interesting look into character motivations and how they came into the positive there in before the game starts. Worth a listen if you're a mass effect fan.
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- Lord Harris
- 11-09-18
Great Read.
Very insightful learning about what happened before the game takes off. Would recommend for any fan of Mass Effect especially.
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- Dale
- 05-09-18
Great backstory to the Nexus
Great backstory to the nexus. In depth look at how the situation on the Nexus is how it is and insight into characters and their personalities. When i play Andromeda again my opinions on people will be different in a good way. This has me exited about playing Andromeda again. Fryda Wolff does a fantastic job at reading and completely draws you in. I was absorbed the whole time and loved the story. Highly recommended for any Mass Effect and Mass Effect Andromeda fan.
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- Norman J Walsh
- 01-04-18
Solid story for Mass Effect lore lovers
The story was made all the more amazing by Fryda Wolff’s performance. I defy anyone not to fall in love with Fryda after you listen to her interpretation of two female krogan squaring off against each other. Pure perfection.
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