dreyesbo's review against another edition
5.0
The definitive Critical Role book. Until the second edition five years from now.
Also, my name is in this book, so 5/5.
Also, my name is in this book, so 5/5.
bookzillakat's review against another edition
adventurous
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
medium-paced
5.0
I truly love getting to know about the actors, actresses, characters, Lore, the community, and everything before, during, and after. Critical Role has become one of the shows that helps me get through emotions or feelings or thoughts that just make me sad. Everything about this show and this book just made me feel so glad that I found/finally decided to dive into it.
nagginboutbooks's review against another edition
4.75
I’ve been a Critter since episode 20 of Vox Machina, tuning in every week for 3-5+ hours to see what shenanigans these nerdy ass voice actors get into during their Dungeons and Dragons game. I’ve cried through their resurrections and laughed so hard my sides hurt and I was crying.
I knew when they released a nonfiction about the history of the players and the family/company they build I had to have it. As a long time critter I was still able to find facts and trivia I didn’t know about the cast and behind the scenes. I do feel like it things were missing, they could have talked about the departure from Geek and Sundry and the behinds the scenes of them moving and building their own company, and they could have left out the bit about Brain W Foster. I filled the book with annotations with tabs for each cats member and fun trivia if I need my fix of these nerdy ass voice actors, Vox Machina, or The Mighty Nein.
abigcoffeedragon's review against another edition
5.0
This is a great read for any Critical Role fan.
You get some background on the players and the creation of the characters.
You get some funny stories and you get some serious ones.
This is only the story so far. I am sure there will be another book in five years to tell more of what has happened since this book.
You get some background on the players and the creation of the characters.
You get some funny stories and you get some serious ones.
This is only the story so far. I am sure there will be another book in five years to tell more of what has happened since this book.
eishalex's review against another edition
5.0
A great insight into the show and the cast, and very uplifting!
arcanistaxel's review against another edition
5.0
As someone who can't get enough of Critical Role and its castmembers, this book was an excellent fix for my addiction.
First of all: the book is gorgeous. The design fits Critical Role perfectly. The fantasy vibes are strong and all artwork is absolutely gorgeous. It looks like a book a shady merchant would ask 30 gold for, but it would totally be worth it.
A fan of the show already knows 90% of the contents of this book. The book does not tell you much news if you've watched both campaigns and the channel's related shows like Talks Machina and Between the sheets. But I'd be lying if I said I did not enjoy reading it all again. Reliving some of my favourite moments and characters was such a joy.
I was still at the start of watching campaign 1 when I started reading, and although there are MANY spoilers in the book for Vox Machina, I didn't mind. I found the first campaign very hard to get into, but the book made me more familiar with the characters and what was going on. And for CR being a show with 3-4 hours of content every week, there's still so much unspoiled things to enjoy, the character interactions and some of the casts greatest jokes, so being spoiled for the overall plot did not affect me much.
As read and watched on though, I skipped some pages about the end of the campaign. It was described in much detail what happened and by now I am so invested in Vox Machina that I want to leave the ending relatively unspoiled.
The book is about Critical Role, but I believe it is an ode to the fans, the critters. Time and time again, the cast expresses their gratitude to the fans, their genirosity and kindness to them, but to charity efforts moreso. It's evident that without the endless support of the fans, this book wouldn't even exist. The cast knows this full well and takes the opportunity to show how thankful they are.
All in all I am a proud fan who will shove this book in anyone's willing hands, because it is so wonderful to be a critter ❤
First of all: the book is gorgeous. The design fits Critical Role perfectly. The fantasy vibes are strong and all artwork is absolutely gorgeous. It looks like a book a shady merchant would ask 30 gold for, but it would totally be worth it.
A fan of the show already knows 90% of the contents of this book. The book does not tell you much news if you've watched both campaigns and the channel's related shows like Talks Machina and Between the sheets. But I'd be lying if I said I did not enjoy reading it all again. Reliving some of my favourite moments and characters was such a joy.
I was still at the start of watching campaign 1 when I started reading, and although there are MANY spoilers in the book for Vox Machina, I didn't mind. I found the first campaign very hard to get into, but the book made me more familiar with the characters and what was going on. And for CR being a show with 3-4 hours of content every week, there's still so much unspoiled things to enjoy, the character interactions and some of the casts greatest jokes, so being spoiled for the overall plot did not affect me much.
As read and watched on though, I skipped some pages about the end of the campaign. It was described in much detail what happened and by now I am so invested in Vox Machina that I want to leave the ending relatively unspoiled.
The book is about Critical Role, but I believe it is an ode to the fans, the critters. Time and time again, the cast expresses their gratitude to the fans, their genirosity and kindness to them, but to charity efforts moreso. It's evident that without the endless support of the fans, this book wouldn't even exist. The cast knows this full well and takes the opportunity to show how thankful they are.
All in all I am a proud fan who will shove this book in anyone's willing hands, because it is so wonderful to be a critter ❤
haljonesy's review against another edition
4.0
It was a delight to get background stories about the cast of Critical Role. I've been a Critter for several years now, and I don't think I'll ever tire of listening to these folks tell stories.
I listened to the audiobook and Mary Elizabeth did a fantastic job narrating! I also own a physical copy so I'll be able to go back and look at all the pictures and art that I had to miss listening to it.
My only critique of the book is that it's very obvious the author is a fan. It's almost over-the-top in its attempt to sell the cast as amazing people. Which they are, I'm not disputing that, but it felt heavy handed at times, like "they give to charity AREN'T THEY THE BEST PEOPLE EVER??" Yes they are, but calm down.
I listened to the audiobook and Mary Elizabeth did a fantastic job narrating! I also own a physical copy so I'll be able to go back and look at all the pictures and art that I had to miss listening to it.
My only critique of the book is that it's very obvious the author is a fan. It's almost over-the-top in its attempt to sell the cast as amazing people. Which they are, I'm not disputing that, but it felt heavy handed at times, like "they give to charity AREN'T THEY THE BEST PEOPLE EVER??" Yes they are, but calm down.