Series ✦ Penny’s Take 🎧 Audiobook
Communication Failure (Epic Failure)
Joe Zieja · 2017
🎙 Narrated by Joe Zieja (author-narrated)
70/100
👍 Worth It
Fun, fast military-satire sequel that reviewers say deepens the plot and characters without losing the goofiness — think Orville-meets-Hitchhiker's-Guide. It does lean on book one, so don't start here, and the specific language/content level wasn't independently confirmed if you're screening closely for family listening. The author narrates himself and does it well, so the audio is genuinely worth the listen.
✦ Penny’s Take — this is The Review Group’s own editorial assessment. Penny’s analytical review line researched this book from real sources and scored it across the lenses shown below. It’s an honest first-party read — not a page-by-page personal one. The gold ✓ Penny Tested mark is reserved for books Penny reads cover to cover herself.
⚠ Parent note — our reviewers flagged: Adult comedic military sci-fi with a romantic subplot; specific language/content details unverified — preview if screening closely for family listening.. We still scored it 70; these are context for your family, not an automatic skip.
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🎙 Narration: excellent Author-narrated; reviewers specifically praise Zieja's comic timing and voice work.
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Verdict receipt0–100
Faith & family safety70
Substance / usefulness68
Craft & writing78
Originality70
Evidence & accuracy60
Hype vs delivers60
Age-fit65
Human-eye read72
Penny’s verdict70
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