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lomedae's review against another edition
slow-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
1.75
When I say this is badly written I am not kidding. The writer clearly does not know what half his sayings or phrases mean as he uses them awkwardly or plain wrong in many instances. I could have sword English was his second language but apparently it's not. And though I can understand a writer having a dictionary ready a good one is aware of how people speak, and how natural language sounds when read to you. Using words like prevaricated (incorrectly obiously) make the narration sound quite silly, and as if a child was trying to sound mature.
That said, the narration is engaging and the worldbuilding and action are, at least for the first 3/4 of the book, pretty good and definately entertaining. But those elements drop down in quality as well towards the end of the book, with the finale being underwhelming, rushed and bland.
And then we have the MC. Initially presented like an intelligent computer programmer he has trouble grasping the most simple concepts that a 4-year old would understand. He is dense. And has a totally unearned sense of triumph at total cringy moments. With his intellect and wisdom he would have died 10 minutes in, but the writer showers him with unearned and lucky overpowered abilities so he blunders on from misread encounter to barely survived fight after fight.
If you like a decent worldbuilding with cardboard run of the mill supporting characters, written like a 4th grade project with a moronic main character competently read then this is the book for you.
Me, I am unsure how I made it to the end of this drivel. Won't be coming back to this writer ever again, that's for sure.
That said, the narration is engaging and the worldbuilding and action are, at least for the first 3/4 of the book, pretty good and definately entertaining. But those elements drop down in quality as well towards the end of the book, with the finale being underwhelming, rushed and bland.
And then we have the MC. Initially presented like an intelligent computer programmer he has trouble grasping the most simple concepts that a 4-year old would understand. He is dense. And has a totally unearned sense of triumph at total cringy moments. With his intellect and wisdom he would have died 10 minutes in, but the writer showers him with unearned and lucky overpowered abilities so he blunders on from misread encounter to barely survived fight after fight.
If you like a decent worldbuilding with cardboard run of the mill supporting characters, written like a 4th grade project with a moronic main character competently read then this is the book for you.
Me, I am unsure how I made it to the end of this drivel. Won't be coming back to this writer ever again, that's for sure.
wolkenfels's review against another edition
3.0
the MC is a beta tester for a VMMRPG world.
World concept is interesting and the background story for the last quest is good woven.
My biggest concerns here are - the first two thirds of the book there is no mentionable interaction with any other characters so it ends up being just action descriptions and musings of the MC. That is not my kind of story.
The other concern: the MC gets a lot gifts from the system. A perk here, some awesome skills there. Being the Beta-Tester and getting big rewards for doing something as the first in the game is ridiculous. there is hardly a chance NOT to do something first as there is no big history of things happen by players.
Nevertheless it is a good book.
World concept is interesting and the background story for the last quest is good woven.
My biggest concerns here are - the first two thirds of the book there is no mentionable interaction with any other characters so it ends up being just action descriptions and musings of the MC. That is not my kind of story.
The other concern: the MC gets a lot gifts from the system. A perk here, some awesome skills there. Being the Beta-Tester and getting big rewards for doing something as the first in the game is ridiculous. there is hardly a chance NOT to do something first as there is no big history of things happen by players.
Nevertheless it is a good book.
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