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jwillis81's review
3.0
I've enjoyed a few of this author's works in the past, and I was really looking forward to reading this one. I'm a fan of LitRPG, and this seemed like a fun book that would borrow popular tropes from a number of influential sci-fi properties. It did do that, but unfortunately, that's about all it did. Rather than feeling like a creative, authentic story, it felt like is was more just an amalgamation of those tropes. It worked in some places and really fell flat in others.
What I really struggled with in this book, though, was the humor. There were so many moments where the humor felt forced and/or really fell flat. I think the humor in this book would have been more effective if there had been a concentrated effort to pull of a couple of big key moments of humor here and there, rather than trying to force a bunch of smaller, hit-or-miss moments throughout the book.
Overall, I like this author's work and will probably continue to check out future books, but this particular one was a miss for me and I'm not sure I'll continue on in this particular series.
What I really struggled with in this book, though, was the humor. There were so many moments where the humor felt forced and/or really fell flat. I think the humor in this book would have been more effective if there had been a concentrated effort to pull of a couple of big key moments of humor here and there, rather than trying to force a bunch of smaller, hit-or-miss moments throughout the book.
Overall, I like this author's work and will probably continue to check out future books, but this particular one was a miss for me and I'm not sure I'll continue on in this particular series.
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