Wasn't for me.

First off, this book wasn't bad. It did however read like a translation from another language. Which is weird because I dont believe that was the case. The MCs abilities were potentially overpowered (which I liked). Where it lost me was the MCs interaction with the other players. Maybe it's just my cautious nature but I wouldn't tell perfect strangers all my secrets upon meeting them. That includes all my abilities and how I got them. That was offputting to me. I half expected him to tell them his social security and bank routing information. (Yeah, seriously)

Half way through the book, the author chose to completely do away with game aspects. Which was disappointing. I actually skipped forward some chapters looking for some notifications.

Again, the book isn't bad. Just didn't meet my personal taste.

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The book is okay but some of the Christian dogma..

The book was really good but some of the Christian dogma is really bad in it when theirs no point to putting it in. IE the earth is only 4000 years old, yeah right! Their was no need to put that in the combined with the fact the MC is to be an engineer makes his character unbelievable due to the fact that what man of science what believe that. It pretty much ruined the book for me. It also makes me wonder if the writer knows his audience because I would think people who like Litrpg would be more logic based. IE stats, levels, everything is quantifiable in litrpg at least it should be but it felt like the author was playing fast and loose with his system.

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Pretty good

This isn’t a book that will change your life, but it’s worth the credit if you like litrpg. This is a slightly original collection of completely unoriginal concepts. It’s like one of those tv shows that comes on after the evening news. You aren’t going to be on the edge of your seat, but you are still eating dinner so why not see what happens to what’s his name.

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Repetitive annoyance

The story wasn't bad up to the point that the author decided to repeat the same exact thing four times in a row it got really repetitive and boring at that point it was a decent story I just don't want to hear about vampiric abilities four times in a row that he doesn't even have yet.

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Okay Read

I'm a big fan of the litrpg genre, and have read all of the ones commonly found on top ten lists, plus plenty more.

This book has a clever magic system, and will be enjoyed by anyone who simply wants to see their main character progress without much distraction.

My main reasons for not rating higher:

1. No primary conflict or motivation. While the main character gets a primary quest, they don't have any pressing reason to do anything at all. Nothing outside the game, no time limit or pressing need, no arch enemy they must get stronger to defend against. No real risk at all. He could have just decided to go fish and sleep in a tent in the game and been fine forever.

2. Main Character chooses to get rid of the game system half way thru, in exchange for further realism. He's doing he'll never see a notification or menus again. Until he does, repeatedly, every chapter. I didn't care either way, but stick to what you claim. Just modify the part where it says "last notification ever" to say "only in super rare situations going forward... plus every time you meditate".

3. Main character kills people, burns bodies, claims to not be a virgin, and is supposedly a full grown adult man... but is constantly make to be embarrassed by anything even hinting at sexual arousal or attraction. Why? Either give a reason for no sexual desire (most litrpgs make the person a widow or something), make them explicitly a teenager without experience, or allow them to be a full person. You don't have to include romance, but don't make the cold hearted killer blush and stammer because a girl gets a wet shirt.

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Loved it!

Amazing loved it can’t wait for book 2! The mc is awesome the side characters are grate, the system is interesting, also not entirely human mc so win there, though I hope his race shows more of its non human awesomeness in latter books. Bye it love it read it!

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A lot of fun

I really love the start of the series. Fun, believable, and no stupid characters. Just all good writing fun

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Blah op mc is so blah

story goes at a decent pace, but it was so hard for me to get into. Anything the MC needs, he gets it handed to him. The fight scenes are quite lackluster and I can only recall a couple that ended with someone else landing the killing blow.

Mythic talent, broken class, abilities that no one else has had in ages...all right out the gate. Oh and he gets a companion that should only be allowed to connect with powerful beings, like dragons and stuff. blah. SO blahh

Amazin 😆

Book was all around good. for a good minute I was worried because this felt like a copy of the completionist chronicles, but it became its own as the story progressed. lookingnforward to the next one when it comes out on audible.


minor gripes

So the book had a couple points that were annoying. the narrator when talking about something will refer to it in every sentence, there was also some confusion in that at one point in the book when mentioning the age of a ship the characters give three separate numbers for something that was already established to be about 500 years old.

Great start to the series

This book is very well written. Getting to the character creation doesn’t take half the book as it does it some other stories and once the MC enters the WoM the story starts sprinting and doesn’t stop. There is a large focus on magic and how it works in the game which I really enjoyed but it is interwoven within the action and plot so that it doesn’t feel like an info dump as you learn along side the MC.