Like a description of a Diablo hack'n slay session

Kill, level, loot, loose friend, mourne for a killed friend about 5 minutes, kill, level, loot, find an old friend reincarnated, kill, level, loot. That's about the content of the story.

4 Leute fanden das hilfreich

Very good and entertaining book.

This is the first book i have "read" from Dave Willmarth and im am really happy that i did. I usually dont write reviews but im planning to change that just so people like me, that enjoy Fantasy can find the good books easier.

Speaker: Everything Mountaindale Press released so far has amazing and captivating speakers. They did amazing job with this one aswell and its just fun to listen to the voice acting and how they portrai the characters with it.

Story: Fun Story and i hope it continues. I dont want to spoil anything but id recommend you read it. The 17h 14min are well worth your 9.99 or a credit :)

"Conclusion":
Its on the lighter end in terms of LitRPG´s (which is not bad in any way at all) You get the Stat sheets, the announcements and the snarky comments. Everything you want if you listen to a LitRPG is in there. I have listened to alot of LitRPG´s so far and can convidently say that if you like anything from: Dakota Krout , RyanDeBruyn, Dennis Vanderkerken, Shemer Kuznits, Turtle Me, Travis Bagwell, Luke Chmilenko, Neven Iliev..... You will most certainly enjoy this book aswell. (This is list of Authors who have really good LitRPG´s if you are Interested in LitRPG´s look them up they are all amazing)

3 Leute fanden das hilfreich

LITRPG ALERT All fans of the genre report for duty

I highly recommend this Audiobook for every litrpgfan out there. It's a true reincarnation and transported to another realm litrpg story which I'm a big fan of.
The Audiobook has an interesting story and EXCELLENT voice acting.
To be honest I wasn't sure I'd like it when I bought it because the description didn't do a lot for me... I only bought it because I love both Daniel Wisniewski and Jessica Threet... But I was really surprised that I couldn't get enough of it and now I can't wait for the next one! There is just one this to say now my friends....
GNOMES RULE!!!

3 Leute fanden das hilfreich

I really wanted to like it...

... but after 13h I just couldn't continue anymore. the beginning was great and had amazing potential, but unfortunately the author doesn't do much with, or rather does too much with it. it's like he can't decide what to do with the character and tries to do everything at once.
For example, the MC carries a bow, an axe, a hammer a halberd, a sword and can do magic. Rather then just concentrate and flesh out a powerset, he can do basically everything and is good at the things that are convenient for the current plot.
Same with the world, things just happen to the MC which don't really make sense and once you just accept it, the author jumps to another thing.
example (small spoiler):
I got a quest from a god to kill orcs, now I go to the dwarves to learn smithing, but then there suddenly is a war with other dwarves and then I'm king for some reason (well I accepted the, so you want to be king prompt)

The author has potential if he'd just focus on one thing and stops trying to cram everything that just came to his mind into the story.

1 Person fand das hilfreich

Entertaining but with a few drawbacks

I have listened to both books 1 and 2 and found them entertaining - meaning that you can hop on a 10-hour flight, listen to this and be kept entertained pleasantly.

I cannot give a higher praise to these books for 3 reasons (careful, the following details include minor spoilers):

- Most importantly, the MC progresses too rapidly: I enjoy some struggle to begin with and a writer who takes it slow, when it comes to going "from zero to hero": in this case, the MC reaches lvl 15 in about a week, which is the same level an adult person who is a professional soldier - this is way too quick and unrealistic for me; the same applies to gearing up, the MC receiving great weapons and armor too quickly, leaving no sense of real accomplishment

- Secondly, the hierarchy of ranks is not respected: at some point, the MC faces vs a boss with four minions at lvl 30, while he must be around lvl 22-23 (we don't even know the level of the boss but it must be even higher than lvl 30) and he crushes them like nothing - again, there is no feeling of great accomplishment when things are so easy.

- Lastly, the storyteller took a clear LITRPG angle, without giving the impression that he put in the effort of designing a solid and believable set of rules governing how this world operates: it is hard to understand how skill-ups impact the MC (beyond gaining attribute points - he does not seem to gain access to new skills, etc.), the magic system remains quite obscure (namely, the requirements to teach magic), etc. Also, the MC has an "instant kill" spell which makes enemies explode, and which seem to work on higher level bosses... without super long cool-down, very high mana cost, etc... this looks like "god mode" and remove part of the fun. A well built set of rules should involve "check and balances", not overpowered skills/spells.

None of the above are "deal-killers", making the story bad, but it makes them less enjoyable if you are someone with and RPG background (table-top or computer), because then the story looses a bit of consistence and believability.

Depends on what you are into

I am a bit torn about this book. The worldbuilding is okay and I am a sucker for good loot, gold and quest rewards in books, as well as "how to build a kingdom" storylines. If that's what you are into, and you allready finished everything else - then by all means, stop reading here and listen to the book.

Why I didn't like the book: Max is overpowered, has way too much luck and people go out of their way to shower him with favors. It's pretty black and white (bad guys aka Grey Dwarfs all deserve to die) and the behavior of a lot of characters is unlikely to say the least. Someone in the editing process should have spoken up. It's annoying because the story has so much potential.

Awesome job by the voice actors though, especially with the accents.

okay story, a bit dumb characters

I like the story and the world well enough. Sadly the professional soldier who's good enough to get noticed by valkyries makes a lot of pretty dumb mistakes.

Awesome LitRPG

Absolutely great. Loved every minute of it. Introduced me to a whole new genre, can't wait to get more stories from Author

Good story, entretaining

A new concept, not a revolution, on how to enter a litrpg world.
Once there... The main Charakter raises to power a little to fast and is a little to emotional about loses of people he hardly knows.
However, the story is well paced and I will listen on.