An intricate & poetic masterpiece

The plot and the fantasy - world is outstanding in its complexity and detail, paired with beautiful - partly seemingly poetic wording. I found it very easy to understand and agree with the main protagonist decision which made immersion really easy - a very interesting character. However, a great (audio) book is nothing without an equally amazing voice actor. Safe to say that I am very glad that this voice actor belongs now to one of my favourites because of his great voice variety, sound and way of painting an entire fantasy world. 5/5 - I definitely recommend this audio book! The only thing that saddens my mood right now, is the long time that will pass until the sequel will be published; however I look forward to that day and I will surely be among the first ones to buy it. Great job!

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GREAT (a superiorHarry Potter)

Amazing speaker, awesome magic system with incredible detail, likeable characters, humorous. suspenseful and creative dungeon quests

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Great new take on fantasy, Podehl great as always.

Love the game-like feeling this book has. The author knows exactly what the reader expects and dies some amazing twists and turns. The protagonist is analytical and not a pushover. Love it. Podehl brings everything to life like no one else can (brilliant dude).

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Very entertaining fantasy

A fun story where characters continue to develop as the events unfold. I like the approach to magic in a more scientific way and a main character which is able to think by himself without the help of 'plot' just pathing a way. Sometimes the story can drag a bit because of that, but I never got bored or lost interest.
The school setting reminds a bit of Harry Potter but that's the only similarity.
The speaker also makes the characters come alive by giving them distinct accents.
Entertaining from the beginning to the end and I'm looking forward to the next part.

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Surprisingly good LitRPG

If I had known this was litRPG (literary RPG, fantasy with in-universe RPG mechanics) I would probably not have bought the book, but that would have been a shame. The story is well written and engaging. It can at times makes your eyes roll excessively with all the clichés used and settings copied from other books, but it manages to draw you in anyway.

Be warned though, we are speaking about a book that shamelessly copies from Harry Potter and King Killer Chronicles, and where the main objective of the story is to complete a dungeon to be granted a boon from a God. The dungeon just happens to have a cliché filled magic school outside training would-be adventures in the magic necessary to climb the dungeon. And where adventures can gain levels and light up and float when they do..

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i enjoyed it a lot

I liked the way you get to discover this world and the rules within bit by bit. Can't wait for the next part.

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Intersting story and great listening.

Worth while the purchase and looking forward to the next part. Hope it will be out soon

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I've fallen in love with this story, wonderful

I nearly dropped out during the first few minutes (no great love for dungeon stories and took time to get used to the narrator's voice), but the book caught me fast after that. It's an original take on a dungeon delver/climber story and the character's still spend plenty of time spent doing other things. Someone mentioned in the reviews that the this work 'shamelessly' copies Harry Potter and another story, but I don't see that at all. The similarities end right at the setting and there have been stories revolving around magic schools and/or dungeons before either story mentioned was even written.

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the problem with the power of friendship

Let me just say, this is a good fantasy book. I enjoyed the time listening to it apart from having to hear the same spell incantations over and over again (the speaker made this worse with his melodramaticism),
I really enjoyed the humor of the author and overall writing style. The main character was actually witty, smart and it didnt feel forced. (reminded me a bit of the humor in skullduggery pleasant )
I would recommend this book to people that are new to the fantasy genre and like lighthearted storys, but i wouldnt tell fantasy-veterans (or people with developed taste in storys) to read this.

The charackters are only mildly interesting (except for the main charackter and the prisoner) and none of the turning points in the story came as a suprise.

Personally i am just tired of feel good storys where no charqckter actions have actual consequences. Every bad thing that happens to the main charackter and his friends, just gets solved with healing magic. Since this book refrences to videogames (mmorpgs) and you get to know powerlvls of charackters through mana and auras, the reader has the chance to understand, that kids with shitty powerlvl should die in combat situations in no time. this isnt a problem in school trials, since there is some form of supervision but rather, later on in the story.

I dont understand why the "power of friendship" trope is still so overused in fantasy. sure friends are usefull and can help a great deal but giving everybodsy around the main-char plot armor because they are friendly is just dumb.
It should be the other way around if anything, the protagonist is usually involved in dangerous situation, this should also mean being a friend of him/her should put the friends at a risk of dieing.

One of the books that does this right is the Night Angel Trilogy, there the actions of the main charackter actually matter even tho he has some amount of "plot-armor"-


I give this Book 3.6/5.

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Interesting

Very good *read*. Some parts where I tought I'm going to stop but I am happy that I didn't

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