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Publisher's Summary
Jason logs into Awaken Online fed-up with reality. He's in desperate need of an escape, and this game is his ticket to finally feeling the type of power and freedom that are so sorely lacking in his real life.
Awaken Online is a brand new virtual reality game that just hit the market, promising an unprecedented level of immersion. Yet Jason quickly finds himself pushed down a path he didn't expect. In this game, he isn't the hero. There are no damsels to save. There are no bad guys to vanquish.
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- Blythe
- 2018-04-14
Interesting premise, terrible writing
Interesting idea to set the story in a MMORPG controlled (and mostly built) by an advanced AI. And what a world - wouldn't we ALL want to play this amazing game? Unfortunately the writing itself is pretty terrible - utterly cliche character set up, characters muse aloud to themselves to expound on obvious plot points, and pretty much every female character mentioned is abysmally characterized. Example, this is the conversation where we meet the main female character, Riley: blonde, rich, beautiful, senior, and supposedly intelligent:
"Where are you heading now? Riley asked, trying to break his morose mood.
"I have calculus, and then on to English"
"Calculus, huh? You must be a smart one," she said with a teasing note in her voice and a grin. Her eyes sparkled with mischief.
>>gag<<
Let's not even mention the female broadcasters who apparently watch footage of a video game and develop instant crushes on computer game characters, nor the fact that every female in the book basically seems to be simply impressed by whoever has the most power. Painful to read. Male authors: if you really have no clue how to write women, just write them exactly like your male characters. Believe it or not, we are intelligent human beings too.
Anyway, if you can get past the bad grammar and plodding writing, the story of what happens in the game is actually interesting (assuming you enjoy computer games). The author clearly did a little bit of research about how MMOs work -- I'm guessing reading a few D&D handbooks and playing some World of Warcraft -- although he's also clearly not a real long-term player, as he clearly doesn't quite grasp some things that would be assumed by players who are really expert in these games. He also clearly didn't bother talking to anybody who actually makes computer games for a living, as most of the descriptions and assumptions about what happens on the development side are laughably wrong -- the idea that any game would be designed without complete real-time logs of all events is totally laughable, and no game company EVER would EVER write into their terms of use that they could only access a player's logs if they suspect wrong-doing. Constant monitoring of every game event is necessary, not only to ensure the game remains balanced, but also in case of any customer service dispute (like lost items, refunds, contested loot, whatever)... it's utterly impossible to believe that this company wouldn't have real-time logs of every event and transaction accessible real-time by a large customer service team. Anyway. I *do* make computer games for a living so this probably isn't going to bother most readers as much as me, so I won't continue this list....
Bottom line ... entertaining light reading fantasy if you enjoy gaming and can overlook the shallow characters and bad writing.
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- Mark E. Devries
- 2018-03-22
Great book both I and my son enjoyed.
I’m always looking for books to meet my fourteen-year-old son interested in reading. About a third of the way through this one, I got the eBook for my son and he loved it. Good story. We’ve already finished the second book and are waiting for the next one to come out.
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- Sam
- 2019-04-30
Excellent start, cant wait to continue
This book was excellent and a credit to the LitRPG genre. I will be snagging the next one in the series momentarily. The narrator and sound effects were great, though his female voices are lacking. The plot, characters, and worldbuilding were excellent though one of the characters was overpowered and made no mistakes. Overall excellent book.
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- Anonymous User
- 2018-09-19
Righteously Evil
Great story for RPG players, especially for those who like to see the dark side of the game world. Loved the narrative and was beyond compelled to finish the story and follow through the rest of the series. Narrator was well chosen as well. #Audible1
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- Brent
- 2018-08-13
Amazing book, must check out for fantasy or rpg fans
Book, writing, and characters are amazing. Narrator comes across robotic at first but as the story goes on it becomes much more enjoyable and natural sounding. Hard to put down!
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- Cyryl
- 2023-10-20
Slow start but worth hanging in
The start was slow and the narration at regular speed made it slower. That is fixed by speeding it up, but story itself was hard to grasp at first. Overall though once things picked up I was glad to have stuck it out
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- Dylan
- 2022-09-29
Amazing start to the series!
I pondered a long time on getting this series, as I love any novel that dives into the depth of video games, VR and AR life, other worlds.
I am a huge fan of Sword Art Online and Ready Player One, and this was a great series with enough change that made me addicted to listening through it.
The way the author traveled back and forth between game and reality was a really nice touch each chapter, and how it took us from past to present in each scenario.
The reader was amazing. They did an amazing job with voices and creating an atmosphere that kept it exciting and series.
I would recommend to anyone looking to start a new series and has some video game knowledge with RPG's. I loved it so much I bought up the entire rest of the series today!
-DylanTheGamerDad
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- Coldwave1q2w
- 2021-11-06
Great books!
I'm just finishing the 10th book, already have 11th book downloaded and ready to go. One of the better books series in this genre. Really enjoy this author. Great work.
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- Matthew Lane
- 2020-11-18
dull
boring. protagonist goes from 0-100 in 2 chapters with no development. I did like the premises but thought it wasn't well executed. good performance by the narrator
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- Chris B.
- 2020-06-12
Unplug your brain; plug into Awaken Online
I give it a 3.5 (rounded up). Awaken Online 1 is a fun, simple read. It's Ready Player One without all the 80s nostalgia, great for a younger, preteen to teen audience.
The Good:
A lot of these videogame focused books can be overwhelming with stat points, and mana and skill progression systems. (If you've read anything by Andrew Rowe, you know what I mean). This is pure, RPG style entertainment as Jason descends into a liberating darkness. It's face paced, and the jargon is kept to a minimal.
The Bad: (And why I can't rate it with a true 4*)
Oh man is this linear, which is fine for younger readers. The characters are rather flat, and the plot is predictable. I honestly didn't mind these traits, because it's just a fun, quick read.
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