Proof that the genre is still alive and well

The Story :

Pretty great. The world you are shown is a limited scope, but with lots of potential to be expanded. The Character is Likeable, almost fell into a trope at the intro but sidestepped the worst of the "saving the damsel and transmigrating after the sacrifice" trope. He played with themes of altruism in the main character without making the character preachy or righteous. Its a nice reminder that a character can be heroic without being an overbearing bore. It also felt really epic, like the stakes were high and the boss fights were creative and kept me hanging on each word. The setting for the story was also A+ super interesting.

The Litrpg:
Done really well. I like alot of the unique ideas author used, It felt really customizable , rather than a linear path that the character had no choice in. That is always the better choice imo. my only gripe on this is that it did feel like the character was given a massive cheat advantage, [minor spoiler here, not really but sorta] , it is sorta reasonable considering he was being min-maxed against his will to some degree. I also personally always like tank/monk/magus builds so this was kinda fun to read for that. Tired of agility assassins and vanilla warriors.

The Writing:

Overall its a solid body of work. Im not an expert writer so I can only critique lightly. I usually listen and read audiobooks at the same time...well not at the same time. i switch back and forth depending on what im doing. when i work or drive i listen, at night or breaks I like to read. When I was reading (not as noticable when listening) I felt that it was a bit wordy in places and I was getting really impatient and had to resist really hard to not skip entire paragraphs. Take that how you will, i still enjoyed it alot.

Recomended? :
Hell yeah lol it was great. I cant wait for the 3rd book i cant beleive i have to wait a month!

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This is a Litrpg series worth double what you paid

Very good story.
Nice Progression from nothing to a up and coming great man.
Lots of intense scenes that will keep you from studying or getting work done.
Travis Baldree, what more can you say that hasn't been said a billion times, heck I'll say it
again. Travis can make toilet paper read like a romance novel. I just hope he doesn't bail on
us ever since he likely will become a soon to New York Times Best Seller.
I am almost done Book 6 and I think it's the best of the series so far, I hope Book 7 comes
out soon so I don't have to skip a beat.

Buy it Resonate Review, Infinite Mind of Word, Primordial QWERTY.

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Checks most of the boxes

Pretty standard for a Lit rpg. As usual getting through the begining is the tough part because weve all heard it before.Its GOOD. Like a fusion between "He who fights with mosters" and "Defiance of the fall". But where as those books have things that make them unique like a overly eccentric MC or crazy world building this book kinda falls short. Nothing too bad to point out other than the unimaginative cursing but nothing too unique and impressive either. But the crazy ending was good enough for me to want to look out for the sequel. I won't be in a rush to get it but i probably will.

Travis Baldree usually doesn't miss but his guttural monster voice was a bit much this book could barely understand him.

Didn't regret the credit.

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One of the best litrpg books l have read

I was surprised by how well written the book was. the main character is interesting and plot is great other characters are also cool . battles are great and no dull moment at all! not dealing with boring Persona stuff or over explained Mana.

Amazing balance of detail and progression

Writing a review for anyone who happens on the series. Read all books so far except recent one and they are all amazing. Highly recommend and would say it’s worth your credits. One of my fav litrpg series so far on here

decent enough and entertaining

although the characters are kinda flat in this, the premise and world building after pretty cool, so those kinda even out. Fun enough of a listen to give the second book a try.

Great series

Ignore the low star reviews, this series is quite good.
The MC is good, very likable and develops at a nice rate, yes he does become powerful but that is what I like, the overall plot is quite enjoyable, the author switches to different characters which I generally do not like except in this case the author does a nice job and the side characters are likeable, id say its similar to He Who Fights With Monsters with regards to different character perspectives. Lastly the performance is amazing as you would expect from Travis Baldree. Ignore the low star reviews and you will be pleasantly surprised

Update: I have currently finished book 7 and oh boy the only issue I have is there is no book 8, really tho this is an amazing series its now in my top three of this genre and I have all the good series and I mean all of them. Originally I passed this series by about 5 or 6 times because I made the mistake of focusing on the negative reviews on the US side of Audible and given there were quite a few negative reviews I figured this series was trash, now I figure most of those negative reviews are just trolls trying to review bomb this series for whatever reason or another, like I said before give this series a go and I bet you will enjoy it very much

First I’ve heard of the genre

This has been my first experience in the LitRPG genre and I was not sure what to expect. What I got surpassed any expectations I had for it. Performance of the narrator was a bit slow for a lot of it though for me but that’s easily fixed listening at 1.4x speed. Can’t wait to see where the story goes from here.

better off reading the book

The story isn't bad but pointless swearing throughout detracts from the experience a bit. The overacting really ruins it. You are better off just reading the book.

One of my Favorites

A great engaging lit RPG, really enjoyed Felix's growth from his first arrival on the continent to the ending of the book.