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Solo Leveling, Vol. 1

Written by: Chugong, Hye Young Im, J. Torres
Narrated by: Ki Hong Lee
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Publisher's Summary

The weakest hunter of all mankind!

E-rank hunter Jinwoo Sung has no money, no talent, and no prospects to speak of - and apparently, no luck, either! When he enters a hidden double dungeon one fateful day, he’s abandoned by his party and left to die at the hands of some of the most horrific monsters he’s ever encountered.

But just before the last, fatal blow...ping! [Congratulations on becoming a Player.]

©2017 Chugong (P)2021 Yen Audio

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Makes me feel like my mother is reading me a book

Finished the manhwa a while ago and I thought that I'd check the novel out while waiting for the anime adaptation (if the leaks are real).

The story is good, the voice actor did an amazing job but the script they gave that poor guy...

Like stated in other comments, the description of sounds in the novel were quite out of place. I felt like a child being read to. Saying that the ground was shaking followed by "RUMBLE" got kind of old after 4 chapters.

Hope that it's something that they fixed in book 2.

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Fantastic

loved this series. bought all the books in paper back and audio. read at home and listen in the car. finished it twice now.

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Good book! narrator was fine, except sound effects

book was enjoyable!! narrator was fine except for his attempt at sound effects.. really took away from the book 👍 unfortunately since he was alright aside from this

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not bad

I didn't realize I read the manga for this book a while ago. oops. the narrator could do female characters better. most the time I can't even tell it's a female. otherwise it's a decent story. basically dives right into action with the unlikely ( but obvious) hero.
won't buy the next book but that's because I already read way ahead.

hard part for me is distinguishing the characters with similar voices and unfamiliar names. since it's Korean names. get ready for OP MC!

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Bad sound effects

The book has too many cringe sound effects. The sound of the “System interface ” sounds are so boring to hear and wastes so much time. Good story read the comic manhua for a better experience.

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VA Is awesome

I've re read this story numerous times and finally bought it on audible to listen to while I work. Wasn't expecting much but was pleasantly surprised by the voice actor. He really went all out and I love him for it, the screaming and action scenes were a delight. recommend highly.

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Great story, good pacing.

I’ve now finished the whole series. It is an amazing story being told. The narrator did a great job, the sound effects where a bit much but not worth taking a star away for.

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Could only finish 1 chapter

I used to play morpgs a lot (mainly WoW and FF), so it wasn’t the terminology that made this hard for me to listen to; rather, it was the attempts to mesh irl into gaming that felt poorly thought out. That being said, it is possible that I am not the targeted demographic. While I used to game a lot, I now must be very old to the author, considering one of the characters with over 10 years of experience was considered “well-seasoned” lol

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Great but the sound effects

The story line is top notch , however I couldn't enjoy the battles scenes as I found the "sound effects" distracting. I hope this trend doesn't continue into the next books.

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An audio book pretending to be anime.

I would like to note that the narrator for this book is not bad. They have a good voice and I would love to hear them actually read dialogue, and story.

This issues come in when your hit with a barrage of annoying anime sounds (you know the ones) and sound effects.

I couldn't enjoy listening to this book, it should have been edited for an audio performance but instead seems like a one man show of an anime script. I've already read the comic so I know the story is solid, but unless there is some proper changes done, I can't recommend this as an audio book.

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