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Dark Herbalist Series, Book 1

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Video Game Plotline Tester

Written by: Michael Atamanov
Narrated by: Eric Michael Summerer
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Would you be prepared to work for free? How would you like to bust your hump for a large corporation 60-plus hours a week without a wage or a single day off for the vague promise of some mysterious perks in the distant future?

You'd refuse point blank, wouldn't you? But what if the job in question was playing a state-of-the-art fantasy MMORPG game? And what if this was the only thing you're really good at? Especially considering that your in-game partner is someone really special to you - and this person already lives a virtual life?

Knowing all this, would you consider the mysterious future bonus worth your while?

©2017 M. Atamanov; English translation copyright 2017 by Andrew Schmitt (P)2017 Tantor Cyberpunk Epic Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Science Fiction Game LitRPG Video Game Video Game Design
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I loved everything about this book (except the title lol) and can't wait to continue the series!

great book

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fun story
very good narrator
very crisp for an rpglit book series
give it a chance you won't regret it.

seriously ignore the title its good.

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I tried it, out of curiousity and was clearly taken away by the story! The characters are interesting, luck has a place, and the reader is doing an really great job!

A great surprise!

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The story was quite easy to follow.

The plot and story development weren't complicated or too intriguing in anyway. You could say that the story was slightly above average, or a better way to put it is - laid back.

The characters were also ok. I especially liked the interaction between siblings while in the game, especially in the early chapters. The ideology of the intelligence stat affecting the player's actual intelligence was also a weird but interesting thing to see. That chick with the Japanese name was weird though... her part in the first volume seemed... a bit forced if you ask me 👀.

The narrator's performance was a bit meh. But it isn't the worst I've seen, so it wasn't all that bad, since he did ok with the material he was given.

This novel does quite well as a placeholder/timekiller. Definitely not a must-read, but it doesn't have any glaring annoyances or frustration builders. Best of all, all the volumes are technically free. So there's nothing to lose in reading it 👀.

Overall, I give both the performance and story a 3/5. I would love to give them 3.8 rating, but the system on this platform is a bit too cut and dry. As for the price/satisfaction ratio, I would give the first volume 4.5/5 since...well, the entire novel is free, with membership.

Worth the read

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A very interesting read, I really wish games were more like this with freedom and diversity to explore multiple complex cultures of many deferent species. The best character is 100% the smart sister but the MC has his moments. It's always tricky to have a naive, sincere, bleeding heart main character but I believe the author did a great job all the same. The story got a little slow near the end but picked up again with the PARTY and the hook ending.

Great Read

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very well written and performed! honestly I have bypassed this title atleast 50 times in the past year because the name was kind of lame and by default expected the book itself to follow suit.I was pleasantly surprised to find quite the opposite within the pages this is amazing. highly recommended!

do not judge this book by its name

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The plot was not that predictable, some major points of course you have to see coming, but there were surprising moments. I leaving this review after the four books of the series and I think was worth it.
He mix fantasy and reality always working inside and outside the game with challenges in both.
Fast paced, fun and well written.

Well written, fast paced and interesting.

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I enjoyed this book. If you like litrpg this one is pretty good. Going to start the next book in the series now!

Already have book 2 downloaded.

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Was surprised by so many of how well written and the performance of the narrator. Recommend for sure.

Good story

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In game world development is great and interesting, but the "real world" in it is significantly less well thought out... a not uncommon problem in VR technology based stories in my opinion. Although maybe that's the wrong way to say it as it's the fact that minor characters in the so called real world act less realistically than NPCs. I only knocked one point off my rating for this as it's not nearly as big as part of the story as in game play, but honestly it's glaring enough my rating could raise up to 5 stars with the rest books in the series if motivations are adequately explained later or lower to 3 or even 2 stars if it's not corrected. Still, if you like progression fantasy it's good enough to be worth trying for yourself, imo.

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