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Weed faces murderers and vampires in his quest to become the greatest sculptor - and to say good-bye to poverty - in the hilarious third book of the series!
335 pages, Paperback
First published February 22, 2007
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February 8, 2022
It is fun, but darn it, the translation was even worse than the previous two books... I am still addicted enough to keep going with the series 👍😃
June 3, 2016
I am waiting world where is the promised VRMMORPG.
I can wait I have litrpg to keep me company. And thus series is one of the best I have read in the litrpg category. It keeps on getting better.
In this boom, dear weed deals with the vampire clan to rescue paladins and retrieve a stolen artifact.
I can wait I have litrpg to keep me company. And thus series is one of the best I have read in the litrpg category. It keeps on getting better.
In this boom, dear weed deals with the vampire clan to rescue paladins and retrieve a stolen artifact.
January 12, 2022
Notes:
In order to get ready for Royal Road, Hyun spent a year learning various martial arts. He wanted to have a strong foundation for fighting skills before he entered the game. In Vol3, the whole dojo that Hyun learned how to swing a sword decides to enter Royal Road & train. Haha! I laughed a lot.
The translation for most of this volume was subpar, but enough was there for me to know what happened.
In order to get ready for Royal Road, Hyun spent a year learning various martial arts. He wanted to have a strong foundation for fighting skills before he entered the game. In Vol3, the whole dojo that Hyun learned how to swing a sword decides to enter Royal Road & train. Haha! I laughed a lot.
The translation for most of this volume was subpar, but enough was there for me to know what happened.
January 7, 2015
Edit: So I've read the first 7 books in this series and this review is applicable to each of those individually. I initially rated these 4 stars but came back and lowered the rating as that is simply not fair to the other authors whose work I've rated as four stars.
The story line and concept for this series is great and I have enjoyed each of these books. However, though the translations are decent, I feel the work suffers greatly simply due to the lack of a professional English translation as well as English editing and publishing process. This series has tremendous potential though. Unfortunately, at this point, what is publicly available to English readers is seriously lacking. I've read that there are plans in the near future to professionally translate and publish.
Each volume is relatively short (between approximately 350-390 pages), which is not a problem, but what is an issue is that each subsequent volume has a lot of repetitive information. Also, there's a lot of story that just didn't interest me (i.e. grandma and sister. You could probably cut out 95 percent of what has been said about them and still paint the same picture that has been created about those characters and their impact on the main character). Some of my qualms may just be a cultural difference too, so I can't judge to harshly.
I feel that the 7 volumes I've read so far, in the hands of a good editor and translator, would probably make a good 3 or 4 books. Potentially an amazing 2 or 3 books. As of now, I've decided to take a break from the series. There's a few books that have just been released that I'd like to read. Though I'm vested and interested in this story and its main character, I feel I should be more vested/interested after 7 volumes. By the way, there's about 40 volumes published currently. Approximately 20 of which have been unprofessionally translated by various people. Which, when you think of that, it's pretty impressive as it speaks to the overall love for the story as these translators are typically simply fans of the series.
Original: I've said this before, but I really enjoy this type of book. Now if the authors works would just be officially translated and sold. Starting the next one soon. I imagine I'll be reading these for a while if the translation quality remains at the level this book was or better. Thanks to my GRs friend H.P for turning me on to this read in particular.
The story line and concept for this series is great and I have enjoyed each of these books. However, though the translations are decent, I feel the work suffers greatly simply due to the lack of a professional English translation as well as English editing and publishing process. This series has tremendous potential though. Unfortunately, at this point, what is publicly available to English readers is seriously lacking. I've read that there are plans in the near future to professionally translate and publish.
Each volume is relatively short (between approximately 350-390 pages), which is not a problem, but what is an issue is that each subsequent volume has a lot of repetitive information. Also, there's a lot of story that just didn't interest me (i.e. grandma and sister. You could probably cut out 95 percent of what has been said about them and still paint the same picture that has been created about those characters and their impact on the main character). Some of my qualms may just be a cultural difference too, so I can't judge to harshly.
I feel that the 7 volumes I've read so far, in the hands of a good editor and translator, would probably make a good 3 or 4 books. Potentially an amazing 2 or 3 books. As of now, I've decided to take a break from the series. There's a few books that have just been released that I'd like to read. Though I'm vested and interested in this story and its main character, I feel I should be more vested/interested after 7 volumes. By the way, there's about 40 volumes published currently. Approximately 20 of which have been unprofessionally translated by various people. Which, when you think of that, it's pretty impressive as it speaks to the overall love for the story as these translators are typically simply fans of the series.
Original: I've said this before, but I really enjoy this type of book. Now if the authors works would just be officially translated and sold. Starting the next one soon. I imagine I'll be reading these for a while if the translation quality remains at the level this book was or better. Thanks to my GRs friend H.P for turning me on to this read in particular.
September 27, 2017
As good as previous. Even better.
June 13, 2019
Translation is turning bad, and proof-reading is seriously needed.
March 18, 2021
There is a lack of content now, not just lack of characters. He went from smithing to tayloring, the story is getting siderailed.
November 2, 2016
Granted, this volume wasn´t as exciting as its two predecessors, but I didn´t expect it to be, to be honest. This is volume three of a currently 60-something volumes spanning series - it is only natural, that some books of that huge series will be better than others, and some of them maybe boring as hell, who knows?
This series has become my literal McDonals. When I want to eat something special or have a certain experience, I go to a real restaurant, not a fast food restaurant. Nevertheless, I somehow need a visit at McDonals every two or three months, because it is something reliable, something where you know what you´ll get and something that doesn´t have to impress you in a certain way, because you had not the highest of expectations to begin with. That somehow sums up how I feel about this series so far, and just as there will probabaly never pass a year without me eating at McDonalds one or twice, I think there won´t be a year where I don´t read one or two books of this series.
This series has become my literal McDonals. When I want to eat something special or have a certain experience, I go to a real restaurant, not a fast food restaurant. Nevertheless, I somehow need a visit at McDonals every two or three months, because it is something reliable, something where you know what you´ll get and something that doesn´t have to impress you in a certain way, because you had not the highest of expectations to begin with. That somehow sums up how I feel about this series so far, and just as there will probabaly never pass a year without me eating at McDonalds one or twice, I think there won´t be a year where I don´t read one or two books of this series.
January 9, 2017
(Review for Volumes 1 - 20)
Interesting adventure of a "sculptor" in a fantasy game world. Part of the story takes place outside of the game and both sides come together to drive the main character's motivation.
Interesting adventure of a "sculptor" in a fantasy game world. Part of the story takes place outside of the game and both sides come together to drive the main character's motivation.
March 14, 2015
Getting good, but the cheesiness is coming back.
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