Waking up on the flight deck of a spaceship that only exists in a video game isn't supposed to happen, but that's the situation Atlas finds himself in. Taken from his own universe with nothing to his name in a star system full of dangers, he gets into trouble and then even more trouble on top of that at record-breaking speed. At least he makes sure to do so with style. It doesn't take long for him to find some beautiful damsels in distress, either. And if there's one thing that Atlas can't resist when finding himself in a new universe, it's pursuing pretty ladies.
I usually don’t like Western light novels; I’m very much a typical weeb that way. However, I really liked this one. It’s the type of sci-fi I enjoy the most: freedom-focused space-mercenary stories with an almost Wild West feel. I don’t really have a name for the genre, but think Firefly—or an even better, lesser-known example, Reborn as a Space Mercenary
This book features a potentially fascinating plot, stuck with a fairly annoying MC.
The MC wakes up in his space ship, a space ship featured in the MMO he was playing. A ship that turns out to be massively OP compared to just about any other ship in the known universe. So in a turn-about, it isn't the MC that is OP, but his ship does it all for him. He gets threatened by some space pirates, so he disables their ships, and ends up rescuing a human if alien appearing woman. And thus begins his adventures.
The MC is not very enjoyable to me. He's flippant, irreverent, and just someone I couldn't get in to. His pompadour love is a travesty. And while I liked his confidence, he comes across as a guy that feels like he can just reset the game rather than there are major consequences for his actions. Everything he does, no matter how outlandish, works out for him.
The woman on the cover is the lone love interest so far, though she isn't the first he rescues. He banters with everyone, and is a compulsive flirt. This first harem member doesn't so anything for me, as she's accurately shown on the cover, and that description doesn't appeal much to me.
I will read another book in this series to see where things are going, but things are just too easy for the MC to earn 5 stars.
Not much in the way of plot or.character development, but let's be honest.with ourselves. If we were looking for.great literature we'd be sourcing through something written by Victor Hugo. We pick.stories like.these because we want something fun to read.
This scratches that particular itch. The MC is completely over the.top in an amusing way, it's.a.fast.read, and doesn't get bogged down. Just the thing you need to scratch that itch between installments of that serious series we're involved in.
Am interesting story using from this already established.
So does this feel like it can mostly fit into The Expanse universe? Yeah it does, but trying to use proper physics in space isn't unique to that book series/show.
Overall it was fun. The MC was a bit much sometimes but overall it had things going for it. I was going to give it 3 stars but it took what's out there and used it to make something its own so I have it a little bump. I'd read another one from the author.
Picked this out while browsing and was not disappointed. While I enjoy books where they don't always fade to black, I do not want them overrun with explicit content. They also commonly end up laking in the rest of the book when they do so. Ace delivered with To Freely Fly and avoided doing either. I can't wait for volume 2!
Seriously some of the best character writing out there in the business. The characters are lovable and fun to read, and I can’t wait to see more of this universe
This story has a weak main character that just second guessed himself too much about his mental state wanting to talk it out it was like he wanted the girls to be therapist for him while he was still having sex with him it was just boring and weak
Everything about the way the characters in this book spoke was irritating. Just about everyone stuttered. "Anyways" is not properly used once in this book. I felt like I was reading something a 13 year old wrote and that took most of the enjoyment out of this book.