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The Dungeon Slayer #2
Der Dungeonzerstörer [The Dungeon Destroyer]: Ein LitRPG Level-up Adventure (Dungeonjäger 2) [A LitRPG Level-up Adventure (Dungeon Hunter, Book 2)]
Nach dem Schmerz über den Verlust von Freunden und Gruppenmitgliedern stellt sich Tad, mit dem goldenen Schlüssel in der Hand, dem endlosen Klassenturm. Dieser birgt Rätsel und Geheimnisse. Die Prüfungen werden zu Kämpfen mit anderen Nullnummern. Mit neuer Stärke kommen neue Herausforderungen. Seine Kriegerprüfung liegt vor ihm, und dahinter warten Dungeons im Kriegerrang. Im zweiten Teil der Dungeonjäger-Serie finden sich alte und neue Freunde zusammen, um Dungeons zu plündern und Abenteuer zu erleben.
Please This audiobook is in German.
Please This audiobook is in German.
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October 1, 2024
The fact that I have further volumes of Dungeon Crawler Carl and He Who Fights with Monsters available to read and I still chose to inhale this one speaks volumes, but I'm iffy on continuing the series further. I like the strong focus on a single character and the creative variety of challenges he faces. I don't think I care for the uber-story, which gets significantly more obtuse in this volume.
If the first book had the same problem with comma misuse as this one did, I don't remember it. It wasn't all that bad, but also it was like:
If I had any confidence in the series concluding, I might consider pressing forward. It's at 6 books at the moment with a seventh in progress and/or on hold while the author also starts something new. As a reader who yearns for satisfying, tight stories, this is my biggest issue with typical LitRPG; they go on and on and on by design. Find me a nice 4-5 book series that has the overarching story well planned from the start, please. ATLA was perfect at three seasons; a fourth would have been a detriment. Lost lost it because it seemed the writers had no idea where the story would go in the early seasons. I gave up on The Frost Files The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind primarily because the author stated that he had no idea when or if the series would end, also because I just plain didn't like it but the lack of direction was a large part of that. I'm running into a similar problem with this review so I'll just stop now.
If the first book had the same problem with comma misuse as this one did, I don't remember it. It wasn't all that bad, but also it was like:
If I had any confidence in the series concluding, I might consider pressing forward. It's at 6 books at the moment with a seventh in progress and/or on hold while the author also starts something new. As a reader who yearns for satisfying, tight stories, this is my biggest issue with typical LitRPG; they go on and on and on by design. Find me a nice 4-5 book series that has the overarching story well planned from the start, please. ATLA was perfect at three seasons; a fourth would have been a detriment. Lost lost it because it seemed the writers had no idea where the story would go in the early seasons. I gave up on The Frost Files The Girl Who Could Move Sh*t with Her Mind primarily because the author stated that he had no idea when or if the series would end, also because I just plain didn't like it but the lack of direction was a large part of that. I'm running into a similar problem with this review so I'll just stop now.
February 11, 2023
This series has so much potential, but our MC is written with a level of eye-rolling idiocity (extreme even within the LitRPG genre) that it's impossible for me to rate it highly. It's also dragged down by the "saved-by-level-up" plotting laziness and weird imbalance between the dungeon levels and their boss difficulty. It's a real shame because the writing is good, the action is good, the characters are somewhat interesting, and there's a lot of creativity going on.
I'll keep reading the series and hoping that some of these issues get resolved.
I'll keep reading the series and hoping that some of these issues get resolved.
December 22, 2020
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I enjoyed this book, so my goal is to promote it and help the author. If you are a potential reader, just stop reading now and take the above as all you need to know. I am not going to share my reasoning, thoughts on the book, or any opinions that would influence your decision to read it. It is my opinion that Art needs to be experienced at an individual level. You are the only one that can determine what you like and don’t like. Don’t let others make that decision for you. You should definitely read the book and completely ignore all of the reviews. Or not if you don’t think this book is for you. That choice is all yours and the beauty of art appreciation. You are a much better judge of what you will like than anyone here.
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First, my review: “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”
Second, I am not a bot...at least I don’t think I am. Yes this is copy pasta (just learned that term, so fun!) simply because I feel like any book I read deserves acknowledgement but at the same time my feelings on reviews conflict with the normal review process.
I enjoyed this book, so my goal is to promote it and help the author. If you are a potential reader, just stop reading now and take the above as all you need to know. I am not going to share my reasoning, thoughts on the book, or any opinions that would influence your decision to read it. It is my opinion that Art needs to be experienced at an individual level. You are the only one that can determine what you like and don’t like. Don’t let others make that decision for you. You should definitely read the book and completely ignore all of the reviews. Or not if you don’t think this book is for you. That choice is all yours and the beauty of art appreciation. You are a much better judge of what you will like than anyone here.
If you are a member of the IAK Guild (thanks, Jason) or part of the review police, feel free to criticize me and challenge my philosophy on reviewing art. I think we all love a good debate. The forums are open and I welcome your comments. I was wrong in my previous request to get you to stop. Your blatant disregard for that request has led to some fun discussions. Growth is important for us all.
Cheers
December 18, 2020
Edgy garbage
Tries so hard to be edgy at the expense of plot and readability. The protagonist may be the single most unlikable character i've ever had the displeasure of reading.
Tries so hard to be edgy at the expense of plot and readability. The protagonist may be the single most unlikable character i've ever had the displeasure of reading.
March 24, 2021
This book was going ok until a certain point then it just spiralled the MC became an even bigger idiot and started straight up forgetting abilities and magic, how do you even forget that you can just lob fire bolts at stuff and instead he fully dedicated himself to being a warrior that just uses magic when it suits the storyline and speaking of the storyline why is the MC always in a super close life and death situation during battle and only gets out of it by the skin of his teeth or a unknown op ability that just pops up and during the rest of the battle you're screaming for him to just use magic, and there are so many ways to use magic supposedly just by picturing it you can make it in any form you want and the MC just jumps in head first without any tactics even though he fancyes himself a great military general and I'm sorry if I'm ranting but it's so frustrating when the MC is an idiot
And what the hell is with him and the SUPER PREDICTABLE romance with you guessed it the line cutter herself after all they did kind of meet in the first book when when she cut line and he thought she was pretty, and yes I know that I kind of sound like a misogynist but the story already had enough problems before adding on a romance, because if you have some experience with fantasy books you know they kind of slow down the story wit all of the "oh she's so pretty and nobody has everade me feel this way before"even though the just met 5 minutes ago, and in my opinion love at first sight is super superficial and compleatly based how pretty you are and if the author haddent noticed the MC already had experienced how a relationship could clowd judgment in the first book with scar and that other girl and it's pretty obvious that the author didn't notice because the person next to the MC on the cover of book 3 looks an aufull lot like the line cutter so I suggest changing that you're welcome.
Sorry abou my ranting but I seriously think that this book has enough froblems before adding a poorly written romance which she all know this will be just that and I have read some of the other reviews and it seems like those flaws from book 1 are still not fixed and like the author dousen read reviews .
And what about magic and othe slayer's how do they get magic how do they get anything how did the MC get the heal spell just from touching an item but that wasn't in any way elaborated, this series needs some world building because I seriously don't get what's up whit the world because I don't know anything about it oh
Ps If the MC had used brilliant burst and speed of the conqueror at any time during the werewolf fight before one of them powered up he would have won easily and I don't get why every fight has to be so dramatic and always be a close call even when he can clearly use magic or a forgotten ability to win easily
And what the hell is with him and the SUPER PREDICTABLE romance with you guessed it the line cutter herself after all they did kind of meet in the first book when when she cut line and he thought she was pretty, and yes I know that I kind of sound like a misogynist but the story already had enough problems before adding on a romance, because if you have some experience with fantasy books you know they kind of slow down the story wit all of the "oh she's so pretty and nobody has everade me feel this way before"even though the just met 5 minutes ago, and in my opinion love at first sight is super superficial and compleatly based how pretty you are and if the author haddent noticed the MC already had experienced how a relationship could clowd judgment in the first book with scar and that other girl and it's pretty obvious that the author didn't notice because the person next to the MC on the cover of book 3 looks an aufull lot like the line cutter so I suggest changing that you're welcome.
Sorry abou my ranting but I seriously think that this book has enough froblems before adding a poorly written romance which she all know this will be just that and I have read some of the other reviews and it seems like those flaws from book 1 are still not fixed and like the author dousen read reviews .
And what about magic and othe slayer's how do they get magic how do they get anything how did the MC get the heal spell just from touching an item but that wasn't in any way elaborated, this series needs some world building because I seriously don't get what's up whit the world because I don't know anything about it oh
Ps If the MC had used brilliant burst and speed of the conqueror at any time during the werewolf fight before one of them powered up he would have won easily and I don't get why every fight has to be so dramatic and always be a close call even when he can clearly use magic or a forgotten ability to win easily
December 14, 2020
Fantastic follow up
This is a great sequel. It continues the story of the first in a very satisfying way by expanding the scope, advancing the plot, characters grow and change, questions are answered and given some depth, and more mysteries are introduced. A truly well done tale. If I had to criticize anything, it would be that the fights might be too awesome. They are very cool and have a big scope that feels a little much, at times, when Tad is supposed to still be relatively weak. Still though, fantastic.
This is a great sequel. It continues the story of the first in a very satisfying way by expanding the scope, advancing the plot, characters grow and change, questions are answered and given some depth, and more mysteries are introduced. A truly well done tale. If I had to criticize anything, it would be that the fights might be too awesome. They are very cool and have a big scope that feels a little much, at times, when Tad is supposed to still be relatively weak. Still though, fantastic.
December 14, 2020
Great book
Again another great installment, fast paced, lots of action, and lots of character development. I would give 5 stars but towards the end, even with all the power ups the mc got his problems that he had to face only seemed to get exponentially bigger, so big so as to seem impossible to overcome. Now that might not bother most it does for me, anyway great book and can't wait for the next.
Again another great installment, fast paced, lots of action, and lots of character development. I would give 5 stars but towards the end, even with all the power ups the mc got his problems that he had to face only seemed to get exponentially bigger, so big so as to seem impossible to overcome. Now that might not bother most it does for me, anyway great book and can't wait for the next.
December 19, 2020
Pretty good.
The story was interesting but I did not like the way it was going at the end. The characters are intriguing but the last 10% really took away from my enjoyment of the book. Overall I give it a 3.5 out of 5rounded up.
The story was interesting but I did not like the way it was going at the end. The characters are intriguing but the last 10% really took away from my enjoyment of the book. Overall I give it a 3.5 out of 5rounded up.
September 17, 2024
3.5 stars. I am somewhat less excited about continuing this series after finishing book 2. I am not thrilled with the entire magical/power system in which the MC is the only character who can gain levels. I would prefer to see him struggle to improve himself against others in the same situation.
December 20, 2020
Book two
Internet has been down for the past two days. The only thing I remember that really bugged me was that the MC gets back some equipment that he lost in book one.
8/10
Internet has been down for the past two days. The only thing I remember that really bugged me was that the MC gets back some equipment that he lost in book one.
8/10
January 6, 2021
It was fine. This reminds me of the manwha solo leveling and it is running into a similar problem that has, only since this is a book I am less forgiving.
First, there is too much action. This needs more down time between dives, just so that Tad can process what is happening. Second, everything is happening too quickly. It has been maybe 2 weeks since his rebirth. There has been not enough time for him to process everything. He is just running from crisis to crisis of his own volition.
Then there is the stats and everything. He's different, that's fine. But what about normal delvers? How do they know what they can do? Does diving improve their power or is it just for financial gain? A conversation with a normal delver to just show the difference would be beneficial.
Those really are my two major problems. It will be interesting to see where this goes from here, but if Tad just grows as rapidly as he has been I will be disappointed.
First, there is too much action. This needs more down time between dives, just so that Tad can process what is happening. Second, everything is happening too quickly. It has been maybe 2 weeks since his rebirth. There has been not enough time for him to process everything. He is just running from crisis to crisis of his own volition.
Then there is the stats and everything. He's different, that's fine. But what about normal delvers? How do they know what they can do? Does diving improve their power or is it just for financial gain? A conversation with a normal delver to just show the difference would be beneficial.
Those really are my two major problems. It will be interesting to see where this goes from here, but if Tad just grows as rapidly as he has been I will be disappointed.
April 8, 2021
Awesome read!
An awesome story that had me reading as fast as I could. Tad's character has become really nice to read, just the right amount of unsure kid slowly turning into a badass. And Fat Jack is LIFE!
An awesome story that had me reading as fast as I could. Tad's character has become really nice to read, just the right amount of unsure kid slowly turning into a badass. And Fat Jack is LIFE!
December 17, 2020
I thought this would go better
I thought this would be more of an adventure but it's a clawing for power without reason. The main character doesn't seem to care that he has to kill to get stronger. I don't mean kill dungeon going bosses, I mean kill people in trials so that his strength cap goes higher. He kills people who have the same powers as him in order to get stronger but his reasoning for getting stronger is like his high school bully or something.? I also don't like the big bad who is almost controlling things from the void and it's just made the entire story more dark than the first one. The tone is just more of a dark fantasy than an adventure and it's hard to read. The first book had some parts in it that were dark but the ending of the book made it seem like this book would be different and things would kind of just turn out well for tad through trials and tribulations. But it's hard to root for Tad because the whole premise of him getting stronger is pretty weak and he could easily clear dungeons and be the strength that he is at now instead of killing other voids to get even stronger. If the system is making him kill other people in order to get strong and he just goes along with it and kills those people it makes him more of a bad guy than the big bad imo, because he has a choice to not kill.. he can do any other career ..he can craft things.. he can just raid dungeons with teams.. like.. he's in a guild! Just disappointed BC I waited for this release with baited breath.
I thought this would be more of an adventure but it's a clawing for power without reason. The main character doesn't seem to care that he has to kill to get stronger. I don't mean kill dungeon going bosses, I mean kill people in trials so that his strength cap goes higher. He kills people who have the same powers as him in order to get stronger but his reasoning for getting stronger is like his high school bully or something.? I also don't like the big bad who is almost controlling things from the void and it's just made the entire story more dark than the first one. The tone is just more of a dark fantasy than an adventure and it's hard to read. The first book had some parts in it that were dark but the ending of the book made it seem like this book would be different and things would kind of just turn out well for tad through trials and tribulations. But it's hard to root for Tad because the whole premise of him getting stronger is pretty weak and he could easily clear dungeons and be the strength that he is at now instead of killing other voids to get even stronger. If the system is making him kill other people in order to get strong and he just goes along with it and kills those people it makes him more of a bad guy than the big bad imo, because he has a choice to not kill.. he can do any other career ..he can craft things.. he can just raid dungeons with teams.. like.. he's in a guild! Just disappointed BC I waited for this release with baited breath.
December 18, 2020
Just doesn't feel right
Its a good story, but the main character bothers me. Interactions with other characters just seem so forced and cliche. Tad gets super emotional and passionate then suddenly has a change of heart five seconds later so often. And honestly I think the overall story should have progressed more than it did in this book. Too much time spent on a just another dungeon crawl. Really should be a 3 star but I feel like its so close to being good ill give it a 4.
Its a good story, but the main character bothers me. Interactions with other characters just seem so forced and cliche. Tad gets super emotional and passionate then suddenly has a change of heart five seconds later so often. And honestly I think the overall story should have progressed more than it did in this book. Too much time spent on a just another dungeon crawl. Really should be a 3 star but I feel like its so close to being good ill give it a 4.
March 29, 2021
I read the first book what feels like ages ago. I enjoyed it but then promptly forgot about it as I moved on to new books.
I was surprised when I saw there was a book two, and then a book three coming out in another few months.
Book 2 is an oddity: there is oodles of action and fighting if that's your thing (I enjoyed it), but the story doesn't really move forward very much. I have to confess I have no recollection of Zero and what he might have done, so that meant nothing to me.
We start out in the tower challenge, and the book spends a great deal of time there. When we're not in the tower challenge, then we're in a dungeon. There is a lot of talk of the world ending for reasons I'm not sure I understand, except Tad the MC said it won't.
And that seems to be good enough for most people.
Which means we're left with about 50% of the book in the tower challenge (which is only Tad fighting monsters) and the other 50% in dungeons fighting monsters. The plot seems to have some sort of overarching apocalyptic feel to it, but I never saw anything directly related to that. Just the tower and dungeons.
There is a love interest at the end (and the beginning and middle), but by this point I was thinking, "Who cares? Isn't the world supposed to end soon?"
For a MC who is supposed to be one of the best there is (that's basically what the book showed us), he has a lot of confidence problems. Which I suspect is supposed to make him more relatable, but come on. He's the dungeon destroyer!
Anyway, I still enjoyed parts of the book even while I was confused by other parts. I thought about giving it a lower rating because of the confusing plot, but that would be disingenuous. I enjoyed the book, so I'm giving it four stars.
4/5*
I was surprised when I saw there was a book two, and then a book three coming out in another few months.
Book 2 is an oddity: there is oodles of action and fighting if that's your thing (I enjoyed it), but the story doesn't really move forward very much. I have to confess I have no recollection of Zero and what he might have done, so that meant nothing to me.
We start out in the tower challenge, and the book spends a great deal of time there. When we're not in the tower challenge, then we're in a dungeon. There is a lot of talk of the world ending for reasons I'm not sure I understand, except Tad the MC said it won't.
And that seems to be good enough for most people.
Which means we're left with about 50% of the book in the tower challenge (which is only Tad fighting monsters) and the other 50% in dungeons fighting monsters. The plot seems to have some sort of overarching apocalyptic feel to it, but I never saw anything directly related to that. Just the tower and dungeons.
There is a love interest at the end (and the beginning and middle), but by this point I was thinking, "Who cares? Isn't the world supposed to end soon?"
For a MC who is supposed to be one of the best there is (that's basically what the book showed us), he has a lot of confidence problems. Which I suspect is supposed to make him more relatable, but come on. He's the dungeon destroyer!
Anyway, I still enjoyed parts of the book even while I was confused by other parts. I thought about giving it a lower rating because of the confusing plot, but that would be disingenuous. I enjoyed the book, so I'm giving it four stars.
4/5*
February 21, 2023
Enjoyable, but a few issues
Decent sequel, and I'm still enjoying the Solo Leveling vibes it gives off.
The pacing is a bit off, the MC doesn't have much battle experience, but is getting through situations via plot armor. I'm glad to see he is rapidly working through his level up system, but some of it seems a little silly.
I'm still reading though, so it's not that bad.
Decent sequel, and I'm still enjoying the Solo Leveling vibes it gives off.
The pacing is a bit off, the MC doesn't have much battle experience, but is getting through situations via plot armor. I'm glad to see he is rapidly working through his level up system, but some of it seems a little silly.
I'm still reading though, so it's not that bad.
October 16, 2023
Seires keeps being interesting
I ended up reading the first three books of the series. Then I jumped to a different series deciding to wait until the sixth month comes out on audible to get the next three books. The series continues to be appropriate for young adults, and above. For the first book, it was filled with anxed and a water bit of melodrama, but it was interesting and slick how the author used the unreliable narrator to effect period in essence, What would happen if you had a negative 9 Christmas score? LOL.
I'll wavered fobetween 3 and 4 star here. Because the author does a good job in many places, but there's also a bit of reader speedbumps for me. I've had some great series that i've enjoyed and rated three stars because In some form or another I've been taken me out of the story.
This Literary real playing games books are hit or miss at times. You get some authors who fall In love with their system rather than the story. I do not feel this is the case here Though I do think there's a little too much looking at the stat page. While side characters are well-rounded. I do think that interaction between the main character and his friends, family is lacking at times. But that maybe me just being a pain.
Overall, I look forward to finishing a series and re listening to it a few times as long as the author doesn't get crazy.
I ended up reading the first three books of the series. Then I jumped to a different series deciding to wait until the sixth month comes out on audible to get the next three books. The series continues to be appropriate for young adults, and above. For the first book, it was filled with anxed and a water bit of melodrama, but it was interesting and slick how the author used the unreliable narrator to effect period in essence, What would happen if you had a negative 9 Christmas score? LOL.
I'll wavered fobetween 3 and 4 star here. Because the author does a good job in many places, but there's also a bit of reader speedbumps for me. I've had some great series that i've enjoyed and rated three stars because In some form or another I've been taken me out of the story.
This Literary real playing games books are hit or miss at times. You get some authors who fall In love with their system rather than the story. I do not feel this is the case here Though I do think there's a little too much looking at the stat page. While side characters are well-rounded. I do think that interaction between the main character and his friends, family is lacking at times. But that maybe me just being a pain.
Overall, I look forward to finishing a series and re listening to it a few times as long as the author doesn't get crazy.
April 9, 2021
Once again, the good parts are good and the bad parts are just TOO stupid. Let me give you an example. So there's this one guy that needs the MC, he needs him to be strong and is even willing to push him to be strong but he sends his OWN man for some vague reason and that man kills him. I mean, yeah he survives but that was just luck (deus ex machina again, in your face). It does NOT make sense. I know in the first book he said he won't coddle the mc but there's a clear difference between NOT coddling and blowing someone's head off. So you might be thinking, maybe that was an accident? Well it does NOT matter! Because the boos knew that man was unstable, why even send him in the first place and why let him get near the MC and for the love of god, why didn't he tell his goon NOT to KILL the person he NEEDED! Just stupid upon stupid upon stupid.
This is important since it is hugely related to the main part of the story but all these idiotic things appear where they cause the most damage to the book. Like, holy crap man. It's like everyone is normal but everyone exceptional is stupid, unfortunately, stories usually revolve around the exceptional characters.
This is important since it is hugely related to the main part of the story but all these idiotic things appear where they cause the most damage to the book. Like, holy crap man. It's like everyone is normal but everyone exceptional is stupid, unfortunately, stories usually revolve around the exceptional characters.
April 2, 2022
(technically I have a few more minutes of epilogue left but saving those in case I decide to pick up the next entry)
Audiobook production quality is great.
Story:
Tad was really getting in my nerves a lot in this book, his opinions on gruff, his entitlement that was through the roof. I won't spoil much but I will say at least some of this is eventually dealt with, thankfully.
The ending battle still confused me a bit but I suppose that was on purpose.
The actions are great, the drip feeding of the creation of the uni(multi?)verse is done well enough that my curiosity hasn't become enraged.
For anyone struggling with tad's flustering nature it did help to remind myself he's newly 16.
Overall the ups and downs lead this to a three star: if you enjoy litrpg you'll likely find enjoyment in this (only if you did the first one, otherwise you'll be somewhat lost). Parts felt a bit like a slog (pre mino) but others were definitely interesting.
Note: I still don't understand why he can't just unequip a class, I wonder if he just missed the option
Audiobook production quality is great.
Story:
Tad was really getting in my nerves a lot in this book, his opinions on gruff, his entitlement that was through the roof. I won't spoil much but I will say at least some of this is eventually dealt with, thankfully.
The ending battle still confused me a bit but I suppose that was on purpose.
The actions are great, the drip feeding of the creation of the uni(multi?)verse is done well enough that my curiosity hasn't become enraged.
For anyone struggling with tad's flustering nature it did help to remind myself he's newly 16.
Overall the ups and downs lead this to a three star: if you enjoy litrpg you'll likely find enjoyment in this (only if you did the first one, otherwise you'll be somewhat lost). Parts felt a bit like a slog (pre mino) but others were definitely interesting.
Note: I still don't understand why he can't just unequip a class, I wonder if he just missed the option
December 15, 2020
Wow! Another great book, I’ll give it a 4.5. There were many aspects of this novel that I enjoyed but there were also some moments that didn’t pull through for me. The world building and fight scene descriptions were done exceptionally well - as I have come to expect from this author. However, I was a bit disappointed by some of the choices and reasoning made by Tad in a few situations. I expected a bit more growth and maturity early on, but he blossomed right at the very end. The power disparity and consistency between awakened dungeon explorer levels was also another aspect of the novel that I enjoyed. The LitRPG-post-apocalyptic-dungeon genre has flooded the market but somehow the author made this story very compelling and it held my constant attention. I can’t wait for the next instalment!
April 14, 2021
Interesting yet flawed ending
Tad the main character grows here. Essentially in this the hero, Tad, uses more of his special characteristics as a void on his way to being zero.
Mostly here we see how the dungeons are and how Tad is critical to his world. We find out more about world and dungeons. Tad grows in this book.
Pros:
Good editing continues. Okay flow of the book with Tad getting beat to within inches of dying. Still a white knight kind of hero even though others are telling him you can't save everyone.
Con:
While the flow is okay pacing could be better. A love interest is brought in, but falls kind of flat. Tad seems to increase at a weird pace that is not consistent.
Tad the main character grows here. Essentially in this the hero, Tad, uses more of his special characteristics as a void on his way to being zero.
Mostly here we see how the dungeons are and how Tad is critical to his world. We find out more about world and dungeons. Tad grows in this book.
Pros:
Good editing continues. Okay flow of the book with Tad getting beat to within inches of dying. Still a white knight kind of hero even though others are telling him you can't save everyone.
Con:
While the flow is okay pacing could be better. A love interest is brought in, but falls kind of flat. Tad seems to increase at a weird pace that is not consistent.
May 3, 2021
Continued growth
So I’ve read two books in the series and I can say it’s great. This book it’s a lot more graphic more dark if you will not too dark but things happen people die. I don’t think you see that often in this genre but the author is not afraid to kill in this book even characters and people you may come to like no spoilers. The mystery deepens as to what is going on here and I can’t wait to find out what exactly is happening because we get so many things thrown at us and so many questions aren’t answered we are just present it with more questions that we desperately want answered.
Great story overall the main character continues to grow he meet new friends and we can fathom the possibilities I hope you enjoy reading like I did.
So I’ve read two books in the series and I can say it’s great. This book it’s a lot more graphic more dark if you will not too dark but things happen people die. I don’t think you see that often in this genre but the author is not afraid to kill in this book even characters and people you may come to like no spoilers. The mystery deepens as to what is going on here and I can’t wait to find out what exactly is happening because we get so many things thrown at us and so many questions aren’t answered we are just present it with more questions that we desperately want answered.
Great story overall the main character continues to grow he meet new friends and we can fathom the possibilities I hope you enjoy reading like I did.
December 25, 2020
Great book
I really enjoyed this book. I’ve been hooked on the literary rpg genre for a while now and this is a unique series. I couldn’t put it down and thoroughly enjoyed the story and the mechanics of progression, it wasn’t boring and mathematical like you often see. My only critique is that the book ended. So then I got the second book and it was the same, couldn’t put it down, loved it, but then it ended. Now I am awaiting the third book, hopefully this one is longer or leaves it open enough for a fourth because the character is very likable and the whole “void” aspect has a lot of room for growth, especially with the other species/gods/planets that could be explored.
I really enjoyed this book. I’ve been hooked on the literary rpg genre for a while now and this is a unique series. I couldn’t put it down and thoroughly enjoyed the story and the mechanics of progression, it wasn’t boring and mathematical like you often see. My only critique is that the book ended. So then I got the second book and it was the same, couldn’t put it down, loved it, but then it ended. Now I am awaiting the third book, hopefully this one is longer or leaves it open enough for a fourth because the character is very likable and the whole “void” aspect has a lot of room for growth, especially with the other species/gods/planets that could be explored.
January 26, 2021
I'm impressed!
Finally, litrpg that is properly edited! Lol, no really, there are almost no mistakes and these days that is rare. And the story is pretty awesome.
If I was forced to come up with a fault in the first 2 books it would be that I had to reread a few pages here and there trying to understand what was happening. A little more explanation could help in a few places. Although I am sure that some of it is intentional, after all suspense and the strategic doling out of information is art to a writer, there were times when I got confused.
All in all though I love the series so far and am ready for more.
Finally, litrpg that is properly edited! Lol, no really, there are almost no mistakes and these days that is rare. And the story is pretty awesome.
If I was forced to come up with a fault in the first 2 books it would be that I had to reread a few pages here and there trying to understand what was happening. A little more explanation could help in a few places. Although I am sure that some of it is intentional, after all suspense and the strategic doling out of information is art to a writer, there were times when I got confused.
All in all though I love the series so far and am ready for more.
September 29, 2021
A Let Down
With the 1st book I saw potential covered with many flaws, with this followup the potential has been all but wasted and the flaws increased and amplified.
The protagonist doesn't learn from his experiences, makes dumb decisions and never prepares while rushing into bad situations. This ends making all his 'success' feel unearned.
To top it all off the book has bad pacing, all the battles get described in gorey detail yet outside of that the plot often just leaps ahead with a rapid story developments with time limits attached. It leaves me feeling like the author gets impatient and rushes things along.
With the 1st book I saw potential covered with many flaws, with this followup the potential has been all but wasted and the flaws increased and amplified.
The protagonist doesn't learn from his experiences, makes dumb decisions and never prepares while rushing into bad situations. This ends making all his 'success' feel unearned.
To top it all off the book has bad pacing, all the battles get described in gorey detail yet outside of that the plot often just leaps ahead with a rapid story developments with time limits attached. It leaves me feeling like the author gets impatient and rushes things along.
May 17, 2022
My Rating System:
5- Perfect for my taste, could not physically stop reading/listening, wanted more afterword.
4- Almost perfect, could not stop reading/listening, probably wanted more afterword.
3- Enjoyed the book, could see others loving it, need to think if I want more.
2- Can see why others might like the book, but I could not, I do not want more.
1- What is this? What went wrong? Why did they do this? This doesn't make any sense! (No idea who it is for but definitely not for me).
[Audiobook Version]
Decent second book. Could have been a 4 easily, but kept hitting my personal pet peeves. Still great series.
5- Perfect for my taste, could not physically stop reading/listening, wanted more afterword.
4- Almost perfect, could not stop reading/listening, probably wanted more afterword.
3- Enjoyed the book, could see others loving it, need to think if I want more.
2- Can see why others might like the book, but I could not, I do not want more.
1- What is this? What went wrong? Why did they do this? This doesn't make any sense! (No idea who it is for but definitely not for me).
[Audiobook Version]
Decent second book. Could have been a 4 easily, but kept hitting my personal pet peeves. Still great series.
December 28, 2022
Tad must battle the odds to beat dungeons an monsters to grow in power .
The day before Tad's sixteenth birthday he has to go be rebirthed a ceremony to determine if the individual has special abilities or not . They touch an device an it shows numbers of strengthing an class .Tad touched the device it showed zero nothing . Tad was hoping for greatness to be able to protect himself and others when he was shown zero instead he was furious an then something happened he was asked what was he willing to do for power he said anything .It told him he had to conquer dungeons to get stronger and get power . recommend reading excellent series .
The day before Tad's sixteenth birthday he has to go be rebirthed a ceremony to determine if the individual has special abilities or not . They touch an device an it shows numbers of strengthing an class .Tad touched the device it showed zero nothing . Tad was hoping for greatness to be able to protect himself and others when he was shown zero instead he was furious an then something happened he was asked what was he willing to do for power he said anything .It told him he had to conquer dungeons to get stronger and get power . recommend reading excellent series .
December 15, 2020
Great Book
Another great book. No profanity and no sex and no graphic nudity. That is nudity is referenced but not graphic and more a statement of a young man seeing a women naked and being shocked and not knowing what to do. Keeping it PG13. I believe.
I liked the growth of the main character. He still has more to grow to become a great hero but the growth he is having and learning to forgive others that make mistakes and that he can and does misjudge others is very satisfying.
Another great book. No profanity and no sex and no graphic nudity. That is nudity is referenced but not graphic and more a statement of a young man seeing a women naked and being shocked and not knowing what to do. Keeping it PG13. I believe.
I liked the growth of the main character. He still has more to grow to become a great hero but the growth he is having and learning to forgive others that make mistakes and that he can and does misjudge others is very satisfying.
March 4, 2021
This but was great, very fast paced and very enjoyable from start to finish but for me it still has the same drawback that the last book had and that is that for a 420 page book almost nothing actually happens to progress the story. I really like Tad but my other complaint is that every single attractive girl in the story so far "has a thing" for him. EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THEM. Like i get it, he is meant to be a self-insert character but come ON.
These 2 things lower my rating but i did still like this book a lot and i will read the next one when it comes out. 8/10
These 2 things lower my rating but i did still like this book a lot and i will read the next one when it comes out. 8/10
October 8, 2022
Rough to read
The first book was so easy to read as it was easy to cheer Tad on as he was the obvious underdog, but this book... Tad is an ass.
I don't know when it happened, but this book made it very difficult to read as Tad's personality changed drastically; to the point I sort of hoped he would die.
The book also suddenly lost focus in its drive. I am not sure where the storyline is taking us and I feel like a chapter is missing from this book explaining what happened to cause this change!
Good luck reading.
The first book was so easy to read as it was easy to cheer Tad on as he was the obvious underdog, but this book... Tad is an ass.
I don't know when it happened, but this book made it very difficult to read as Tad's personality changed drastically; to the point I sort of hoped he would die.
The book also suddenly lost focus in its drive. I am not sure where the storyline is taking us and I feel like a chapter is missing from this book explaining what happened to cause this change!
Good luck reading.
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