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How to Succeed in Monster Farming #1
How to Succeed in Monster Farming After Getting Rejected by the Hero Guild: A Monster Ranching LitRPG
Nick was just your average overworked accountant… until he got isekai’d and then immediately rejected for “lacking hero potential.” Instead of a prophecy or a sword, he’s given a rundown farm in a cursed wasteland where seventeen previous owners died horribly. Lucky him.
But Nick isn’t as helpless as he looks. With mysterious strength, an eye for optimization, and a knack for flipping curses into perks, he starts rebuilding Blackthorn Farm from the ground up. What was once a death trap becomes a booming operation complete with monster livestock, magical crops, and an eclectic crew that includes a former elven slave turned manager, killer birds for security, and a shape-shifting dragon named Petunia.
As his power grows and the land begins to thrive, Nick draws attention from nobles, mages, and forces that might not be entirely mortal. Blackthorn Farm has secrets tied to a forgotten disaster, and Nick might be the only one who can uncover them… assuming he can survive the attention.
Farming, monster breeding, magical progression, and a snarky protagonist who accidentally becomes a power player in a world that didn’t see him coming.
But Nick isn’t as helpless as he looks. With mysterious strength, an eye for optimization, and a knack for flipping curses into perks, he starts rebuilding Blackthorn Farm from the ground up. What was once a death trap becomes a booming operation complete with monster livestock, magical crops, and an eclectic crew that includes a former elven slave turned manager, killer birds for security, and a shape-shifting dragon named Petunia.
As his power grows and the land begins to thrive, Nick draws attention from nobles, mages, and forces that might not be entirely mortal. Blackthorn Farm has secrets tied to a forgotten disaster, and Nick might be the only one who can uncover them… assuming he can survive the attention.
Farming, monster breeding, magical progression, and a snarky protagonist who accidentally becomes a power player in a world that didn’t see him coming.
- GenresFantasy
450 pages, Kindle Edition
Published May 17, 2025
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June 7, 2025
Book one
This feels like a 1st attempt. It's a jumbled mess. It's like anytime the author came up with an idea he just shoehorned it in there without any thought to the progression or layout of the story itself.
Some examples would be When you 1st start off It seems like he's automatically collecting loot from defeated monsters. But then, he suddenly having to harvest loot from the monsters. And then there are times where it looks like it automatically did it but then it goes back to harvesting by himself it's very confusing I almost dropped the book before I even made it out of that mess. Then you have the whole thing with the slaves they are slaves no matter what he says. The whole you don't have to do it if you don't want to got old real quick. Guys don't act like that If they're offered sex whether it's from a slave or not 99.9% of them are going to accept it. That's just the way it is. And the sex scenes brought nothing to the story had nothing to do with the story And we're just rather childish my jaw hurts because you're so big. Like I said it's just whatever popped into the author's mind seems to have made it into the book. The hero Is manipulated into taking the farm apparently this comes to light later in the book. The mages council is not the bad guys they are made out to be throughout the entire book. They're secretly good guys. More like manipulative Powerful butt holes.
The whole dragon acting like a cat Was just weird. The fact that she can transform not so weird kind of actually cool. But why would she allow herself to be slaughtered for meat instead of Being able to transform and walk away. Also she can talk so why would they want to slaughter her for meat that is just kind of disgusting. Oh and she also wants to sleep with the main character so you know let's throw that in there. I hate that whole dynamic where everybody throws themself at the main characters feet. That's just pure wish fulfillment.
This story is a giant mess with a lot of problems it needs editing in a bad way from somebody that will be honest with the author and point out mistakes and parts that just don't fit and parts that just need to be cleaned up. I do congratulation the author on his attempt But I don't recommend this to anybody.
3/10 For having some good ideas even if they were badly executed.
This feels like a 1st attempt. It's a jumbled mess. It's like anytime the author came up with an idea he just shoehorned it in there without any thought to the progression or layout of the story itself.
Some examples would be When you 1st start off It seems like he's automatically collecting loot from defeated monsters. But then, he suddenly having to harvest loot from the monsters. And then there are times where it looks like it automatically did it but then it goes back to harvesting by himself it's very confusing I almost dropped the book before I even made it out of that mess. Then you have the whole thing with the slaves they are slaves no matter what he says. The whole you don't have to do it if you don't want to got old real quick. Guys don't act like that If they're offered sex whether it's from a slave or not 99.9% of them are going to accept it. That's just the way it is. And the sex scenes brought nothing to the story had nothing to do with the story And we're just rather childish my jaw hurts because you're so big. Like I said it's just whatever popped into the author's mind seems to have made it into the book. The hero Is manipulated into taking the farm apparently this comes to light later in the book. The mages council is not the bad guys they are made out to be throughout the entire book. They're secretly good guys. More like manipulative Powerful butt holes.
The whole dragon acting like a cat Was just weird. The fact that she can transform not so weird kind of actually cool. But why would she allow herself to be slaughtered for meat instead of Being able to transform and walk away. Also she can talk so why would they want to slaughter her for meat that is just kind of disgusting. Oh and she also wants to sleep with the main character so you know let's throw that in there. I hate that whole dynamic where everybody throws themself at the main characters feet. That's just pure wish fulfillment.
This story is a giant mess with a lot of problems it needs editing in a bad way from somebody that will be honest with the author and point out mistakes and parts that just don't fit and parts that just need to be cleaned up. I do congratulation the author on his attempt But I don't recommend this to anybody.
3/10 For having some good ideas even if they were badly executed.
June 19, 2025
Had to stop reading
The book is very shallow. No depth at all. And the MC acts in an illogical manner. The MC is forcibly transported from Earth by a group of mages to be their hero and fight evil. They immediately test him and decide that he is inadequate, but have no way to send him back. After being somewhat angry for all of 30 seconds decides that it’s a good idea to relocate to a cursed farm surrounded by vicious monsters. He’s an accountant by trade with no martial skills. Somehow he manages to kill much higher level monsters by punching them. How does he even get close enough to land a punch? He magically figures out to reverse every curse he comes across. Somehow he knows how to field dress strange monsters and cure hides. No indication is given that he previously possess any skills besides accounting. Also not once does he indicate he misses home. Does he have a family? Friends?
Every crop he grows prospers and turns out to be inordinately valuable. Every merchant gives him a fair deal. He kills a man in front of witnesses and the captain of the guard not only lets him go, but rewards him.
He’s able to effortlessly tame monsters.
He rescues a slave and within three days, that slave goes from asking permission to use the bathroom to spending small fortunes to purchase other slaves without the MC’s permission. As an aside, how did the slave, a person the MC has only known for three days, get access to his bank account. After it happened the first time wouldn’t it have made sense to cut her off? He never reprimands her by the way. Imagine if someone you rescued spent millions of your business’ dollars without clearing it with you first. I’d think that having stern words with them would be the least you would do.
The final straw for me was when the slave invites the same mages that kidnapped the MC on to his property with the express purpose of uncovering his secrets without telling him. The MC somehow convinced himself that it’s a good idea to let them stay.
Make it make sense.
The book is very shallow. No depth at all. And the MC acts in an illogical manner. The MC is forcibly transported from Earth by a group of mages to be their hero and fight evil. They immediately test him and decide that he is inadequate, but have no way to send him back. After being somewhat angry for all of 30 seconds decides that it’s a good idea to relocate to a cursed farm surrounded by vicious monsters. He’s an accountant by trade with no martial skills. Somehow he manages to kill much higher level monsters by punching them. How does he even get close enough to land a punch? He magically figures out to reverse every curse he comes across. Somehow he knows how to field dress strange monsters and cure hides. No indication is given that he previously possess any skills besides accounting. Also not once does he indicate he misses home. Does he have a family? Friends?
Every crop he grows prospers and turns out to be inordinately valuable. Every merchant gives him a fair deal. He kills a man in front of witnesses and the captain of the guard not only lets him go, but rewards him.
He’s able to effortlessly tame monsters.
He rescues a slave and within three days, that slave goes from asking permission to use the bathroom to spending small fortunes to purchase other slaves without the MC’s permission. As an aside, how did the slave, a person the MC has only known for three days, get access to his bank account. After it happened the first time wouldn’t it have made sense to cut her off? He never reprimands her by the way. Imagine if someone you rescued spent millions of your business’ dollars without clearing it with you first. I’d think that having stern words with them would be the least you would do.
The final straw for me was when the slave invites the same mages that kidnapped the MC on to his property with the express purpose of uncovering his secrets without telling him. The MC somehow convinced himself that it’s a good idea to let them stay.
Make it make sense.
January 10, 2026
It was okay at first, but you won’t convince me the whole thing wasn’t just a set up for the elvish slave girl smut at 70% of the book. Waste of my time. DNF
February 11, 2026
Another author trying to make a system with "good slavery". Don't worry guys, this is not bad slavery... this is "good slavery", where slaves are super high educated, with extremely specialized knowledge. Buying slaves means you are "doing them a favor", and keeping them from "bad people, who will do bad things to them". You are just "saving" them by having them as slaves. And ALL OF THE SLAVES COMPLETELY ACCEPT THEIR FATE AS SLAVES, and think you are so weird by not accepting the idea of slavery. Fucking hate this shit.
The scene where the slave is willingly giving him a blowjob, is so fucking weird. "I really want to give you oral pleasure. No I don't want to have sex, but I really want to do this. Yes, I really do, and I don't want to kiss. I really like you so I want to give you oral pleasure, but no kissing ok? Wow, your member is so large. My jaw hurts."
Fucking get real. This is some of the dumbest and cringiest shit i've ever read.
A shitload of stuff makes no sense. De-cursing is just him smearing random garbage onto things. And somehow it is the perfect thing to remove the curse and transform it. The fights make no sense. Even if he has extreme punch power, punching is EXTREMELY CLOSE combat. He would be getting horribly injured by all of the powerful beasts that get close to him. He is supposedly an accountant with zero fighting skill. That makes this kind of close combat impossible.
The slave girl buying him more slaves, when he has told her multiple times he doesn't want slaves at all, is an extreme breach of trust. She used his money for this, with zero permission. And what does he do? Nothing. It is weird. I guess he is just a total simp loser. Great.
The scene where the slave is willingly giving him a blowjob, is so fucking weird. "I really want to give you oral pleasure. No I don't want to have sex, but I really want to do this. Yes, I really do, and I don't want to kiss. I really like you so I want to give you oral pleasure, but no kissing ok? Wow, your member is so large. My jaw hurts."
Fucking get real. This is some of the dumbest and cringiest shit i've ever read.
A shitload of stuff makes no sense. De-cursing is just him smearing random garbage onto things. And somehow it is the perfect thing to remove the curse and transform it. The fights make no sense. Even if he has extreme punch power, punching is EXTREMELY CLOSE combat. He would be getting horribly injured by all of the powerful beasts that get close to him. He is supposedly an accountant with zero fighting skill. That makes this kind of close combat impossible.
The slave girl buying him more slaves, when he has told her multiple times he doesn't want slaves at all, is an extreme breach of trust. She used his money for this, with zero permission. And what does he do? Nothing. It is weird. I guess he is just a total simp loser. Great.
July 18, 2025
3.5 felt like it was a strong 4.5 maybe until the 80% mark when a bunch of side characters got introduced, that imo, felt like they lacked substance & were only there as a plot device vs having three dimensional purpose. that pivot point seemed to take away the detail of what I personally enjoy in this genre of writing and had enjoyed in this book until then. Im guessing that about that point in time the scope of the premise exploded into something too much for author/MC to reasonably handle without adding the length of this project and the introduced side characters were a patch job effort to move the plot along so author didn't have to write certain aspects any more. could not tell you a single one of those 8-10+ side characters' name apart from two. I'll probably read the next one but this one could've used more work on pacing and inclusion of these new side characters to make me care about them more .
April 12, 2026
Just killing monster after monster or stopping curses. 3/4 of the book is that. DNF as was going no where fast. Got board and had to stop about 3/4 in
March 8, 2026
While I don't have any interest in playing a Monster Ranching game, I did enjoy listening to the player's trials and successes in this audiobook, except, of course, for the slavery and the female slave who just "had to" pleasure Nick in gratitude, then mention her jaw was sore the next morning. Obviously, I am not the target audience for this series. I was hoping it would be funnier, but Nick's Sarcasm rating never rose above a 10 (out of ???), yet his Charisma score rose into the mid-teens.
The writing and narration were good and kept my attention. Trigger warning for vegans and vegetarians: many monsters are slaughtered for their parts. 3.4 rounded down
The writing and narration were good and kept my attention. Trigger warning for vegans and vegetarians: many monsters are slaughtered for their parts. 3.4 rounded down
June 19, 2025
Loved It
Everything I wanted in a fantasy farming book. Monster taming, farming, magic, mystery, interesting backstory, power leveling... yeah this was EXACTLY my cup of tea. 💜
Everything I wanted in a fantasy farming book. Monster taming, farming, magic, mystery, interesting backstory, power leveling... yeah this was EXACTLY my cup of tea. 💜
May 23, 2025
What a dynamite book! There's som'min about Farming books that draw me in, like a moth to the flame, and fortunately I've never been burned! I loved this book from the very first sentences and by the the end of the first chapter the book'd shot up to a favorite read for this year! Luckily my favorite list is always hungry for for more! This is Nick's adventure as he's Isekaied right into a processing chamber. After a bit of back and forth he's thrown out into Blackthorn farm, his first quest survive the day! Yep, monsters! Also he's discovered a plethora of curses that has'ta end. Before the farm's safe. He's got a head start because there's an orchard albeit corrupted though. So with his work cut-out for him, Nick gets busy! And with that he plants a garden, while mitigating the corrupted curse nodes in the area! Slowly but surely the Blackthorn farm changed as Nick healed the land... and yee gods the work plied on! Through happenstance Nick got help, a slave girl Syllia and she was a godsend! He had been growing veggies, fruit, breeding monsters for meat, and ending curses, but with Syllia and the extra hands she bought they could expand and grow. And wow, I haven't mentioned the Farming lifestyle I love so much! The shared table, giving off a nice homey jibe. Even the planting and harvesting of crops, and breeding animals hits my happy place!
So yeah grab the book and go back to your roots...
Here's some quotes y'all:
"Don't mess with an accountant who's had a bad day."
"The dried meat tasted like it had been cured with salt and sadness."
"What are you working with now? "Rust with delusions of toolhood..."
"Had a beard you could lose small children in."
So yeah grab the book and go back to your roots...
Here's some quotes y'all:
"Don't mess with an accountant who's had a bad day."
"The dried meat tasted like it had been cured with salt and sadness."
"What are you working with now? "Rust with delusions of toolhood..."
"Had a beard you could lose small children in."
May 31, 2025
Good Read
This started out as an amazing read for me. I loved the humor and it was so well written. But once he acquired Syllia, it went down hill for me. I had no problem with her being a slave, my problem was it went from 1 night of her sleeping alone to the next in his bed to a couple days later to something sexual. From her becoming manage and using the farm's money however she wanted without consulting him and all of this as still a slave. None of it was believe able for me, given how things worked in that world and how slave minded Syllia had been. That's not something that changes in less than a few days. If those things hadn't happened with Syllia, and the book had carried on with her as a simple slave and farm manager/helper, I would've given this book 5 stars; the beginning was just that good for me, but I just ignore ownership/ situationship that wad happening.
This started out as an amazing read for me. I loved the humor and it was so well written. But once he acquired Syllia, it went down hill for me. I had no problem with her being a slave, my problem was it went from 1 night of her sleeping alone to the next in his bed to a couple days later to something sexual. From her becoming manage and using the farm's money however she wanted without consulting him and all of this as still a slave. None of it was believe able for me, given how things worked in that world and how slave minded Syllia had been. That's not something that changes in less than a few days. If those things hadn't happened with Syllia, and the book had carried on with her as a simple slave and farm manager/helper, I would've given this book 5 stars; the beginning was just that good for me, but I just ignore ownership/ situationship that wad happening.
September 16, 2025
Started strong, then fell completely flat...
The book started strong! For this genre, it had a decently interesting character, world, situation. Some mystery, plenty of conflict, but still a fun tone. Then, about 15-20% in it just... Lost all cohesion. Things started not matching to established facts from earlier in the book, stuff was repeating. It was frustrating to read. It was very clearly written by AI after a certain point.
AI bots have a "context" window of limited range, and when something in the conversation history drops out of that range, the AI bot just.... Makes some stuff up to fill the gap.
That is clearly what was happening here. Needless to say I couldn't make it past 30% of the book. It was just too janky, and inconsistent.
The book started strong! For this genre, it had a decently interesting character, world, situation. Some mystery, plenty of conflict, but still a fun tone. Then, about 15-20% in it just... Lost all cohesion. Things started not matching to established facts from earlier in the book, stuff was repeating. It was frustrating to read. It was very clearly written by AI after a certain point.
AI bots have a "context" window of limited range, and when something in the conversation history drops out of that range, the AI bot just.... Makes some stuff up to fill the gap.
That is clearly what was happening here. Needless to say I couldn't make it past 30% of the book. It was just too janky, and inconsistent.
July 13, 2025
reads like AI
Ends every chapter by reminding you the McDonald’s was an accountant and is now in a different world, very little description on the actual world itself, also the title is wrong in that the beginning isekai arrival doesn’t even mention a guild. This is someone’s publicized AI rp session
Ends every chapter by reminding you the McDonald’s was an accountant and is now in a different world, very little description on the actual world itself, also the title is wrong in that the beginning isekai arrival doesn’t even mention a guild. This is someone’s publicized AI rp session
August 2, 2025
The protagonist has it too easy, and it's internally inconsistent. Oh, and there's some harem-type stuff.
The setup is way too fast and contrived. Nick gets summoned to a fantasy world, and within a few pages gets rejected as "not heroic enough" and offered his choice of properties. A sequence of events that makes no real sense, since the summoners had no reason to believe they'd need to hand over a consolation prize to a rejected hero.
Nor does the fact that he chooses a monster infested farm over 3 other much safer choices. He's an accountant with no combat skills, he should have expected that to be a death sentence, but he picks it anyway because the plot says so.
Late in the book, the author tries to retcon this nonsense in a way that makes no sense either. It smells of a web serial that's been collected as a book, where the author can't be bothered to re-write the first chapter. The farm gets more and more special late in the book as the author fiddles with the backstory.
When he arrives at the farm, it turns out that he suddenly has magic fists, so he easily defeats several monsters that should have eaten him. Then he proceeds the start eliminating curses on the farm by dripping various poisons and plant mixtures on cursed items. His "formulas" for curse removal are often completely arbitrary, and they always, always work.
Later in the book he learns that his curse removal techniques are "revolutionary," and unheard of by the local magic experts. Even though he's completely making it up as he goes along. Apparently no one else in the world's history has tried his fairly simple mixtures.
The book spends a fair number of pages describing in detail what the cursed items are supposed to do, and what bonuses the fixed items give. Neither of which matters, since the curses never really affect Nick despite the "high threat," and the bonuses get completely forgotten once the book describes them.
Everything always goes his way. At one point, he literally gets away with murder. He kills someone in broad daylight in front of witnesses, and suffers no more consequences than a scolding.
Oh, and he acquires a beautiful elf slave girl as a result. The author makes a point of describing how she has large breasts, which is not an attribute I usually associate with elves. Nick swears up and down he doesn't want slaves, but keeps her anyway. As you can expect, eventually they do sexual stuff because she's so grateful.
Later in the book he gets talked into buying some more slaves, even though he really, really doesn't want slaves.
That's pretty much the book. He punches monsters, drips mixtures on curse objects, and gets rich selling produce that only takes a few days to grow.
The setup is way too fast and contrived. Nick gets summoned to a fantasy world, and within a few pages gets rejected as "not heroic enough" and offered his choice of properties. A sequence of events that makes no real sense, since the summoners had no reason to believe they'd need to hand over a consolation prize to a rejected hero.
Nor does the fact that he chooses a monster infested farm over 3 other much safer choices. He's an accountant with no combat skills, he should have expected that to be a death sentence, but he picks it anyway because the plot says so.
Late in the book, the author tries to retcon this nonsense in a way that makes no sense either. It smells of a web serial that's been collected as a book, where the author can't be bothered to re-write the first chapter. The farm gets more and more special late in the book as the author fiddles with the backstory.
When he arrives at the farm, it turns out that he suddenly has magic fists, so he easily defeats several monsters that should have eaten him. Then he proceeds the start eliminating curses on the farm by dripping various poisons and plant mixtures on cursed items. His "formulas" for curse removal are often completely arbitrary, and they always, always work.
Later in the book he learns that his curse removal techniques are "revolutionary," and unheard of by the local magic experts. Even though he's completely making it up as he goes along. Apparently no one else in the world's history has tried his fairly simple mixtures.
The book spends a fair number of pages describing in detail what the cursed items are supposed to do, and what bonuses the fixed items give. Neither of which matters, since the curses never really affect Nick despite the "high threat," and the bonuses get completely forgotten once the book describes them.
Everything always goes his way. At one point, he literally gets away with murder. He kills someone in broad daylight in front of witnesses, and suffers no more consequences than a scolding.
Oh, and he acquires a beautiful elf slave girl as a result. The author makes a point of describing how she has large breasts, which is not an attribute I usually associate with elves. Nick swears up and down he doesn't want slaves, but keeps her anyway. As you can expect, eventually they do sexual stuff because she's so grateful.
Later in the book he gets talked into buying some more slaves, even though he really, really doesn't want slaves.
That's pretty much the book. He punches monsters, drips mixtures on curse objects, and gets rich selling produce that only takes a few days to grow.
June 24, 2025
“Welcome to Blackthorn Monster Farm, where every day brings a new and exciting opportunity to not get eaten by something magical.”
Seriously, one of my favorite lines- and there were a lot of those.
You know, it started off slow with an isekai’ed hero similar to Naofumi from Rising of the Shield Hero. But what sets this apart- aside from the fact that he’s expected to be a farmer rather than a fighter- is the humor. Nick is a ‘make the best of it’ character whose best is surprisingly, uniquely better than a typical hero’s.
Is it a masterwork of literature? No offense, Mr. King, it’s not destined for the classics section of the library. Is it entertaining? Highly!
Who wouldn’t love a shapeshifting dragon named Petunia with an overabundance of enthusiasm and problematic personal boundary perceptions? Or a fun and unique ‘System’ that quantifies your learning and abilities to make you better at your job? I kind of want to ride a terror bird (which my brain says looks like the unholy offspring of an ostrich and a velociraptor) just for the fun of it!
The only issues with this book were that the curse destructions and then curse transformations became rather repetitive until the ones right near the end. But I was deeply disappointed that the book ended. I can’t wait for another installment!
Seriously, one of my favorite lines- and there were a lot of those.
You know, it started off slow with an isekai’ed hero similar to Naofumi from Rising of the Shield Hero. But what sets this apart- aside from the fact that he’s expected to be a farmer rather than a fighter- is the humor. Nick is a ‘make the best of it’ character whose best is surprisingly, uniquely better than a typical hero’s.
Is it a masterwork of literature? No offense, Mr. King, it’s not destined for the classics section of the library. Is it entertaining? Highly!
Who wouldn’t love a shapeshifting dragon named Petunia with an overabundance of enthusiasm and problematic personal boundary perceptions? Or a fun and unique ‘System’ that quantifies your learning and abilities to make you better at your job? I kind of want to ride a terror bird (which my brain says looks like the unholy offspring of an ostrich and a velociraptor) just for the fun of it!
The only issues with this book were that the curse destructions and then curse transformations became rather repetitive until the ones right near the end. But I was deeply disappointed that the book ended. I can’t wait for another installment!
February 24, 2026
DNF; too easy
Everything succeeds every time.
Everything you find is exactly what you need.
Mixing unrelated items with no knowledge of anything works for exactly what you need.
I made it to 27% and couldn't torture myself any further.
Imagine a game on a straight path where you have to pick up an item to go forward and then need that item at the next "hardship."
Plus the writing is contradictory and retcon of the story happens when something new is introduced.
"I'm immune to curses. I sleep through the night. Here's a nightmare thing. This explains why I've had unsettling dreams."
"Here's five things hunting another thing. I took one out without them noticing. They're eating the thing. I took out another without them noticing." Unless the thing was an elephant (it wasn't), there's no way you're going to silent kill one of four creatures eating together without the others noticing.
"I got poisoned and it's moving down my arm and I can barely use it. I need to harvest these critters before they go bad. Now that I'm done harvesting, let's deal with my arm. Luckily the thing I grew overnight is a Swiss army knife that clears curses, removes poison, and more."
There was no challenge anywhere. It's like the book was written for a 10 year old that hates losing. Or thinking.
Everything succeeds every time.
Everything you find is exactly what you need.
Mixing unrelated items with no knowledge of anything works for exactly what you need.
I made it to 27% and couldn't torture myself any further.
Imagine a game on a straight path where you have to pick up an item to go forward and then need that item at the next "hardship."
Plus the writing is contradictory and retcon of the story happens when something new is introduced.
"I'm immune to curses. I sleep through the night. Here's a nightmare thing. This explains why I've had unsettling dreams."
"Here's five things hunting another thing. I took one out without them noticing. They're eating the thing. I took out another without them noticing." Unless the thing was an elephant (it wasn't), there's no way you're going to silent kill one of four creatures eating together without the others noticing.
"I got poisoned and it's moving down my arm and I can barely use it. I need to harvest these critters before they go bad. Now that I'm done harvesting, let's deal with my arm. Luckily the thing I grew overnight is a Swiss army knife that clears curses, removes poison, and more."
There was no challenge anywhere. It's like the book was written for a 10 year old that hates losing. Or thinking.
April 16, 2026
CONSIDER: The annoying level ups and stat checks will occur for about 65% of the book. Then it’ll start to build the actual story.
The narrator gets 6 out of 5 stars.
So this plays out exactly like D&D and Stardew Valley had a one nighter and popped out this baby. It’s a strong mix of emotions the whole way through.
A guy gets pulled into this magic world, is told that he’s not what the magicians were looking for, and is then allowed to have some cursed property for the rest of his days. He takes this cursed farm and builds it up.
This is not a standalone book. There is no conclusion at the end. That conclusion is in the continuation of book 2 but was split up because 120k words took up all the space to set the scene and dabble into some story. It was annoying.
I have no desire to get book 2. It looks interesting, and it was a lot of fun, slightly humorous. The narrator knocked it put of the park. Without him, the book probably wouldn’t have been as entertaining.
The narrator gets 6 out of 5 stars.
So this plays out exactly like D&D and Stardew Valley had a one nighter and popped out this baby. It’s a strong mix of emotions the whole way through.
A guy gets pulled into this magic world, is told that he’s not what the magicians were looking for, and is then allowed to have some cursed property for the rest of his days. He takes this cursed farm and builds it up.
This is not a standalone book. There is no conclusion at the end. That conclusion is in the continuation of book 2 but was split up because 120k words took up all the space to set the scene and dabble into some story. It was annoying.
I have no desire to get book 2. It looks interesting, and it was a lot of fun, slightly humorous. The narrator knocked it put of the park. Without him, the book probably wouldn’t have been as entertaining.
September 17, 2025
Good but has unnecessary adult situations.
It was a good book. It has a good storyline. The characters are mostly well thought out. Some of the story felt a bit rushed in how the farm was given its residents. For some reason, the author decided to include a few very adult scenes in the book that did not move the story along at all. The author could have included romance without getting graphic. I know they know how, as they included a paragraph that had suggestive dialog between 2 of the MCs that made sense in the context of their conversation. You knew exactly what they hinted at but did not need to get deep into vulgar language to make the point. Not sure the story ended in a way that makes me want to read the next book in the series. I will need to sit on it, and if I wonder about this world then I will check out the next book.
It was a good book. It has a good storyline. The characters are mostly well thought out. Some of the story felt a bit rushed in how the farm was given its residents. For some reason, the author decided to include a few very adult scenes in the book that did not move the story along at all. The author could have included romance without getting graphic. I know they know how, as they included a paragraph that had suggestive dialog between 2 of the MCs that made sense in the context of their conversation. You knew exactly what they hinted at but did not need to get deep into vulgar language to make the point. Not sure the story ended in a way that makes me want to read the next book in the series. I will need to sit on it, and if I wonder about this world then I will check out the next book.
June 5, 2025
Feels rushed.
While the premise is great and the writing excellent, the story itself feels very rushed. The MC is constantly pulling out things that he somehow prepared in the space between paragraphs. It makes for a very disjointed reading experience — is the farm dilapidated and the MC lacking materials to rebuild, or is there some hidden cache of supplies that mysteriously appears whenever he needs a pen, cage, or roofing repairs?
Also, about 50% into the story, MC straight up murders a man with zero repercussions.
I kept expecting someone, anyone, to raise hell about the murder, but no. No friend, no family, no upset business partners. MC literally murders him, everyone shrugs.
While the premise is great and the writing excellent, the story itself feels very rushed. The MC is constantly pulling out things that he somehow prepared in the space between paragraphs. It makes for a very disjointed reading experience — is the farm dilapidated and the MC lacking materials to rebuild, or is there some hidden cache of supplies that mysteriously appears whenever he needs a pen, cage, or roofing repairs?
Also, about 50% into the story, MC straight up murders a man with zero repercussions.
I kept expecting someone, anyone, to raise hell about the murder, but no. No friend, no family, no upset business partners. MC literally murders him, everyone shrugs.
June 28, 2025
Slow your roll!
This book falls into the same pitfall that so many progression/building books fall into. It goes way too fast.
The start is good. Nice pace, the MC learning how exist in his new world. Initially the curse breaking is fun, but it quickly becomes ho-hum providing no significant drama. By the end many of the curses are essentially, 'then he broke it without difficulty.'
There is also some sort of martial arts cultivation sub plot that doesn't really seem to fit in with the rest of the story.
It seems like midway through the author lost focus and tried throwing everything at the wall to see what stuck. Nothing really did.
A promising beginning without follow through. Tom out
This book falls into the same pitfall that so many progression/building books fall into. It goes way too fast.
The start is good. Nice pace, the MC learning how exist in his new world. Initially the curse breaking is fun, but it quickly becomes ho-hum providing no significant drama. By the end many of the curses are essentially, 'then he broke it without difficulty.'
There is also some sort of martial arts cultivation sub plot that doesn't really seem to fit in with the rest of the story.
It seems like midway through the author lost focus and tried throwing everything at the wall to see what stuck. Nothing really did.
A promising beginning without follow through. Tom out
July 10, 2025
Very plain tale. No surprise's that challenge the plot.
Overall the story was basic and written on a 8th 9th grade level maybe. The plot was full of frustrating plot holes in convenient plot armor whenever the story needed the push forward. The main character virtue signaled quite a bit, but not overpowering. The dialogue was okay, and the premise of the story was interesting in the beginning, but it lost its appeal as the main character was able to just do whatever was needed at any given time with no real adversity. The supporting characters were unique at first but then had no real part except to validate moving the plot line forward in an uninteresting way and very very predictable. Again it's not that the story itself is bad, it's just boring.
Overall the story was basic and written on a 8th 9th grade level maybe. The plot was full of frustrating plot holes in convenient plot armor whenever the story needed the push forward. The main character virtue signaled quite a bit, but not overpowering. The dialogue was okay, and the premise of the story was interesting in the beginning, but it lost its appeal as the main character was able to just do whatever was needed at any given time with no real adversity. The supporting characters were unique at first but then had no real part except to validate moving the plot line forward in an uninteresting way and very very predictable. Again it's not that the story itself is bad, it's just boring.
December 31, 2025
It was an alright story. I can get down with an MC who comes into possession of a fixer upper and he starts turning things around. It gets tiring though when people from our earth get isekai'd into some world where slavery is legal and commonplace, and they are just so morally outraged by it all that it has to be something i hear about for the rest of the book.
And speaking of that, our great MC comes across a slaveowner who is beating his slave, and is legally within his rights to do so, as the slave is his property. And MC interferes and winds up murdering the guy, but that's fine, be on your merry way? Like not even arrest or a trial? And all because he grows tasty vegetables, or whatever. Man what kind of corrupt shit is that.
And speaking of that, our great MC comes across a slaveowner who is beating his slave, and is legally within his rights to do so, as the slave is his property. And MC interferes and winds up murdering the guy, but that's fine, be on your merry way? Like not even arrest or a trial? And all because he grows tasty vegetables, or whatever. Man what kind of corrupt shit is that.
July 31, 2025
There is no drama or conflict or challenge in this book. It's purely moving from one easy success to another.
The world & systems that are revealed are rather interesting, and some thought has gone into the background, but there's no real story structure, character development, or narrative arc.
The romance with an elven slave girl is on the creepy side. But unlike a lot of the genre, at least the book acknowledges the importance of sex & romance, so I'll call that a wash.
I imagine that if you read it as a serial with a lot of time between chapters that its weaknesses may be less apparent.
The world & systems that are revealed are rather interesting, and some thought has gone into the background, but there's no real story structure, character development, or narrative arc.
The romance with an elven slave girl is on the creepy side. But unlike a lot of the genre, at least the book acknowledges the importance of sex & romance, so I'll call that a wash.
I imagine that if you read it as a serial with a lot of time between chapters that its weaknesses may be less apparent.
June 17, 2025
Far better than I expected
I wasn't sure what I expected when I started reading this story but I was pleasantly surprised I highly recommend this book it.... Was funny and the fighting was good and eventful my only drawback was the romance was off screen you don't really see any of that. Plus I was really hoping the story would turn into a harem novel and it might but I'm not sure. That's the reason I only gave it 4 stars was because the sexy scenes were not really fleshed out.
I wasn't sure what I expected when I started reading this story but I was pleasantly surprised I highly recommend this book it.... Was funny and the fighting was good and eventful my only drawback was the romance was off screen you don't really see any of that. Plus I was really hoping the story would turn into a harem novel and it might but I'm not sure. That's the reason I only gave it 4 stars was because the sexy scenes were not really fleshed out.
August 7, 2025
Enjoyable Slice of Life Fantasy Farm Adventure!
I would classify this as a slice-of-life isekai/ LitRPG farming story. The first 10% starts off good and then it bogs down a bit for the next 30% until the main character goes to a nearby town for the first time. Then it picks up quickly.
Overall, it is an enjoyable reading experience. The 30% in the first half of the story does tend to get a bit repetitive. However, it helps you o get a feel for the work being done on a fantasy farm and makes the second half that much more enjoyable! I look forward to a sequel!
I would classify this as a slice-of-life isekai/ LitRPG farming story. The first 10% starts off good and then it bogs down a bit for the next 30% until the main character goes to a nearby town for the first time. Then it picks up quickly.
Overall, it is an enjoyable reading experience. The 30% in the first half of the story does tend to get a bit repetitive. However, it helps you o get a feel for the work being done on a fantasy farm and makes the second half that much more enjoyable! I look forward to a sequel!
December 16, 2025
This book was a lot of fun until he introduced the love interest. The moments of intimacy are cringey and are straight out of a 14 year olds daydream. Within days they are acting like a new couple despite her situation and the amount of time they have known each other.
Then towards the end he adds a clown car full of characters that we are barely introduced to and have a hard time remembering what it is they do.
This had a lot of potential and was a lot of fun for the first half of the book.
Then towards the end he adds a clown car full of characters that we are barely introduced to and have a hard time remembering what it is they do.
This had a lot of potential and was a lot of fun for the first half of the book.
May 24, 2025
Good read
Now this is a farming book done right! It did not give me Stardew Valley vibes. It was just a guy taken from his life and thrown on to a farm that was in disrepair. He handled it very well. He just took 1 day at a time and did what needed to be done to survive. The story itself was interesting and entertaining. Things kept happening at a good pace. No one thing took longer than it should. I would most definitely love to read a book 2 in this series.
Now this is a farming book done right! It did not give me Stardew Valley vibes. It was just a guy taken from his life and thrown on to a farm that was in disrepair. He handled it very well. He just took 1 day at a time and did what needed to be done to survive. The story itself was interesting and entertaining. Things kept happening at a good pace. No one thing took longer than it should. I would most definitely love to read a book 2 in this series.
September 26, 2025
I agree with most of the 1-2 star rating reviews here. There were a few elements I liked, so more than just one star. I liked the general idea and the described monsters/magic, I enjoy monster farming and usually enjoy OP MCs and a bit of wish-fulfillment, but it was just way too easy as well as very illogical and inconsistent and rather repetitive. For me it really went rapidly downhill after he killed the merchant and acquired his slave.
February 3, 2026
OK, so I really liked the general setup and premise. Taking over a farm, dealing with curses and monsters and all that.
And then suddenly he has an elven slave girl, even though he's of course horrified at that thought and wants to "fix" the arrangement. Nevertheless, he decides to have sex with her. While she's still technically a slave, and still thinks of herself as such.
This is why women prefer the bear. Or whatever void monsters are out there.
And then suddenly he has an elven slave girl, even though he's of course horrified at that thought and wants to "fix" the arrangement. Nevertheless, he decides to have sex with her. While she's still technically a slave, and still thinks of herself as such.
This is why women prefer the bear. Or whatever void monsters are out there.
February 19, 2026
A cute if very naive quality of life story
While i enjoyed the story for its simple entertainment it has some flaws. The protagonist is a gary stu who easily finds solutions for all his problems, the village way too sophisticated and his helpers are both honest and selfless and suspiciously well specialised for their respective tasks to be realistic.. The elf who insists on giving oral pleasures freely is awfully convenient as well..
I really hated the constant repetitions.
While i enjoyed the story for its simple entertainment it has some flaws. The protagonist is a gary stu who easily finds solutions for all his problems, the village way too sophisticated and his helpers are both honest and selfless and suspiciously well specialised for their respective tasks to be realistic.. The elf who insists on giving oral pleasures freely is awfully convenient as well..
I really hated the constant repetitions.
June 14, 2025
Almost as good as the Roxy and Muffin VS. The Infinite Death Gauntlet
Just finished this book. A very fun areas. I like farming RPGlit books a lot. This book is almost as good as the LITrpg adventure, Roxy and Muffin versus the infinite death gauntlet. ;) I'll definitely be reading the next one.
Just finished this book. A very fun areas. I like farming RPGlit books a lot. This book is almost as good as the LITrpg adventure, Roxy and Muffin versus the infinite death gauntlet. ;) I'll definitely be reading the next one.
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