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Rise to Omniscience #1
Supermage
Morgan's life is not easy. Growing up on the streets of City Four, he is constantly shunned by the other citizens. Morgan doesn't mind being ignored. What he does mind, though, are the constant beatings from the city guards due to his friendship with Sarah, the city lord's only daughter. Lord Simon wants him dead, but the laws of the kingdom are on Morgan’s side and even the guards won't kill him, just for being seen near his manor.
Morgan’s time is running out, though. Lord Simon has deep pockets and his last visit to the manor may just have put him over the edge. Worse, he is nearing his sixteenth birthday, and has yet to awaken any abilities. In a world where might makes right, he has never been one of the mighty. What will he do when faced with a life altering decision and just how will his decision impact those around him?
Warning: This book contains profanity, gore and content that may not be suitable for children. This book also contains GameLit elements such as stat sheets, and a form of leveling and experience gain.
Morgan’s time is running out, though. Lord Simon has deep pockets and his last visit to the manor may just have put him over the edge. Worse, he is nearing his sixteenth birthday, and has yet to awaken any abilities. In a world where might makes right, he has never been one of the mighty. What will he do when faced with a life altering decision and just how will his decision impact those around him?
Warning: This book contains profanity, gore and content that may not be suitable for children. This book also contains GameLit elements such as stat sheets, and a form of leveling and experience gain.
290 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 24, 2019
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February 1, 2020
I can't recommend this book to anyone but the most die-hard savage litrpg addicts out there who absolutely must get their next hit to make it through the day. The author should really slow his pace a bit and focus on getting better at the craft. I applaud the enthusiasm, but please don't ignore the multitude of reviews criticizing the idiocy of the characters. Please get some help and then maybe I'll be pleasantly surprised when I read an Aaron Oster book in a year or so.
In a nutshell, I saw a book with lots of high ratings and end up baited into something like a high school creative writing assignment. I gave it 20% (50ish pages) before calling it quits without really having a single positive thing to say.
The most interesting thing in the book is the magic system, but unfortunately it's nothing but derivative and comes across as a generic anime or light novel setup at best. This issue is furthered by the extremely flat and often moronic characters. Nothing really makes too much sense. I would say that your enjoyment of this book will be inversely related to how much you think about anything that happens in this book.
The main character 'doesn't have the stomach' to use a blade made out of wind against a human being...so he punches a hole in the guy's chest with his bare hand instead. Yup, makes sense. Not to mention that the skill used only double's the user's strength. Hate to break it to you, but if doubling a 15-year-old's straight punch was all it took to blast a hole in a guy, we'd have fatalities on every UFC card.
This thing is on Kindle Unlimited so I guess if you are desperate then feel free to take a peek at this, but honestly I don't see how there are so many high ratings here. That's the sort of thing that makes me lose some of my faith in user ratings and makes it a slog to find quality stories. I really don't like dropping books, but it's gotten to the point where there are just too many stories like this in the litrpg genre to force myself to finish each one.
In a nutshell, I saw a book with lots of high ratings and end up baited into something like a high school creative writing assignment. I gave it 20% (50ish pages) before calling it quits without really having a single positive thing to say.
The most interesting thing in the book is the magic system, but unfortunately it's nothing but derivative and comes across as a generic anime or light novel setup at best. This issue is furthered by the extremely flat and often moronic characters. Nothing really makes too much sense. I would say that your enjoyment of this book will be inversely related to how much you think about anything that happens in this book.
The main character 'doesn't have the stomach' to use a blade made out of wind against a human being...so he punches a hole in the guy's chest with his bare hand instead. Yup, makes sense. Not to mention that the skill used only double's the user's strength. Hate to break it to you, but if doubling a 15-year-old's straight punch was all it took to blast a hole in a guy, we'd have fatalities on every UFC card.
This thing is on Kindle Unlimited so I guess if you are desperate then feel free to take a peek at this, but honestly I don't see how there are so many high ratings here. That's the sort of thing that makes me lose some of my faith in user ratings and makes it a slog to find quality stories. I really don't like dropping books, but it's gotten to the point where there are just too many stories like this in the litrpg genre to force myself to finish each one.
May 2, 2021
After my second attempt at this book, I've finally put it down, for good.
If I could get a penny for the number of times I just exploded: "WHY?" while listening, I'd be buying an iPhone X by now. Absolutely nothing made sense. Hereby follows something approximating a stream of consciousness:
Why are orphans hated? Why is Morgan hated most of all? You can't just make blanket statements like that and expect people to accept it.
Why does Sarah expect someone with a standing death warrant to come to the most dangerous place for him, and yet berate him for tardiness? Is she a moron, or a sadist?
How exactly do you call using wind blade on someone who’s after your life "too much", when you’ve just caved their partner’s skull in?
How does a level 0 beat two level 4s, in 4 moves? Do levels mean nothing?
You don’t want to be noticed escaping through the air on a clear night… so you fly to the castle of the one who commanded your death. Of course… 🙄
My father plans to marry me off? Really?… 🙄
Magic School?… Urgh… 🙄
These kids talk about killing and dying with so little concern that it’s hard building up any ourselves.
And a Deux Ex Machina fairy Godfather now? Why not! 🙄
And the Evil Dad killing his own men and calling for a ninja? Sure! 🙄
And the enmity between Morgan and the horses… 🙄
The academy tryouts are meant to filter out the non-gifted. Then why did the book start by presenting people without abilities as a rarity? How does that make sense? And our MCs manage to get to the academy on the last day of tryouts? Really? How… convenient. 🙄
Cliché stuck-up classmate in the tryout line? 🙄 Jesus, the clichés just keep piling up…
OK, so now I’ve finally got an idea how how powerful the "heavy-handed" skill actually is, thanks to the tryouts. And suddenly nothing that happened before makes any sense. How could a 15 year old scrawny kid punch through a lvl 4 brawler, with only twice the punch? This book just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. 🙄Looks like the skill scales as the plot needs it to.
Ok, the curricula of this academy makes zero sense. As things stand, according to the MC's timetable, we have a 2:1 ratio between student and faculty, just for the top 50 1rst years. How many Teachers does this school have exactly? 🙄
Oh ok. So "someone" taught you, orphan, hated by your whole community, how to fight; but you just don't remember those two years 🙄. So we're going to discover bits and pieces of your 15 years-old past like that, In little emo bursts?
Ok, so you want to tell me that this kid, orphan, growing up in the streets, has managed to reach the age of 15 and remain this clueless about sex? Ok, that's it. This is where I get off.
I don't know who this book is for, but it sure ain't me.
If I could get a penny for the number of times I just exploded: "WHY?" while listening, I'd be buying an iPhone X by now. Absolutely nothing made sense. Hereby follows something approximating a stream of consciousness:
Why are orphans hated? Why is Morgan hated most of all? You can't just make blanket statements like that and expect people to accept it.
Why does Sarah expect someone with a standing death warrant to come to the most dangerous place for him, and yet berate him for tardiness? Is she a moron, or a sadist?
How exactly do you call using wind blade on someone who’s after your life "too much", when you’ve just caved their partner’s skull in?
How does a level 0 beat two level 4s, in 4 moves? Do levels mean nothing?
You don’t want to be noticed escaping through the air on a clear night… so you fly to the castle of the one who commanded your death. Of course… 🙄
My father plans to marry me off? Really?… 🙄
Magic School?… Urgh… 🙄
These kids talk about killing and dying with so little concern that it’s hard building up any ourselves.
And a Deux Ex Machina fairy Godfather now? Why not! 🙄
And the Evil Dad killing his own men and calling for a ninja? Sure! 🙄
And the enmity between Morgan and the horses… 🙄
The academy tryouts are meant to filter out the non-gifted. Then why did the book start by presenting people without abilities as a rarity? How does that make sense? And our MCs manage to get to the academy on the last day of tryouts? Really? How… convenient. 🙄
Cliché stuck-up classmate in the tryout line? 🙄 Jesus, the clichés just keep piling up…
OK, so now I’ve finally got an idea how how powerful the "heavy-handed" skill actually is, thanks to the tryouts. And suddenly nothing that happened before makes any sense. How could a 15 year old scrawny kid punch through a lvl 4 brawler, with only twice the punch? This book just keeps getting more and more ridiculous. 🙄Looks like the skill scales as the plot needs it to.
Ok, the curricula of this academy makes zero sense. As things stand, according to the MC's timetable, we have a 2:1 ratio between student and faculty, just for the top 50 1rst years. How many Teachers does this school have exactly? 🙄
Oh ok. So "someone" taught you, orphan, hated by your whole community, how to fight; but you just don't remember those two years 🙄. So we're going to discover bits and pieces of your 15 years-old past like that, In little emo bursts?
Ok, so you want to tell me that this kid, orphan, growing up in the streets, has managed to reach the age of 15 and remain this clueless about sex? Ok, that's it. This is where I get off.
I don't know who this book is for, but it sure ain't me.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 14, 2022
So far, so good. Set in a modern-like dystopia and feeling a bit like My Hero Academia, almost everyone has powers to one degree or another. The best part is that you can also level them up.
Two different classes are available. Mages and Super-powers. And in a few rare cases, a combination of super-power and mage. Hence, Supermage. :)
If you think this is absurdly powerful, then you're right. What would it be like to have Superman with Constantine's powers?
Just be prepared for the concussions. :)
This book is in the early days. A little break-in for the powers and going to school to train them up. It's quite fun. LitRPG all the way.
Two different classes are available. Mages and Super-powers. And in a few rare cases, a combination of super-power and mage. Hence, Supermage. :)
If you think this is absurdly powerful, then you're right. What would it be like to have Superman with Constantine's powers?
Just be prepared for the concussions. :)
This book is in the early days. A little break-in for the powers and going to school to train them up. It's quite fun. LitRPG all the way.
March 1, 2019
Decent book, brain damaged MC.
Will contain spoilers.
I enjoyed the system aspect of this book. Loosely worded to allow for the characters powers to feel like real magic, but enough to limit and make each person's abilities unique.
What I didn't quite understand is why the MC is an orphan who lived on this streets his whole life, as far as we can tell. But doesn't understand sex, the opposite sex, or why someone wanting to rape his friend is bad. Sure, he doesn't like the would be rapest but that is more about his friend being angry then his own understanding. You end up with a MC who has this odd mental disconnect between interactions people but not a sociopath. Lots of screens of "why is she blushing, is she angry? Girls are weird."
3.5/5
Will read the next book, but not reread this one. Maybe the next book will explain how someone mind raped basic human interactions out of the MC to make him brain damaged.
Will contain spoilers.
I enjoyed the system aspect of this book. Loosely worded to allow for the characters powers to feel like real magic, but enough to limit and make each person's abilities unique.
What I didn't quite understand is why the MC is an orphan who lived on this streets his whole life, as far as we can tell. But doesn't understand sex, the opposite sex, or why someone wanting to rape his friend is bad. Sure, he doesn't like the would be rapest but that is more about his friend being angry then his own understanding. You end up with a MC who has this odd mental disconnect between interactions people but not a sociopath. Lots of screens of "why is she blushing, is she angry? Girls are weird."
3.5/5
Will read the next book, but not reread this one. Maybe the next book will explain how someone mind raped basic human interactions out of the MC to make him brain damaged.
March 19, 2019
Ugh
I chose to give it 2 stars because while it isn't the worst written, it's pretty bad. The female characters are terrible and the main character is just uncomfortable. The story progression is fine but story elements and characterisation fall out of left field.
I chose to give it 2 stars because while it isn't the worst written, it's pretty bad. The female characters are terrible and the main character is just uncomfortable. The story progression is fine but story elements and characterisation fall out of left field.
April 28, 2019
Unlikable protagonist.
This book starts out like Aladdin. Street rat befriends princess, though how they ever met in the first place is never explained. In this version, however, Aladdin is a sociopath with magic powers and no redeeming qualities. I seriously spent most of this book trying to decide if the main character is a sociopath or a psychopath. At the end I thought he might also be autistic and I was beginning to worry about the author. None of the characters in this book seem to have any morals or even basic empathy. I gave it 2 stars because it was interesting enough to finish reading, but I honestly felt like I was reading the backstory for a serial killer super-villain.
This book starts out like Aladdin. Street rat befriends princess, though how they ever met in the first place is never explained. In this version, however, Aladdin is a sociopath with magic powers and no redeeming qualities. I seriously spent most of this book trying to decide if the main character is a sociopath or a psychopath. At the end I thought he might also be autistic and I was beginning to worry about the author. None of the characters in this book seem to have any morals or even basic empathy. I gave it 2 stars because it was interesting enough to finish reading, but I honestly felt like I was reading the backstory for a serial killer super-villain.
March 20, 2019
Interesting story.
I enjoyed the book and thou characters it was well written. The author kept me engaged with the story and the characters are interesting and written. The game mechanics are explained in a decent way that makes it understandable to the reader. Now for the negatives the author went way beyond what anyone would believe in the MC not having any idea about the opposite sex and what goes on between them. The author went so far on this that it detracted from the story. Overall I enjoyed it but it only gets a 3.5out of 5 from me I round up so that's why they are getting a 4.
I enjoyed the book and thou characters it was well written. The author kept me engaged with the story and the characters are interesting and written. The game mechanics are explained in a decent way that makes it understandable to the reader. Now for the negatives the author went way beyond what anyone would believe in the MC not having any idea about the opposite sex and what goes on between them. The author went so far on this that it detracted from the story. Overall I enjoyed it but it only gets a 3.5out of 5 from me I round up so that's why they are getting a 4.
April 16, 2019
Ok read
I enjoyed the book mostly. I like the way the world works. And I think the secondary character Sarah pretty interesting. But the main character was suppose to be 16 but acted like he was 12. I get he suppose to be ignorant and untrained in society matters but there are just some things you don't need to be taught to nottice especially once u hit puberty. Either way in summary worth reading for free but wouldn't buy.
I enjoyed the book mostly. I like the way the world works. And I think the secondary character Sarah pretty interesting. But the main character was suppose to be 16 but acted like he was 12. I get he suppose to be ignorant and untrained in society matters but there are just some things you don't need to be taught to nottice especially once u hit puberty. Either way in summary worth reading for free but wouldn't buy.
May 25, 2019
The end of the book turned a 4 star book down. Not to get into any spoilers, but I'd the last few scenes weren't there, it would've been a much better book. (Imho)
Looking to see how book 2 measures up as there's quite a bit that is interested and enjoyable in this novel.
Looking to see how book 2 measures up as there's quite a bit that is interested and enjoyable in this novel.
January 3, 2020
Why haven't I read this one before?
This was amazeballs, seriously loves this especially the concept of merging mana & chi is very well done. Jumping to next immediately!
This was amazeballs, seriously loves this especially the concept of merging mana & chi is very well done. Jumping to next immediately!
May 3, 2019
Felt like reading a poorly made low budget anime
This book had the same kind of feel as a poorly made low budget anime adaptation of a good light novel or manga. There was an interesting system at play, the characters had potential to be worth reading about, the world setting was interesting, and the story even had potential. It was just all presented so poorly none of those elements could live up to their potential.
The story telling had a broken feel to the continuity to it. It was as if the author wrote more as a stream of consciousness rather than a thought out storyline. Pretty much everything that happens was just dropped on the reader ad it started happening and at several points these were things that the characters had supposedly been working towards or known about for weeks or months. There were also several things it would mention or imply as a reason behind something and just kind of drop it later one (how state gain worked for example).
The story telling was also inconsistent with how it handled perspective. Most of it felt like it was supposed to be from a particular charcters perspective but would often have a paragraph thrown in showing perspective from some other character. Other times it would throw in a divider and make a clear perspective switch.
I think the author has some really good ideas and I could see him writing a good book, after he spends a handful of years studying literary structure and learning how to organize and present a story.
This book had the same kind of feel as a poorly made low budget anime adaptation of a good light novel or manga. There was an interesting system at play, the characters had potential to be worth reading about, the world setting was interesting, and the story even had potential. It was just all presented so poorly none of those elements could live up to their potential.
The story telling had a broken feel to the continuity to it. It was as if the author wrote more as a stream of consciousness rather than a thought out storyline. Pretty much everything that happens was just dropped on the reader ad it started happening and at several points these were things that the characters had supposedly been working towards or known about for weeks or months. There were also several things it would mention or imply as a reason behind something and just kind of drop it later one (how state gain worked for example).
The story telling was also inconsistent with how it handled perspective. Most of it felt like it was supposed to be from a particular charcters perspective but would often have a paragraph thrown in showing perspective from some other character. Other times it would throw in a divider and make a clear perspective switch.
I think the author has some really good ideas and I could see him writing a good book, after he spends a handful of years studying literary structure and learning how to organize and present a story.
April 1, 2019
2D world with 2D villians
This book is pretty average, it isn't horrible but it isn't great either.
I enjoyed the main character I'm not sure if he is just severely emotionally stunted or a sociopath but giving him the severe emotional disability he has will probably lead to interesting things later.
Now I didn't care much for the world or the villains. Both felt very two dimensional to me. The author rarely describes the world in any detail, I honestly still don't know what the world looks like really. The villains are all caroonishly evil. Not in the wanting to destroy the world for no reason sense but rather they are just all super self centered but have no foresight at all.
Overall as a first work this isn't terrible. The author has lots of room to improve but shows promise.
This book is pretty average, it isn't horrible but it isn't great either.
I enjoyed the main character I'm not sure if he is just severely emotionally stunted or a sociopath but giving him the severe emotional disability he has will probably lead to interesting things later.
Now I didn't care much for the world or the villains. Both felt very two dimensional to me. The author rarely describes the world in any detail, I honestly still don't know what the world looks like really. The villains are all caroonishly evil. Not in the wanting to destroy the world for no reason sense but rather they are just all super self centered but have no foresight at all.
Overall as a first work this isn't terrible. The author has lots of room to improve but shows promise.
June 5, 2019
Book one
Mistakes: I found only one mistake, out instead of our was used.
Plot: Orphan on the streets gets great power. Runs away with a Noble's daughter, because of course a pampered noble child would be friends with a street urchin. Girls father wants the boy killed and sends a bounty hunter after them.
Characters: The people are fine, but the conversation is just wrong between the two MC's and their teacher. The male MC is stupidly naive about girls and anything sexual. Nobody acts in a believable fashion to pain. Teens just shrug off broken bones and keep right on fighting.
5/10
Mistakes: I found only one mistake, out instead of our was used.
Plot: Orphan on the streets gets great power. Runs away with a Noble's daughter, because of course a pampered noble child would be friends with a street urchin. Girls father wants the boy killed and sends a bounty hunter after them.
Characters: The people are fine, but the conversation is just wrong between the two MC's and their teacher. The male MC is stupidly naive about girls and anything sexual. Nobody acts in a believable fashion to pain. Teens just shrug off broken bones and keep right on fighting.
5/10
March 4, 2019
Loved it
I loved this book the mc was dense as lead but so relatable. The story line flowed really well loved gold out of all the people they meet. Cant wait for the new book to come out.
I loved this book the mc was dense as lead but so relatable. The story line flowed really well loved gold out of all the people they meet. Cant wait for the new book to come out.
March 30, 2019
Well that was fantastic
Like seriously. There have been a slew of real actually fun stories to pop up this year and this is one of them! Hit it up, you’ll enjoy it.
Like seriously. There have been a slew of real actually fun stories to pop up this year and this is one of them! Hit it up, you’ll enjoy it.
January 30, 2020
3.5* a little simple but good
April 1, 2019
Supermage
Definitely a good read but the writer waffles a in places and skips through in other places. Definitely looking forward to reading the next book.
Definitely a good read but the writer waffles a in places and skips through in other places. Definitely looking forward to reading the next book.
August 15, 2019
The generic story line and elements in the book are somewhat interesting, but there are a couple of things that severely set this book back.
1. The writing is extremely amateurish. It feels like its been written by a 10-12 year old. The main characters also feel like they are 10 year olds, despite them actually being 16. I personally just can't imagine them to be 16 since the dialogue is so nubile that my mind feels incapable of believing that such words would come out of 16 year olds.
But then there are suddenly moments where the main characters cuss, severely maim, or kill other people when you suddenly remember that they're supposed to be YA. The end effect is it makes you think the MCs are sadistic children, rather than YAs (well they're not sadistic by nature, but anyone who kills unflinchingly somewhat deserves that tag).
2. The descriptions are woefully inadequate. I have no clear picture of what any of the cities that the MCs have visited looks like. I have no idea of what the place they're staying looks like. There are absolutely no details about such things.
It possibly points to somewhat of a lack of imagination, as it can be seen in certain other elements in the story as well. For example, there are magical substitutes of microphones and TV screens in the world, despite it being a medieval setting. They work exactly like regular mics and TVs, except without the required hardware. Now this might be okay if the author goes on to explain how those things work, but he does no such thing, which basically points to a lack of creative thinking by just plonking current world elements in the fantasy-medieval world and calling them magical.
If not for these two rather big negatives, I'd have probably enjoyed the books.
1. The writing is extremely amateurish. It feels like its been written by a 10-12 year old. The main characters also feel like they are 10 year olds, despite them actually being 16. I personally just can't imagine them to be 16 since the dialogue is so nubile that my mind feels incapable of believing that such words would come out of 16 year olds.
But then there are suddenly moments where the main characters cuss, severely maim, or kill other people when you suddenly remember that they're supposed to be YA. The end effect is it makes you think the MCs are sadistic children, rather than YAs (well they're not sadistic by nature, but anyone who kills unflinchingly somewhat deserves that tag).
2. The descriptions are woefully inadequate. I have no clear picture of what any of the cities that the MCs have visited looks like. I have no idea of what the place they're staying looks like. There are absolutely no details about such things.
It possibly points to somewhat of a lack of imagination, as it can be seen in certain other elements in the story as well. For example, there are magical substitutes of microphones and TV screens in the world, despite it being a medieval setting. They work exactly like regular mics and TVs, except without the required hardware. Now this might be okay if the author goes on to explain how those things work, but he does no such thing, which basically points to a lack of creative thinking by just plonking current world elements in the fantasy-medieval world and calling them magical.
If not for these two rather big negatives, I'd have probably enjoyed the books.
March 7, 2019
Not bad for a first book.
This was an okay book, with decent characterisation, an okay if conventional plot and okay progression.
An area the author could work on isthe personality of the protagonist. The mc is entirely oblivious less for the story or any real reason but rather because the author either can't write any kind of romance or simply doesn't want to. (in which case why is the girl obviously crushing on the mc?) Elsword the author has decided to adhere to one of the most annoying cliches in shounen anime and controlled for
L ong term
U nresolved
S exual
T ension.
This is generally a bad idea since anything obvious enough to be noticed by the reader that's missed by the protagonist makes them look stupid, and anything subtle enough to be missed by the MC will be missed by the reader. And finding a balance of the two will likely take more skill then the author has so far demonstrated.
This was an okay book, with decent characterisation, an okay if conventional plot and okay progression.
An area the author could work on isthe personality of the protagonist. The mc is entirely oblivious less for the story or any real reason but rather because the author either can't write any kind of romance or simply doesn't want to. (in which case why is the girl obviously crushing on the mc?) Elsword the author has decided to adhere to one of the most annoying cliches in shounen anime and controlled for
L ong term
U nresolved
S exual
T ension.
This is generally a bad idea since anything obvious enough to be noticed by the reader that's missed by the protagonist makes them look stupid, and anything subtle enough to be missed by the MC will be missed by the reader. And finding a balance of the two will likely take more skill then the author has so far demonstrated.
July 23, 2020
Awkward
Characters simply act. A lot of tell and no show. A terrible beginning.
Actions seem to have no basis in reality. He pulls a stone out and can suddenly fit through a wall? Likewise, the character actions seem forced.
Characters simply act. A lot of tell and no show. A terrible beginning.
Actions seem to have no basis in reality. He pulls a stone out and can suddenly fit through a wall? Likewise, the character actions seem forced.
August 29, 2020
Note: I have a backlog of reviews so what follows is short and to the point. Spoilers will not be called out. Typos likely since I won’t be proof reading.
I read books 1-6 of this series and they are all getting the same review. The first thing to note is that the series is not done. I have no idea how many books this will be since the author can end it at any time simply by having the MC win the right fight.
This is better than average litRPG but author tells you from the beginning that this is the story of the MC's "Rise to Omniscience". Also there is no ensemble, just the MC and supporting characters of varying degrees of importance. As a result there is never any question of the MC actually being in danger. Every time a god is about to kill the MC I was bored because either the god would somehow fail or the MC would come back to life. Worst the author fails to realize that he has made much of his story boring, including the fights, since there is only one possible outcome. This series would be better if it was half as long and, if it weren't for the interesting secondary characters, like the gods who are fighting each other, I probably wouldn't have finished these books. The secondary characters are less than 1/4 of the books, however so I have reservations about recommending these books. The truth is, while they aren't bad, there are better.
Bottom line: Maybe?
I read books 1-6 of this series and they are all getting the same review. The first thing to note is that the series is not done. I have no idea how many books this will be since the author can end it at any time simply by having the MC win the right fight.
This is better than average litRPG but author tells you from the beginning that this is the story of the MC's "Rise to Omniscience". Also there is no ensemble, just the MC and supporting characters of varying degrees of importance. As a result there is never any question of the MC actually being in danger. Every time a god is about to kill the MC I was bored because either the god would somehow fail or the MC would come back to life. Worst the author fails to realize that he has made much of his story boring, including the fights, since there is only one possible outcome. This series would be better if it was half as long and, if it weren't for the interesting secondary characters, like the gods who are fighting each other, I probably wouldn't have finished these books. The secondary characters are less than 1/4 of the books, however so I have reservations about recommending these books. The truth is, while they aren't bad, there are better.
Bottom line: Maybe?
March 19, 2019
I usually dont read books that look like super-hero style books, but i was desperate for a new book to read and could not find anything that really interested me so i just downloaded this one from Kindle Unlimited. Glad I did. I was pleasantly surprised at how good it was. It was not a real superhero book style, more along litrpg styles with a little superhero thrown in. Good, quick read.
May 22, 2019
A good try but I can't recommend this book. The main character's mental health is disquieting (spoilers ahead). 12 minutes into the book and the main character slaughters two people and doesn't reflect on it at all except for how he thought he should probably care. The guards are as disposable as tissues, their countless bodies simply rotting in the streets after every altercation, the villain murdering the scout who returns with bad news out of anger. Senseless violence is fine if there's a narrative purpose, however the author fails to describe anything at all in detail. No idea what the setting is, no idea what the towns look like or what era it is. Apparently, everyone has superpowers or magic yet occasionally characters are completely uninformed on how the mechanics of the universe work. I give the author props for effort cause I love litRPGs, but I need more color and depth to get into a story (and I have pretty low standards, as i have read scores of litRPG novels)
February 16, 2020
Really good series! would recommend to most who enjoy a Fantasy sword/magic story.
Kept me hooked through all 4 books.
Note.. Yea there are some issues with the main characters being..Stupid..To put it bluntly. But compared to the absolute trash that i have been reading lately this series does not even come close to those failures in my opinion.
The thing about the MC acting stupid though is part of the plot. IE he is missing memories and has been changed etc. So i was able to look passed the issues.
Kept me hooked through all 4 books.
Note.. Yea there are some issues with the main characters being..Stupid..To put it bluntly. But compared to the absolute trash that i have been reading lately this series does not even come close to those failures in my opinion.
The thing about the MC acting stupid though is part of the plot. IE he is missing memories and has been changed etc. So i was able to look passed the issues.
April 15, 2019
It started out like a dull cliche and it never got better. Can you copy pasta the entire plot any more with just renaming a few things? I don't think you can. Welcome to another copy pasta of a number of successful books in to 1 very dull imitation. Want to not waste your time? Don't bother with this book then. You'll find 10 others like it but way better written if you just look around.
April 21, 2019
An enjoyable fantasy.
The main protagonist's choir boy thoughts seem at odds with his street upbringing. Every fight seems to resolve itself in favor of the good guys. They also stumble into the only teacher with the ability to train Morgan's unique talents. I sure hope all this is explained in the next book, otherwise, it may start to detract from the story.
The main protagonist's choir boy thoughts seem at odds with his street upbringing. Every fight seems to resolve itself in favor of the good guys. They also stumble into the only teacher with the ability to train Morgan's unique talents. I sure hope all this is explained in the next book, otherwise, it may start to detract from the story.
June 14, 2019
I'm a bit conflicted about this book. On the one hand, it's very simplistic with very one-dimensional bad guys. On the other hand, the writing style is not bad, the humour is enjoyable and the simple world is appealing. Not a great LitRPG, far from it...but interesting enough to make me want to read the next one, if only because I'm intrigued by the idea of attaining Godhood.
September 27, 2019
Well it would have been over 4 stars if it hadn't been for the terrible ending. There is no way they would have left that guy alive. I hate it when authors make completely ridiculous story lines just to get the story going in the direction they want! So stupid! It's even worse when I can think of hundreds of ways the story could have got to the same place that make a thousand times more sense.
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June 30, 2021
This series is absolute trash, it tries to be a lot of things at once and fails at each of them, the mc is a moron throughout this series books 1-9, and romance shit b/w them is written so cringe, it would be a waste of words to describe it. If I could give something a negative rating I would, but since I can only give one stars...here take this 1/10 and choke on it.
April 15, 2021
This book had no good base.
The characters, the kingdoms, the academy, at no point is any of it explained properly. Because of that, all the actions and events are cheap and lack substance. The overall story is okay, it is just flimsy.
The characters, the kingdoms, the academy, at no point is any of it explained properly. Because of that, all the actions and events are cheap and lack substance. The overall story is okay, it is just flimsy.
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