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The Infinite World #1
The Land of the Undying Lord
Librarian's Note: this is an alternate cover edition for ASIN B085DJJZPK.
The Infinite World, ever-changing and ever growing. New nations and races rose and fell almost daily. New Classes were discovered, as old ways were lost. Monsters and beasts roamed the earth and were slain by soldiers and adventurers who were in turn killed by stronger threats. Heroes and villains created new epics and were forgotten when their successors appeared. This was the way of the Infinite World.
Summoned into this chaotic place, a young boy with no name and no past must learn to survive. Bound to a master who doesn't care whether he lives or dies, he must become stronger. The question is how? Do the people around him value him for who he is or merely for what he represents? The world holds endless possibilities, only time will tell what the future holds for the boy.
P.S. It should also be known that my 70 year old, retired elementary school librarian mother, thought there was an excessive amount of strong language in this book. Reader beware! However I was not ashamed to let my mother read this book.
The Infinite World, ever-changing and ever growing. New nations and races rose and fell almost daily. New Classes were discovered, as old ways were lost. Monsters and beasts roamed the earth and were slain by soldiers and adventurers who were in turn killed by stronger threats. Heroes and villains created new epics and were forgotten when their successors appeared. This was the way of the Infinite World.
Summoned into this chaotic place, a young boy with no name and no past must learn to survive. Bound to a master who doesn't care whether he lives or dies, he must become stronger. The question is how? Do the people around him value him for who he is or merely for what he represents? The world holds endless possibilities, only time will tell what the future holds for the boy.
P.S. It should also be known that my 70 year old, retired elementary school librarian mother, thought there was an excessive amount of strong language in this book. Reader beware! However I was not ashamed to let my mother read this book.
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First published March 2, 2020
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March 28, 2020
You should read this book.
I do not know this author at all... I preface this with that because I loved this novel and dont want you to think this was a biased review.
Quick review
I could not stop reading this book. I found myself pacing and reading nonstop. This is a pretty large book for this genre and with that comes a good bit of world and character building. There are so many endearing moments in this novel. The author excels at small moments that make you smile. I actually used the highlight and bookmark function of my kindle to revisit these scenes. You may see some mention of editing issues. This has been almost completely fixed in the version I read. I highly suggest you read this book.
More of a review
Characters- I really enjoy the cast a great deal. The MC for reasons noted in the story has no understanding of the world around him but he's not an idiot. He's a strong character who makes mistakes and can admit and learn from them. He explores the world with the wonder of a childs heart which leads to some wonderful small moments. There is a cast of side characters who are interesting and have parts of their back stories brought out. I can't wait to see what happens and to learn more about them. I also like the interaction with non human characters such as horses and spirits.
Now I admit 2 of the female characters might be polarizing. The noble and the MC's trusty warrior companion. The noble comes off as the tropey clueless cruel snob, but this is recognized by the story and its characters and by the end we see that she may actually grow into something more. The warrior las... well she's an odd ball and I admit she might irritate you because she is a bit of an idiot... but again there's growth there and I can tell the author has plans for her.
Humor- The author has a wonderful grasp of humor. Especially, with the banter between characters. I do not know if he served in the military but the banter between soldiers is flawless.
Story- I thought this was a very unique story. I think that it is worth your investment. I can sort of see where this is going but the author has left himself a great deal of room to create a vastly epic story. There is the distant looming threat but its a bit different from what you are used to. You should know that this is a litrpg so there are skills and numbers but its well done. It could possibly use a bit more of that? Then again some books drone on forever and thats just awful. The skills are very interesting and I especially look forward to seeing where the author goes next with it. The character starts off very weak and makes an excellent amount of progress throughout the story.
The loot- The items the character gets in the story allow him to upgrade several times in ways that make sense. The convenience of it at times also makes sense. I like that he didn't get the axe of kills all (example) and then never anything else. Many stories see a protagonist get one item or another and then that's it for 3 books. Well that sucks. I want to see them grow. Or in the case of this novel some of the items grow. He learns interesting spells as well that grow and he explores with a wonder that holds no malice. You would have to read this to understand what i mean.
Closing-
I don't usually write reviews like this but I felt the guy deserved one. I hope someone out there see's the review and decides to read it. Because the only way he will keep this up is if people enjoy it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
I do not know this author at all... I preface this with that because I loved this novel and dont want you to think this was a biased review.
Quick review
I could not stop reading this book. I found myself pacing and reading nonstop. This is a pretty large book for this genre and with that comes a good bit of world and character building. There are so many endearing moments in this novel. The author excels at small moments that make you smile. I actually used the highlight and bookmark function of my kindle to revisit these scenes. You may see some mention of editing issues. This has been almost completely fixed in the version I read. I highly suggest you read this book.
More of a review
Characters- I really enjoy the cast a great deal. The MC for reasons noted in the story has no understanding of the world around him but he's not an idiot. He's a strong character who makes mistakes and can admit and learn from them. He explores the world with the wonder of a childs heart which leads to some wonderful small moments. There is a cast of side characters who are interesting and have parts of their back stories brought out. I can't wait to see what happens and to learn more about them. I also like the interaction with non human characters such as horses and spirits.
Now I admit 2 of the female characters might be polarizing. The noble and the MC's trusty warrior companion. The noble comes off as the tropey clueless cruel snob, but this is recognized by the story and its characters and by the end we see that she may actually grow into something more. The warrior las... well she's an odd ball and I admit she might irritate you because she is a bit of an idiot... but again there's growth there and I can tell the author has plans for her.
Humor- The author has a wonderful grasp of humor. Especially, with the banter between characters. I do not know if he served in the military but the banter between soldiers is flawless.
Story- I thought this was a very unique story. I think that it is worth your investment. I can sort of see where this is going but the author has left himself a great deal of room to create a vastly epic story. There is the distant looming threat but its a bit different from what you are used to. You should know that this is a litrpg so there are skills and numbers but its well done. It could possibly use a bit more of that? Then again some books drone on forever and thats just awful. The skills are very interesting and I especially look forward to seeing where the author goes next with it. The character starts off very weak and makes an excellent amount of progress throughout the story.
The loot- The items the character gets in the story allow him to upgrade several times in ways that make sense. The convenience of it at times also makes sense. I like that he didn't get the axe of kills all (example) and then never anything else. Many stories see a protagonist get one item or another and then that's it for 3 books. Well that sucks. I want to see them grow. Or in the case of this novel some of the items grow. He learns interesting spells as well that grow and he explores with a wonder that holds no malice. You would have to read this to understand what i mean.
Closing-
I don't usually write reviews like this but I felt the guy deserved one. I hope someone out there see's the review and decides to read it. Because the only way he will keep this up is if people enjoy it. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
April 19, 2020
This is a decent read hiding in a subpar book or a subpar read hiding in an unacceptable book. I haven't decided which. When the book sticks to the right subject, the rpg-based rise of its main character, it works. It's fun and gritty. When the book drifts to about a dozen POVs of secondary characters whose names I can't keep straight, and whose stories are incredibly boring, it doesn't.
There's the most idiotic of all RPG characters who is stuck with the main character, whose voice I just had to tune out, and some deus ex machina-style storyline tweaks that felt particularly forced and non-organic.
Worst of all, the entire story is predicated on the notion that a living, thinking, human is placed into absolute slavery, with its master able to punish it horrendously with a mis-spoken word, and that this is not only somehow okay, but that many of the characters should earn the slave's loyalty so it can continue in this system voluntarily. Even when misapprehensions are resolved, the character is supposed to want to live in lifelong bondage and servitude.
Strip away the icky slavery story, strip away the secondary characters, strip away the know-it-all "I'm too cool for school and know how your character build should absolutely be developed" and you have a two part story where the main character is first taught how to work within a military system and then has two adventures in non-cavernous dungeons.
That part's pretty good and I liked it.
There's the most idiotic of all RPG characters who is stuck with the main character, whose voice I just had to tune out, and some deus ex machina-style storyline tweaks that felt particularly forced and non-organic.
Worst of all, the entire story is predicated on the notion that a living, thinking, human is placed into absolute slavery, with its master able to punish it horrendously with a mis-spoken word, and that this is not only somehow okay, but that many of the characters should earn the slave's loyalty so it can continue in this system voluntarily. Even when misapprehensions are resolved, the character is supposed to want to live in lifelong bondage and servitude.
Strip away the icky slavery story, strip away the secondary characters, strip away the know-it-all "I'm too cool for school and know how your character build should absolutely be developed" and you have a two part story where the main character is first taught how to work within a military system and then has two adventures in non-cavernous dungeons.
That part's pretty good and I liked it.
April 20, 2020
This is a superb first novel from a completely unknown author (to me at least). I've read worse professionally edited books from Waterstones, not only in grammer but also in content and story.
The story contains light LitRPG elements, although no character in the story is aware of the game and therefore the book would stand up as a straight fantasy novel.
The main character is a familiar/summoning who is initially deemed useless by the summoner but is actually able to learn from all classes of skills and at far faster pace than normal. The plot deepens as we pass through events (think dungeon instance) with real pace and character development.
I'm thoroughly impressed and definitely following the author for book 2.
The story contains light LitRPG elements, although no character in the story is aware of the game and therefore the book would stand up as a straight fantasy novel.
The main character is a familiar/summoning who is initially deemed useless by the summoner but is actually able to learn from all classes of skills and at far faster pace than normal. The plot deepens as we pass through events (think dungeon instance) with real pace and character development.
I'm thoroughly impressed and definitely following the author for book 2.
November 18, 2020
Wasted potential
The premise is interesting enough but there is a clear need for an editor. Also for me a large amount of key characters are just bad, having angry outburst and being genuinely terrible to others but it's clear the author thinks that it's endearing.
The premise is interesting enough but there is a clear need for an editor. Also for me a large amount of key characters are just bad, having angry outburst and being genuinely terrible to others but it's clear the author thinks that it's endearing.
January 20, 2021
5 Stars except for Tersa
The story and writing are good. But the author has a thing for incredibly stupid, hateful, spiteful women. I figured the nobel summoner was just a plot mechanic. But then he added Tersa. Wtf. She is 100% unlikable. She is beyond stupid. She attacks him, hurts him, selfish, rude. They would never put up with it. The whole spell and mace scene made me come write this review. I literally can not read anymore. I will skip ahead, if she is still a companion in book 2 I will drop the series.
Honestly? Stop writing characters that are so unlikable, then have everyone ignore their behavior. If you brothers 20 year old son was borderline autistic and mean. Would you go on a dangerous rockclimb with him? What if he liked to try out his new taser by repeatedly shocking you in the legs when you were not paying attention to him?
Stop it.
The story and writing are good. But the author has a thing for incredibly stupid, hateful, spiteful women. I figured the nobel summoner was just a plot mechanic. But then he added Tersa. Wtf. She is 100% unlikable. She is beyond stupid. She attacks him, hurts him, selfish, rude. They would never put up with it. The whole spell and mace scene made me come write this review. I literally can not read anymore. I will skip ahead, if she is still a companion in book 2 I will drop the series.
Honestly? Stop writing characters that are so unlikable, then have everyone ignore their behavior. If you brothers 20 year old son was borderline autistic and mean. Would you go on a dangerous rockclimb with him? What if he liked to try out his new taser by repeatedly shocking you in the legs when you were not paying attention to him?
Stop it.
February 17, 2022
A interesting start, but it goes down hill fast snd hen it goes underground it crashes and burns so sooo badly. I’ve seen this in a few stories and I don’t get it, this is like 2 different authors or books just randomly smashed together. The first half is good enough and makes sense and is a slow build, then the second half utterly abandons everything done in the first half of the book.
We get stats tables, talk of careful selection, and and idiotic incompetent duke’s daughter who is too stupid to be alive. The boy gets rescued snd his potential explored….we spend like 200 pages on the first week of his life. Then at the half way mark as we get into the main dungeon, it all goes to complete shit and makes no sense.
The pacing becomes absurd and I realised somewhere around the 65% or 70% mark…we are not going to see another status sheet for the entire book. We saw a small handful of skills, highly prized and fully described in the first half…then suddenly the boy time skips a week, goes up a bunch of levels, gets new skills, and levels up various skills he already had….just you know….from one sentence to the next in the middle of some random chapter? What the fuck?!
We are carefully plodding along following the MCs life hour by hour and day by day….then we spend like a solid 15 or 20% of the book in rapid rapid POV switching, often with no warning, you just suddenly switch perspectives and are constantly thrown off as a reader, often 5 or 6 plus POV in a single chapter, with many short extras from monster POV and other disposable single use POVs.….like dude….write a side novel of extra stories if you have these ideas and we can read them if we want. Instead we get like….10 chapters from what should have been another book just randomly thrown in the middle for a while, then we go back to ignoring them and follow the MC who was MIA for 100 pages.
A promising and interesting first half at a slow and medium to low detailed pace of stats, world building, etc. then it is all chucked out the window and we are thrown into a non LitRPG dumpster fire with the odd bold sentence here and there as the quarter way explained world building is subverted and new systems introduced in a really hamfisted and clumsy way where you can only guess vaguely at what the author was trying to achieve if you are familiar with the tropes and typical story pattern sod the sub genre.
i.e. the world is a lie and their kingdom or duchy or whatever has been kept weak and lacks knowledge where level 50 is a high water mark and advanced classes are the top thing you can do paired with discrete single skills…..but actually!!! Big world and new systems and multi skill free form martial arts exist instead of crappy basic bitch single skills and level 120 named monsters were low level grunt captains in old wars who were taken out in a single swing by violet eyes warrior hero’s of old.
I think….something like that was the vague direction of the plot. To unfold a cloistered world.p as our hero, when we happen to actually even be following him, goes on a journey to break free from slavery summons contracts, and becomes super powerful even more than kings with his 14 splits which will easily let him hit level 240 with only 20 levels in each, etc. as he learns the desk truth of the world and the various gods and trials which play games across thousands of years. Also he’ll find lots of folks are immortal past a certain level in term of not ageing…and he’ll travel and and meet lots of master who train him for free. Score overthrowing a major dark plot, expose evil forces of the world etc.
Maybe something like that? Bu for just goes into a muddled fuzzy dumpster fire of ultra fast paced no stats quick power up nonsense that fails to dramatically overturn all the lies…..lies and basic world building which we don’t know or care about as we see things from a blank isekai perspective. One thing I don’t know about isn’t as true as we (didn’t) think! This other thing is true?! Oh my! What he fuck is even happening? How are here 3 more books of this? I’m not going to find out.
DNF at 81%, but it was all down hill and annoying bickering characters from 50%. Seriously…why do some many authors seem to love and wrote about annoying shouting idiot characters yers who interrupt the plot snd are extremely unlikeable….it isn’t comedy or enjoyable to read….reading books is literally a pastime of people who don’t like stupid annoying spassholes who scream all the time about nothing….that’s why we’re reading! To avoid that sort of person.
We get stats tables, talk of careful selection, and and idiotic incompetent duke’s daughter who is too stupid to be alive. The boy gets rescued snd his potential explored….we spend like 200 pages on the first week of his life. Then at the half way mark as we get into the main dungeon, it all goes to complete shit and makes no sense.
The pacing becomes absurd and I realised somewhere around the 65% or 70% mark…we are not going to see another status sheet for the entire book. We saw a small handful of skills, highly prized and fully described in the first half…then suddenly the boy time skips a week, goes up a bunch of levels, gets new skills, and levels up various skills he already had….just you know….from one sentence to the next in the middle of some random chapter? What the fuck?!
We are carefully plodding along following the MCs life hour by hour and day by day….then we spend like a solid 15 or 20% of the book in rapid rapid POV switching, often with no warning, you just suddenly switch perspectives and are constantly thrown off as a reader, often 5 or 6 plus POV in a single chapter, with many short extras from monster POV and other disposable single use POVs.….like dude….write a side novel of extra stories if you have these ideas and we can read them if we want. Instead we get like….10 chapters from what should have been another book just randomly thrown in the middle for a while, then we go back to ignoring them and follow the MC who was MIA for 100 pages.
A promising and interesting first half at a slow and medium to low detailed pace of stats, world building, etc. then it is all chucked out the window and we are thrown into a non LitRPG dumpster fire with the odd bold sentence here and there as the quarter way explained world building is subverted and new systems introduced in a really hamfisted and clumsy way where you can only guess vaguely at what the author was trying to achieve if you are familiar with the tropes and typical story pattern sod the sub genre.
i.e. the world is a lie and their kingdom or duchy or whatever has been kept weak and lacks knowledge where level 50 is a high water mark and advanced classes are the top thing you can do paired with discrete single skills…..but actually!!! Big world and new systems and multi skill free form martial arts exist instead of crappy basic bitch single skills and level 120 named monsters were low level grunt captains in old wars who were taken out in a single swing by violet eyes warrior hero’s of old.
I think….something like that was the vague direction of the plot. To unfold a cloistered world.p as our hero, when we happen to actually even be following him, goes on a journey to break free from slavery summons contracts, and becomes super powerful even more than kings with his 14 splits which will easily let him hit level 240 with only 20 levels in each, etc. as he learns the desk truth of the world and the various gods and trials which play games across thousands of years. Also he’ll find lots of folks are immortal past a certain level in term of not ageing…and he’ll travel and and meet lots of master who train him for free. Score overthrowing a major dark plot, expose evil forces of the world etc.
Maybe something like that? Bu for just goes into a muddled fuzzy dumpster fire of ultra fast paced no stats quick power up nonsense that fails to dramatically overturn all the lies…..lies and basic world building which we don’t know or care about as we see things from a blank isekai perspective. One thing I don’t know about isn’t as true as we (didn’t) think! This other thing is true?! Oh my! What he fuck is even happening? How are here 3 more books of this? I’m not going to find out.
DNF at 81%, but it was all down hill and annoying bickering characters from 50%. Seriously…why do some many authors seem to love and wrote about annoying shouting idiot characters yers who interrupt the plot snd are extremely unlikeable….it isn’t comedy or enjoyable to read….reading books is literally a pastime of people who don’t like stupid annoying spassholes who scream all the time about nothing….that’s why we’re reading! To avoid that sort of person.
May 23, 2020
Warning: review might contain vague spoilers.
This started off as an excellent book. Finally I was reading a LitRPG that felt like a story. The main character is introduced in a pretty unique way compared to how most other books in this genre do it. Usually there is some half arsed backstory scrambled together in a single chapter about how the main character is going to die of terminal illness, or how he's going to die because he has bunch of bad guys after him, or how he's magically picked off from our world into the fantasy world by some goddess like entity (yes, its usually a goddess not a god), etc. etc.
In this book the author simply did not bother with it. What he rather introduced was a blank canvas. A character with no memory of himself or his past or of anything. Someone for whom the whole world and all its facets are new things to learn.
And in that sense, the author pulled it off quite well. The main character really feels like a child -an intelligent child, but a child nonetheless- thrown into the world. His curiosity and personality are fitting to how someone with absolutely no memories of anything (even himself) would be. Overall it feels quite genuine, and I had no trouble sinking myself into the book.
The first half of this book is excellent like I mentioned earlier. Through the main character, who has absolutely no knowledge of anything, we learn much about the world. The other characters that are introduced are mostly interesting. The one negative point here is the person who inevitably summons the main character and forms a bond with him. That was quite badly done, and it was the first warning sign that the book gave off. I never like authors doing one thing, and then spending hundreds of pages to try and undo it. It feels like a waste to read.
The second half of the book is also not bad, but that was when the other major warning sign started flashing off. And that is the character of . Turned idiotic to the point of disbelief, the author has written her so badly, that even a mountain troll will seem to have an incredibly poignant personality in comparison. And the worse part is that not only is she joined by the hip to the main character, she also dominates every scene that she's in. All the events focus on this singular, zero dimensional, abysmally idiotic, loudly cursing, swearing character whenever she is present.
It turns a what could have been 5* book into a 3-4* that has the reader filled with disappointing trepidation about what might come next. I've seen quite a few authors make this mistake. The keep one important character who behaves entirely illogically and is usually a complete fool as a sort of wildcard with which they can twist the story in any direction they want. As it so happens that in this case, the entire 2nd book of the series is due to this character.
Illogical characters are a by-product of an illogical author. And that is seen when at the end of the book,
Overall, I still gave this book an extremely generous 4*s because individually, its a really promising book with decent writing, interesting story, and mostly good characters.
This started off as an excellent book. Finally I was reading a LitRPG that felt like a story. The main character is introduced in a pretty unique way compared to how most other books in this genre do it. Usually there is some half arsed backstory scrambled together in a single chapter about how the main character is going to die of terminal illness, or how he's going to die because he has bunch of bad guys after him, or how he's magically picked off from our world into the fantasy world by some goddess like entity (yes, its usually a goddess not a god), etc. etc.
In this book the author simply did not bother with it. What he rather introduced was a blank canvas. A character with no memory of himself or his past or of anything. Someone for whom the whole world and all its facets are new things to learn.
And in that sense, the author pulled it off quite well. The main character really feels like a child -an intelligent child, but a child nonetheless- thrown into the world. His curiosity and personality are fitting to how someone with absolutely no memories of anything (even himself) would be. Overall it feels quite genuine, and I had no trouble sinking myself into the book.
The first half of this book is excellent like I mentioned earlier. Through the main character, who has absolutely no knowledge of anything, we learn much about the world. The other characters that are introduced are mostly interesting. The one negative point here is the person who inevitably summons the main character and forms a bond with him. That was quite badly done, and it was the first warning sign that the book gave off. I never like authors doing one thing, and then spending hundreds of pages to try and undo it. It feels like a waste to read.
The second half of the book is also not bad, but that was when the other major warning sign started flashing off. And that is the character of . Turned idiotic to the point of disbelief, the author has written her so badly, that even a mountain troll will seem to have an incredibly poignant personality in comparison. And the worse part is that not only is she joined by the hip to the main character, she also dominates every scene that she's in. All the events focus on this singular, zero dimensional, abysmally idiotic, loudly cursing, swearing character whenever she is present.
It turns a what could have been 5* book into a 3-4* that has the reader filled with disappointing trepidation about what might come next. I've seen quite a few authors make this mistake. The keep one important character who behaves entirely illogically and is usually a complete fool as a sort of wildcard with which they can twist the story in any direction they want. As it so happens that in this case, the entire 2nd book of the series is due to this character.
Illogical characters are a by-product of an illogical author. And that is seen when at the end of the book,
Overall, I still gave this book an extremely generous 4*s because individually, its a really promising book with decent writing, interesting story, and mostly good characters.
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November 21, 2020I seriously don't understand why people mix up being gullible with being generous. The main character was sometimes really annoying and stupid, no excuses acceptable! And why everyone just listen to that crazy girl Tersa who didn't care about anybody's life? They should have just let her die peacefully.
February 23, 2024
3.5 took me a long time to get into this, but once I did, I enjoyed it. Will look at continuing on with the series
November 5, 2020
This was a refreshing and interesting take on the “summoned to another world” trope.
Unlike normal summons, Trent is just a being that materializes from a Trial and because of that is brand new to life itself. With that, we learn as he does and experience the great world that Wright created.
I loved basically every chapter that Trent was that main POV of, he’s charming and hard working and you just want to root for him. The only down side to these chapters if that Tersa is in those and I can find anything redeeming about her at all. The other POV characters are fine as well but don’t live up to what Trent has to offer.
Really enjoyed this, picking up second book immediately.
Unlike normal summons, Trent is just a being that materializes from a Trial and because of that is brand new to life itself. With that, we learn as he does and experience the great world that Wright created.
I loved basically every chapter that Trent was that main POV of, he’s charming and hard working and you just want to root for him. The only down side to these chapters if that Tersa is in those and I can find anything redeeming about her at all. The other POV characters are fine as well but don’t live up to what Trent has to offer.
Really enjoyed this, picking up second book immediately.
May 10, 2021
So many pages for so much nothing.
I was a fifth of the way through when I realized I wanted to gouge my eyes out. I just wanted something, anything, to happen. And then I just wanted it to end. Flipping through the pages wasn't fast enough.
I was a fifth of the way through when I realized I wanted to gouge my eyes out. I just wanted something, anything, to happen. And then I just wanted it to end. Flipping through the pages wasn't fast enough.
April 11, 2020
Surprisingly good
This book captures exactly what litRPG/gameLit should be. The book does not overly lean on game elements to drive to the story but rather uses them to enhance and better clarify the world and character progression. The story as whole was completely enrapturing and I am really excited for the next book to come out.
There are some things that may bother some readers though. The pacing tends to vary throughout the book and the author seems to lose focus on the core story at times. In the beginning of the book it’s less noticeable because readers are still getting a feel for story by during the second half of the book it makes the story feel rushed. The issue is especially noticeable during the perspective changes, while The perspective changes themselves are important they included unnecessary content that didn’t add any value other than making the book longer. Ultimately, the rushed feeling during the later half of the book makes the end slightly in satisfying. I wouldn’t say it ended on a cliff hangar but the ending feels abrupt by not even showing a hint of resolution to the main driving relationship of the story.
This book captures exactly what litRPG/gameLit should be. The book does not overly lean on game elements to drive to the story but rather uses them to enhance and better clarify the world and character progression. The story as whole was completely enrapturing and I am really excited for the next book to come out.
There are some things that may bother some readers though. The pacing tends to vary throughout the book and the author seems to lose focus on the core story at times. In the beginning of the book it’s less noticeable because readers are still getting a feel for story by during the second half of the book it makes the story feel rushed. The issue is especially noticeable during the perspective changes, while The perspective changes themselves are important they included unnecessary content that didn’t add any value other than making the book longer. Ultimately, the rushed feeling during the later half of the book makes the end slightly in satisfying. I wouldn’t say it ended on a cliff hangar but the ending feels abrupt by not even showing a hint of resolution to the main driving relationship of the story.
February 8, 2022
Usually I'm not keen on stories with an adolescent, let alone a pre-pubescent MC, but I found this hard to put down. The author has managed to make a genuinely sympathetic character with Trent and I was pulling for him the whole way.
His slap-happy fireteam partner was harder to take, and in some other cases she would have lowered my rating, but she's there for Trent to be the "straight man" to, so a necessary evil I guess.
His slap-happy fireteam partner was harder to take, and in some other cases she would have lowered my rating, but she's there for Trent to be the "straight man" to, so a necessary evil I guess.
December 15, 2020
Great start
All 3 of these books were amazing reads... For one the main character does not get over powered, which is a problem in lit...IMO. But the book has a great character development and has a ton of imagination in it. I would suggest anyone to give these books a read. You won't be disappointed.
All 3 of these books were amazing reads... For one the main character does not get over powered, which is a problem in lit...IMO. But the book has a great character development and has a ton of imagination in it. I would suggest anyone to give these books a read. You won't be disappointed.
May 24, 2021
Amazing
The book is amazing. The story, the characters, all of it. I couldn't stop reading and didn't have a single bored "move on already" moment. Also, blurb is spot on, unlike some other books.
I did find a few places where wrong word was used, but it didn't bring me out of the story.
The book is amazing. The story, the characters, all of it. I couldn't stop reading and didn't have a single bored "move on already" moment. Also, blurb is spot on, unlike some other books.
I did find a few places where wrong word was used, but it didn't bring me out of the story.
December 12, 2020
It started slow but once i read the first chapters i couldn’t put away i‘ m already on the 3rd installment and I don’t want it to end!! One of the best books of the genre and I read quite a few.
April 25, 2025
One of the best LitRPG books I've encountered. Good writing and well paced.
October 12, 2022
Listened to the audiobook, for clarification, since a lot of people are complaining about the grammar.
I was cautiously interested in the beginning, and I will admit that as it was my first litrpg it took me a while to get used to the stats and everything.
Once I was used to it though, I listened whenever I had a minute left. The story is great, it's intricate and while I agree that some people are bothersome in it, that's just a question of taste, not quality.
Tersa was by far the most annoying because she had the least amount of growth, but I think in her case it made sense. Trent is a great character still, I'm at the end of boon 3 while writing this, and in the first book he really is such an enjoyable mix of perfect and flawed.
Would recommend to anyone who likes litrpg and adventure, anyone interested in a different kind of hero.
Would not recommend to anyone not likonh the litrpg genre as this is heavy with stats. It does get less in the coming books, but the first one lays out all the ground work. A lot of scenes are comprised to explain the world as well as move the story along.
I was cautiously interested in the beginning, and I will admit that as it was my first litrpg it took me a while to get used to the stats and everything.
Once I was used to it though, I listened whenever I had a minute left. The story is great, it's intricate and while I agree that some people are bothersome in it, that's just a question of taste, not quality.
Tersa was by far the most annoying because she had the least amount of growth, but I think in her case it made sense. Trent is a great character still, I'm at the end of boon 3 while writing this, and in the first book he really is such an enjoyable mix of perfect and flawed.
Would recommend to anyone who likes litrpg and adventure, anyone interested in a different kind of hero.
Would not recommend to anyone not likonh the litrpg genre as this is heavy with stats. It does get less in the coming books, but the first one lays out all the ground work. A lot of scenes are comprised to explain the world as well as move the story along.
February 7, 2024
4.5 stars
Honestly, I'm so conflicted whether to rate this 4 (because goodreads doesn't allow half stars) or 5 stars. I'm very particular with books I rate 5 stars and it's always a mixture of craft and enjoyment and attachment and genius, but I ended up enjoying this so so so so much. So unexpectedly!! I picked this up eons ago from the audible plus catalogue and then promptly forgot about it until I got an alert that it would be removed from the catalogue and therefore my library by the end of the month. It had been so long that I couldn't even remember downloading it in the first place nor what even drew me in about the summary, but I wasn't about to miss out on a free read. The summary is a standard summary and I didn't notice the "litrpg" banner on the cover image so I went into the story frankly expecting to be disappointed by a mediocre gritty dark fantasy (unfortunately I've had a bad track with them lately) and was so utterly surprised when the genre turned out to be not at all what I expected. I don't know anything really about rpgs and d&d but this was a fun new adventure that I soaked up every single minute of. I loved the writing and the plot and the characters and development and magic and mystery and world-building and Tim Campbell was absolutely excellent as the narrator. It all caught me completely by surprise and while I don't know if I'll rate it 5 stars, it's definitely making it to my favourite reads of 2024. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
Honestly, I'm so conflicted whether to rate this 4 (because goodreads doesn't allow half stars) or 5 stars. I'm very particular with books I rate 5 stars and it's always a mixture of craft and enjoyment and attachment and genius, but I ended up enjoying this so so so so much. So unexpectedly!! I picked this up eons ago from the audible plus catalogue and then promptly forgot about it until I got an alert that it would be removed from the catalogue and therefore my library by the end of the month. It had been so long that I couldn't even remember downloading it in the first place nor what even drew me in about the summary, but I wasn't about to miss out on a free read. The summary is a standard summary and I didn't notice the "litrpg" banner on the cover image so I went into the story frankly expecting to be disappointed by a mediocre gritty dark fantasy (unfortunately I've had a bad track with them lately) and was so utterly surprised when the genre turned out to be not at all what I expected. I don't know anything really about rpgs and d&d but this was a fun new adventure that I soaked up every single minute of. I loved the writing and the plot and the characters and development and magic and mystery and world-building and Tim Campbell was absolutely excellent as the narrator. It all caught me completely by surprise and while I don't know if I'll rate it 5 stars, it's definitely making it to my favourite reads of 2024. I cannot wait to read the rest of the series.
April 27, 2021
Very Interesting and a bit different.
While I got really hooked on this story, one thing stands out to me the most and the reason I didn't give it 5 stars. Tersa. This character actually made me angry and almost got me to stop reading this all together. After finishing this book, it was worth it. I will Definitely continue reading and looking for a character to develop or read the end of a character said above.
While I got really hooked on this story, one thing stands out to me the most and the reason I didn't give it 5 stars. Tersa. This character actually made me angry and almost got me to stop reading this all together. After finishing this book, it was worth it. I will Definitely continue reading and looking for a character to develop or read the end of a character said above.
November 18, 2021
Thoroughly enjoyed this book, and there are several characters I absolutely love.
But I am hopping on the Tersa hate train, much like everyone else. I really liked her at first… and then the second half of the book happened…. AND OH BOY.
But I am hopping on the Tersa hate train, much like everyone else. I really liked her at first… and then the second half of the book happened…. AND OH BOY.
August 22, 2023
DNF at 50%
I can't. This is like the narration of a lifeless videogame.
I can't. This is like the narration of a lifeless videogame.
July 8, 2023
I like the story. Reminds me a bit of ready player one.
October 9, 2021
OMG..... What an INCREDIBLE BOOK. It defies all expectations of LitRPG. I haven't read many LitRPG books, but for the few I've read, none have such a unique story with focus on Characters, plot and worldbuilding. Usually it's all pretty bland. "Ready Player One" is the best, but it's different and I don't think the two can be compared. I don't usually write detailed review, but this will be my first exception.
Setting/Worldbuilding - Why review this first? The setting is what allows the unique storyline. This isn't VR. The premise is that it's an actual world. All those levelling up, skills, classes and such, it's part of this real world. It's not made-belief. So when characters analyse the approaches to a fight and discuss the history of the world, it all feels real.
And that might be why this is the first LitRPG book where I can actually immerse myself in the wonders of exploring and discovering the world and its dungeons (I much prefer the author's version of it "Trial" - whose meaning is significant in the context of the story). One of the really best parts of RPGs is exploration of worldbuilding. Coupled with the particular condition of the protagonist, I feel like I'm totally new to this world and I'm very curious what it has to offer.
Plot - So since it's not VR kind of story, characters can die. The threat is real, and so is the need to level up. In steps the main character who isn't even human to begin with. I thought there must be a trick, but as the story progresses, we can tell he's human and yet not? (I'm still not too sure after finishing the book). His mysterious original and purpose serve to drive the plot further, yet, the title of the book "The Land of the Undying Lord" has a crucial part to play that'd lead to part revelation of the mystery. I was surprised when I came to that part of the novel. Pleasantly surprised.
Mainly, we see through the character's eyes as he learns to navigate a world that he kind of knows but doesn't. The obstacles he faces tells us more about this world, its current situation and its hidden past that is intricately tied to his own existence.
Characterisation - Now this is one of the main pillars that make this book stand out. The author invested time in secondary characters! All in all, if you look at the plot, there's only one main character. But since multiple POVs are used and everyone makes the book whole, all tying in to the main character, I'd say the secondary characters are equally important. The history and thoughts of the secondary characters add layers to worldbuilding, revealing more of this world in a manner that is immersive.
And I love seeing them progress not only in skills and strength, but in character - overcoming their flaws, learning about each other.
The voice of each character is distinct, and that's an extremely important skill to good writing. Very often you get novels that only focus on the main characters. It's disappointing, because secondary characters add so much to the world and to the emotional experience of reading.
Now there's this issue with POV. Is it an issue? Some reviewers think so, but for me, it's not an issue at all. Usually with multiple POVs, the author would write a big chunk focusing on Person A, and then a big chunk on Person B and so on, before switching back. However, here we've alternating POVs within the space of a page, describing the thoughts of one character on the action of another. I do not find it jarring at all. For some reason, it adds to the reading experience and to characterisation. This is also another pleasant surprise for me as I've had my fair share of reading books with jarring POVs. I think the distinct voice of each character is what makes this works. It also helps to build anticipation, making me turn the pages faster when I should be savouring them.
Anyone who loves LitRPG or likes video games should not miss this book. It's absolutely refreshing. I don't think I'll come across something like this again. I hope the author will continue to write more amazing stories in this world.
Now onto book 2.
Setting/Worldbuilding - Why review this first? The setting is what allows the unique storyline. This isn't VR. The premise is that it's an actual world. All those levelling up, skills, classes and such, it's part of this real world. It's not made-belief. So when characters analyse the approaches to a fight and discuss the history of the world, it all feels real.
And that might be why this is the first LitRPG book where I can actually immerse myself in the wonders of exploring and discovering the world and its dungeons (I much prefer the author's version of it "Trial" - whose meaning is significant in the context of the story). One of the really best parts of RPGs is exploration of worldbuilding. Coupled with the particular condition of the protagonist, I feel like I'm totally new to this world and I'm very curious what it has to offer.
Plot - So since it's not VR kind of story, characters can die. The threat is real, and so is the need to level up. In steps the main character who isn't even human to begin with. I thought there must be a trick, but as the story progresses, we can tell he's human and yet not? (I'm still not too sure after finishing the book). His mysterious original and purpose serve to drive the plot further, yet, the title of the book "The Land of the Undying Lord" has a crucial part to play that'd lead to part revelation of the mystery. I was surprised when I came to that part of the novel. Pleasantly surprised.
Mainly, we see through the character's eyes as he learns to navigate a world that he kind of knows but doesn't. The obstacles he faces tells us more about this world, its current situation and its hidden past that is intricately tied to his own existence.
Characterisation - Now this is one of the main pillars that make this book stand out. The author invested time in secondary characters! All in all, if you look at the plot, there's only one main character. But since multiple POVs are used and everyone makes the book whole, all tying in to the main character, I'd say the secondary characters are equally important. The history and thoughts of the secondary characters add layers to worldbuilding, revealing more of this world in a manner that is immersive.
And I love seeing them progress not only in skills and strength, but in character - overcoming their flaws, learning about each other.
The voice of each character is distinct, and that's an extremely important skill to good writing. Very often you get novels that only focus on the main characters. It's disappointing, because secondary characters add so much to the world and to the emotional experience of reading.
Now there's this issue with POV. Is it an issue? Some reviewers think so, but for me, it's not an issue at all. Usually with multiple POVs, the author would write a big chunk focusing on Person A, and then a big chunk on Person B and so on, before switching back. However, here we've alternating POVs within the space of a page, describing the thoughts of one character on the action of another. I do not find it jarring at all. For some reason, it adds to the reading experience and to characterisation. This is also another pleasant surprise for me as I've had my fair share of reading books with jarring POVs. I think the distinct voice of each character is what makes this works. It also helps to build anticipation, making me turn the pages faster when I should be savouring them.
Anyone who loves LitRPG or likes video games should not miss this book. It's absolutely refreshing. I don't think I'll come across something like this again. I hope the author will continue to write more amazing stories in this world.
Now onto book 2.
February 15, 2021
While there was a lot of room for improvement, I really enjoyed this story and I would recommend it for any fans of LitRPG. This book did a great job of providing a world full of interesting mechanics and characters that actually resembled real people.
The writing itself was a bit above average for a LitRPG, which unfortunately still puts it at 5/10 in the grand scheme of things. It evidently benefited from an editor's services in April 2020, but unfortunately that editor has a lot of room for improvement as well. There were clusters of typos and words were missing in a few instances. These clusters stood out like sore thumbs considering the proofreading was pretty good otherwise.
The biggest problems were with the writing style. There were way too many exclamation points, with multiple appearing within a single page. There were even several semicolons present which really shouldn't happen if you aren't writing an academic paper or technical manual. I firmly reside in Kurt Vonnegut's camp on the topic of semicolons. They have no place in fiction unless they are relevant to a particular character's voice.
On the topic of voice, I will say that the characters were a strong point of this story compared to other LitRPGs. All too often, the characters are generic, boring, and ironically, just the authors wearing fictional skin. While some of the characters in this story weren't very likable for me (cough, Tersa), they still felt like real people and I can admit that I dislike a lot of people.
The point of view is third-person omniscient, which is unfortunate since fiction has trended away from that and there was also a great deal of head-hopping. While that itself is a bit of a negative, it didn't interfere with the narrative and I never had a problem knowing where I was in a scene. Inexplicably, I minded it less than the feeling of being trapped in the third-person limited of a character I don't care for, which happens all too often in fantasy novels that always feel the need to present multiple pov characters.
Granted, many of these style issues might not bother casual readers. That being the case, I feel like this is one of the better LitRPG stories I've read lately, especially regarding the worldbuilding and presenting a variety of colorful characters. I felt that there might be a decent amount of tabletop gaming experience from the author coming into play here, which is usually a good thing as long as they don't start getting loosey-goosey and making scenarios spiral out of control simply for the sake of the lolz.
All in all, I enjoyed this story. It started off a bit differently than the usual considering that the MC was a summon and then provided a world that actually felt lived in with a variety of mechanics that made in-game sense. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
The writing itself was a bit above average for a LitRPG, which unfortunately still puts it at 5/10 in the grand scheme of things. It evidently benefited from an editor's services in April 2020, but unfortunately that editor has a lot of room for improvement as well. There were clusters of typos and words were missing in a few instances. These clusters stood out like sore thumbs considering the proofreading was pretty good otherwise.
The biggest problems were with the writing style. There were way too many exclamation points, with multiple appearing within a single page. There were even several semicolons present which really shouldn't happen if you aren't writing an academic paper or technical manual. I firmly reside in Kurt Vonnegut's camp on the topic of semicolons. They have no place in fiction unless they are relevant to a particular character's voice.
On the topic of voice, I will say that the characters were a strong point of this story compared to other LitRPGs. All too often, the characters are generic, boring, and ironically, just the authors wearing fictional skin. While some of the characters in this story weren't very likable for me (cough, Tersa), they still felt like real people and I can admit that I dislike a lot of people.
The point of view is third-person omniscient, which is unfortunate since fiction has trended away from that and there was also a great deal of head-hopping. While that itself is a bit of a negative, it didn't interfere with the narrative and I never had a problem knowing where I was in a scene. Inexplicably, I minded it less than the feeling of being trapped in the third-person limited of a character I don't care for, which happens all too often in fantasy novels that always feel the need to present multiple pov characters.
Granted, many of these style issues might not bother casual readers. That being the case, I feel like this is one of the better LitRPG stories I've read lately, especially regarding the worldbuilding and presenting a variety of colorful characters. I felt that there might be a decent amount of tabletop gaming experience from the author coming into play here, which is usually a good thing as long as they don't start getting loosey-goosey and making scenarios spiral out of control simply for the sake of the lolz.
All in all, I enjoyed this story. It started off a bit differently than the usual considering that the MC was a summon and then provided a world that actually felt lived in with a variety of mechanics that made in-game sense. I look forward to reading the next book in the series.
April 10, 2022
Being a huge fan of fantasy roleplay games/computer games etc ... the Literary RPG genre is one that I love to dip into as I find it to be my method of achieving true 'relaxed, easy escapism'. I was expecting this to be the usual type of thing, but this book is so much more than any other Litrpg I have picked up before. It's not necessarily better or worse than any other, but incredibly different (to me at least).
Most Litrpg books tend to be focused on people from our world getting sucked into, or willingly travelling to some kind of game world. Unlike that common trope, The Land of the Undying Lord is just set in a world where gaming features are a regular, unassuming part of life. The characters talk about skills they can learn, how monsters respawn after being killed in dungeons/trials and about such videogamey things as getting enough EXP to level up in the same way we might discuss the weather.
At first I thought 'that's a bit odd'. But, when you think about how if that's all these characters have ever known, then earning EXP to level up is as normal to them as buying milk and bread is to us in order to not go hungry another day. When you slip into the 'this is their normal daily life mindset,' then the book becomes so much more of an enjoyable ride. I will freely admit, if that isn't a mindset you can slip into, this will be a clunky, unenjoyable time for you and is probably something you should avoid.
One thing that this book surprised me by is creating a 'perfect' character and having said character feel not only far from perfect, but incredibly likeable. Calling him perfect is a tad charitable. He's a character that has the potential to be anything he could ever dream to be and struggle as little to get it. Sounds annoying, but he's written in such a way that he's just endearing and I couldn't help but pull for him to succeed. So well done to the author on creating that rarity.
I went into this book expecting humour. I don't know why I thought that, as it is by no means marketed as a comedy. It is not a comedy. It's a serious novel from start to finish (thankfully I managed to banish my disappointment and fully accepted that was a completely my fault scenario). I think it adds to it that it is a serious book rather than a comedy. It somehow works well with the game play mechanic it's written with.
Overall, I was far more impressed with this book than I expected to be. It was a freebie on the Audible Plus membership and has fully achieved the goal of making me want to actually fork out my cash or credits for the next books in the series. I love the world that has been created, feel invested in the characters and am intrigued to see where things go in the future.
Most Litrpg books tend to be focused on people from our world getting sucked into, or willingly travelling to some kind of game world. Unlike that common trope, The Land of the Undying Lord is just set in a world where gaming features are a regular, unassuming part of life. The characters talk about skills they can learn, how monsters respawn after being killed in dungeons/trials and about such videogamey things as getting enough EXP to level up in the same way we might discuss the weather.
At first I thought 'that's a bit odd'. But, when you think about how if that's all these characters have ever known, then earning EXP to level up is as normal to them as buying milk and bread is to us in order to not go hungry another day. When you slip into the 'this is their normal daily life mindset,' then the book becomes so much more of an enjoyable ride. I will freely admit, if that isn't a mindset you can slip into, this will be a clunky, unenjoyable time for you and is probably something you should avoid.
One thing that this book surprised me by is creating a 'perfect' character and having said character feel not only far from perfect, but incredibly likeable. Calling him perfect is a tad charitable. He's a character that has the potential to be anything he could ever dream to be and struggle as little to get it. Sounds annoying, but he's written in such a way that he's just endearing and I couldn't help but pull for him to succeed. So well done to the author on creating that rarity.
I went into this book expecting humour. I don't know why I thought that, as it is by no means marketed as a comedy. It is not a comedy. It's a serious novel from start to finish (thankfully I managed to banish my disappointment and fully accepted that was a completely my fault scenario). I think it adds to it that it is a serious book rather than a comedy. It somehow works well with the game play mechanic it's written with.
Overall, I was far more impressed with this book than I expected to be. It was a freebie on the Audible Plus membership and has fully achieved the goal of making me want to actually fork out my cash or credits for the next books in the series. I love the world that has been created, feel invested in the characters and am intrigued to see where things go in the future.
July 31, 2023
So good! It’s very DND reminiscent which I’ve never played willingly and I enjoyed this book. The switching narratives flow well and the world it’s in is great to explore
April 2, 2020
3.5+ stars. This is a competent LitRPG tale, following many of the genre tropes, and I recommend reading it to anyone who's a fan. I will pick up the next one as long as it's on Kindle Unlimited. That being said, the entire time I was reading it I found myself feeling like something was missing and hoping that it would finish soon.
I can't quite put my finger on why that was. I think a lot of it was in the character personalities and development. I just didn't find myself liking any of them, and didn't really find their decision-making reasonable or their growth to be exciting. I also didn't enjoy how the character perspectives were mingled. It's not that I don't like the multi-perspective structure, it's that I felt like the pacing was all wrong. We'd hop from one character to another at annoying times. The author basically abandons the hardcore LitRPG about halfway through the book... we don't see any more character sheets, item information, skill details, class details, etc. There's very little background in the politics or scope of the world. Finally, we end with an unsatisfying cliffhanger–.
We get a Deus Ex Machina moment maybe 2/3rds of the way through that gives us a hint that we're in for some sort of meta-story in the future, and there's some confusing discussion of this after the last battle, but I couldn't really make heads or tails of it. I hope the author has a solid plan for this stuff, and can do a better job in developing the world going forward.
I can't quite put my finger on why that was. I think a lot of it was in the character personalities and development. I just didn't find myself liking any of them, and didn't really find their decision-making reasonable or their growth to be exciting. I also didn't enjoy how the character perspectives were mingled. It's not that I don't like the multi-perspective structure, it's that I felt like the pacing was all wrong. We'd hop from one character to another at annoying times. The author basically abandons the hardcore LitRPG about halfway through the book... we don't see any more character sheets, item information, skill details, class details, etc. There's very little background in the politics or scope of the world. Finally, we end with an unsatisfying cliffhanger–.
We get a Deus Ex Machina moment maybe 2/3rds of the way through that gives us a hint that we're in for some sort of meta-story in the future, and there's some confusing discussion of this after the last battle, but I couldn't really make heads or tails of it. I hope the author has a solid plan for this stuff, and can do a better job in developing the world going forward.
June 30, 2025
First read on Audible, reviewed May 6th 2022:
To be honest I didn’t know what I was getting myself into with this book, but I got it for free and decided to try it out. Until I read this book I was unaware of the “LitRPG” genre, but I’m glad I found it- I like role playing games so it’s no surprise that I liked this book.
The setting is what you’d expect from typical high fantasy, but the characters are fun and quirky, like what you’d expect from a group’s DnD party. The mechanism the author uses for explaining how the RPG world works is clever and keeps you immersed in the story. I got a similar feeling reading this book as I do when leveling a new character in an RPG. Cool story so far, interested to see how the characters develop in the next book!
Easy 4.5/5
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Second read on Kindle, reviewed June 29th 2025:
JT Wright really could’ve used a copy editor. The story is still great, and the book held up just as well on the second read as it did on the first. My first review covers all that.
HOWEVER–
There are a TON of grammatical issues. About to re-read the rest of the Infinite World Series and will be interested to see if maybe he eventually did hire an editor.
To be honest I didn’t know what I was getting myself into with this book, but I got it for free and decided to try it out. Until I read this book I was unaware of the “LitRPG” genre, but I’m glad I found it- I like role playing games so it’s no surprise that I liked this book.
The setting is what you’d expect from typical high fantasy, but the characters are fun and quirky, like what you’d expect from a group’s DnD party. The mechanism the author uses for explaining how the RPG world works is clever and keeps you immersed in the story. I got a similar feeling reading this book as I do when leveling a new character in an RPG. Cool story so far, interested to see how the characters develop in the next book!
Easy 4.5/5
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Second read on Kindle, reviewed June 29th 2025:
JT Wright really could’ve used a copy editor. The story is still great, and the book held up just as well on the second read as it did on the first. My first review covers all that.
HOWEVER–
There are a TON of grammatical issues. About to re-read the rest of the Infinite World Series and will be interested to see if maybe he eventually did hire an editor.
October 16, 2024
One of the better LitRPG books I have read in a while
What a gem! This book is such a fun read. It really hits all the right notes in character development, world building, and RPG aspects.
-characters feel distinct and realistic. You get lots of progression. I also appreciated seeing both sides of each decision. I enjoyed seeing how the classes affect the characters personalities.
-world: The world is slowly unwrapped. The author does a nice job not overloading you blocks of text. The world has a unique spin on dungeons and adventures. You get why adventurers exist and how they link into politics.
-classes start basic, but you get a cool smattering of more unique classes. Characters aren’t too overpowered. Those that are act as mentors. It works well.
-humor is light and nicely woven in. I was cracking a few smiles when reading character interactions.
-The book has a solid theme of knowing thyself and what happens when you stray.
The book does wander a bit. First and second half are really different. It works. There are some typos. And the font color is weird on kindle. That said. Still I highly recommend this book. I am sad book 2 isn’t out yet!
What a gem! This book is such a fun read. It really hits all the right notes in character development, world building, and RPG aspects.
-characters feel distinct and realistic. You get lots of progression. I also appreciated seeing both sides of each decision. I enjoyed seeing how the classes affect the characters personalities.
-world: The world is slowly unwrapped. The author does a nice job not overloading you blocks of text. The world has a unique spin on dungeons and adventures. You get why adventurers exist and how they link into politics.
-classes start basic, but you get a cool smattering of more unique classes. Characters aren’t too overpowered. Those that are act as mentors. It works well.
-humor is light and nicely woven in. I was cracking a few smiles when reading character interactions.
-The book has a solid theme of knowing thyself and what happens when you stray.
The book does wander a bit. First and second half are really different. It works. There are some typos. And the font color is weird on kindle. That said. Still I highly recommend this book. I am sad book 2 isn’t out yet!
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