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Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard (Light Novel) Vol. 1
A hardworking salaryman by day immerses himself on weekends in the pen-and-paper roleplaying game Dungeons & Braves, where he plays his favorite a max level wizard. When his real life abruptly ends, he is given a second chance as Geo Margilus, his magic user from the game. The powers, wealth, and enchanted loot that he gathered across endless hours of imaginary adventures are now made real. The catch? He's transported to the world of Sedia, a fantasy realm where evil abounds, and ravenous daemons threaten mankind.
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339 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 7, 2019
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February 18, 2020
Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard – the start of a light novel series
Light novels are a new story form that I’ve come to love. Fast reads with a slice of life, episodic feel, they are a fun and creative break from novel series. Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard is a light novel you can pick up from the bookstore, having been professionally translated by a publisher in the U.S.
Did Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard consume this Fangirl’s attention?
Because light novels are aimed at anime watchers many of them have premises that are part of a subgenre called game lit. Game lit are stories where the protagonist has been transported into a new world and an AI system in their head helps them build a life there through missions. They are quite popular and there are many stories which parallel this premise. Magic User is one of these. It’s premise of a middle aged man being reincarnated into a new world as his tabletop RPG character has a game sensibility to it without having the system element. I wanted to read it for this reason and I ended up really appreciating how this man adjusts to life as Geo, his wizard character.
He’s a middle aged man reincarnated into a magic filled fantasy world.
Reincarnation is a concept that is a part of most Asian cultures. This time a middle aged man dies in our world and is brought by another entity into a world of magic. He’s immediately thrust into a situation like he’d never experience on earth. And so starts his adventure in the world of Sedia. His thought process is very methodical and reminiscent of what an aged, single, working man’s focus would be on. But in true fantasy style he comes to be surrounded by a bevy of females who think he’s pretty cool, so unlike his first life. It’s quite believably brought about in a most fun and fantastical way.
Plus he’s a max level wizard in a wizardless world plagued by demons.
Geo Margilus was the name of his tabletop RPG wizard and he takes on that persona in Sedia. But his earthly personality doesn’t really suit a max level wizard, and it becomes a problem. I enjoyed this dilemma and how as he dealt with the naturally alarmed sorcerers he grows more and more into his Geo self. The contrast of sorcery and wizardry was neat and created all sorts of fantastical situations to beset him. The concept behind the demons plaguing Sedia was also fascinating and I appreciated how his earthly experience helped him to see things the natives didn’t.
A max level wizard still has some room for growth.
I genuinely enjoyed Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard and getting to know Geo and Sedia. The translation is easy enough to read even though there are a couple of oddities about the narrative.
#1- Whenever something about the world is explained we devolve into info dumping mode. The writing is different when we are dealing with plot. It yanks you out of the story as you realize something is being explained to you.
#2 - Dialogue is something I enjoy and I think most readers do. Oddly some conversations are summarized instead of developed in a way to showcase information in a more natural way. I’m not sure if this was due to page numbers or not but it surely was part of the original text and not a factor of translation.
Book readers probably won’t be bothered with these two narrative oddities. We understand that we need information about the world. But comic readers will immediately feel a jolt as the pacing shifts gears to explain or summarize. It’s still a fun concept with a touch of humor at a fantastical situation.
Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard Vol 1 was a great start to a fun concept. Can you imagine being a max level wizard in a world of sorcerers? Well you don’t have too! Geo, a middle aged man from our world, will take us on his adventure fighting demons and trying to stay alive in a dangerous world.
Light novels are a new story form that I’ve come to love. Fast reads with a slice of life, episodic feel, they are a fun and creative break from novel series. Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard is a light novel you can pick up from the bookstore, having been professionally translated by a publisher in the U.S.
Did Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard consume this Fangirl’s attention?
Because light novels are aimed at anime watchers many of them have premises that are part of a subgenre called game lit. Game lit are stories where the protagonist has been transported into a new world and an AI system in their head helps them build a life there through missions. They are quite popular and there are many stories which parallel this premise. Magic User is one of these. It’s premise of a middle aged man being reincarnated into a new world as his tabletop RPG character has a game sensibility to it without having the system element. I wanted to read it for this reason and I ended up really appreciating how this man adjusts to life as Geo, his wizard character.
He’s a middle aged man reincarnated into a magic filled fantasy world.
Reincarnation is a concept that is a part of most Asian cultures. This time a middle aged man dies in our world and is brought by another entity into a world of magic. He’s immediately thrust into a situation like he’d never experience on earth. And so starts his adventure in the world of Sedia. His thought process is very methodical and reminiscent of what an aged, single, working man’s focus would be on. But in true fantasy style he comes to be surrounded by a bevy of females who think he’s pretty cool, so unlike his first life. It’s quite believably brought about in a most fun and fantastical way.
Plus he’s a max level wizard in a wizardless world plagued by demons.
Geo Margilus was the name of his tabletop RPG wizard and he takes on that persona in Sedia. But his earthly personality doesn’t really suit a max level wizard, and it becomes a problem. I enjoyed this dilemma and how as he dealt with the naturally alarmed sorcerers he grows more and more into his Geo self. The contrast of sorcery and wizardry was neat and created all sorts of fantastical situations to beset him. The concept behind the demons plaguing Sedia was also fascinating and I appreciated how his earthly experience helped him to see things the natives didn’t.
A max level wizard still has some room for growth.
I genuinely enjoyed Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard and getting to know Geo and Sedia. The translation is easy enough to read even though there are a couple of oddities about the narrative.
#1- Whenever something about the world is explained we devolve into info dumping mode. The writing is different when we are dealing with plot. It yanks you out of the story as you realize something is being explained to you.
#2 - Dialogue is something I enjoy and I think most readers do. Oddly some conversations are summarized instead of developed in a way to showcase information in a more natural way. I’m not sure if this was due to page numbers or not but it surely was part of the original text and not a factor of translation.
Book readers probably won’t be bothered with these two narrative oddities. We understand that we need information about the world. But comic readers will immediately feel a jolt as the pacing shifts gears to explain or summarize. It’s still a fun concept with a touch of humor at a fantastical situation.
Magic User: Reborn in Another World as a Max Level Wizard Vol 1 was a great start to a fun concept. Can you imagine being a max level wizard in a world of sorcerers? Well you don’t have too! Geo, a middle aged man from our world, will take us on his adventure fighting demons and trying to stay alive in a dangerous world.
November 12, 2023
I was in one of those moods where I wanted the literary equivalent of junk food, which led to picking this Light Novel and even finishing it.
Plot - 6/10, Character - 2/10, Setting/Game Mechanics - 6/10, Writing - 3/10, Enjoyment - 2/10
The plot is a boilerplate isekai where a 40-year-old salaryman dies and gets spirited away to a fantasyland. The difference here is that the MC was an avid table-top game player and is allowed to incarnate in the other world as his max-level wizard game character. The other moderately distinct feature of this story is that the fantasy world is being invaded by daemons, which of course sets the MC up as a potential savior for humanity. You won't find the traditional monster hunting or leveling in this story since it focuses on humans vs demons instead.
The characterization was pretty rough. The MC was the only one who felt like a real person rather than a cardboard cutout of a trope. Unfortunately, the MC also sucked. It may just be me, but one of the most interesting explorations of a portal fantasy/isekai story is what a person becomes in a new world with new abilities when they are no longer beholden to the systems of contemporary society. Despite being a powerful wizard with max level spells and magic, this character behaves exactly like the limp-wristed, spineless background character he originally was on Earth. He also had no awareness and was a complete moron within the bounds of his wizard character. The whole thing just turned me off. It didn't help that the supporting characters were facepalmingly simple and cliche.
The setting was bland, but I will give some credit to the Game Mechanics. The MC is a wizard in the Dungeons & Dragons sense, meaning that he has spell levels and spell slots following the Vancian system of magic. First thing each morning, the MC must read his spellbook (containing all the spells he is capable of casting) and choose which ones he will memorize/charge for the day. As a max level wizard, he has the ability to cast 9 spells from each spell level 1 to 9, resulting in 81 spells.
While I'm not a fan of Vancian magic in fiction, or in games for that matter, power limitations tend to make things interesting and it was nice to see this story stick to it. The MC was the only one with this power set as spellcasters native to the world were sorcerers instead of wizards and are able to cast a limited selection of spells quickly until their mana runs out.
Unfortunately, the MC was an idiot and never seemed very skilled with his spell utility. Despite the wide variety of spells at his disposal, we only get to see him cast maybe 10 spells total and they were often disproportionally high-level ones. Despite this, the story failed to set things up for what would feel like an appropriate payoff most of the time. Similarly, the story introduced a spell cast failure mechanic, but never used it and never did a convincing job of even hinting that a spell would fail during the story.
The prose was clean from a proofreading standpoint, but that's about the only compliment I can give. There was a bad habit of failing to establish a scene properly, so the reader ends up listening to dialogue in empty space as characters react to things that haven't actually been described yet. Then you would get an infodump of everything that should have been provided before and during the dialogue.
Another problem, though typical for the genre, was that every time a new character was introduced, the story went on pause as multiple pages of backstory were dumped on the reader. Honestly, the writing was a mess and this book badly needs re-editing.
If it wasn't a quick read that catered to my mood, I wouldn't have finished this. I still had a desire to drop it at about the 85% mark when an especially cliche and cringy circumstance came about. If you have any negative sensitivity to tired anime cliches, then you probably won't make it through this. I managed, but I have no intention of continuing this series.
Plot - 6/10, Character - 2/10, Setting/Game Mechanics - 6/10, Writing - 3/10, Enjoyment - 2/10
The plot is a boilerplate isekai where a 40-year-old salaryman dies and gets spirited away to a fantasyland. The difference here is that the MC was an avid table-top game player and is allowed to incarnate in the other world as his max-level wizard game character. The other moderately distinct feature of this story is that the fantasy world is being invaded by daemons, which of course sets the MC up as a potential savior for humanity. You won't find the traditional monster hunting or leveling in this story since it focuses on humans vs demons instead.
The characterization was pretty rough. The MC was the only one who felt like a real person rather than a cardboard cutout of a trope. Unfortunately, the MC also sucked. It may just be me, but one of the most interesting explorations of a portal fantasy/isekai story is what a person becomes in a new world with new abilities when they are no longer beholden to the systems of contemporary society. Despite being a powerful wizard with max level spells and magic, this character behaves exactly like the limp-wristed, spineless background character he originally was on Earth. He also had no awareness and was a complete moron within the bounds of his wizard character. The whole thing just turned me off. It didn't help that the supporting characters were facepalmingly simple and cliche.
The setting was bland, but I will give some credit to the Game Mechanics. The MC is a wizard in the Dungeons & Dragons sense, meaning that he has spell levels and spell slots following the Vancian system of magic. First thing each morning, the MC must read his spellbook (containing all the spells he is capable of casting) and choose which ones he will memorize/charge for the day. As a max level wizard, he has the ability to cast 9 spells from each spell level 1 to 9, resulting in 81 spells.
While I'm not a fan of Vancian magic in fiction, or in games for that matter, power limitations tend to make things interesting and it was nice to see this story stick to it. The MC was the only one with this power set as spellcasters native to the world were sorcerers instead of wizards and are able to cast a limited selection of spells quickly until their mana runs out.
Unfortunately, the MC was an idiot and never seemed very skilled with his spell utility. Despite the wide variety of spells at his disposal, we only get to see him cast maybe 10 spells total and they were often disproportionally high-level ones. Despite this, the story failed to set things up for what would feel like an appropriate payoff most of the time. Similarly, the story introduced a spell cast failure mechanic, but never used it and never did a convincing job of even hinting that a spell would fail during the story.
The prose was clean from a proofreading standpoint, but that's about the only compliment I can give. There was a bad habit of failing to establish a scene properly, so the reader ends up listening to dialogue in empty space as characters react to things that haven't actually been described yet. Then you would get an infodump of everything that should have been provided before and during the dialogue.
Another problem, though typical for the genre, was that every time a new character was introduced, the story went on pause as multiple pages of backstory were dumped on the reader. Honestly, the writing was a mess and this book badly needs re-editing.
If it wasn't a quick read that catered to my mood, I wouldn't have finished this. I still had a desire to drop it at about the 85% mark when an especially cliche and cringy circumstance came about. If you have any negative sensitivity to tired anime cliches, then you probably won't make it through this. I managed, but I have no intention of continuing this series.
April 7, 2020
An isekai novel. A forty year old professional dies and is transported to another world as his Dungeons and Dragons Braves character. With the twist that that is not actually how the magic of that world works. . . .
He wakes up in a cell, discovers that the bandits holding him are led by a sorcerer who rages at him because his staff is magic despite having no mana, makes use of the spells he had prepped (apparently he was sent ready) to save himself, and rescues their prisoner, a merchant's daughter held for ransom, who can fill him in a little.
It goes on, with other sorcerers reacting in their ways to his magic, with their escape being complicated by this world's demons, with his actually witnessing what the spells he has would do according their descriptions, with assassins and orders of knights and his making an unpleasant discovery about demons, and many more things.
This may be an artifact of translation, but the writing struck me as a bit weak to convey what it depicted. Or maybe I'm just persnickety about style.
He wakes up in a cell, discovers that the bandits holding him are led by a sorcerer who rages at him because his staff is magic despite having no mana, makes use of the spells he had prepped (apparently he was sent ready) to save himself, and rescues their prisoner, a merchant's daughter held for ransom, who can fill him in a little.
It goes on, with other sorcerers reacting in their ways to his magic, with their escape being complicated by this world's demons, with his actually witnessing what the spells he has would do according their descriptions, with assassins and orders of knights and his making an unpleasant discovery about demons, and many more things.
This may be an artifact of translation, but the writing struck me as a bit weak to convey what it depicted. Or maybe I'm just persnickety about style.
January 22, 2020
A foundation that most fantasy fiction relies upon is internal consistency. Magic can exist, but it should obey rules from one user to the next and one spell to the next. Magic User confounds that premise by reincarnating our protagonist into the embodiment of his favorite tabletop role-playing game character and placing him in a fantasy, sword and sorcery, world. The twist is that the magic that Geo Margilus accesses follows the rules he and his games master (dungeon master) laid out for his character in their role-playing game on our earth. The magic of the world he finds himself on operates in an entirely different way. So he is seen as a bit of an aberration when he encounters others. There is a lot that is enjoyable in this first book. Anyone who has ever participated in pen and paper RPGs will recognize the rhythm of the info dump to action as it follows the same background, party, mission, encounter, and reward patterns that we often see in module play. So there is a charm in that familiarity, but there is also tedium in that lather, rinse, repeat refrain. I didn’t dislike it, and the writing is even. Gamers and gamer curious may find something of interest here.
August 23, 2021
The dialogue is way too repetitive. If you’ve ever played a JRPG, you know the characters have a couple of set phrases they say when they attack and so on. It’s kind of a widely accepted joke that they become annoying fairly rapidly. Now put those guys in a book. Just those guys. “For the Calbaneras!” “We’re counting on you, Lord Wizard!” “Don’t underestimate me!” “I won’t hold back!”
Perhaps it’s a joke I’m not appreciating. Either way, I had to stop halfway through.
Perhaps it’s a joke I’m not appreciating. Either way, I had to stop halfway through.
July 21, 2022
It is well written, well thought out, straight forward, the translation is well done although almost all of the western world readers confuse D&B (Dungeons and Braves) with what is common to them Dungeons & Dragons. They are both TTRPG (Table Top Role Playing Games). The main difference is that it does not have a game computer managing the characters and the abilities and skills, the Table Top versions use books, cards and dice to be able to play.
I recognize all the usual clichés / light novel tropes in this isekai (reincarnated into another world) novel series. The unwillingness to accept the reality of change into another world, the fear of being tormented by real monsters-beast-like-beings-that-are-attacking-and-killing-everything-around-them. Being a person from a passive and peaceful Japan, it is strange and completely adverse to find yourself in a feudal like death and life conflict world like Sedia.
The main character, Geo Margilus, is his role playing game's sorcerer/warlock's player character's name. Main character was a 40+ year old man in his old life before he died, and came back to be reincarnated into a 20+ something old person in this life. Reincarnation is widely accepted in several areas in Asia, and yet having the possibility to change your age, just because, or fall into a certain other world, and not millions of potential others, or our same world but in a different dimension or reality is something that almost no author actually explains and they almost all take for granted.
This first volume has 300+ pages, a great map that describes Sedia world region where the story takes place and black and white, as well as color illustrations that help to better imagine the characters. First volume has 18 chapters, which means 15-20 pages per chapter to allow for character and world development. Although the character explanations and reasons, their emotions and personality could be improved, also the information about the towns, their population, commerce and geographical and geopolitical information.
This isekai-fantasy novel series is above average in the light novel series market.
I recognize all the usual clichés / light novel tropes in this isekai (reincarnated into another world) novel series. The unwillingness to accept the reality of change into another world, the fear of being tormented by real monsters-beast-like-beings-that-are-attacking-and-killing-everything-around-them. Being a person from a passive and peaceful Japan, it is strange and completely adverse to find yourself in a feudal like death and life conflict world like Sedia.
The main character, Geo Margilus, is his role playing game's sorcerer/warlock's player character's name. Main character was a 40+ year old man in his old life before he died, and came back to be reincarnated into a 20+ something old person in this life. Reincarnation is widely accepted in several areas in Asia, and yet having the possibility to change your age, just because, or fall into a certain other world, and not millions of potential others, or our same world but in a different dimension or reality is something that almost no author actually explains and they almost all take for granted.
This first volume has 300+ pages, a great map that describes Sedia world region where the story takes place and black and white, as well as color illustrations that help to better imagine the characters. First volume has 18 chapters, which means 15-20 pages per chapter to allow for character and world development. Although the character explanations and reasons, their emotions and personality could be improved, also the information about the towns, their population, commerce and geographical and geopolitical information.
This isekai-fantasy novel series is above average in the light novel series market.
May 9, 2021
As most isekai the story starts with a man dying and being transported to another world. He is a 40-year office worker though whose gaming experience is mostly with old (red box) D&D in his youth. He is placed in s&s world more akin to modern computer rpgs with the powers of a 36th level magic-user - his old character from his college days. Escaping from bandits is one thing, dealing with people in another culture and the mind and experience of an office worker is a lot harder.
The main thing I like about the story is the MC, he acts as a kind 40-year office worker with people experience would without being dramatic about it. The well thought put clash between mana based sorcery and the fire-and-forget magic of D&D feels well thought. The author clearly knows the game. He even has the MC point out differences as home rules from his old group. Prior knowledge is not required, but it made it a bit more entertaining for me. The world building is also good. It takes a relative serious approach to a somewhat silly concept, which I like, but might not be for everybody.
Now if only there were a few less light novel tropes in regards to characters (even though I have seen much worse is other novels). The potential harem part being the biggest one even though the MC wants nothing to do with it and sees the 14th year old as a daughter and not a potential love interest. No fan service though or weird awkward moments except maybe near the end with the dark elves.
All in all, a good book and I am curious about the next part.
The main thing I like about the story is the MC, he acts as a kind 40-year office worker with people experience would without being dramatic about it. The well thought put clash between mana based sorcery and the fire-and-forget magic of D&D feels well thought. The author clearly knows the game. He even has the MC point out differences as home rules from his old group. Prior knowledge is not required, but it made it a bit more entertaining for me. The world building is also good. It takes a relative serious approach to a somewhat silly concept, which I like, but might not be for everybody.
Now if only there were a few less light novel tropes in regards to characters (even though I have seen much worse is other novels). The potential harem part being the biggest one even though the MC wants nothing to do with it and sees the 14th year old as a daughter and not a potential love interest. No fan service though or weird awkward moments except maybe near the end with the dark elves.
All in all, a good book and I am curious about the next part.
September 25, 2020
Absolute No
The protagonist is reincarnated as a max lev wizard from d&d in a different world where magic is different from his but his still works. Unfortunately he is a complete idiot. He can't grasp the situation even when it's clear as day and explained to him, he still asks clarification. Even is crisis situations! He is more preoccupied with being nice and morally ok than survival in survival situations, he has the intellect and maturity of a retarded 8 year old while supposably being in his 40's . The characters are flat and while manga inspired, they are barely 2 dimensional clishees. I regret the time and money invested in this book
The protagonist is reincarnated as a max lev wizard from d&d in a different world where magic is different from his but his still works. Unfortunately he is a complete idiot. He can't grasp the situation even when it's clear as day and explained to him, he still asks clarification. Even is crisis situations! He is more preoccupied with being nice and morally ok than survival in survival situations, he has the intellect and maturity of a retarded 8 year old while supposably being in his 40's . The characters are flat and while manga inspired, they are barely 2 dimensional clishees. I regret the time and money invested in this book
October 18, 2021
A brilliant story by a capable and talented writer. I love that the main character is a middle-aged man and not a middle-aged person transformed into a nineteen-year-old (That is such a cliche). As someone that played tabletop games such as D&D a lot, the character was totally relatable to me. I loved the easter eggs in the story as well as the fact that the author, although Japanese is a movie and book nerd that knows Western fantasy culture well. If you love D&D and isekai, this book is a perfect marriage of both and a must-read. I wish I can give it 6 stars but since Goodread only supplies up to 5-star ratings, five stars will have to do.
June 27, 2024
Light novel anladık da bu da çok light yav. Çocuk masalı gibi bir ak var bir kara var kapışıyorlar. Yalnız güzel tarafı bir evrenden öbürüne bir büyücünün geçmesi ve ilk evrenin büyü düzeninin öbürüne aktarımı. Bu çok güzel bir konu. İyi de işlenmiş.
Klasik Japon düşünceleri de eklediğini görüyoruz yazarın.
1) Harem fantezisi
2) 21. yy Japonya etik/yasa/ahlak sistemleri
Derinlik eklenmesi gerekiyor, keşke güçlerini birleştirseler de böyle bir light novel'ı Murakami yazsa işte o zaman efsane olur.
Klasik Japon düşünceleri de eklediğini görüyoruz yazarın.
1) Harem fantezisi
2) 21. yy Japonya etik/yasa/ahlak sistemleri
Derinlik eklenmesi gerekiyor, keşke güçlerini birleştirseler de böyle bir light novel'ı Murakami yazsa işte o zaman efsane olur.
June 28, 2020
A great start to an enjoyable fantasy adventure
I really enjoyed this light novel. Geo is not your normal brooding heroic protagonist. He’s a 42 year old salaryman thrust into a fantasy world and the way he deals with things is refreshing and relatable. I really enjoyed the fact that he was powerful but incredibly humble. The story was enjoyable and I’ll definitely buy the next one!
I really enjoyed this light novel. Geo is not your normal brooding heroic protagonist. He’s a 42 year old salaryman thrust into a fantasy world and the way he deals with things is refreshing and relatable. I really enjoyed the fact that he was powerful but incredibly humble. The story was enjoyable and I’ll definitely buy the next one!
December 26, 2020
Time to shift already
I appreciate the creativity in this book and how the author plays out the concept. My biggest issues are he remained in his old body and he is still stuck in his old ways when everything in the world says that won’t work or how the world works. It is understandable for the first book, I am hoping that changes in future books.
I appreciate the creativity in this book and how the author plays out the concept. My biggest issues are he remained in his old body and he is still stuck in his old ways when everything in the world says that won’t work or how the world works. It is understandable for the first book, I am hoping that changes in future books.
January 19, 2022
If you like Isekai and TTRPGs this is for you. It's well written and I love all the characters. I look forward to getting to know them more. The MC is OP but with a clear weakness that can easily be exploited so it makes a good story about teamwork and relationships
July 9, 2023
Great read!
I couldn't stop reading this since the moment I purchased. Love this story and glad the main character is older in this story vs the usua.l teen age Mc in other light novels. Very refreshing for a change.
I couldn't stop reading this since the moment I purchased. Love this story and glad the main character is older in this story vs the usua.l teen age Mc in other light novels. Very refreshing for a change.
April 17, 2020
For DND lovers! Even tough is ANOTHER Isekai
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
January 21, 2021
Great Story
Grat Charakters
Grat Charakters
December 31, 2022
Bit of jargon in regards to TTRPG’s (as should be expected). MC is a bit weak willed considering his position.
December 24, 2021
DNF - boring
MC is super insecure and kinda whiny. NPCs literally have to lead him around like he was on a leash.
MC is super insecure and kinda whiny. NPCs literally have to lead him around like he was on a leash.
November 27, 2019
Was not worth $10
I bought the book on a whim and I was disappointed at the money wasted. To me it felt like there were times when the author was trying to cram to much information on at the wrong time or he would breeze through a portion with out much detail, an example (spoiler) after the assassination attempt on the MC the author does a good job at detailing the MC's responding actions, up until he hires the adventures to investigate and find the assassins, then in the next couple of pages you that it took the adventures a couple of days to find the assassins and to bring one to the MC. Great and smooth story telling at the start and then a really fast and abrupt wrap up at the end of that section.
I think my biggest hang up with this book is that I spent $10 and I felt that I did not get my money's worth from it. If it weren't for that I probably would have looked at giving it a 3 star. If a second book comes out and it cost less then $5 I really think that I might consider the purchase because despite my hang ups I really did think the stories concept was pretty good.
I bought the book on a whim and I was disappointed at the money wasted. To me it felt like there were times when the author was trying to cram to much information on at the wrong time or he would breeze through a portion with out much detail, an example (spoiler) after the assassination attempt on the MC the author does a good job at detailing the MC's responding actions, up until he hires the adventures to investigate and find the assassins, then in the next couple of pages you that it took the adventures a couple of days to find the assassins and to bring one to the MC. Great and smooth story telling at the start and then a really fast and abrupt wrap up at the end of that section.
I think my biggest hang up with this book is that I spent $10 and I felt that I did not get my money's worth from it. If it weren't for that I probably would have looked at giving it a 3 star. If a second book comes out and it cost less then $5 I really think that I might consider the purchase because despite my hang ups I really did think the stories concept was pretty good.
December 20, 2019
Table top wizard in another world
This is an interesting take on the OP another world story. The wizard has natural limitations to what he can do, and his own doubts and fears, while also not driven by list being older.
The whole list driven teen-20 something man in a game style scenario world can get old fast.
One of my favourite things is the rpg style used and the fact the magic doesn't just plug and play to the world for everyone. He's not using something everyone else has or could have. It's a whole my different thing with its own questions and issues.
So for me it was enjoyable even if the inevitable oh another pretty girl turns up for a bit much, it wasn't overly done nor overly lascivious in the dealing of that issue. The guy reacts just like a 40 year old with common sense and respect would. These people are real and he does sometimes have to shake himself at the beginning and realise this.
Give it a go I was pleasantly surprised and hope you will be too.
If you like light novels or the litrpg genres then pick it up.
This is an interesting take on the OP another world story. The wizard has natural limitations to what he can do, and his own doubts and fears, while also not driven by list being older.
The whole list driven teen-20 something man in a game style scenario world can get old fast.
One of my favourite things is the rpg style used and the fact the magic doesn't just plug and play to the world for everyone. He's not using something everyone else has or could have. It's a whole my different thing with its own questions and issues.
So for me it was enjoyable even if the inevitable oh another pretty girl turns up for a bit much, it wasn't overly done nor overly lascivious in the dealing of that issue. The guy reacts just like a 40 year old with common sense and respect would. These people are real and he does sometimes have to shake himself at the beginning and realise this.
Give it a go I was pleasantly surprised and hope you will be too.
If you like light novels or the litrpg genres then pick it up.
February 18, 2020
I tried to like this book. The premises are more then promising. The main character is resurrected in a new world as an utterly overpowered wizard. He starts his adventure with a gusto, being imprisoned.
However, the book is utterly boring. The main character is a walking disaster, spending more time on self-pitying than on doing anything else. Side characters are more entertaining, even though, they are flat, cliche and not too numerous.
Plot is simple and underdeveloped. The world is being invaded by daemons. The main character wants to save it. How? I have no clue - I have not managed to read a full book - it was too painful to do so. Why? I was too distracted by the main character's internal monologues on why he did not deserve his power, his insufficies and wantings. For gods sake - such monologues are okay every now and then, but not on every second page.
All in all, the book is frustrating and tiresome. One of the very few I have not managed to read in full.
However, the book is utterly boring. The main character is a walking disaster, spending more time on self-pitying than on doing anything else. Side characters are more entertaining, even though, they are flat, cliche and not too numerous.
Plot is simple and underdeveloped. The world is being invaded by daemons. The main character wants to save it. How? I have no clue - I have not managed to read a full book - it was too painful to do so. Why? I was too distracted by the main character's internal monologues on why he did not deserve his power, his insufficies and wantings. For gods sake - such monologues are okay every now and then, but not on every second page.
All in all, the book is frustrating and tiresome. One of the very few I have not managed to read in full.
December 31, 2019
Weak characters and story.
Including a TTRPGs mechanics in a story is quite delicate as you can expect bad rolls from time to time, this is what gives this kinds of games the fun and excitement to see what happen when you missed a check. But in the story of this book the MC never fails a roll, which is quite boring. The style of writing is strange, the author spends a lot of time describing banal scenes or unimportant events, but the action scenes are poorly described, bordering in boring or anticlimactic scenes.
Including a TTRPGs mechanics in a story is quite delicate as you can expect bad rolls from time to time, this is what gives this kinds of games the fun and excitement to see what happen when you missed a check. But in the story of this book the MC never fails a roll, which is quite boring. The style of writing is strange, the author spends a lot of time describing banal scenes or unimportant events, but the action scenes are poorly described, bordering in boring or anticlimactic scenes.
December 15, 2019
Likeable modest hero
42 year old business executive finds himself in fantasy setting as extremely powerful wizard he used to play in Japanese form of dungeons and dragons. Enjoyable and oddly realistic. More textures than many light novels.
42 year old business executive finds himself in fantasy setting as extremely powerful wizard he used to play in Japanese form of dungeons and dragons. Enjoyable and oddly realistic. More textures than many light novels.
December 21, 2019
Any DOG will enjoy this story
As a old time RPG player and running many games my self this story is true to the spirit of gamers allover. Few RPG players have not wished to be their favorite characters and live the game. This story chapters this desire very well.
As a old time RPG player and running many games my self this story is true to the spirit of gamers allover. Few RPG players have not wished to be their favorite characters and live the game. This story chapters this desire very well.
December 16, 2019
Great
This book was just great loved the way he acts i think that the way he use magice is interesting and love the table top rpg mechanics of the book
This book was just great loved the way he acts i think that the way he use magice is interesting and love the table top rpg mechanics of the book
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