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Second Skin #1-4
Second Skin Omnibus
The Complete Original Second Skin Story Arc: Fractures, Pieces, Unified, and Green Eyes.
Forced To Fight For My Survival Within A Computer-Generated Fantasy Gone Wrong…
With a cruel twist of fate, my world was shattered and I’d lost everything. In a last-ditch effort to salvage my life, I stepped inside a virtual reality chamber, desperate to find some sense of purpose; looking for something, anything, that might motivate me to live again. But when I emerged in the virtual world of Second Skin, I quickly discovered that things had gone wrong—terribly wrong.
I was suddenly trapped in a strange place where nothing was what it seemed; unable to determine what was real… unsure of anything, including myself.
Hunted and alone in this harsh land, how will I survive?
And even more importantly, who the hell am I?
Forced To Fight For My Survival Within A Computer-Generated Fantasy Gone Wrong…
With a cruel twist of fate, my world was shattered and I’d lost everything. In a last-ditch effort to salvage my life, I stepped inside a virtual reality chamber, desperate to find some sense of purpose; looking for something, anything, that might motivate me to live again. But when I emerged in the virtual world of Second Skin, I quickly discovered that things had gone wrong—terribly wrong.
I was suddenly trapped in a strange place where nothing was what it seemed; unable to determine what was real… unsure of anything, including myself.
Hunted and alone in this harsh land, how will I survive?
And even more importantly, who the hell am I?
2096 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 11, 2020
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M. Damon Baker
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February 16, 2022
I'm boggled by the amount of people five-starring this series. The best I can say for it is that it's well-written in a technical sense: the spelling and grammar are good, and it's obviously been well-edited. Beyond that, though...
Let's start with the main character, who couldn't be more of a Mary Sue if you actively tried.
She's physically unique in the entire world.
Yep. Not just special, but special-special. She's staggeringly beautiful, the only green-eyed person in existence, and her charisma is literally off the charts.
Everyone loves her
Like, really loves her. She's definitely going to develop a harem in future, I'm putting that out there right now without even finishing Book 3.
And it's not going to be an obvious 'hey, this is a harem' series: nope, she'll do it for moral reasons. Upright reasons!
Because it's only right and fair that she share the marvellousness that is her.
When I say, "everyone loves her," I mean even the gods.
Because she's just that special. After being hands-off for milennia, deities (plural) suddenly start dropping into the world of mortals on the regular to
She has a magical sidekick (also provided by the gods)
Because honestly, unless you have a sidekick, are you even trying? Also calling it here at book 3: that 'rhastoren' is totally going to evolve into a , in some kind of Mary Sue Pokemon fashion.
She has magical orgasmic fingers.
I'm not kidding.
I wish I was kidding.
She has the world's least-complicated complications going on.
And then there's her friends.
Women in this realm have very specific boxes they almost all check. Veeeery specific.
1. I am a victim (of sexual and/or physical abuse), and/or
2. I am emotionally abusive to my partner, but it's funny and okay because I'm a woman.
Hint to author: it's not funny or okay. When you write female characters that dominate their partners (of any gender) through se*ual manipulation, withholding affection, and just plain outright bullying, you are not writing an 'empowered' woman: you're writing a psychopath.
Honestly, I could go on for hours about how much this series has sucked to this point.
The protagonist is, quite honestly, so overpowered that it's risible. The story lacks any compelling reason to worry about the outcome. Every time there's any trouble, a deus ex machina appears (often of the literal deus variety) and lo, contention fixed.
I kept holding out, hoping it'd become better over time as the author evolved, but towards the end there I was just skimming huge piles of text where the author was explaining how important it is for the protagonist to hook up with many people because that's how she's going to 'heal them' (again: I wish I was joking), or explaining how the world has once again magically fallen into place to suit the protagonist's needs or ...you know what?
I can't even do it. I can't. It's just bad, okay?
It had potential to be great, and that's the worst part. If it had been poorly-written in a technical sense, I wouldn't even bother to review it. I wouldn't have stuck it out, hoping that it would improve.
It's frustrating, more than anything. The author has all the core skills, without question. The basic overarching concept and story were solid.
It doesn't make sense that the quality of the journey itself, and the dialogue, and even the concept of any real risk to the protagonist - all of these go backwards instead of improving. In the end, it all comes together to make something that is decidedly less than the sum of its parts.
Instead of getting better as it went along, the books leant more heavily into the worst elements of the story. A protagonist who was overpowered to start with became positively god-like. Her friends start fighting over who gets to sleep with her. She leaps quest criteria in a single bound.
And in the process, the potentially interesting story that hooks you in at the start gets shoved further and further towards the back.
The only real compliment I can give this series is that it stays with you long after you've read it: it's been about 3 weeks, and I'm still angry about the time I wasted hoping it'd get better.
Let's start with the main character, who couldn't be more of a Mary Sue if you actively tried.
She's physically unique in the entire world.
Yep. Not just special, but special-special. She's staggeringly beautiful, the only green-eyed person in existence, and her charisma is literally off the charts.
Everyone loves her
Like, really loves her. She's definitely going to develop a harem in future, I'm putting that out there right now without even finishing Book 3.
And it's not going to be an obvious 'hey, this is a harem' series: nope, she'll do it for moral reasons. Upright reasons!
Because it's only right and fair that she share the marvellousness that is her.
When I say, "everyone loves her," I mean even the gods.
Because she's just that special. After being hands-off for milennia, deities (plural) suddenly start dropping into the world of mortals on the regular to
She has a magical sidekick (also provided by the gods)
Because honestly, unless you have a sidekick, are you even trying? Also calling it here at book 3: that 'rhastoren' is totally going to evolve into a , in some kind of Mary Sue Pokemon fashion.
She has magical orgasmic fingers.
I'm not kidding.
I wish I was kidding.
She has the world's least-complicated complications going on.
And then there's her friends.
Women in this realm have very specific boxes they almost all check. Veeeery specific.
1. I am a victim (of sexual and/or physical abuse), and/or
2. I am emotionally abusive to my partner, but it's funny and okay because I'm a woman.
Hint to author: it's not funny or okay. When you write female characters that dominate their partners (of any gender) through se*ual manipulation, withholding affection, and just plain outright bullying, you are not writing an 'empowered' woman: you're writing a psychopath.
Honestly, I could go on for hours about how much this series has sucked to this point.
The protagonist is, quite honestly, so overpowered that it's risible. The story lacks any compelling reason to worry about the outcome. Every time there's any trouble, a deus ex machina appears (often of the literal deus variety) and lo, contention fixed.
I kept holding out, hoping it'd become better over time as the author evolved, but towards the end there I was just skimming huge piles of text where the author was explaining how important it is for the protagonist to hook up with many people because that's how she's going to 'heal them' (again: I wish I was joking), or explaining how the world has once again magically fallen into place to suit the protagonist's needs or ...you know what?
I can't even do it. I can't. It's just bad, okay?
It had potential to be great, and that's the worst part. If it had been poorly-written in a technical sense, I wouldn't even bother to review it. I wouldn't have stuck it out, hoping that it would improve.
It's frustrating, more than anything. The author has all the core skills, without question. The basic overarching concept and story were solid.
It doesn't make sense that the quality of the journey itself, and the dialogue, and even the concept of any real risk to the protagonist - all of these go backwards instead of improving. In the end, it all comes together to make something that is decidedly less than the sum of its parts.
Instead of getting better as it went along, the books leant more heavily into the worst elements of the story. A protagonist who was overpowered to start with became positively god-like. Her friends start fighting over who gets to sleep with her. She leaps quest criteria in a single bound.
And in the process, the potentially interesting story that hooks you in at the start gets shoved further and further towards the back.
The only real compliment I can give this series is that it stays with you long after you've read it: it's been about 3 weeks, and I'm still angry about the time I wasted hoping it'd get better.
July 30, 2020
Amazing book series. Took a while but very much worth it
Very good book series and the transformation of the main character through out and the battles and intricate relationships that are created with the tari are very well written and you get a feel for all the individual personality's
Very good book series and the transformation of the main character through out and the battles and intricate relationships that are created with the tari are very well written and you get a feel for all the individual personality's
June 27, 2020
I loved these books
I cried when I reached the end of the 4 books I could not stop.I love this style of writing I look forward to seeing more of his writing. I am a simple man but found great joy in reading this collection.Thank you for your hard work
I cried when I reached the end of the 4 books I could not stop.I love this style of writing I look forward to seeing more of his writing. I am a simple man but found great joy in reading this collection.Thank you for your hard work
December 23, 2022
Over emotional
This series had a ton of potential, but ended up disappointing. So much of the story is buried under a ridiculous amount of hysterical characters and repetitive overly emotional scenes. Ow many times can a character need to be reassured of the same thing.
This series had a ton of potential, but ended up disappointing. So much of the story is buried under a ridiculous amount of hysterical characters and repetitive overly emotional scenes. Ow many times can a character need to be reassured of the same thing.
January 14, 2021
Actually.....
This turned out to be an exceptionally interesting and enjoyable set of books. Intact, it is a series I definitely recommend for everyone.
This turned out to be an exceptionally interesting and enjoyable set of books. Intact, it is a series I definitely recommend for everyone.
January 29, 2021
Amazing
Great read. Wonderful take on the LitRPG genre. This will be added to my list to revisit in the future.
Great read. Wonderful take on the LitRPG genre. This will be added to my list to revisit in the future.
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