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New Realm Online #1
RE-ROLL
Ryan Rosa has had a run of bad luck, but when he receives a VIP package for the newest and hottest game to come out in years his luck takes a turn for the better.
But his good luck ends when he's stabbed in the back by a guild of players who betray him for a unique weapon he possesses. Ryan contemplates doing the one thing every player hates doing, re-rolling his unique character and starting over. But even starting over won't save Ryan in New Realm Online. He'll have to work smarter to avoid using his last re-roll.
This book contains the classic LITRPG elements of leveling, dungeons, terrifying killer bunnies, crafting, and community building.
But his good luck ends when he's stabbed in the back by a guild of players who betray him for a unique weapon he possesses. Ryan contemplates doing the one thing every player hates doing, re-rolling his unique character and starting over. But even starting over won't save Ryan in New Realm Online. He'll have to work smarter to avoid using his last re-roll.
This book contains the classic LITRPG elements of leveling, dungeons, terrifying killer bunnies, crafting, and community building.
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First published August 17, 2020
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January 12, 2024
Alright, here goes.
I started this book just to kill time at work/driving through Audible. Narrator is decent, I would listen to him in another series. There were some wrong words/bad grammar that I have confirmed was in the text, so not really the narrator's fault.
Onto the series. I read this first book and while there were glaring issues that made me hesitant to listen to the next book, I chose to continue for two main reasons:
First, the concept of why the game world should matter was actually relatable and rather novel. Many LitRPGs struggle with this part of the story because it's a game, why should the stakes matter to anyone? Most authors go the NerveGear(Sword Art Online) route where if you die in game, you die in real life/can't log out. Others choose the Isekai route. The world is real and you're trapped there after summon/death. The third major faction on this trope is the Esports angle. Essentially something about the game is important/valuable in the real world (Ready Player One) or it's such a spectator sport that people gain status and money for doing well, and will kill rivals in real life (Class A Threat). This author avoids that by making the core group of players physically or mentally disabled in their real bodies, so the game world is both escape and opportunity for them. It's a surprisingly normal reason why the game would have weight to the characters and earned quite a bit of goodwill from me early on.
Second, I wrongly thought that this was a new-ish author, and that the problems I saw in this book might get smoothed out in later books. This is not the case at all, and the author has at least 59 titles written and published since 2015. An insane rate of a little over 6 a year. I do give a little leeway because almost every one he wrote was in a series, and they're short books as well. However, the fast pace of release is clearly evident in this series, which I'm about to point out. Spoilers ahead, but in my opinion you're better off reading this than the series.
1. Editing issues.
I'm going to put this first because it's the easiest thing to fix. This series is riddled with inconsistencies, incorrect words, grammar mistakes, and bad punctuation/pluralization. Two examples of wrong words being used are "Obscurity" in place of "Absurdity", and "Interned" in place of "Interred". Those things aren't a huge problem, but can break immersion pretty quickly and happen a lot. Wideman also tends to forget changes to characters and cause the timeline to be completely off-track. Characters will get class upgrades or gain new skills, and then later be referred to as their previous class or not have a skill they did previously. Two big examples of this are the MC being a 'Mystic Ranger' after having changed class twice to an advanced version at level up, and when the author mentions Dawn not having a shadow stealth skill but Hedwig being able to, but later leaving Hedwig behind and sneaking into a base with Dawn because Hedwig doesn't have stealth. This can easily be fixed by just hiring an (better?) editor to track inconsistencies and goofs.
2. Deus Ex Mach-guffins everywhere.
Every single tense situation in the series gets solved (or created) in increasingly erratic and unforeseeable ways. Early in the story this isn't that big of a deal, and may be what sucks you in and convinces you this series is worth the time. After the first act setup in which the 'smart' (I'll touch on this later) MC gets betrayed because he trusts people, the first book is largely a slice of life low-level grind fest, and I don't mind it. The MC discovers that the NPCs are kind of cool actually, and the skills that everyone thinks are a waste of time turn out to be really useful. All in all, the time in Mara is rather quaint and enjoyable. There are a few moments in which we see the seeds that are being planted for the future of the series though. It feels somewhat natural because the coincidences are framed in the quests MC is given, so it feels like a game helping him along as long as he follows the script. Then you start getting into the second book. The MC constantly ends up on the back foot and desperate, and thinks about how his weapons aren't working, or something is impossible, or the enemy is too strong, and then immediately getting a lucky critical or timely interference from a third party or a stun proc on an attack... etc. When enemies get critically hit or stunned, or have something big fall on them, they all die even when they're higher level and tankier than MC, but when it happens to MC he survives because something happens to save him. This also applies to their crafting/town building. Need more levels for a tough fight? Get a quest that gives a lot of experience. Don't have enough points to upgrade to fend off the players coming for you? Monster
horde gives you the upgrade you need and points to spend on another one. Desperate last ditch attack failed? Reinforcements come out of nowhere. I'd say the most egregious though is the levelling up in mid-combat restoring all of his health right as he's about to die. Nowhere in the series before or after does the author suggest that level ups restore health to full, but when the chips are down and they need an ex Machina? Level-up to the rescue. Friends signed a contract that a sudden GM is enforcing? Lawyer and bad contracts to the rescue! (More on this later) I could stay in this section talking about conveniences... contrivances. I could talk about contrivances all day, but there's still more to be wary of in this series, so I'll move on.
3. World Building.
There is none. At least none that is reliable, because as soon as you build an understanding of the world, something will flip it on its head, or the author will just discard it. Characters that seem to be extremely important in the early story just vanish without a trace later because the author found a new toy. There are some NPC deaths in the first book that could explain where some of the characters went, but the character doesn't mourn any of them specifically. Certain characters that were very important to MC's development just disappear and you assume they died in an attack, but the MC doesn't mourn them at all. He gets angry that death happened, but doesn't act like he knew any of the dead. New characters are introduced as they're needed to drive the 'plot' along, and then forgotten until they're needed again. Very rarely do they feel like they've lived their own lives in the MC's absence unless they are needed as a catalyst to kick off the next big 'danger'. The bigger world building sin however is what was mentioned previously, the Game Master interfering in the game world over the contract issue. This feels entirely like the author wanted to insert a 'lawyer finds legal loophole and saves the day' scene, and forced it into the story regardless of the repercussions on the story. The 'evil' guilds do completely horrendous things, such as sexual assault, torture, slavery, and repeated murder to players who have tactile and sensory feedback in VR space, and these all-powerful GMs don't step in at all, but they will step in to enforce a bogus contract signed under duress? The author did not portray the developers as callous or evil or morally bankrupt until it served his purpose for a single scene, and then he completely forgets about them as an entity for at least another book and a half. Then there's the fact that every indication is that the game is an adult game, but one of the contracts was nullified because a player was a minor and couldn't legally sign a contract? Why did the GM then allow that 14 year old to remain in the true to life virtual reality full of rape, torture, sex, and murder? For that matter, why does the 14 year old's Grandmother support her playing such a game? The Author doesn't care... he just wanted that scene.
Edit: After reading through what I wrote after posting, I missed a very egregious thing in the world building aspect, and that is growth and economy. There is no sense of 'ramping' that you would expect to see in an MMO. At first, the MC has progression from coppers and silvers to making gold, and from cheap ores/low level foods to slightly more sturdy materials and meals. But then his rewards grow immensely off the scale, and it's barely addressed. He receives tens of thousands of gold from bosses and dungeons while still in the mid level 20s, and has field boss resources before he's level 30, but those resources don't have the impact they would have on a real MMO economy. MC and his people vehemently defend an iron mine, meanwhile they're farming hundreds of ingots of magical shadow steel from a dungeon that also drops rare weapons and tens of thousands of gold. As for enemy players, he is targeted by a group for his unique weapon in book one, and it's insinuated that the group doing so has done it before, but when he faces that group later they don't display anything of the sort to turn the tables on him. His self-made gear is one of the major things that turns the tide against a higher level guild that has been using underhanded methods to steal unique level-scaling gear? For me, this just feels like another situation where Wideman had an idea for a scene and put it in without considering the implications on the world as a whole, and then forgot about it.
3.1 Characterization.... ha.
The book starts off by portraying the MC's best friend as the 'tolerated over sharing best friend' that openly hits on his sister in front of their parents. I've seen this character before, and it's usually portrayed as being tolerated because of a lifelong friendship. Except MC and his best friend only met in Rehab a year or so prior to the book's start. The best friend then lies to the MC, and keeps it a secret from him that he volunteered MC to be the leader of a guild in a new game and got hundreds of people to give up an amazing lottery prize to a stranger to lead them, without telling him. Terrible friendship, but I've seen authors turn things like that into a compelling story, so fine. Then you hear the reason why the MC was chosen.... He's a savant when it comes to gaming, smart, resourceful, clever, and a good leader. I know all of this because the author tells me. Repeatedly. Unfortunately what the author shows me is a character that frequently makes bad decisions (such as accepting a group invite and binding to a respawn out of a safe zone with strangers because they seem nice, after spending two chapters talking about how dangerous it is to let your guard down and how back-stabby the game world can be) and is constantly rewarded by the author for charging into situations that would get a real raid leader kicked out of a guild in a casual MMO guild, much less a group that is depending on the game for their health and financial future. He constantly overextends and gets saved by teammates, and takes fights that should be unwinnable if he didn't have plot armor. There are moments where the author blatantly states that the 5v12 fight they're about to get into is one they won't make it out of with everyone intact, and then the 12 people get killed by a single monster without being able to do a thing and his group of 5 immediately beats the field boss monster alone without any preparation or knowledge on how it fights. The last nail in the characterization coffin that I'll list here is the author's self-inserts. If you read this series and missed them, I'd forgive you for it because they were throwaway lines, but they're more common than you think. The main character is depicted as not having any interest in the world outside the pod due to his injuries, but will often make remarks and go on small righteous rants about something that grinds his gears in popular culture. It is clearly the author being annoyed at something and putting it into his work to try to make the readers laugh and agree with him, and doesn't serve the character or story at all.
I could continue to go on with how painful I found this series up until the point where I couldn't take it anymore, but this has gone on long enough. I realize some of what I've written is probably a bit rambling and ranting, and maybe I'll clean it up when I'm less frustrated at what could have been a good series. If you've read to this point, I'll say this: If you've read this series and enjoy it, more power to you. I don't begrudge anyone their opinions, and maybe you dislike things I enjoy as much as I dislike this series. If you haven't started the series, and are here for insight on whether you should or not, then take everything with a grain of salt. Both my raving dislike for the series, and the glowing reviews. I personally cannot understand how some of the reviews on here are 5 stars and saying how clever and unique the story and MC are, which is why I tried to give details about why I dislike the series. I would like to think that even if someone enjoyed it, they would agree with some of what I've said here is true but choose to accept it and enjoy it anyway. If you find some of the things I've said here concerning and it doesn't sound like the series for you, then I'm happy to have helped. If you think I'm a raving lunatic and this series is groundbreaking and amazing, then the author has 13 other series for you to go read, I encourage you to support him.
I started this book just to kill time at work/driving through Audible. Narrator is decent, I would listen to him in another series. There were some wrong words/bad grammar that I have confirmed was in the text, so not really the narrator's fault.
Onto the series. I read this first book and while there were glaring issues that made me hesitant to listen to the next book, I chose to continue for two main reasons:
First, the concept of why the game world should matter was actually relatable and rather novel. Many LitRPGs struggle with this part of the story because it's a game, why should the stakes matter to anyone? Most authors go the NerveGear(Sword Art Online) route where if you die in game, you die in real life/can't log out. Others choose the Isekai route. The world is real and you're trapped there after summon/death. The third major faction on this trope is the Esports angle. Essentially something about the game is important/valuable in the real world (Ready Player One) or it's such a spectator sport that people gain status and money for doing well, and will kill rivals in real life (Class A Threat). This author avoids that by making the core group of players physically or mentally disabled in their real bodies, so the game world is both escape and opportunity for them. It's a surprisingly normal reason why the game would have weight to the characters and earned quite a bit of goodwill from me early on.
Second, I wrongly thought that this was a new-ish author, and that the problems I saw in this book might get smoothed out in later books. This is not the case at all, and the author has at least 59 titles written and published since 2015. An insane rate of a little over 6 a year. I do give a little leeway because almost every one he wrote was in a series, and they're short books as well. However, the fast pace of release is clearly evident in this series, which I'm about to point out. Spoilers ahead, but in my opinion you're better off reading this than the series.
1. Editing issues.
I'm going to put this first because it's the easiest thing to fix. This series is riddled with inconsistencies, incorrect words, grammar mistakes, and bad punctuation/pluralization. Two examples of wrong words being used are "Obscurity" in place of "Absurdity", and "Interned" in place of "Interred". Those things aren't a huge problem, but can break immersion pretty quickly and happen a lot. Wideman also tends to forget changes to characters and cause the timeline to be completely off-track. Characters will get class upgrades or gain new skills, and then later be referred to as their previous class or not have a skill they did previously. Two big examples of this are the MC being a 'Mystic Ranger' after having changed class twice to an advanced version at level up, and when the author mentions Dawn not having a shadow stealth skill but Hedwig being able to, but later leaving Hedwig behind and sneaking into a base with Dawn because Hedwig doesn't have stealth. This can easily be fixed by just hiring an (better?) editor to track inconsistencies and goofs.
2. Deus Ex Mach-guffins everywhere.
Every single tense situation in the series gets solved (or created) in increasingly erratic and unforeseeable ways. Early in the story this isn't that big of a deal, and may be what sucks you in and convinces you this series is worth the time. After the first act setup in which the 'smart' (I'll touch on this later) MC gets betrayed because he trusts people, the first book is largely a slice of life low-level grind fest, and I don't mind it. The MC discovers that the NPCs are kind of cool actually, and the skills that everyone thinks are a waste of time turn out to be really useful. All in all, the time in Mara is rather quaint and enjoyable. There are a few moments in which we see the seeds that are being planted for the future of the series though. It feels somewhat natural because the coincidences are framed in the quests MC is given, so it feels like a game helping him along as long as he follows the script. Then you start getting into the second book. The MC constantly ends up on the back foot and desperate, and thinks about how his weapons aren't working, or something is impossible, or the enemy is too strong, and then immediately getting a lucky critical or timely interference from a third party or a stun proc on an attack... etc. When enemies get critically hit or stunned, or have something big fall on them, they all die even when they're higher level and tankier than MC, but when it happens to MC he survives because something happens to save him. This also applies to their crafting/town building. Need more levels for a tough fight? Get a quest that gives a lot of experience. Don't have enough points to upgrade to fend off the players coming for you? Monster
horde gives you the upgrade you need and points to spend on another one. Desperate last ditch attack failed? Reinforcements come out of nowhere. I'd say the most egregious though is the levelling up in mid-combat restoring all of his health right as he's about to die. Nowhere in the series before or after does the author suggest that level ups restore health to full, but when the chips are down and they need an ex Machina? Level-up to the rescue. Friends signed a contract that a sudden GM is enforcing? Lawyer and bad contracts to the rescue! (More on this later) I could stay in this section talking about conveniences... contrivances. I could talk about contrivances all day, but there's still more to be wary of in this series, so I'll move on.
3. World Building.
There is none. At least none that is reliable, because as soon as you build an understanding of the world, something will flip it on its head, or the author will just discard it. Characters that seem to be extremely important in the early story just vanish without a trace later because the author found a new toy. There are some NPC deaths in the first book that could explain where some of the characters went, but the character doesn't mourn any of them specifically. Certain characters that were very important to MC's development just disappear and you assume they died in an attack, but the MC doesn't mourn them at all. He gets angry that death happened, but doesn't act like he knew any of the dead. New characters are introduced as they're needed to drive the 'plot' along, and then forgotten until they're needed again. Very rarely do they feel like they've lived their own lives in the MC's absence unless they are needed as a catalyst to kick off the next big 'danger'. The bigger world building sin however is what was mentioned previously, the Game Master interfering in the game world over the contract issue. This feels entirely like the author wanted to insert a 'lawyer finds legal loophole and saves the day' scene, and forced it into the story regardless of the repercussions on the story. The 'evil' guilds do completely horrendous things, such as sexual assault, torture, slavery, and repeated murder to players who have tactile and sensory feedback in VR space, and these all-powerful GMs don't step in at all, but they will step in to enforce a bogus contract signed under duress? The author did not portray the developers as callous or evil or morally bankrupt until it served his purpose for a single scene, and then he completely forgets about them as an entity for at least another book and a half. Then there's the fact that every indication is that the game is an adult game, but one of the contracts was nullified because a player was a minor and couldn't legally sign a contract? Why did the GM then allow that 14 year old to remain in the true to life virtual reality full of rape, torture, sex, and murder? For that matter, why does the 14 year old's Grandmother support her playing such a game? The Author doesn't care... he just wanted that scene.
Edit: After reading through what I wrote after posting, I missed a very egregious thing in the world building aspect, and that is growth and economy. There is no sense of 'ramping' that you would expect to see in an MMO. At first, the MC has progression from coppers and silvers to making gold, and from cheap ores/low level foods to slightly more sturdy materials and meals. But then his rewards grow immensely off the scale, and it's barely addressed. He receives tens of thousands of gold from bosses and dungeons while still in the mid level 20s, and has field boss resources before he's level 30, but those resources don't have the impact they would have on a real MMO economy. MC and his people vehemently defend an iron mine, meanwhile they're farming hundreds of ingots of magical shadow steel from a dungeon that also drops rare weapons and tens of thousands of gold. As for enemy players, he is targeted by a group for his unique weapon in book one, and it's insinuated that the group doing so has done it before, but when he faces that group later they don't display anything of the sort to turn the tables on him. His self-made gear is one of the major things that turns the tide against a higher level guild that has been using underhanded methods to steal unique level-scaling gear? For me, this just feels like another situation where Wideman had an idea for a scene and put it in without considering the implications on the world as a whole, and then forgot about it.
3.1 Characterization.... ha.
The book starts off by portraying the MC's best friend as the 'tolerated over sharing best friend' that openly hits on his sister in front of their parents. I've seen this character before, and it's usually portrayed as being tolerated because of a lifelong friendship. Except MC and his best friend only met in Rehab a year or so prior to the book's start. The best friend then lies to the MC, and keeps it a secret from him that he volunteered MC to be the leader of a guild in a new game and got hundreds of people to give up an amazing lottery prize to a stranger to lead them, without telling him. Terrible friendship, but I've seen authors turn things like that into a compelling story, so fine. Then you hear the reason why the MC was chosen.... He's a savant when it comes to gaming, smart, resourceful, clever, and a good leader. I know all of this because the author tells me. Repeatedly. Unfortunately what the author shows me is a character that frequently makes bad decisions (such as accepting a group invite and binding to a respawn out of a safe zone with strangers because they seem nice, after spending two chapters talking about how dangerous it is to let your guard down and how back-stabby the game world can be) and is constantly rewarded by the author for charging into situations that would get a real raid leader kicked out of a guild in a casual MMO guild, much less a group that is depending on the game for their health and financial future. He constantly overextends and gets saved by teammates, and takes fights that should be unwinnable if he didn't have plot armor. There are moments where the author blatantly states that the 5v12 fight they're about to get into is one they won't make it out of with everyone intact, and then the 12 people get killed by a single monster without being able to do a thing and his group of 5 immediately beats the field boss monster alone without any preparation or knowledge on how it fights. The last nail in the characterization coffin that I'll list here is the author's self-inserts. If you read this series and missed them, I'd forgive you for it because they were throwaway lines, but they're more common than you think. The main character is depicted as not having any interest in the world outside the pod due to his injuries, but will often make remarks and go on small righteous rants about something that grinds his gears in popular culture. It is clearly the author being annoyed at something and putting it into his work to try to make the readers laugh and agree with him, and doesn't serve the character or story at all.
I could continue to go on with how painful I found this series up until the point where I couldn't take it anymore, but this has gone on long enough. I realize some of what I've written is probably a bit rambling and ranting, and maybe I'll clean it up when I'm less frustrated at what could have been a good series. If you've read to this point, I'll say this: If you've read this series and enjoy it, more power to you. I don't begrudge anyone their opinions, and maybe you dislike things I enjoy as much as I dislike this series. If you haven't started the series, and are here for insight on whether you should or not, then take everything with a grain of salt. Both my raving dislike for the series, and the glowing reviews. I personally cannot understand how some of the reviews on here are 5 stars and saying how clever and unique the story and MC are, which is why I tried to give details about why I dislike the series. I would like to think that even if someone enjoyed it, they would agree with some of what I've said here is true but choose to accept it and enjoy it anyway. If you find some of the things I've said here concerning and it doesn't sound like the series for you, then I'm happy to have helped. If you think I'm a raving lunatic and this series is groundbreaking and amazing, then the author has 13 other series for you to go read, I encourage you to support him.
August 23, 2020
Robyn Wideman is one of my favorite fantasy authors and I like his books a lot. When I read that he was going to release a LitRPG I got really excited because it's my favorite genre.
"My clone just took an arrow to the knee. Damn it, I had high hopes for him to become an adventurer. Now he's probably going to be a stupid city guard."
The thing that makes him so likable to me are his Skyrim references. There's nothing I want more than to see my favorite game cherished in a book of my favorite genre written by one of my favorite authors.
The story in this one starts quite simple. Ryan (the MC) had an accident and needs a wheelchair to move around. His friend Terry gets him a deluxe version of the new game New Realm Online which includes a Medipod for playing (and some other features). The MC starts quite OP but loses everything (which is foreseeable) just after a little while. He then needs to start all over again.
There are some LitRPGs with OP MCs that I enjoyed. But I like it a lot more when the MC has to fight for everything or needs strategic thinking or to be creative. Both applies to Ryan. Furthermore he is empathetic and cares a lot about the NPCs and Player around him. I liked that.
There is just this one thing: Typos. A lot. The character Voz is spelled sometimes Vos instead (not just one or two times, but many). There were so many typos it was annoying sometimes and I'd recommend the author to let people read the book beforehand to make sure there are less typos.
Other than that I recommend this to everyone liking LitRPG without an OP MC or people interested in an MC who builds a master of none character.
I'm already excited for book two in the series!
"My clone just took an arrow to the knee. Damn it, I had high hopes for him to become an adventurer. Now he's probably going to be a stupid city guard."
The thing that makes him so likable to me are his Skyrim references. There's nothing I want more than to see my favorite game cherished in a book of my favorite genre written by one of my favorite authors.
The story in this one starts quite simple. Ryan (the MC) had an accident and needs a wheelchair to move around. His friend Terry gets him a deluxe version of the new game New Realm Online which includes a Medipod for playing (and some other features). The MC starts quite OP but loses everything (which is foreseeable) just after a little while. He then needs to start all over again.
There are some LitRPGs with OP MCs that I enjoyed. But I like it a lot more when the MC has to fight for everything or needs strategic thinking or to be creative. Both applies to Ryan. Furthermore he is empathetic and cares a lot about the NPCs and Player around him. I liked that.
There is just this one thing: Typos. A lot. The character Voz is spelled sometimes Vos instead (not just one or two times, but many). There were so many typos it was annoying sometimes and I'd recommend the author to let people read the book beforehand to make sure there are less typos.
Other than that I recommend this to everyone liking LitRPG without an OP MC or people interested in an MC who builds a master of none character.
I'm already excited for book two in the series!
September 13, 2020
Okay LitRPG with unnecessary elements
Not a bad LitRPG book. It has a decent premise and okay characters but the book is in dire need of an editor, quite a few punctuation errors and wrong words.
The biggest issue for me is the jarring moments like where a female player says she was sexually harassed with threat of sexual assault and it's shrug off like that happening in a GAME wouldn't be a big problem also there is a quest where an NPC has been raped and another of those cheap examples to show how terrible a boss is when the whole murder and slavery did that just fine.
I don't understand why you would make mention something so serious in such a cheap, heavy handed manor. I guess it just shows how the author didn't think things through.
Not a bad LitRPG book. It has a decent premise and okay characters but the book is in dire need of an editor, quite a few punctuation errors and wrong words.
The biggest issue for me is the jarring moments like where a female player says she was sexually harassed with threat of sexual assault and it's shrug off like that happening in a GAME wouldn't be a big problem also there is a quest where an NPC has been raped and another of those cheap examples to show how terrible a boss is when the whole murder and slavery did that just fine.
I don't understand why you would make mention something so serious in such a cheap, heavy handed manor. I guess it just shows how the author didn't think things through.
August 2, 2025
This one swings in with a fresh take on the LitRPG genre. Wideman doesn’t play by the usual rules. While most LitRPGs shove you into stat sheets and endless grind, Re-Roll leans harder into character-driven storytelling and real consequences. It's less about chasing XP and more about surviving a brutal new world that doesn’t hold your hand.
Our main character isn’t some overpowered chosen one from the start. He’s vulnerable, raw, and forced to re-roll more than just his class.
Our main character isn’t some overpowered chosen one from the start. He’s vulnerable, raw, and forced to re-roll more than just his class.
September 12, 2020
What a great read!
This book was written by a true gamer and it shows. Loved the story and can't wait for book 2.
This book was written by a true gamer and it shows. Loved the story and can't wait for book 2.
September 16, 2025
"My clone just took an arrow to the knee. Damn it, I had high hopes for him to become an adventurer. Now he's probably going to be a stupid city guard."
On second read I loved the humor even more. The characters developed a lot in this book. I love Ryan as a character and especially Voz.
If you're into Litrpg, want a little adventure (which reads like games like Skyrim, Oblivion etc), are up for quests, guilds and settlement building - this one is for u!
On second read I loved the humor even more. The characters developed a lot in this book. I love Ryan as a character and especially Voz.
If you're into Litrpg, want a little adventure (which reads like games like Skyrim, Oblivion etc), are up for quests, guilds and settlement building - this one is for u!
October 6, 2020
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First, my review: “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”
Second, I am not a bot...at least I don’t think I am. Yes this is copy pasta (just learned that term, so fun!) simply because I feel like any book I read deserves acknowledgement but at the same time my feelings on reviews conflict with the normal review process.
I enjoyed this book, so my goal is to promote it and help the author. If you are a potential reader, just stop reading now and take the above as all you need to know. I am not going to share my reasoning, thoughts on the book, or any opinions that would influence your decision to read it. It is my opinion that Art needs to be experienced at an individual level. You are the only one that can determine what you like and don’t like. Don’t let others make that decision for you. You should definitely read the book and completely ignore all of the reviews. Or not if you don’t think this book is for you. That choice is all yours and the beauty of art appreciation. You are a much better judge of what you will like than anyone here.
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First, my review: “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”
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If you are a member of the IAK Guild (thanks, Jason) or part of the review police, feel free to criticize me and challenge my philosophy on reviewing art. I think we all love a good debate. The forums are open and I welcome your comments. I was wrong in my previous request to get you to stop. Your blatant disregard for that request has led to some fun discussions. Growth is important for us all.
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November 2, 2022
I want to play this game!
I read litRPG when my gang can't get together to play, and the game mechanics behind this one are phenomenal. Want a skill? Learn it to earn it, as shown here:
"We worked all day. Voz and I would switch between the smelter and the making of iron bars, and forging them into blades. By the end of the day, I’d gained another level in blacksmithing and gained a point in strength, one that was well earned as my shoulders were burning from the repetitive hammering and shoveling of ore and charcoal. But I was smiling the whole time. I’d never played a game where the realism was so impressive. The heat of the fire on my face, the burn of my muscles as I worked. Only my notifications popping up reminded me that this wasn’t reality."
It's a thorough start to the series, introducing characters and the game world slowly. I like the idea of the medi-pods, as injured players are a common trope to be this into game in the genre.
Well done, interesting game without entirely stat-bombing, complete with AI snark.
I read litRPG when my gang can't get together to play, and the game mechanics behind this one are phenomenal. Want a skill? Learn it to earn it, as shown here:
"We worked all day. Voz and I would switch between the smelter and the making of iron bars, and forging them into blades. By the end of the day, I’d gained another level in blacksmithing and gained a point in strength, one that was well earned as my shoulders were burning from the repetitive hammering and shoveling of ore and charcoal. But I was smiling the whole time. I’d never played a game where the realism was so impressive. The heat of the fire on my face, the burn of my muscles as I worked. Only my notifications popping up reminded me that this wasn’t reality."
It's a thorough start to the series, introducing characters and the game world slowly. I like the idea of the medi-pods, as injured players are a common trope to be this into game in the genre.
Well done, interesting game without entirely stat-bombing, complete with AI snark.
January 14, 2024
Unnecessary social commentary
Decent game lit read. Nothing earth-shattering but the medical pod guild angle has potential.
Unfortunately there's a good bit of virtue-signalling on sex, race, and gender issues. Doesn't seem at all necessary for the plot. Just enough to be annoying.
Decent game lit read. Nothing earth-shattering but the medical pod guild angle has potential.
Unfortunately there's a good bit of virtue-signalling on sex, race, and gender issues. Doesn't seem at all necessary for the plot. Just enough to be annoying.
October 5, 2020
A fun read with no surprises.
This was fun, it had good characters that were a bit bland. The overall story was predictable but enjoyable. I would read another but the story wrote itself into a corner at the end so I do not see much life expectancy here.
This was fun, it had good characters that were a bit bland. The overall story was predictable but enjoyable. I would read another but the story wrote itself into a corner at the end so I do not see much life expectancy here.
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March 30, 2021Generally speaking, I really liked this book...I have never read anything else by Robyn Wideman, but I definitely will...that is once I have gotten throughly tired of the LitRpg genre. (The concept inspires me so much that it could be a long ways before I get tired;))
Ryan Rosa, the mc of Re-roll has had a kind of crappy life in the last few years, both due to a car accident as well as to his insurance company that would rather pay all of his bills and give him a stipend, rather then let him have a surgery that would correct his problems with walking, etc. And he understandably is frustrated and depressed over that.
But, for his birthday a friend gifts him a VIP membership to the newest hot game to hit the market, New Realm Online. Which ofc is a VRMMORPG like the majority of LitRpg is.
Ryan's 1st character is a seriously neat concept, A Golden Elf,tho fairly OP, but new "Friends" quickly show him he shouldn't be so trusting, and he ends up re-rolling to a new character, so that the ones that betrayed him doesn't get the pretty cool sword he got from the game. The new character is a Dark Elf, which has some interesting racial characteristics, but the side effect of many humans not trusting him. (Truthfully, I would have stuck with the 1st one, despite losing my new sword, unless the betrayers kept killing me over and over and would ask if the avatar can be transferred somewhere else, if not, then I would re roll. But, that's one of the few objections I have over this book.)
Now we get to why I enjoyed this book: With Ryan's re roll, he decided to gain as many different skills as possible...not just with weapons work, but also with cooking, animal husbandry, blacksmithing, etc. To be a relatively balanced out character. (Instead of combat farming all the time. Plus...Reading about constant combat bores me to tears.)
Because I don't want to write a novel of a review, ;) I'll touch on some other things that I wasn't wild about:
1.) Mentioned above, but to reiterate; Ryan deciding to re-roll his character, even though I understand his reasoning.
2.) The re rolled character has a snarky AI, and no mentions of whether everyone has to deal with the snarkyness, or just rerolled characters. So, that part is a bit inconsistant.
3.)A new friend of a friend shows up...I generally liked her, but would have preferred to get to know her more, especially since she is, among other things a Priestess. (Been really curious about exploring the religious side in Fantasy, especially if it isn't Judaic Christian based.)
4.) Other then initial distrust due to his re rolled character being a Dark Elf, (A few people citing the reasons because of the wars and other issues with Dark Elves in the past.) Many of the people get passed their issues relatively quickly. (Which does make for smoother reading, it's just not terribly realistic. There is also some mistrust of Adventurers.
So, luckily none of those issues were enough to make me quick this book, and I hoped the author plans on writing another in the next couple of years. He has a fb page that I plan on checking out soon.
Ryan Rosa, the mc of Re-roll has had a kind of crappy life in the last few years, both due to a car accident as well as to his insurance company that would rather pay all of his bills and give him a stipend, rather then let him have a surgery that would correct his problems with walking, etc. And he understandably is frustrated and depressed over that.
But, for his birthday a friend gifts him a VIP membership to the newest hot game to hit the market, New Realm Online. Which ofc is a VRMMORPG like the majority of LitRpg is.
Ryan's 1st character is a seriously neat concept, A Golden Elf,tho fairly OP, but new "Friends" quickly show him he shouldn't be so trusting, and he ends up re-rolling to a new character, so that the ones that betrayed him doesn't get the pretty cool sword he got from the game. The new character is a Dark Elf, which has some interesting racial characteristics, but the side effect of many humans not trusting him. (Truthfully, I would have stuck with the 1st one, despite losing my new sword, unless the betrayers kept killing me over and over and would ask if the avatar can be transferred somewhere else, if not, then I would re roll. But, that's one of the few objections I have over this book.)
Now we get to why I enjoyed this book: With Ryan's re roll, he decided to gain as many different skills as possible...not just with weapons work, but also with cooking, animal husbandry, blacksmithing, etc. To be a relatively balanced out character. (Instead of combat farming all the time. Plus...Reading about constant combat bores me to tears.)
Because I don't want to write a novel of a review, ;) I'll touch on some other things that I wasn't wild about:
1.) Mentioned above, but to reiterate; Ryan deciding to re-roll his character, even though I understand his reasoning.
2.) The re rolled character has a snarky AI, and no mentions of whether everyone has to deal with the snarkyness, or just rerolled characters. So, that part is a bit inconsistant.
3.)A new friend of a friend shows up...I generally liked her, but would have preferred to get to know her more, especially since she is, among other things a Priestess. (Been really curious about exploring the religious side in Fantasy, especially if it isn't Judaic Christian based.)
4.) Other then initial distrust due to his re rolled character being a Dark Elf, (A few people citing the reasons because of the wars and other issues with Dark Elves in the past.) Many of the people get passed their issues relatively quickly. (Which does make for smoother reading, it's just not terribly realistic. There is also some mistrust of Adventurers.
So, luckily none of those issues were enough to make me quick this book, and I hoped the author plans on writing another in the next couple of years. He has a fb page that I plan on checking out soon.
August 20, 2024
Cringe.
That's it. That's the review. Two stars for this first book, negative stars for 1.5 where the cringe intensifies and maybe one star for book 2.
Now to the too long, did read:
Book one is power and virtue trip, that's fine. HOWEVER, out of nowhere you're slapped with rape, sexual assault and literal slavery in a very casual and gratuitous way. Basically it's the only thing that stayed with me afterwards. The flimsy justification is that the game is "so realistic". If you think this is bad, the rest of the series is a disaster.
Character actions and motivations don't make any sense. The MC is a classic a chosen one, in a cringy wa, but not a single other character makes sense. The friend who gives MC the lottery ticket because he somehow chose him to lead a whole guild of strangers. Said strangers just went along with him as a leader sight unseen, all of a couple hundreds of them, and NONE of them bothered to get in touch with their leader to be. Friend didn't even tell MC the gift comes with a rope of responsiblities around his neck!
There are the people who chose to play as slaves, because... reasons. They can log out, they can purchase a new account, they can sue for damages.. But they dutifully log back in to toil all day in cold water with no food and under continuous abuse. Just why?
Let's talk about the underage bullying victim who is in a coma. Put him in the game, in isolation, in the wild, give him no gear, no food, and NO WEAPON, and watch him get attacked to death again, and again, and again. Basically torturing the child, for NO REASON.
And what about the big shot lawyer. Her granddaughter is an indentured slave in the game. Perfectly capable of logging out although she needs to stay in the pods. Solution one: Rich lady gets her a new account? She just started that character, she has nothing to lose? Nope.
Solution two: big shot lawyer examines the amateur contract and gets her client out of it in game? Nope.
Solution three: lawyer sues the hell out of the company and the guild for putting a terminally ill 14 y.o girl to slavery and kicks a media shit storm to put pressure on them? Nope.
Solution four: grandma who owns a security/mercs company puts a few of her own employees in game to extract the victim? Nope.
Solution five: hire professional gamers to do the deed? Nope.
What she does is to liquidate all her assets, retire, go full immersion, start a noob character, build up said character over months, live in stress and hardship, meanwhile her granddaughter is still enslaved, manages by pure chance at the last minute and in no way on her own initiative to find allies, storms the prison and liberates the girl, has a look at the "contract", declares "dis ain't legal" to a developer. FIN.
I honestly can't believe this got past beta readers and into publication. The sad thing is that one rewrite could have made it, if not memorable, at least an enjoyable read, with semblance of internal logic.
That's it. That's the review. Two stars for this first book, negative stars for 1.5 where the cringe intensifies and maybe one star for book 2.
Now to the too long, did read:
Book one is power and virtue trip, that's fine. HOWEVER, out of nowhere you're slapped with rape, sexual assault and literal slavery in a very casual and gratuitous way. Basically it's the only thing that stayed with me afterwards. The flimsy justification is that the game is "so realistic". If you think this is bad, the rest of the series is a disaster.
Character actions and motivations don't make any sense. The MC is a classic a chosen one, in a cringy wa, but not a single other character makes sense. The friend who gives MC the lottery ticket because he somehow chose him to lead a whole guild of strangers. Said strangers just went along with him as a leader sight unseen, all of a couple hundreds of them, and NONE of them bothered to get in touch with their leader to be. Friend didn't even tell MC the gift comes with a rope of responsiblities around his neck!
There are the people who chose to play as slaves, because... reasons. They can log out, they can purchase a new account, they can sue for damages.. But they dutifully log back in to toil all day in cold water with no food and under continuous abuse. Just why?
Let's talk about the underage bullying victim who is in a coma. Put him in the game, in isolation, in the wild, give him no gear, no food, and NO WEAPON, and watch him get attacked to death again, and again, and again. Basically torturing the child, for NO REASON.
And what about the big shot lawyer. Her granddaughter is an indentured slave in the game. Perfectly capable of logging out although she needs to stay in the pods. Solution one: Rich lady gets her a new account? She just started that character, she has nothing to lose? Nope.
Solution two: big shot lawyer examines the amateur contract and gets her client out of it in game? Nope.
Solution three: lawyer sues the hell out of the company and the guild for putting a terminally ill 14 y.o girl to slavery and kicks a media shit storm to put pressure on them? Nope.
Solution four: grandma who owns a security/mercs company puts a few of her own employees in game to extract the victim? Nope.
Solution five: hire professional gamers to do the deed? Nope.
What she does is to liquidate all her assets, retire, go full immersion, start a noob character, build up said character over months, live in stress and hardship, meanwhile her granddaughter is still enslaved, manages by pure chance at the last minute and in no way on her own initiative to find allies, storms the prison and liberates the girl, has a look at the "contract", declares "dis ain't legal" to a developer. FIN.
I honestly can't believe this got past beta readers and into publication. The sad thing is that one rewrite could have made it, if not memorable, at least an enjoyable read, with semblance of internal logic.
July 6, 2023
Well written definitely needs editing
I always feel very disappointed when a writer has a good story to tell, but then drops the ball with the editing. That to me is shoddy work, because it takes so many stars out of the story.
I look at it this way, it's like a five star restaurant has super service at the front of the house, delicious food, nicely chilled wine, and great servers, but when the customer leave through the back, they find the filthy kitchen. It may be dirty pots and pans now, but you can be sure in a week or two the cockroaches will have settled in.
This book, first of this series, maybe not at the cockroach stage yet, but for me it is enough to keep me very cautious about a second book and the ones after.
My time I have available for slipping into the world of imagination, reading, is very precious to me, and I certainly don't want it constantly interrupted with errors which has me in the dirty kitchen more time than not. It ruins the whole experience.
I read all my books for a reason, sure I have never liked 'hearing' the stories told in someone else's voice, someone else's interpretation. I read because I enjoy the tastes that the words elicit, the words that build the pictures in my mind, words the writer used to build his story. So then, when the story is full of problems which keep ripping me out of my imagination, problems a careful editing would have fixed, it hurts the whole story, it ruins the taste and enjoyment.
Every word I just used in writing this review I would have rather used to praise a job well done, I could have used to wet possible reader's appetite. Should have been used to get more readers interested. But then it's also important to make future customers aware of the dirty kitchen out back.
I always feel very disappointed when a writer has a good story to tell, but then drops the ball with the editing. That to me is shoddy work, because it takes so many stars out of the story.
I look at it this way, it's like a five star restaurant has super service at the front of the house, delicious food, nicely chilled wine, and great servers, but when the customer leave through the back, they find the filthy kitchen. It may be dirty pots and pans now, but you can be sure in a week or two the cockroaches will have settled in.
This book, first of this series, maybe not at the cockroach stage yet, but for me it is enough to keep me very cautious about a second book and the ones after.
My time I have available for slipping into the world of imagination, reading, is very precious to me, and I certainly don't want it constantly interrupted with errors which has me in the dirty kitchen more time than not. It ruins the whole experience.
I read all my books for a reason, sure I have never liked 'hearing' the stories told in someone else's voice, someone else's interpretation. I read because I enjoy the tastes that the words elicit, the words that build the pictures in my mind, words the writer used to build his story. So then, when the story is full of problems which keep ripping me out of my imagination, problems a careful editing would have fixed, it hurts the whole story, it ruins the taste and enjoyment.
Every word I just used in writing this review I would have rather used to praise a job well done, I could have used to wet possible reader's appetite. Should have been used to get more readers interested. But then it's also important to make future customers aware of the dirty kitchen out back.
March 23, 2022
Basic premise man has an accident, and loses the use of his legs meets a friend in rehab. During the 2 years in rehab they get to know each other rather well and share the love of gaming.
A new game comes out, and they start playing this game, and when he creates his new character he gets to start off as a unique race, and gets a special weapon that is rather flashy.
He meets a group of people in game already and they had been watching him, and greedily eyed his weapon. They befriend him only to get him to bind inside of a dungeon with them. Then they boot him from the party and repeatedly kill him wanting the sword. So instead of giving up the sword after they knock him back to level 1, he re-rolls his character.
This is the story about what he does even with all the penalties for re-rolling, and the hint that he is given not to be in a hurry to rush to level. What he figures out is that it is easier to get skills when you are lower level, and that skills are at least as important if not more than important than levels.
Through the first two books, he forms a guild with other people through the same friend from rehab, and many of the core people have physical handicaps in the real world. They become stronger and end up forming a settlement with a mine in the area, which other players eye with greed.
Coming back around to the start of the first book, the same group of people make their way to his gates and this sets off a large battle.
5/5 I really enjoyed these books, and am looking forward to more, even at the expense of another series by this author that I was waiting for.
A new game comes out, and they start playing this game, and when he creates his new character he gets to start off as a unique race, and gets a special weapon that is rather flashy.
He meets a group of people in game already and they had been watching him, and greedily eyed his weapon. They befriend him only to get him to bind inside of a dungeon with them. Then they boot him from the party and repeatedly kill him wanting the sword. So instead of giving up the sword after they knock him back to level 1, he re-rolls his character.
This is the story about what he does even with all the penalties for re-rolling, and the hint that he is given not to be in a hurry to rush to level. What he figures out is that it is easier to get skills when you are lower level, and that skills are at least as important if not more than important than levels.
Through the first two books, he forms a guild with other people through the same friend from rehab, and many of the core people have physical handicaps in the real world. They become stronger and end up forming a settlement with a mine in the area, which other players eye with greed.
Coming back around to the start of the first book, the same group of people make their way to his gates and this sets off a large battle.
5/5 I really enjoyed these books, and am looking forward to more, even at the expense of another series by this author that I was waiting for.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
March 20, 2022
Ok, I’ve been playing RPGs for (gulp) over 40 years, from classics like Traveler to D&D and GURPS (if you’re not a RPGer, don’t worry - that’s just to try to establish “street cred” with those who are), and I’ve been reading GameLit and LitRPG since before those terms really existed, so I know “the good stuff”. I gotta say, Robyn Wideman writes the good stuff buffed up hugely. I’m so very happy I came across his RE-ROLL, the first book in his new New Realm Online series. This is the start of what I can tell you is totally perfect and truly epic LitRPG fantasy. It’s also just a perfectly fun and wonderful novel for those who don’t even know RPG means role playing game. It was so addictive in fact that I immediately turned to Book 2, Broken Bones. Quite frankly I cannot tell you which one is better - but if I could give each more than five stars I would. Totally fun exciting adventures with really perfect character development (both lead and supporting characters, good guys and baddies), a really well thought out RPG system (I only wish there was a system that worked this well) and a simply wonderful plot line in each book that (even though the books are sequentially stand-alone) works perfectly in what’s developing into one heck of a fantastic story arc. Really my only regret is that there wasn’t a Book 3 yet for me to binge into. As to either of the first two books, all I can say is highly recommended and, please Robyn Wideman, hurry up with that Book 3!
November 21, 2025
So I was really digging the book until about 1/3 to 1/2 when the author started bringing in other adventurers with Dawn followed by many more. Until then, I was enjoying a character grinding out a beginning and finding new rewards and paths because of it. But then the whole book changed with the author constantly having the character suspect things about how the game might work but then never really paying them off because he abandoned his whole plan anyway. The group dynamics he attempts to create seem forced and mostly shallow. He should have stuck with working through one character and creating an arc and seeing it through. But nope, I’ll just add a whole bunch of other folks and no one will notice how bad this all really is. But if you decide to read the book, you may want to call it at the end of book one. He’s just not headed down the right road to fix anything that he’s messed up.
September 6, 2023
I was torn between 3 and 4 stars on this, so call it 3.5, with the tie going to the author.
The good: solid, settlement-building story with lots of detail. Decent characters and back story and solid writing. A few typos here and there, but nothing abnormal (for the genre) and nothing that is overly distracting. In other words: A good, solid read.
The opportunities: Name a LitRPG trope and this book probably has it. It breaks no new ground, but also doesn't really try to. It's the meatloaf and mashed potatoes of LitRPG. My biggest beef are the inconsistencies in the leveling system. The attributes are not consistent throughout the book - it starts off as charm, moves to charisma, then moves back to charm. That sort of thing bugs me and breaks the immersion. Without that one flaw, this book would be a solid four stars.
The good: solid, settlement-building story with lots of detail. Decent characters and back story and solid writing. A few typos here and there, but nothing abnormal (for the genre) and nothing that is overly distracting. In other words: A good, solid read.
The opportunities: Name a LitRPG trope and this book probably has it. It breaks no new ground, but also doesn't really try to. It's the meatloaf and mashed potatoes of LitRPG. My biggest beef are the inconsistencies in the leveling system. The attributes are not consistent throughout the book - it starts off as charm, moves to charisma, then moves back to charm. That sort of thing bugs me and breaks the immersion. Without that one flaw, this book would be a solid four stars.
May 26, 2024
I have sort of moved away from the playing a vr game to escape life books, because for the most part it either meant the books have no real stakes or that it was something ridiculous like the government or ai using a game to take over the world, but this book actually manages to do it in a way that is understandable and realistic, the MC's motives are clear and simple, make a nice place for people in similar situations as him can come and live a fulfilling life, in the games world.
I was worried that it would be a slow start but honestly after the reroll which did not take to long, I really enjoyed the beginning and it's slower pace, I liked that the MC started to see the game for it's possibilities. The action was decent, characters are well written, pacing was decent, the only thing that was stopping me from giving it a fiver star was the fact that there wasn't that wow moment the moment I go back and listen to again, and then interrupt my wife so that so make listen to it too 😂 it was a good book, but never truly blew me away, but ill definitely be back for the rest.
I was worried that it would be a slow start but honestly after the reroll which did not take to long, I really enjoyed the beginning and it's slower pace, I liked that the MC started to see the game for it's possibilities. The action was decent, characters are well written, pacing was decent, the only thing that was stopping me from giving it a fiver star was the fact that there wasn't that wow moment the moment I go back and listen to again, and then interrupt my wife so that so make listen to it too 😂 it was a good book, but never truly blew me away, but ill definitely be back for the rest.
February 22, 2024
As a person who was an avid gamer until a horrible reaction to a seizure medication crippled me for life I could totally relate to the main characters of this series. Robyn Wideman cuts to the chase of what we who have lost our ability to enjoy life as we knew it would do just to both heal and live in a game.
In addition to the plot Wide men pulls you in with the NPCS (Non player characters) and you feel as if they too are real people.
I read a lot of books in the RPGLIT genre and can tell you you will not go wrong with this series.
My only grumpy issue is waiting for the next book in the series. Haha I know the last book came it last year but I still want the Next book now.;)
Please do yourself a huge favor get the first book and don't let go.
God bless you all.🤓
In addition to the plot Wide men pulls you in with the NPCS (Non player characters) and you feel as if they too are real people.
I read a lot of books in the RPGLIT genre and can tell you you will not go wrong with this series.
My only grumpy issue is waiting for the next book in the series. Haha I know the last book came it last year but I still want the Next book now.;)
Please do yourself a huge favor get the first book and don't let go.
God bless you all.🤓
December 5, 2023
great story, needs proofreading
I have read the whole series, as well as other series by this author. The stories themselves are great - fast paced, likable characters and fun story lines. A star gets dinged for so many typos/grammatical errors. I have never read a book (even professionally published ones) that are completely free of typos or grammatical errors, and I have read plenty with so many errors they were unreadable. These fall somewhere in between - lots of errors that could be fixed with some basic proofreading, but not so many to make me put the books down. Overall, I would recommend this series and others by this author.
I have read the whole series, as well as other series by this author. The stories themselves are great - fast paced, likable characters and fun story lines. A star gets dinged for so many typos/grammatical errors. I have never read a book (even professionally published ones) that are completely free of typos or grammatical errors, and I have read plenty with so many errors they were unreadable. These fall somewhere in between - lots of errors that could be fixed with some basic proofreading, but not so many to make me put the books down. Overall, I would recommend this series and others by this author.
February 25, 2022
A Good, Compelling read
I very much enjoyed this book, the MC isn't a dick, doesn't have a herem. They just go about the game trying to be their best selves. No endless stats blocks.
Now the small downside, this book has numerous errors, mostly with the MC talking about others and saying "I" or "I'd" instead of "he" or "he'd."
I counted 37 of these errors and its very jarring when you read it.
I very much look forward to reading the next book. I just hope it has better proof readers.
I very much enjoyed this book, the MC isn't a dick, doesn't have a herem. They just go about the game trying to be their best selves. No endless stats blocks.
Now the small downside, this book has numerous errors, mostly with the MC talking about others and saying "I" or "I'd" instead of "he" or "he'd."
I counted 37 of these errors and its very jarring when you read it.
I very much look forward to reading the next book. I just hope it has better proof readers.
March 7, 2022
Needs serious editing
Good story that held my interest, but the number of editing errors is far too high. Every missing word, comma, and capitalization pulls you right out of the flow. Many times, the tense changes from first person to third for a sentence or three, which makes it even harder. The important character who suddenly gains 2 levels in the middle of a losing fight and the main character going up against groups of enemies 4 or 5 levels above him and handily winning were also hard to swallow.
Good story that held my interest, but the number of editing errors is far too high. Every missing word, comma, and capitalization pulls you right out of the flow. Many times, the tense changes from first person to third for a sentence or three, which makes it even harder. The important character who suddenly gains 2 levels in the middle of a losing fight and the main character going up against groups of enemies 4 or 5 levels above him and handily winning were also hard to swallow.
January 30, 2023
Very good VR game scenario
Well written story with excellent and detailed world building. The MC getting shanked by PVP's was grimy and l look forward to seeing them spend some quality time in the house of pain for their nefarious and treacherous ways. Love the idea of the broken bones guild and l have a feeling that the medical pods will level up the MC as he levels up in the VR world.
I'm enjoying the story and am glad that the MC has opened himself to a relationship, even though she had to initiate it. I am immediately moving on to the next book.
Well written story with excellent and detailed world building. The MC getting shanked by PVP's was grimy and l look forward to seeing them spend some quality time in the house of pain for their nefarious and treacherous ways. Love the idea of the broken bones guild and l have a feeling that the medical pods will level up the MC as he levels up in the VR world.
I'm enjoying the story and am glad that the MC has opened himself to a relationship, even though she had to initiate it. I am immediately moving on to the next book.
July 20, 2023
Great story and characters but needs edItIng
The story and characters were well done and you can tell the author is well versed in the genre. Having said that, they need someone with skill to edit there prose. They had multiple mistakes of switching pronouns when talking about who did which action that could be confusing. In later books they point out specifically that the System uses Charm as a stat then refers to it as charisma multiple times. Besides mistakes like these, its a good read.
The story and characters were well done and you can tell the author is well versed in the genre. Having said that, they need someone with skill to edit there prose. They had multiple mistakes of switching pronouns when talking about who did which action that could be confusing. In later books they point out specifically that the System uses Charm as a stat then refers to it as charisma multiple times. Besides mistakes like these, its a good read.
October 12, 2020
Good story, and needs some editing
Overall a fun fresh litrpg, good questing, likeable character, that is not full of dumb mistakes. 2nd half of the book takes a bit of a nosedive with regards to editing, but you can read through it. It is pretty abundant though. None the less, i enjoy the book and look forward to the next. Ill upgrade to 5 stars when i reread it and the editing has improved. Thank you.
Overall a fun fresh litrpg, good questing, likeable character, that is not full of dumb mistakes. 2nd half of the book takes a bit of a nosedive with regards to editing, but you can read through it. It is pretty abundant though. None the less, i enjoy the book and look forward to the next. Ill upgrade to 5 stars when i reread it and the editing has improved. Thank you.
October 13, 2020
The first half was reasonable with a few spelling/word errors but still understandable. It was a little lacking in depth. It also seemed to gloss over the stats and to not have the Main Character use them very well.
The second half declines, the interactions between the MC and supporting cast get more superficial.
Overall it was entertaining enough I did not feel my time was wasted, yet it has all the stuff, at least on the surface, to be much better.
The second half declines, the interactions between the MC and supporting cast get more superficial.
Overall it was entertaining enough I did not feel my time was wasted, yet it has all the stuff, at least on the surface, to be much better.
November 12, 2020
A true pearl among the rough
In a genre full of dictated crap, this novel stands out. We join our protagonist, as his buddy sept him up to win a virtual reality full immersion hard for the physically disabled. Instead of entering the game with designs of grandeur, his sole goal is to make a well-balanced fun character. From there, well reality has other plans for him… I really enjoyed reading this W novel. And I would suggest any fans of LITRPG‘s to give it a good read!
In a genre full of dictated crap, this novel stands out. We join our protagonist, as his buddy sept him up to win a virtual reality full immersion hard for the physically disabled. Instead of entering the game with designs of grandeur, his sole goal is to make a well-balanced fun character. From there, well reality has other plans for him… I really enjoyed reading this W novel. And I would suggest any fans of LITRPG‘s to give it a good read!
December 18, 2020
OMG the Ttpos
This book is fine for the first half but then it's almost as if it's written by someone else for the second half. The typos are regular and common almost one per page as the story hits the quarter way through Mark. Really gets boring... like phantom menace tax law boring at the half way point and never picks back up. Loved it wen it started hated it about half way through
This book is fine for the first half but then it's almost as if it's written by someone else for the second half. The typos are regular and common almost one per page as the story hits the quarter way through Mark. Really gets boring... like phantom menace tax law boring at the half way point and never picks back up. Loved it wen it started hated it about half way through
March 18, 2022
An excellent story
This is a wonderful story and a great start to something new. This of course is a Litrpg and follows the genre rules but it is a fresh story in a similar setting. The MC is likable and engages the world around him.
The world building is well done without any information overload. The system is well explained and laid out for us. The outside game stuff is limited and never takes over.
This is a wonderful story and a great start to something new. This of course is a Litrpg and follows the genre rules but it is a fresh story in a similar setting. The MC is likable and engages the world around him.
The world building is well done without any information overload. The system is well explained and laid out for us. The outside game stuff is limited and never takes over.
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