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The Primal Hunter #1
The Primal Hunter
On just another average day, Jake finds himself in a forest filled with monsters, dangers, and opportunity...
It was a day like any other when suddenly the world changed. The universe reached a threshold humanity didn’t even know existed, and it was time to finally be integrated into the vast multiverse. A place where power is the only thing anyone can truly rely on.
Jake, a seemingly average office worker, finds himself thrust into this new world. Into a tutorial filled with dangers and opportunities.
His new reality should breed fear and concern. His fellow coworkers falter at every turn. Jake, however, finds himself thriving.
Perhaps... This is the world Jake was meant to be born in.
It was a day like any other when suddenly the world changed. The universe reached a threshold humanity didn’t even know existed, and it was time to finally be integrated into the vast multiverse. A place where power is the only thing anyone can truly rely on.
Jake, a seemingly average office worker, finds himself thrust into this new world. Into a tutorial filled with dangers and opportunities.
His new reality should breed fear and concern. His fellow coworkers falter at every turn. Jake, however, finds himself thriving.
Perhaps... This is the world Jake was meant to be born in.
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First published March 8, 2022
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March 16, 2022
just no
Interesting concept but abysmal execution. The characters all felt bland because of how they’re portrayed not because hydrotherapy personalities, which seemed to blend with all the others.
And the sheer amount of redundant and unnecessary/uninteresting explanations had me skipping 50% of this book. All the introspection just felt like filler to pad the pages which already lacked interesting content.
Interesting concept but abysmal execution. The characters all felt bland because of how they’re portrayed not because hydrotherapy personalities, which seemed to blend with all the others.
And the sheer amount of redundant and unnecessary/uninteresting explanations had me skipping 50% of this book. All the introspection just felt like filler to pad the pages which already lacked interesting content.
January 21, 2023
I got bored, but not in the usual way. Okay, also in the usual way, but what tripped the final wire was yet another PoV shift to people I cared nothing about. Jake is kind of fine as a nerd powering up during a System Integration (our world entering a LitRPG state and everyone learning how to level and stuff). He's coming into his own and I liked him telling his coworkers "hey, it's a tutorial! Hiding out and trying to stay safe seems like a bad idea for whatever is going to follow." So he gets busy learning and trying things and gaining skills and levels. Nice power-fantasy nerdery there.
But Zogarth (heh. These LitRPG author names crack me up) can't helphim her . . . oh, fine, for whatever it's worth, this feels like a guy . . . can't help himself with including all these other idiots as PoV characters. I finally had it when a completely new character showed up only for us to get the PoV of a complete psychopath. Because that's ever interesting?!?
And it isn't helping that Jake has squirrelled himself off in a cave learning to craft poisons. That started off slightly interesting, but it's just taking to dang long without any interesting action. Which may be the reason Garthbudy keeps switching PoVs. If so, that was the wrong "fix" for this problem.
I'm going with one star for the dnf and wish it hadn't bogged down so thoroughly...
But Zogarth (heh. These LitRPG author names crack me up) can't help
And it isn't helping that Jake has squirrelled himself off in a cave learning to craft poisons. That started off slightly interesting, but it's just taking to dang long without any interesting action. Which may be the reason Garthbudy keeps switching PoVs. If so, that was the wrong "fix" for this problem.
I'm going with one star for the dnf and wish it hadn't bogged down so thoroughly...
April 11, 2022
Autism: the litrpg
Dude with high functioning autism gets into a system apocalypse, and uses his unfair advantage to...
Shoot a bunch of animals with a bow, before progressing to dicking around with mushrooms and moss.
Nothing more had happened at 1/3rd in, gave up before discovering if the MC's autism was intentional and meant as a parable of some sort.
Dude with high functioning autism gets into a system apocalypse, and uses his unfair advantage to...
Shoot a bunch of animals with a bow, before progressing to dicking around with mushrooms and moss.
Nothing more had happened at 1/3rd in, gave up before discovering if the MC's autism was intentional and meant as a parable of some sort.
August 22, 2024
When I first started reading this book, I had to check Goodreads a couple times to make sure I hadn't read it because the beginning was super generic to this genre.
I'm going to guess this was 'self edited'. If not, the author needs to fire that editor. Possibly have him/her/it imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for 'crimes against literature'.
Some really daffy stuff early on.
Author talks about how they lost badger meat and nobody was interested in going back and looking for it. Next scene, everyone eating badger. No discussion of the much more edible (and familiar to humans) boar meat - and they'd just killed a 'jeep sized boar'. That's quite a 'WTF'. Why not just grab the super best cut from the giant boar and feed everyone with it?
Guy needs to climb a tree. Pulls out a wooden arrow and a dagger (one in each hand, like stupid pitons) to do it. That is one of the dumber things I've ever read and makes me wonder if the author has ever seen - much less climbed a tree. Sure, the MC is suppose to have slightly increased his strength but I'm going to bet that we could give a wooden arrow and dagger to a weight lifter and they'd not only break the wooden arrow (those don't support your weight buddy) but fail to penetrate a tree - which is known for being hard. Better to have just said something along the lines of 'though he hadn't climbed at all in years, with his increased agility/dexterity he found climbing much easier than he'd thought'.
As a topper, the MC doesn't seem very assertive or bright. Granted they may get there after awhile but for now I'm going to search for a better book.
I'm going to guess this was 'self edited'. If not, the author needs to fire that editor. Possibly have him/her/it imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay for 'crimes against literature'.
Some really daffy stuff early on.
Author talks about how they lost badger meat and nobody was interested in going back and looking for it. Next scene, everyone eating badger. No discussion of the much more edible (and familiar to humans) boar meat - and they'd just killed a 'jeep sized boar'. That's quite a 'WTF'. Why not just grab the super best cut from the giant boar and feed everyone with it?
Guy needs to climb a tree. Pulls out a wooden arrow and a dagger (one in each hand, like stupid pitons) to do it. That is one of the dumber things I've ever read and makes me wonder if the author has ever seen - much less climbed a tree. Sure, the MC is suppose to have slightly increased his strength but I'm going to bet that we could give a wooden arrow and dagger to a weight lifter and they'd not only break the wooden arrow (those don't support your weight buddy) but fail to penetrate a tree - which is known for being hard. Better to have just said something along the lines of 'though he hadn't climbed at all in years, with his increased agility/dexterity he found climbing much easier than he'd thought'.
As a topper, the MC doesn't seem very assertive or bright. Granted they may get there after awhile but for now I'm going to search for a better book.
December 25, 2022
Lsat on chapter 245/245 on RR (still being written, patreon has more)
It takes real effort to make a good story boring, but I guess Patreon motivated the author to do it. I loved this story to bits, but it still deserves the one star rating for how loathsome it is to find the good bits.
Story: 4/5 really liked it
What story there is is incredibly engaging. Absolutely gripping.
World: 3/5 liked it
It was fleshed out and organic. Very high quality compared to some other stories that lack significant world-building.
Characters: 4/5 really liked
They are living, meaningful, intelligent, and show growth. Very much liked.
So why does this get 1 star?
Style: 0/5 absolutely loathed
75 - The entire book is filler. Tens of thousands of words describing fantasy alchemy materials, class descriptions for classes never chosen, and other inanities. Tens of thousands more describing fights between the main character and badgers, boars, and elks. It kills me to wonder what happens next and then spend 5 minutes skimming 5,000 word solo fight scenes against 20 badgers. I can’t take it any more.
245 - Evidently I stood it and kept reading. Basically, ~60% of this book is completely skippable filler fights and ability analyses, and the other 40% is really good story. I started reading on a computer, which lets me skim faster. I skipped all the boring stuff. If there were no filler this would be a 5 star webnovel.
edit 08:57 AM 6/02/2022: also, the author tends to insult people who write bad reviews for his books in various online forums, so there's that...
He referred to the writer of this review with the F-word while conversing with me haha
It takes real effort to make a good story boring, but I guess Patreon motivated the author to do it. I loved this story to bits, but it still deserves the one star rating for how loathsome it is to find the good bits.
Story: 4/5 really liked it
What story there is is incredibly engaging. Absolutely gripping.
World: 3/5 liked it
It was fleshed out and organic. Very high quality compared to some other stories that lack significant world-building.
Characters: 4/5 really liked
They are living, meaningful, intelligent, and show growth. Very much liked.
So why does this get 1 star?
Style: 0/5 absolutely loathed
75 - The entire book is filler. Tens of thousands of words describing fantasy alchemy materials, class descriptions for classes never chosen, and other inanities. Tens of thousands more describing fights between the main character and badgers, boars, and elks. It kills me to wonder what happens next and then spend 5 minutes skimming 5,000 word solo fight scenes against 20 badgers. I can’t take it any more.
245 - Evidently I stood it and kept reading. Basically, ~60% of this book is completely skippable filler fights and ability analyses, and the other 40% is really good story. I started reading on a computer, which lets me skim faster. I skipped all the boring stuff. If there were no filler this would be a 5 star webnovel.
edit 08:57 AM 6/02/2022: also, the author tends to insult people who write bad reviews for his books in various online forums, so there's that...
He referred to the writer of this review with the F-word while conversing with me haha
January 8, 2024
Good book, but just not my type.
First of all the writing is just super. The prose, description is beautiful and the way I was pulled into the story was quite impressive. There was a bit of underlying humour at the start and the dynamics pre-shift was done well.
It was a standard LitRPG with standard class choices (warrior, archer, caster, healer) and I've been seeing myself move away from this recently. The initial few chapters post shift were all on mob hunts and levelling up, which were done quite well too.
I was looking for something unique, which is why this wasn't for me.
If you like a well written traditional crunchy LitRPG, this is for you!
First of all the writing is just super. The prose, description is beautiful and the way I was pulled into the story was quite impressive. There was a bit of underlying humour at the start and the dynamics pre-shift was done well.
It was a standard LitRPG with standard class choices (warrior, archer, caster, healer) and I've been seeing myself move away from this recently. The initial few chapters post shift were all on mob hunts and levelling up, which were done quite well too.
I was looking for something unique, which is why this wasn't for me.
If you like a well written traditional crunchy LitRPG, this is for you!
March 11, 2022
Power fantasy done right. With a bow.
April 6, 2022
Not impressed. I don't understand the concept of killing animals just for higher levels and not for food benefits. So, these people get sent to a virtual place where they have so many days, and to increase their stats they level up by killing creatures/animals? But they leave the carcasses behind???? If they even got to loot that would have been better than the carcasses would disappear, right? Then it only follows the adventures of one guy, and he goes off by himself and gets trapped in a cave for so many days so he can increase his alchemy. Then he can see that all the other people in the game are getting killed but instead of finding out why or helping he goes off to kill more. Kinda a weird concept to me.
March 16, 2022
While the book is a good one it brings nothing new too the genre. In fact it's very typical litrpg. I give it 3.5 stars because it was good enough for me to finish it and want to listen to the next one. The reason it doesn't get more is that it's lacking in interesting magic systems it's all basic tropes. The combat is very generic and the world building is none existent. All in all you want to listen to a moderately interesting litrpg book with nothing that really stands out. No amazing main character, no great super interesting side characters. Well then I recommend this book. I wasn't super impressed by it honestly. But I still feel that it was worth the time.
April 9, 2022
4.5/5
A fast paced, fun filled and level grinding litRPG book.
There are many instances in this book where the author went in the direction I didn't expect him to go. There are some pacing issues but it's a minor one at that.
Looking forward to the sequel.
A fast paced, fun filled and level grinding litRPG book.
There are many instances in this book where the author went in the direction I didn't expect him to go. There are some pacing issues but it's a minor one at that.
Looking forward to the sequel.
January 6, 2024
I was recommended this book by a work friend who has been into LitRPGs for the past few years. I did have a passing interest in the genre, mainly because it's not mainstream, and I'm always interested in reading something new.
This book has some of the worst writing I've ever read. The dialogue is atrocious, the characters are one note and boring, and the plot is lacking. The main character is a master of everything he tries, and his only flaw is hubris. The villain is a psychopath who can't understand emotions. He is a master of everything he tries (except empathy), and his only real flaw is, again, hubris. The main character and the villain are basically the same person, except one of them has a higher kill count. Some of the dialog is so cringy, I visibly winced, causing my wife to ask "What's wrong?" and believing I was punched by an invisible man. If you enjoy your books to have lush, flowery language, this is not the book for you.
But, with all the hate I have for this book, I did finish it. The author was clearly new at writing when they started this book, and I have to admit they got better by the end. The plot picks up after the halfway mark and becomes a lot less predictable. There are a lot of battles scenes throughout the book and the author does a great job of keeping the imagery tight and followable during these scenes. Scenes that, frankly, some established veteran authors are poor at. The RPG aspect of the book was well done. I found myself skipping most of it, but I could tell that a lot of work was put into making all the numbers and the system work logically. The dialogue doesn't get any better, but there are 7 more of these books. They're bound to accidentally write a good bit of banter.
All in all, I don't recommend this book and my friend who suggested I read it has been cut out of my life. Goodbye Blake, thanks for helping me start my career.
This book has some of the worst writing I've ever read. The dialogue is atrocious, the characters are one note and boring, and the plot is lacking. The main character is a master of everything he tries, and his only flaw is hubris. The villain is a psychopath who can't understand emotions. He is a master of everything he tries (except empathy), and his only real flaw is, again, hubris. The main character and the villain are basically the same person, except one of them has a higher kill count. Some of the dialog is so cringy, I visibly winced, causing my wife to ask "What's wrong?" and believing I was punched by an invisible man. If you enjoy your books to have lush, flowery language, this is not the book for you.
But, with all the hate I have for this book, I did finish it. The author was clearly new at writing when they started this book, and I have to admit they got better by the end. The plot picks up after the halfway mark and becomes a lot less predictable. There are a lot of battles scenes throughout the book and the author does a great job of keeping the imagery tight and followable during these scenes. Scenes that, frankly, some established veteran authors are poor at. The RPG aspect of the book was well done. I found myself skipping most of it, but I could tell that a lot of work was put into making all the numbers and the system work logically. The dialogue doesn't get any better, but there are 7 more of these books. They're bound to accidentally write a good bit of banter.
All in all, I don't recommend this book and my friend who suggested I read it has been cut out of my life. Goodbye Blake, thanks for helping me start my career.
October 22, 2022
This is a great post apocalyptic system style litRPG. This is probably closest to Defiance of the Fall. The first two books are essentially the tutorial, yet you don't find yourself wanting the arc to be over. I have read up to chapter 373 on Royalroad, which is the equivalent of 5 books or so. I will continue to read this as it is just as interesting to me as Defiance of the Fall or He Who Fights With Monsters.
Now up to chapter 511 on royal road, still awesome!
Now up to chapter 511 on royal road, still awesome!
September 3, 2025
Nolēmu sākt jaunu litRPG sēriju. Tagad rakstot esmu izlasījis pirmās četras no četrpadsmit grāmatām un jaatzīst, ka esmu patīkami pārsteigts. Jāņem gan vērā, ka šis ir visnotaļ specifisks žanrs, kurš pie sirds ie cilvēkiem kuri spēlē parastās RPG spēles un viņie mvieglāk būs saprotami visi tie Level Up, Skills un Attributes. Nu un protams Stati.
Grāmata izlasās vienā rāvienā, visums kurā ietilps Zeme beidzot tiek pielšegts Multiversam un šis ir 93. visums, kurš tiek pieslēgts. Ko tas nozīmē cilvēkiem (jo protam Zeme ir vissvarīgākā palnēta mūsu Visumā), cilvēkiem tas nozīmē nokļūšanu Apmācībā. Apmācībā, kura piedāvā vākt Apmācības punktus, slaktējot Sistēmas (tā kontrolē visu metaversu) monstrus (iespējams citplanētu radījumus) vai arī savus līdzcilvēkus, jo Apmācības punkti beigās ļaus iepirkties sistēmas veikalā. Šis nu ir brīdis, kad mūsu varonis Džeiks saprot, ka nonācis sev ļoti piemērotā vidē, tieši tas kas vajadzīgs, un dara visu, lai izsistos augšā.
Var runāt par pašas premisas morālo dabu, un kur ir labais un ļaunais, cik bērnu nogalināšana, lai iegūtu labāku ieroci ir pieņemama utt. Džeiks šajā jomā ir novilcis pāris strīpas un viņa principi ir vienkārši, ja kaut kas viņu apdraud, tad tas ir pieredzes punkti. Ja tas nav cilvēks un ir ar augstāku bet pieveicamu līmeni, tie ir pieredzes punkti. Sistēma, jau ir tā izveidota, ka varenībuvērtē pēc tava līmeņa un par līķu kaudzi kuru tu esi sakrāvis sasniedzot savu līmeni neviens nenosoda, jo dzīve tāda. Lieku 10 no 10 ballēm ir jau drūmais power trip, bet nu smadzenes var brangi atpūtināt.
Grāmata izlasās vienā rāvienā, visums kurā ietilps Zeme beidzot tiek pielšegts Multiversam un šis ir 93. visums, kurš tiek pieslēgts. Ko tas nozīmē cilvēkiem (jo protam Zeme ir vissvarīgākā palnēta mūsu Visumā), cilvēkiem tas nozīmē nokļūšanu Apmācībā. Apmācībā, kura piedāvā vākt Apmācības punktus, slaktējot Sistēmas (tā kontrolē visu metaversu) monstrus (iespējams citplanētu radījumus) vai arī savus līdzcilvēkus, jo Apmācības punkti beigās ļaus iepirkties sistēmas veikalā. Šis nu ir brīdis, kad mūsu varonis Džeiks saprot, ka nonācis sev ļoti piemērotā vidē, tieši tas kas vajadzīgs, un dara visu, lai izsistos augšā.
Var runāt par pašas premisas morālo dabu, un kur ir labais un ļaunais, cik bērnu nogalināšana, lai iegūtu labāku ieroci ir pieņemama utt. Džeiks šajā jomā ir novilcis pāris strīpas un viņa principi ir vienkārši, ja kaut kas viņu apdraud, tad tas ir pieredzes punkti. Ja tas nav cilvēks un ir ar augstāku bet pieveicamu līmeni, tie ir pieredzes punkti. Sistēma, jau ir tā izveidota, ka varenībuvērtē pēc tava līmeņa un par līķu kaudzi kuru tu esi sakrāvis sasniedzot savu līmeni neviens nenosoda, jo dzīve tāda. Lieku 10 no 10 ballēm ir jau drūmais power trip, bet nu smadzenes var brangi atpūtināt.
May 2, 2024
9/10. YT episode to come.
Of the 6 series I’ve read at least the first book on so far this is my favorite aside from Dungeon Crawler Carl. DCC is among my favorite series of any genre now so being second is a pretty good place to sit.
Another earth gets integrated to the multiverse it reminds me a fair bit of Defiance of the Fall but much better writing and editing. I liked the MC Jake quite a bit after being uncertain to start.
There’s still a little bit of base building and much more intrigue with humans fighting each other. I do hope we get to continue seeing other PoV characters moving forward. I liked seeing slices of other viewpoints.
If I wasn’t forcing myself to keep moving onto other series for now I’d definitely go to book 2 on this one!
Of the 6 series I’ve read at least the first book on so far this is my favorite aside from Dungeon Crawler Carl. DCC is among my favorite series of any genre now so being second is a pretty good place to sit.
Another earth gets integrated to the multiverse it reminds me a fair bit of Defiance of the Fall but much better writing and editing. I liked the MC Jake quite a bit after being uncertain to start.
There’s still a little bit of base building and much more intrigue with humans fighting each other. I do hope we get to continue seeing other PoV characters moving forward. I liked seeing slices of other viewpoints.
If I wasn’t forcing myself to keep moving onto other series for now I’d definitely go to book 2 on this one!
October 31, 2022
Meh. Bleeding heart liberal meets sociopath.
In a fantasy world where bleeding heart liberal beliefs make no sense, the author still feels the need to share his personal beliefs at every turn.
Spoilers:
MC is a pretty realistic portrayal of some random liberaly indoctrinated kid, fresh out of college (sorry, University). MC, through random chance, inherits an OP bloodline when the world is transformed into an MMORPG style game complete with stat sheets, levels, and all that Jazz. My main problem with the book is that immersion is repeatedly broken by the author trying to blend bleeding heart liberal beliefs, with this type of world. Throughout the book, the MC continually thinks things like "all killing is wrong no matter what a person has done!", then proceedes to murder a bunch of people with no real regrets, inner turmoil, or visible impact on his behavior. So it's a constant back and forth of the MC preaching his illogicsl liberal beliefs, followed by scenes of carnage that completely opose everything the MC claims to believe.
Blame is placed on the MC's OP bloodline, having turned him into a dispassionate killer, because the author can't just admit that it's ok to kill people that are trying to kill you. It's the wierdly irrational conflict where a pacifist wants to both be someone who opposes violence in all forms, but dreams about using violence to permantly resolve conflicts--or just wants to be a badass that everyone fears.
Top all of this with frequent bouts of random casual swearing, and the otherwise interesting story left me with a bad taste.
If you reduced or elliminated the casual swearing, and stopped interrupting the story to make SURE the reader knows that the MC is morally opposed to everything they are "forced" by circumstance to do, and i'd give the book 5 stars.
In a fantasy world where bleeding heart liberal beliefs make no sense, the author still feels the need to share his personal beliefs at every turn.
Spoilers:
MC is a pretty realistic portrayal of some random liberaly indoctrinated kid, fresh out of college (sorry, University). MC, through random chance, inherits an OP bloodline when the world is transformed into an MMORPG style game complete with stat sheets, levels, and all that Jazz. My main problem with the book is that immersion is repeatedly broken by the author trying to blend bleeding heart liberal beliefs, with this type of world. Throughout the book, the MC continually thinks things like "all killing is wrong no matter what a person has done!", then proceedes to murder a bunch of people with no real regrets, inner turmoil, or visible impact on his behavior. So it's a constant back and forth of the MC preaching his illogicsl liberal beliefs, followed by scenes of carnage that completely opose everything the MC claims to believe.
Blame is placed on the MC's OP bloodline, having turned him into a dispassionate killer, because the author can't just admit that it's ok to kill people that are trying to kill you. It's the wierdly irrational conflict where a pacifist wants to both be someone who opposes violence in all forms, but dreams about using violence to permantly resolve conflicts--or just wants to be a badass that everyone fears.
Top all of this with frequent bouts of random casual swearing, and the otherwise interesting story left me with a bad taste.
If you reduced or elliminated the casual swearing, and stopped interrupting the story to make SURE the reader knows that the MC is morally opposed to everything they are "forced" by circumstance to do, and i'd give the book 5 stars.
March 17, 2022
KU Review
Couldn’t put this one down. Maybe I just really relate to a loner office worker. Interesting story lines developing with the outside influences. Can’t wait for the next.
As the title says this is a review for Kindle Unlimited and as such is a reflection of my enjoyment of the book and in no way reflects cost to value analysis.
Couldn’t put this one down. Maybe I just really relate to a loner office worker. Interesting story lines developing with the outside influences. Can’t wait for the next.
As the title says this is a review for Kindle Unlimited and as such is a reflection of my enjoyment of the book and in no way reflects cost to value analysis.
April 30, 2022
Rating 4.0 stars
A good edition to the genre. Much like cultivation novels the story isn't ever the most important thing. It is the process that is important. Each one of these epic litrpg books have the same plot. The world changes, game mechanics come to the world and people need to survive and get stronger. Nothing original. In fact almost all of the MCs have similar traits. I think it is because the author wants to have the readers identify with the MC. IMO most people that read fantasy do so for an escape from the real world. So what kind of person needs an escape from the real world? Someone that thinks they don't really fit in. People that aren't social butterflies that make friends easy. People that are smart but don't get many accolades. People that haven't had many girlfriends and don't trust very easy. People just like me. This MC is no different. He is somewhat of a loner. He got hurt by a GF in the past when he started to come out of his shell and he just shut down for years after that. He is a very detailed oriented person. When the world changes he and a bunch of people he works with gets sent to another world for initiation in the system. This is called the tutorial. While everyone else freaks out, Jake comes alive. He was always into archery and almost went pro so when he is offered the class he jumps at it. He also has been someone who loves a challenge. He completely immerses himself in this new world and system. He has finally found a challenge and a place he feels he belongs. While everyone else is freaking out and trying to form committees about what to do, Jake just acts. There is a lot of training, a lot of skill development and gaining power. That is one aspect I really like. I know other people find it tedious because those situations really don't push the story forward but like I said above, the story/plot is usually the weakest part of these books. World building, character development, the magic system and character interactions are where these books shine. If at least one those topics is good I enjoy the book. This book had a few. I liked the world building, I liked the magic system and I liked the way the MC developed. The one aspect I thought was really lacking was all the other characters. The MC was described very well and I understood his motivations, why he was the way he was and what he was attempting to do with his actions. Everyone other character was written kind of poorly. The story also ended at kind of a weird point. Overall though I did enjoy the book and I am looking forward to the next one.
A good edition to the genre. Much like cultivation novels the story isn't ever the most important thing. It is the process that is important. Each one of these epic litrpg books have the same plot. The world changes, game mechanics come to the world and people need to survive and get stronger. Nothing original. In fact almost all of the MCs have similar traits. I think it is because the author wants to have the readers identify with the MC. IMO most people that read fantasy do so for an escape from the real world. So what kind of person needs an escape from the real world? Someone that thinks they don't really fit in. People that aren't social butterflies that make friends easy. People that are smart but don't get many accolades. People that haven't had many girlfriends and don't trust very easy. People just like me. This MC is no different. He is somewhat of a loner. He got hurt by a GF in the past when he started to come out of his shell and he just shut down for years after that. He is a very detailed oriented person. When the world changes he and a bunch of people he works with gets sent to another world for initiation in the system. This is called the tutorial. While everyone else freaks out, Jake comes alive. He was always into archery and almost went pro so when he is offered the class he jumps at it. He also has been someone who loves a challenge. He completely immerses himself in this new world and system. He has finally found a challenge and a place he feels he belongs. While everyone else is freaking out and trying to form committees about what to do, Jake just acts. There is a lot of training, a lot of skill development and gaining power. That is one aspect I really like. I know other people find it tedious because those situations really don't push the story forward but like I said above, the story/plot is usually the weakest part of these books. World building, character development, the magic system and character interactions are where these books shine. If at least one those topics is good I enjoy the book. This book had a few. I liked the world building, I liked the magic system and I liked the way the MC developed. The one aspect I thought was really lacking was all the other characters. The MC was described very well and I understood his motivations, why he was the way he was and what he was attempting to do with his actions. Everyone other character was written kind of poorly. The story also ended at kind of a weird point. Overall though I did enjoy the book and I am looking forward to the next one.
September 1, 2022
The Primal Hunter: Zogarth
This writer creates a dystopian/apocalyptic laboratory experiment or trial to say that once a thousand humans (some know each other, some are family or are in intimate relationships and some are professionals), are placed in a wild forest setting, they lose all their humanity, intelligence, civility and are reduced to beings that are worse off than the animals that hunt them. Worse because those animals aren’t and don’t hunt their kind, while this author believes that at the first opportunity, these “pseudo-humans” will transform into full psychopaths/monsters. Animals hunt to feed and to survive. The “sub-humans” in this hell-like experiment don’t even eat the animals they kill. Some don’t even eat at all.
Who is running the experiment? To the author it is not important to say. Why are they (alien beings) doing this trial? Nope, not important either. What is important is getting the author’s serial killer/full predator vibe going. Cause to him, the author, killing and being the top alpha, at whatever the cost, is what it is all about. Subduing/cutting down/ professionals (graduated from college and such) to groveling animals that kill and die to stay alive.
Heck, this author shouldn’t be writing this story at all, it should all be just a series of grunts and growls. They should make an Animal Planet channel, Game Predator series about the author, then place him in a cage, and let the viewers watch. They could use the printed pages from his book as scrap paper to maintain the cage floor clean. He’s the Primal Hunter’s author, no words, language or civility are required, he likes it rough…it’s about being the Alpha, baby!
I say that destroying the world takes no imagination or skill at all. Animals, even the weather, destroy things around them all the time. There is no sapient thought to destroying the world. It has taken humanity millions of years to get to the level of civility and development that we are in today. Of course, authors like this one have not contributed even a grain of sand to get us (humans) where we are today. It costs the author nothing to destroy it all.
Heck, he’s just trying to make a living with his deathwish passion, his instinctual nature and primal desire that humans should all just die already. Let the carnage begin, place him in a cage now! Let him get his serial killer vibe/primal predator vibe going…after reading 800+ pages of instinctual beasts f*cking each other over, with extreme violence and no sapience, I believe that having his own Animal Planet show is really what this author desires. How many words/sentences did the main character say in 2 whole months? What character description/world development was there in this 800+ page book? Why have words, description, development and language, and books and stories like this one, if knives, swords, arrows and fists say everything that this author has to say? KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL..Heck, make it a program now!!
This writer creates a dystopian/apocalyptic laboratory experiment or trial to say that once a thousand humans (some know each other, some are family or are in intimate relationships and some are professionals), are placed in a wild forest setting, they lose all their humanity, intelligence, civility and are reduced to beings that are worse off than the animals that hunt them. Worse because those animals aren’t and don’t hunt their kind, while this author believes that at the first opportunity, these “pseudo-humans” will transform into full psychopaths/monsters. Animals hunt to feed and to survive. The “sub-humans” in this hell-like experiment don’t even eat the animals they kill. Some don’t even eat at all.
Who is running the experiment? To the author it is not important to say. Why are they (alien beings) doing this trial? Nope, not important either. What is important is getting the author’s serial killer/full predator vibe going. Cause to him, the author, killing and being the top alpha, at whatever the cost, is what it is all about. Subduing/cutting down/ professionals (graduated from college and such) to groveling animals that kill and die to stay alive.
Heck, this author shouldn’t be writing this story at all, it should all be just a series of grunts and growls. They should make an Animal Planet channel, Game Predator series about the author, then place him in a cage, and let the viewers watch. They could use the printed pages from his book as scrap paper to maintain the cage floor clean. He’s the Primal Hunter’s author, no words, language or civility are required, he likes it rough…it’s about being the Alpha, baby!
I say that destroying the world takes no imagination or skill at all. Animals, even the weather, destroy things around them all the time. There is no sapient thought to destroying the world. It has taken humanity millions of years to get to the level of civility and development that we are in today. Of course, authors like this one have not contributed even a grain of sand to get us (humans) where we are today. It costs the author nothing to destroy it all.
Heck, he’s just trying to make a living with his deathwish passion, his instinctual nature and primal desire that humans should all just die already. Let the carnage begin, place him in a cage now! Let him get his serial killer vibe/primal predator vibe going…after reading 800+ pages of instinctual beasts f*cking each other over, with extreme violence and no sapience, I believe that having his own Animal Planet show is really what this author desires. How many words/sentences did the main character say in 2 whole months? What character description/world development was there in this 800+ page book? Why have words, description, development and language, and books and stories like this one, if knives, swords, arrows and fists say everything that this author has to say? KILL, KILL, KILL, KILL..Heck, make it a program now!!
July 22, 2024
The Primal Hunter by Zogarth is a litRPG that features even more overpowered characters than usual.
There's two of them who can just easily beat anything and everything, even if the other one is a way higher level. This over the top power fantasy was a bit annoying at times to be honest. It also took away some of the suspense, if you just know they can shrug off everything from the start.
However I did enjoy the tone and voice of the main character, so I was still easily hooked and well entertained.
The world was interesting, and I liked some of the side characters a lot, while others where a bit to stereotypical.
This one has a lot of stat sheets, I personally prefer less of those, and instead just info on new skills and level ups, especially in an audiobook, where you can't just glimpse at the sheet and look for big jumps.
All in all a quick and easy read.
There's two of them who can just easily beat anything and everything, even if the other one is a way higher level. This over the top power fantasy was a bit annoying at times to be honest. It also took away some of the suspense, if you just know they can shrug off everything from the start.
However I did enjoy the tone and voice of the main character, so I was still easily hooked and well entertained.
The world was interesting, and I liked some of the side characters a lot, while others where a bit to stereotypical.
This one has a lot of stat sheets, I personally prefer less of those, and instead just info on new skills and level ups, especially in an audiobook, where you can't just glimpse at the sheet and look for big jumps.
All in all a quick and easy read.
March 10, 2022
Great book
Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone
Great book I can't wait to read the next book in the series I would recommend this author to anyone
April 12, 2022
Eloquent writing by Zogart that I really enjoyed.
September 4, 2024
An entertaining enough story of a guy who gets trapped in a world where you have to hunt monsters or be killed but the real enemy is your fellow players. I had to admit that I felt the story was a bit slow to get started and the protagonist was a bit on the vanilla side. Still, there's a lot of great action scenes spread throughout and monsters.
December 9, 2025
Pelotazo!
Pues nada, de cabeza a otra larga (y viva) saga de libros enormes en tamaño y en diversión!
LitRPG de manual, lleno de los clichés del género pero también lleno de cosas pasando todo el rato.
Por ahora no aporta nada nuevo y diría que se parece mucho a otras sagas como "He who fights with monsters" o "Defiance of the fall" pero claro, es difícil saber si el parecido entre ellas es por copia o porque todas están encorsetadas por las pautas que definen este género y eso hace que se parezcan.
En cualquier caso, un disfrute de libro que engancha al máximo. De llevar una copia en el móvil y aprovechar cualquier ratito para leer un capítulo o dos o los que surjan...
Cuando un libro de este tamaño dura 3 o 4 días es que lo estás disfrutando, así sí.
Pues nada, de cabeza a otra larga (y viva) saga de libros enormes en tamaño y en diversión!
LitRPG de manual, lleno de los clichés del género pero también lleno de cosas pasando todo el rato.
Por ahora no aporta nada nuevo y diría que se parece mucho a otras sagas como "He who fights with monsters" o "Defiance of the fall" pero claro, es difícil saber si el parecido entre ellas es por copia o porque todas están encorsetadas por las pautas que definen este género y eso hace que se parezcan.
En cualquier caso, un disfrute de libro que engancha al máximo. De llevar una copia en el móvil y aprovechar cualquier ratito para leer un capítulo o dos o los que surjan...
Cuando un libro de este tamaño dura 3 o 4 días es que lo estás disfrutando, así sí.
June 17, 2022
No, no no! There's too much telling! Even half the dialogues are told, not actually spoken! The writing is decent, the main character feels decent (although other characters are severely lacking, but what do you expect will happen if you keep telling?), the premise and story also feels okay -but- the passive description destroy any enjoyment of reading.
December 22, 2025
Od jakiegoś czasu rozglądałem się za inną propozycją z litRPG, która miała szansę dorównać Dungeon Crawler Carl i zdecydowałem się sięgnąć po The Primal Hunter (a w kolejce mam jeszcze do sprawdzenia kilka serii).
Jake, główny bohater, zjeżdżając w windzie z kolegami i koleżankami z biura, trafia do dziwnego pomieszczenia, w którym okazuje się, że Ziemia została wcielona do tajemniczego multiwersum, a on musi przejść tutorial, który przygotuje go do życia w nowej rzeczywistości.
Polubiłem postać głównego bohatera, bo w wielu sytuacjach zachowałbym się podobnie. Jego proaktywne podejście do tutorialu, chęć rozwoju i analizowanie sytuacji i różnych scenariuszy w których mógłby się znaleźć przy wyborze umiejętności była mi bliska.
Zogarth zbudował bardzo ciekawą podstawę, zarysowując całe uniwersum, które wydaje się być dużo większe i bardziej złożone, co tylko zachęca do tego, by sięgnąć po kolejny tom. Tym czego tej historii zabrakło jest dobra redakcja, bo sama fabuła i wyzwania przed którymi stają bohaterowie były bardzo ciekawe. Niekiedy jednak pewne wątki były zbyt rozciągnięte lub wręcz niepotrzebne na czym ucierpiała dynamika książki (co przy pierwszym tomie tak długiej serii jest dość istotne).
I choć Jake'owi daleko do ikoniczności Carla i Donut to na pewno zdecyduję się na kontynuowanie przygody z The Primal Hunter 2 by przekonać się w którą stronę zmierza historia.
Jake, główny bohater, zjeżdżając w windzie z kolegami i koleżankami z biura, trafia do dziwnego pomieszczenia, w którym okazuje się, że Ziemia została wcielona do tajemniczego multiwersum, a on musi przejść tutorial, który przygotuje go do życia w nowej rzeczywistości.
Polubiłem postać głównego bohatera, bo w wielu sytuacjach zachowałbym się podobnie. Jego proaktywne podejście do tutorialu, chęć rozwoju i analizowanie sytuacji i różnych scenariuszy w których mógłby się znaleźć przy wyborze umiejętności była mi bliska.
Zogarth zbudował bardzo ciekawą podstawę, zarysowując całe uniwersum, które wydaje się być dużo większe i bardziej złożone, co tylko zachęca do tego, by sięgnąć po kolejny tom. Tym czego tej historii zabrakło jest dobra redakcja, bo sama fabuła i wyzwania przed którymi stają bohaterowie były bardzo ciekawe. Niekiedy jednak pewne wątki były zbyt rozciągnięte lub wręcz niepotrzebne na czym ucierpiała dynamika książki (co przy pierwszym tomie tak długiej serii jest dość istotne).
I choć Jake'owi daleko do ikoniczności Carla i Donut to na pewno zdecyduję się na kontynuowanie przygody z The Primal Hunter 2 by przekonać się w którą stronę zmierza historia.
October 9, 2025
I enjoyed the hell out of a big chunk of this book, and when it was good it was up there amongst my favourite books in the LitRPG space... which is saying a lot because recently this sub-genre has been producing some absolute gems. However, at the same time, I was dismayed to find the same problems that plague even the best LitRPG books... but more on that later. First I want to talk about what this does right, because when it is working, it's really working, and there were some elements in this book that I loved.
The first such element is the protagonist's reaction to this new existence. This isn't a story about a reluctant hero, this is a dude who was uncomfortable in normal society who suddenly finds his purpose in an apocalyptic LitRPG scenario and loves every minute of it. Though he is sometimes disturbed at the actions he takes in this new world, he embraces it wholeheartedly and is at peace with himself enough to enjoy the new experiences this world has to offer.
Straight off the back of re-reading Defiance of the Fall (another great series in this genre), this positive vibe really struck me as something to love about this book because it is something that's missing from that other series. It's something that's missing even in stories like He Who Fights With Monsters (yet another favourite of mine), because while Jason Asano is funny and sometimes touches on having fun with magic, you never quite get the sense of joy from him that you do here with Jake, and it just elevates this book.
The second thing I really loved about this book was the relationship between the main character and a deity he meets. I loved that whole sub-plot and had a big smile on my face whenever I was reading it.
Besides this, there was a lot of familiar stuff that you will have no doubt encountered in other LitRPG stories that have been executed really well here. The levelling system is interesting, I like the potential for growth, and all of that good stuff. But unfortunately, it's here where we need to start looking at the bad.
The main issue I have is the blow-by-blow level grinding of the main character mixed with the ungodly amounts of exposition. A good analogy for these books is that they are kind of like watching a Rocky movie where instead of a montage, you sit through months and months of training, seeing him lift every rep, run every mile, and get stronger inch by inch. To be blunt, it's boring, and the same is true with all of these LitRPG novels. Grinding through the levels is just action with no stakes, and it eventually starts to feel like you're reading a list instead of a story.
There's a reason why montages are so popular in movies. They do a great job of showing the struggle and effort that a character has gone through so that the audience feels like the growth has been earned, and they let the story move on to the important part which is the test of strength/intellect/character that comes after the montage, which is what the audience is here for in the first place. We want to see the events that move the story forward as that's where the stakes and meaning are created, not the filler bits in between.
I feel a little unfair hitting this so hard in this review because it's a problem common in almost all books in this sub-genre. However, it does exist in this book and the book was worse for it. There were long periods of time where I was zoning out (usually on one of the badger hunts where Jake is practising his skills). However, the fact that this book gets 4-stars in spite of that should tell you just how much I liked the rest of the story.
Overall, there is a hell of a lot this book does right and I don't want you to think that I didn't like this book, because I really did. I breezed through this book and can't wait for the next one. However, there are times when this book dragged a little and I'd love it if the next book could find a better balance so that it is more even all the way through. That way it can truly realise the massive amounts of promise that this story has.
The first such element is the protagonist's reaction to this new existence. This isn't a story about a reluctant hero, this is a dude who was uncomfortable in normal society who suddenly finds his purpose in an apocalyptic LitRPG scenario and loves every minute of it. Though he is sometimes disturbed at the actions he takes in this new world, he embraces it wholeheartedly and is at peace with himself enough to enjoy the new experiences this world has to offer.
Straight off the back of re-reading Defiance of the Fall (another great series in this genre), this positive vibe really struck me as something to love about this book because it is something that's missing from that other series. It's something that's missing even in stories like He Who Fights With Monsters (yet another favourite of mine), because while Jason Asano is funny and sometimes touches on having fun with magic, you never quite get the sense of joy from him that you do here with Jake, and it just elevates this book.
The second thing I really loved about this book was the relationship between the main character and a deity he meets. I loved that whole sub-plot and had a big smile on my face whenever I was reading it.
Besides this, there was a lot of familiar stuff that you will have no doubt encountered in other LitRPG stories that have been executed really well here. The levelling system is interesting, I like the potential for growth, and all of that good stuff. But unfortunately, it's here where we need to start looking at the bad.
The main issue I have is the blow-by-blow level grinding of the main character mixed with the ungodly amounts of exposition. A good analogy for these books is that they are kind of like watching a Rocky movie where instead of a montage, you sit through months and months of training, seeing him lift every rep, run every mile, and get stronger inch by inch. To be blunt, it's boring, and the same is true with all of these LitRPG novels. Grinding through the levels is just action with no stakes, and it eventually starts to feel like you're reading a list instead of a story.
There's a reason why montages are so popular in movies. They do a great job of showing the struggle and effort that a character has gone through so that the audience feels like the growth has been earned, and they let the story move on to the important part which is the test of strength/intellect/character that comes after the montage, which is what the audience is here for in the first place. We want to see the events that move the story forward as that's where the stakes and meaning are created, not the filler bits in between.
I feel a little unfair hitting this so hard in this review because it's a problem common in almost all books in this sub-genre. However, it does exist in this book and the book was worse for it. There were long periods of time where I was zoning out (usually on one of the badger hunts where Jake is practising his skills). However, the fact that this book gets 4-stars in spite of that should tell you just how much I liked the rest of the story.
Overall, there is a hell of a lot this book does right and I don't want you to think that I didn't like this book, because I really did. I breezed through this book and can't wait for the next one. However, there are times when this book dragged a little and I'd love it if the next book could find a better balance so that it is more even all the way through. That way it can truly realise the massive amounts of promise that this story has.
February 13, 2025
This scratched an itch I didn't know I had. I don't know how to describe it, but in the last month and a half or so I've consumed roughly 7000 pages worth of The Primal Hunter. If I had one complaint, it would be that the books are not really organized as books, but more like volumes of one large book. Sure, there is usually sort of a climax, but it might be ~60% in, and then the next 40% is basically a cliffhanger leading up to the next book. I am not looking forward to running out of material, but thankfully I have managed to gather up a few other litrpg recommendations to see if it's the genre I like, or just this series. In any case, highly recommend if you are an ex-gamer or current gamer and enjoy reading fantasy. It shifts between situational hilariousness and battle scenes, along with plenty of cultivation-style tropes (in a good way). I think the first book took a couple of chapters to get going, but it is worth digging in--it just gets better in later books. I hope Zogarth doesn't run out of ideas.
May 5, 2025
The fact that anyone enjoys this book is genuinely baffling to me. If you were to make a drinking game and took a shot every time the author uses the phrase “after all” you would simply perish of alcohol poisoning within the first few chapters. I fell in love with LitRPG with DCC and was hoping to find something similar in this series, but it feels like it was written by a 15 year child with serious issues. This book feels like a bad fan-fiction where the author self-inserts and hopes that his sociopathic tendencies make him a badass. They do not. Poorly written. Two dimensional characters. Lacking in any interesting female characters at all. A decent read if you do decide to make it into a drinking game. Otherwise, I wouldn’t bother.
November 11, 2021
I rated this book a five because I had loads of fun reading it so far. It just feels easy and fun to sink into the story and ride along.
It has been getting harder because the author seems to like to spend 10 chapters on one boss fight which is boring. One chapter max per boss fight!
Still, I have great hope for the series.
It has been getting harder because the author seems to like to spend 10 chapters on one boss fight which is boring. One chapter max per boss fight!
Still, I have great hope for the series.
April 25, 2022
Ugh. Somebody "published" a rough draft. Automatic 1-star rating.
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