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Aaaaabsolutely not

🙄 this whole existential crisis in nearly EVERY book over killing someone trying to kill you is beyond annoying. How did we get so many litrpg/gamelit writers like this? Do you spare your enemies in the tabletop game when you play?! Sheesh! Stop virtue signaling! This is a DnD game! Kill the bad guys, get the loot, move on!

Neil narrates it… 😭 I’m not going to make it through this audiobook… maybe I’ll get a hard copy and just read it myself 😩

Why y’all put me on a roller coaster like this?!!?! 😭 😭 🥹

Me 3 chapters ago: Man I REALLY like Kory. I may like Kory more than the MC. That is a wild thought.

Me now: 😭 😭 I should have known

Omg! TRAVIIIIIIS!!!!!!! I’m so excited! His voice is just 🧑‍🍳 😚

Aslfjsnddkndodns!!!
He is really playing with fire here! But I can’t stop rooting for him like I rooted for Naruto. Like okay if he can be hogake then Percy can become a titan! But also I am scared 🫣

I’m 10 hours in and I’m not sure if I can finish this…. The main character is just… the worst. A self entitled, hypocritical, delusional… idiot? Idk but she’s not as bright as she should be.

I just… this went from epic new space mystery, to political and cultural tomfoolery real quick.

Is the mystery even worth it at this point?

The problem with this book… is that I hated the ending of the last book. And as the ending of ‘that’ book is now the whole premise of ‘this’ book I am reminded every second that I HATE everything that is currently happening… which makes me really not want to read this. Seth Why????!!!! *cries*

NOT the same world as rune seeker, but don’t read them at the same time. Waaay too similar and I drew erroneous conclusions 😅 Will finish eventually.

Okay I now understand this is book 5 of the Life in Exile series. So I’m stopping here until I check out that one. Maybe everything will make more sense.

Okay this a serious problem. We meet our MC for like 2.5 seconds before the POV switches to this Corrinne girl and stays on her for forever. Why are we getting her stats before his? If this book is about her maybe mention her in the summary? And if it has multiple MCs maybe mention that in the summary! Right now it seems like this book js about Corrinne and not Jackson or whatever his name is. Annoyed!

Ya know… this is probably an okay book. But it’s just not what I’m looking for right now. I’m bored. On hold till further notice.

Ummm yea no. His mother is still a grade A terrible parent. I’m glad he at least recognizes that. “Oh I accidentally crippled my son let me cripple him some more cause I feel bad and am so self absorbed I can’t see past my own hurt.” Please get out.

Wait wait wait…. This is in the same universe as rune seeker?!… I feel like I should finish that series first then? Probably, right? Guess I’ll put this on hold.

Is it bad that I kind of prefer Val to Gilly? *eyeroll*

Oooh wow. I’ve never been quite so disappointed in something Seth wrote. This is…. Really bad. And it didn’t need to be? Like idk why he chose to write it this way when the end result could have been achieved without all the…ickyness. This is so icky. It feels gross and bad and I don’t like it. Just ask. If you are friends?? Like Andy Mineo said “that’s not what friends do.” I’m disgusted. And sad.

Upgrade you also weren’t thrown in a tower 3 months after you started school so your xp can kick rocks.

You have GOT to be kidding me. They rush these freshman through the curriculum with so much hubbub about them not being prepared and once they are done have nothing else planned to further them along. What is the point of rushing them then?!

I have the feeling that Rob was supposed to come off as cool and mysterious. Which he accomplished right up until the moment he was revealed to be another selfish, greedy adult who really could care less about these teens other than what they offer him. Ah well, par for the course I guess.

No no no all of y’all were sooo adamant he do dungeons and towers and be a REAL hero. Cant renege now that you’re excited for him to work on more crafting for you. Selfish jerks.

Okay. I kind of love Barry too lol

Ahhh Divinity. I love her. I mean I thinks she’s 100% wrong about Chatfield but yea. Still love her.

Bfff 😂 the excuses. Oh wow I hate Upgrade so much now. Way to show us you still really don’t care about Sal or anyone really. Ah well. At least I’m prepared for everyone’s broken morality now.

It may be too soon but I kind of like Darren. I thought he was the jerk face dominator at first, but after I realized he’s just a potential recruit, and that his character seems truly incompatible with the bad guys, I find him rather… respectable. I like it.

Ummm…. Sal growing up in safety isn’t a short coming it’s the goal. Isn’t that why y’all are fighting? To win so more kids can grow up like Sal did?

…unless he’s got a hidden way to guard against domination then this was super, SUPER unwise.

“Truth is subjective”
Three words that make all my frustrations about this book make sense. The author isn’t clueless as I thought. We just have world views that are the antithesis of each other. That’s so good to know. Now I can finish this book at an emotional distance, without investing all my emotions, since I know all I will be is disappointed.

Okay. I amend my earlier statement. Quest is probably the only adult with some sense.