Stanislas Sodonon > Recent Status Updates

Looks like the author has toned down the hubris of the MC a little bit, making the story slightly more bearable. The problem is that there is a strange lull in the progress of the story that is disconcerting. We're retreading the same paths. I'm... bored.

The author's infatuation with the magic system is getting in the way of good story. I don't want to spend more time on MC wrestling metaphysical "living skills" and chatting with a system that already promises OPdom and waxes lyrical on every achievement as monumental.
I really hope the author will focus back on the real "story"

Wow. Don't think I've stopped reading a book this fast in a while.
Not even 5 minutes in the book and we're already knee-deep in esoteric magic system info-dump? What the hell, author? At least let me get my bearings!

I've stopped this book for now.
My annoyance at the MC's obnoxious nature and the support cast's inexplicable pliancy has totally overshadowed the plot.

I'm really struggling now. Everything about the MC's interaction with other characters is annoying. He is obnoxious and pretentious, and this infuriating pattern of people somehow answering every question he has while he answers none is pissing me off to the point of distraction.
I'm going to give it a few more chapters, but this does not bode well.

I just started this. What kind of book starts the reader's journey by drowning them in contextless Dramatis personae?

I'm struggling; the game system is overpowering any attempt at story and I'm drowning in it. Too many action scenes, too many game mechanics explanations, not enough "story".

I'm poised to finish this book in a little more than a day...

I am drowning in this book.
I'm not sure if it's RPG mechanics saturation, but there's something I'm having a hard time getting into with this book.
Neil Hellegers' narration quirks (uplift at the end of sentences) is proving to become too much of a distraction.

I don't know why I'm struggling so much with this book.
I feel mired down in the tale and am not keen on rebooting to remind myself what's going on...

Oof. Heavy, heavy stuff...
I'm drowning in misery and anguish.
This better start having some uplift soon to make it all worth it.

It started really confusing. Lots of unexplained lore. But as the chapters progress, it is is slowly coalescing. Now that I'm hooked, I rather prefer that to an info dump.

Arf, it's a bloody YA academy after all.
No thanks.

Author REALLY took his time with the backstory there... Damn. I really hope this won't turn out to be some academy nonsense...

I went in ready to bounce out just as fast. Picture me pleasantly disappointed. I'm enjoying this!

Barely learned the MC's name and we're already deep in magic system details and stat sheets? Couldn't we even take time to look around and see where we are? Doesn't bode well...

I'm still interested 😃. Pretty good story on Sable's side. Not that great on Joss'.

There's something here that's bothering me. Why did the flute not come back when it was stolen?

Hmm... this looks like it's going to be a Barbara Cartland romance in Grimdark land... But maybe I'll be surprised. 🙏🏾

Wow... I'd suspended this book, but now that I've started over, I don't remember it at all.
First chapter is super lyrical. And dark.

This book has a real problem with world-building. Too much anachronism and a LOT of incoherences... Good thing the plot is cool enough to keep my interest regardless.

Things just took a turn for the bad. A plethora of POVs, inconsistent narration, a ridiculous VR vs IRL mechanism, "sentient" AI... And still no actual story.
I'll give it up to 30% to start making sense.

I'm interested. It's got more meat than the title would suggest.

I haven't read any sci-fi in a looong while (litrpg doesn't count). I wonder how this will go.

I'm enjoying this book immensely.
The narration is flowing. The tone is spot-on.
World-building is on the light side, but totally appropriate for the context: this is a book about discovering one's darkness.

I'm intrigued. A few oddities, like the MC grumbling about stuff he should have stopped noticing in 10 years. But it starts well. The story is mature and takes it time unfolding.

Still very happy with the progress so far.
Will this end up being my first 5 stars LitRPG this year?

Still very happy with the progress so far.
Will this end up being my first 5 stars LitRPG ever?