A fun read!

The beginning of the book, the first hour or so, was greatly enjoyable and I loved the characterization of the characters! The book was an interesting twist on the dungeon core trope and the story overall was good. However, there was what felt like an abrupt shift in Matt's personality after the initial part of the book and, though there was some sense to it, it felt a bit disorienting - seeing as he went full murderhobo after essentially having been an average dude just days prior. Trauma can cause people to have sudden changes in personality, yes, but the shift of the main character's personality felt, in some ways, too great and perhaps should have been more gradual and fleshed out, to make the change feel more realistic. Anyhow, the book was a fun read/listen and I do look forward to the next one in the series! Additionally, the performance of the voice actor added to the enjoyment of the book and was a great choice. Amazing performance and an enjoyable book!

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Hard core LITRPG adventure of the best kind

Action, adventure, humour.. would have been nice .. and this book delivers, this is the whole package including the bucket and spade.
The narrator - Neil is spot on, with just the right tone and inflection.
Spoiler alert - world goes to hell in a hand basket, so the MC does the best he can after bonding with a dungeon - with a little help.. eventually.

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Great listen.

Pretty refreshing to have a MC that actually solves his problems instead of the usual dithering. Also the fact that he actually 'has' problems and isn't handed everything on a platter.

Slightly insulted about the Tomato crisps, but I'll get over it.

As always, Neil did a fantastic job with narration.

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Imersive

Best audio book i have heard to date, cant wait for the new age of steel!

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A pleasant surprise.

I jumped into this with no explanation; no idea what to expect at all. I am tremendously glad I gave it a chance. I'm rushing to jump right in to the next one.

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Great start and middle, last 2 hours.. hmm.

I really enjoyed 3/4 of this book, really cool concept and delivery for the most part, well paced and delivered by the narrator.

My issue is that in the last two hours of the book the main character turns into a bit of a d**k. so much so that I nearly didn't make it through. idk if I'll continue the series.

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Excellent

Absolutely great litrpg dark almost souls like boss fight at one point which was awesome. Slow burn into the RPG elements which was different with an entertaining story beforehand not just filler.

The comments about racism, meh I'd just ignore it. There are racist people irl so why take them out of fiction?

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enjoyed it much more than I anticipated

gave this book a shot and do not regret it. i was concerned it might be just another dungeon core story but so far it has turned out much more interesting. it keeps to some successful elements of the formula but uses then as a springboard rather than a crutch. have already started book 2.

the narrator also does a good job in both narration and dialogue.

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best audio book I've listened to. loved it

this book is absolutely brilliant. the storyline makes you want to keep listening on and on.

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A Great Start

I have read many LitRPG novels but this is the first one I have reas based in our age/world. I was unsure of where the story was going at the very beginning but I am glad I stuck with it.

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