great book

Can't wait to get my hands on the next part. so many twists to the story that hopefully will be uncover soon. highly recommended.

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Basically part 2

If you've ready book 1, just buy the book and enjoy listening. You know it's going to be good, and it is. You won't be left hanging for the next book, but you will want the next book (trust me I've binge listened to them all).

This book basically picks up where book 1 left off, and continues telling the story of our young players in the VR system and goes into more depth and answers some of the questions you'll probably already have, while creating yet more for you to think about. A lot of new ideas are introduced and you'll be left thinking about them every time you step away from listening.

There is little in the way of telling you what's happening in this book without giving too many spoilers, but if you've not yet read book 1, you should as you'll be missing a lot of background information.

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It gets more Sci-fi

The first book was really good and it focused more on normal life. in this book it focuses on the Sci-fi and tech along with supernatural power. overall it's a good listen and worth a try.

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Such a Disappointment!

I really didn't enjoy this book at all.

In fact, I got less than half way through and couldn't listen to it anymore,

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Hold the Basil

Diverting enough story and Luke Daniels is his usual engaging self (though he loses a point for his cockney 'baddie' accent). My god though, the main character in this book is Basil Exposition. Every 10 minutes of so two characters have a conversation to lay out in explicit detail the inner workings of the game system that, given that it is the foundation of their society, they will have grown up understanding. NPCs for example.

Apart from that, it is a decent telling of a well worn trope with some interesting add ons. Doesn't surprise and delight like an Iain M Banks but worth a listen.

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increasingly incoherent

the first book had an interesting premise, but it's clear the author is just trying to milk that for as long as possible and there's not enough there to sustain it. This book seems to be mainly interested in pursuing some new age philosophy about crystals and vibrations that has little to do with the actual plot, instead of wrapping up the already protracted storyline. Though I suppose the author's desperate attempts to shoehorn a philosophy of reiki, crystal healing and blind faith over science (in a science fiction novel?) does explain why the narrative has quickly become incoherent and self-contradictory.

And now the characters are being given increasingly silly super powers in lieu of actual character development.

Jumping ahead slightly to the beginning of the next book: The author has already forgotten core elements of their world building. A character on Tigon before the game is created attempts to escape on an aircraft. Aircraft we're told were invented by players in the game.

it's a shame, because it was an interesting premise, but unfortunately an interesting premise is all it is. the premise on its own could maybe have carried two books, but not the entire series the author is attempting to milk from it. I won't be continuing with the series, even though the next book in the series is free. it's not worth even that.

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