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What... Just what? Spoilers ahead!

Revisado: 03-25-19

Lets start with the narrator. I've seen other reviews praise him for having a soothing voice and I just cannot agree, as soon as the book started I was annoyed and hoped it was just the prologue which was narrated like that, but how wrong I was! The whole book through it is like someone is whispering in your ear and you have to strain to make out some of what he's saying or turn up the volume to a degree that is becomes unpleasant. The inddvidual characters are not narrated to a degree that gives them a personality that I can actively follow apart from the writing and felt sluggish, the only part i felt was engaging was the few parts from the vampire and a little stuttering here and there either by accident or effect I'm not sure. I don't feel I'm usually very picky when it comes to narrators, it can of course make a huge difference when a good one does it with extra sounds effects not predicted in a book and it... It just fits, but it never really bothered me when it was just a simple "reading' of the book rather then acting of it either. This time though, my only thought for the narrator was when the dammed book would finish so I'd be free!

As for the writing, it's like the auther found several problems throughout the book, marked them down to fix later, but never got around to it and just winged it. The whole book is riddled with contradictions of itself, the world of epic is made to deter the stress of no violence in the real world! Sure makes sense... But there's no pvp... Unless you are in the arena or enter this code when creating the character! Okaaaaayy?... Or until the final battle where pvp was not problem after all.
The executioner is unbeatable maybe a few hundred can take him down! They then take him down with basically 2 people.
The currency in epic is our whole economy! But they never explain how apart from in game equipment to challange a law.
The church abandon mission when a major evil vampire joins the boat, but when asked to Defeat said vampire later gives the whole order of paladins no questions asked...
The whole rpg element also seems to be all over the place, there is no indications of levels or the usual stats in the world, the only one we hear about is beauty and its described as useless. The main character is supposed to be special and unique, but there is no explanation to why in this case, his class is special but his stats are in beauty, why did they come in 5 in the tournaments with such a liability when everyone's lives depends on epic everyday.
What about the ending, it came so rushed. No answers to a lot of things, who was anonymous, why was there a self destruction button in game, how do they guard prisoners without violance, what their technical level, they use cook fires but got solar panels and tractors.
I could go on and on about this book, but I'm just getting mad whenever I think more about it.
Overall I liked the world of epic, there seemed like there would be a lot to explore, but the storytelling of it was a mess, even if some of the unresolved questions would be answered in another book I'd be hesitant of buying it.

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Promising good start, slows down in the end

Revisado: 05-14-18

I loved the narrators who worked on this. They did a very good job (from a non Irish perspective) of telling the story in what I feel would be the tone and pronunciation. You can clearly hear the feelings of the individual who's speaking, very good job!
The story itself starts out promising, pretty detailed description of what's needed and you get to know the characters. It follows though with the wibe of never really knowing what to expect, it starts out with an implication of horror moving on to thriller and crime.
I feel the story was kinda underwhelming, but the detailed narrative and the way you get to know the characters makes up for a lot.

(spoilers)
Around 2/3 into the book and first round here do they make any real progress in the case and it begins to dawn on me that the ending will be very different from what I expected. When it came I was left kinda unsatisfied because there were no answers to the very first questions asked in the book, who killed the 2 other kids, or if they're even dead. The psychological problems with Ryan and subsequent destruction of his and cassies relationship also seems kinda forced. I have a hard time believing that 2 do good friends could split apart without any one of them fighting for it

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Like a comic book without pictures

Revisado: 05-14-18

Entertaining book with a lot of potential. The way the story is told is almost like reading a comic and forming the picture in your head, I really enjoyed the way you followed the main character around in his new life as a meta, but I felt there were a few points missing. not enough in depth about some of the other characters like his 'best friend' you learn next to nothing about him. I get that he's not that important of a character, but it almost seems like he was just thrown in to have someone tell him about the fight and to have a reason be in the woods the first night. A few other plot points here and there, but overall a nice read. I will probably pick up the next book also at some point.

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