Michael

Decent, quick listen

Revisado: 02-24-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

Overall this is a good story, although it doesn’t really provide anything new or unique in the dungeon core genre. It’s a rather short entry compared to similar books, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing, except for the fact that it is extremely crunchy, so stats, skills, etc., including ones that have no bearing on the story, take up about half of the book. This leaves relatively little time for character and plot development so the story feels a bit flat.

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A Fantastic Sequel

Revisado: 02-19-21 El oyente recibió este título gratis

After reading the first book in this series, I was really excited for book 2, but also a little nervous that the dungeon core would quickly become too OP and the story would lose momentum. The author did a fantastic job of keeping the character balance in check in really unique ways. The children in the story are absolutely creepy and I love the way that they’re slowly led down their path of darkness. Despite everything I loved about this book, the interactions between the parents/children were a bit hit or miss for me, There were times where I would read something and could easily put myself in the place of the parents having the same discussion with my own kids and other times where the things the parents said to the kids felt like tropes from an 80’s sitcom. Outside of that, I absolutely enjoyed this book and I’m eagerly awaiting book 3.

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Awesome Spin on Dungeon Core

Revisado: 02-19-21

Most of the dungeon core books I’ve read have fallen pretty cleanly in the LitRPG/GameLit categories and this one filled a hole that I didn’t even know needed filling. This was an extremely fun and engaging book with a unique system underlying the haunting. Not only were the mechanics interesting and unique, but they didn’t take away from the tension among the characters, which is really where this story came to life. If I had one thing I’d like to change in this, it would be the fluidity of the dialogue. There were times where the suspension of disbelief was broken a bit by conversations that felt a bit stilted. As an audiobook only listener, it is sometimes hard to tell whether that is due to the written dialogue or the performance, but regardless, it was not a major distraction, just something that I hope is refined over the course of the series. Overall, the 7 hours went by way too fast and I couldn’t wait for the next book in the series.

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