S. Pike

Good Story, characterization and beginings

Revisado: 04-21-25 El oyente recibió este título gratis

I was given a code by the author to try out this book.  I will be making a fair review with both positive and negatives points.

The Knight from Nothing was an interesting book.I like the characters, the names of places and people and even some of the world building.  The part that really intrigued me was the backstory for an enemy species that became a hook for the lore of that species arrivel and hinted at other previosu events of the world and its gods.   That point is when I becaem really interested in this world.   But I grew up first reading books like the Belgaried by David Eddings and The Wheel of Time by Robert Jordan so that should be expected, but the fact I'm comparing it to that shows that backstory planting has some potential.  The battles were detailed and i understood the action that was occuring which is where a lot of modern day authors fail.   The introduction is good and gets me liking the main character from the start.   

For me two things subtracted from the adventure story.  One had to be information about the main character, I knew his name, that he fought martialy, that he had trouble developing any supernatural powers like other adventurers and he had failed someone in the past.   Most of that I learned early on, and at the end of the book it was the same.  Most books should have a story that has a satisfying conclusion that should have a begining , middle and end with some satisfaction for the time put in even if you plan this to be the first book of a larger series, but this first book feels incomplete.

The second is pacing.
I think that this maybe a trend since so many books come to us from RoyalRoad, a great source for intersting stories, but it is published much like a web seriel like those chinese or korean web stories, so they aren'ty always written in a structure that would fit best for a story in a book format.

I'd say if you not like me and into intense and expansive boosk like the Wheel of Tme or The Expanse and want a more simple adventure story like you had around the D&D table with small story hooks setting you up for the next campain this might be the story for you.

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Some expansion on the origins of the frenzied play

Revisado: 01-14-25

I'd like to know greater information about the world and the cool awesome battles if you like having cultivation stories that aren't overly complex and technicalities like some of the eastern versions this is probably for you

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cyberpunk in space

Revisado: 09-11-24

but this on sale but it was a really fun book humorous action some interesting sci-fi elements.

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insightful about food and health in everyday life

Revisado: 09-05-24

I really like this book this and the Planned paradox helped me understand why I struggle so much with my weight and my emotions as I've gotten older and gave me some very good suggestions and some very simple but not necessarily always easy things I can do to change my house and my life and the things I do in it that would help me both physically and emotionally improve my everyday Outlook and my health I hope to put these things into effect in my life and if you suffer the same problems you should try it

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interesting system of technology and Magic

Revisado: 08-18-24

I'm going to say I got this because I read the book and it was one of my first books on Amazon Kindle back when I was still a new thing and then I recently saw a virtual Voice version of this and I thought well it's two bucks I can try it out even if I'm not a big fan of virtual voices over performed narrators. so first off virtual voice wasn't that bad it was at least better than the Google read aloud of voices that I get sometimes when I'm listening to fanfiction or an article online. now answer the story itself it kind of reminds me of some of the earlier books I used to read as a child back in the '80s in the 90s like by such authors as Piers Anthony or Terry Brooks where they have an interesting little conflict between technology and Magic and all those who do have magical talents get a certain number of spells and the Spells can never change or grow more powerful and they only do the exact thing that they say and never anything else for example if you have a spell that asks you to dig up carrots and gather them in a pile that's all it'll do and you can't control what spells you get. alongside that is a continuing development of technology which is more industrious and more usable by everyone though that too like the Spells seems to be spontaneously generated by certain people who just suddenly know how to build things without the normal technological development that we're familiar with in the real world it's an entertaining book and inoffensive I would certainly sit down and listen to it again sometime

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annoying skill and class voice

Revisado: 05-11-24

generally I liked the story I thought most of the narration was interesting but there was this annoying Tech where every class name and every skill name was done in a different voice while someone else was talking about them which was very jarring and put me out of the story and every time I would get in someone would say a name again and it would be a different voice and it would again pull me out of immersion. but generally I like the story of the two guys one who gets a hero class and the other who gets some kind of administrator class as well as some new class to help them survive in this new world and presumably fix the problem

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factual information about history politics and

Revisado: 05-01-24

an enlightening view on how economics and politics really affect the rise and fall of the wealth of a Nation and from 2024 a warning about the future

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it was nice to have a system that rewards good behavior and character

Revisado: 03-17-24

I have watched several original cultivation World stories and read some more with odd in search from Earth type characters as well and this one at least stands a genuine generosity and that the system made the character is given cuz sometimes they get systems sometimes they just have natural talents and this one he's given a system that rewards generous Behavior but he's got odd rules to make it apply you can't just give it stuff to anyone and get a reward the first book is kind of the build-up but you can listen to the book enjoy the laughs and trying to figure out who this guy is she never mentions his name and he doesn't mention much of his history but you can tell he's a fan of Pop Culture by some of the references he makes as he tries to figure out this cultivation world

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the final battle

Revisado: 02-06-24

if you liked the previous books you'll like this one plus you get some resolution with a character from near the beginning of the story plus you finally get to learn some interesting bits of history that link to the mysterious happenings between the land and jhin

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The Mystery of the pattern in the Earth

Revisado: 02-01-24

this is an entertaining sequel to the first book people start to separate and go on their own personal Adventures as the people on the farm continue to grow and develop as people and we start learning some personal histories in some of our characters' lives the maze link to a greater story in the background it's fun it's lights and if that's what you're looking for this is a good book to get

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