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This is a good example of what not to do.

Revisado: 04-19-25

The premise and setup sounds great, but the actual writing is really subpar. And the translation into the audiobook was not good. I listened to just over 4 hours before i sent this to my bad collection. it's like it embraced all the mistakes of an Isekai power fantasy, then forgot it was suppose to be funny. They also do the cardinal sin of the time and narrative stat lists into audio. Don't even isolate them into skippable chapters. Maybe if the audio is redone to isolate those longstat readings it would be better. And/or if we skipped to when the MC actually started getting a personality. But over 4 hours in, and it's still like a Chatbot got into an asylum.

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Lots of promise, poor start

Revisado: 04-07-25

I want to like this story, especially since it was voice by a great narrator I've heard before. But the writing is sadly very medicore. It seems to start in the middle of a story, many of the charcters are shallow and very stereotypical, and the plot is very meandering for the first third of the book despite the dramatic start. Then I got the idea that the MC is the only human in a VR world that is just starting to get sapient AI and i just couldn't get that out of my head despite being sure the author wasn't doing that plot. Then the main people grabbed the idiot ball and made massive assumptions from a bit of data, that went to 4 other assumptions in sequence for reasons.

So not really a bad story, but not really good either.

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if you want an example of a Mary Stu...

Revisado: 03-13-25

if you want an example of what a Mary Stu is, this is a perfect book. The main charcter is an icon of the trope! And sadly that and being an easy listen is all this book offers. Unrealistic charcters, everything just works for the main charcter while consistently failing for villains, very black and white morality, I think this is written for tweens and not any other group.

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4hr review

Revisado: 01-19-25

I love this series, and still holding out on this story until i hear more. But who thought the narrator would be good? I'm tempted to copy the text into a text to voice, Because this slow, 8 pack a day smoker voice (likely from weed), and weird accent changing just doesn't work for the entire story. It is like someone told him to record like he's revealing a conspiracy after he's been mysteriously killed. Listening to it at 115% speed isn't helping.

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it's not a direct sequel, but still good.

Revisado: 07-21-24

I've read what others said, and put off reading this for a long while because of them. This is not a direct sequal, but more like a long time skip then coming back to find a side story.

That still means this is a good heir to the series, and if that is what the author needs to do, that is what her needs to do.

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I tried to like it

Revisado: 07-14-24

I tried to like this story, it has all the checks of a great story for me. But the constant self narration, mc explaining why their stupid decisions are made, repeating that this is a record that is unlikely to be read... it's just boring. Stopped and restarted multiple times, and read 70% before just giving up.

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Great narration of skill, but poor audiobook.

Revisado: 04-25-24

I really like this series since my childhood. But this is not a good addition. Plot is not as well thought out, Flix is forced into a set up situation and hobbled by author fiat, and the singing is making a poor transition from the text.

I'm giving 5 stars to the narrator simply for the excellent effort, and his skill really shows as he sings excellenty or poorly as needed and according to the situation and charcter singing. THAT TAKES A MAESTRO, and he really proved it here.

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New narrator is bad, and major story style shift.

Revisado: 03-25-24

I love this series, but nothing is perfect. This book is the bad apple in that basket. New narrator is near monotone and uninteresting, story reads more like a romance novel than anything else, and far too much focus on the new AI body and the transition of the AI:ICEs to it.

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I love MWs work, but this isn't his best.

Revisado: 11-20-23

Matthew Peed is normally one of my most loved authors, but this one is a dud. Story is relying on isaki tropes, the characters are unlikable, the narrator is way to bland and unemotional, and the world building only really starts after 5 hours. And the world itself is a dying and hopeless dystopia that came right out of the Sin City comics and movie.

Ah well, nobody is perfect. Please read MW's other stories, they are amazing!

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I'm not sure right now but still listening

Revisado: 09-25-23

I love Craig's other series... but I'm almost 9 hours into this one, and about 4 hours of it is just people being shocked and amazed, or just making circular conversations/arguments.

This... isn't as intelligent as Expendary Force or Mavericks. Very funny, but a lot of cringe as well so far.

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