Milo Gardner

"because of my cheat skills"

Revisado: 11-13-23

i like the story, pacing, and characters but please for the love of God, make the audiobooks abridged with all of the "because of my cheat skills" removed.

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if you like exposition dumps

Revisado: 01-02-23

then this story is for you. i don't really need 30+ min of exposition regarding a war in the second chapter.
/sigh

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hungry for more

Revisado: 11-13-22

for the genre it is slow paced but it feels much more natural than the majority of others. for starters there's only one female protag (more to come in later books I hear). I could have had it go even slower but that's just me wanting a romance book geared toward men (not a fantasy that becomes a harem).
the narrator does a great job but I read online somewhere the next book will have a different one.
I guess I'll stop rambling, give it a try

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won't age well

Revisado: 11-12-22

got about 3/4 through and had to quit. about 1/4-1/3 of the story is topical references from the 2000s.
I love the concept of a freshly sapient creature experiencing the world and going through simple trials like it's the most important thing in the world. I liked the gods reactions and how the adventure is basically a popcorn flick to them, cheering the little crab on.
that said, not everything has to be an already out of date reference... the audiobook came out this month and it's already so dated I couldn't listen to it while trucking. I effectively had a captain America moment of "I understood that reference" throughout the entire book

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good with qualifiers

Revisado: 09-20-22

Review having listened to this series to date (7 books in total):
The Good:
Magic mechanics is fresh with their implementation and and make me want to theorycraft about possible combinations and situational advantages/disadvantages. probably the best part of the series to be honest. The worldbuilding is good with the implementation of how a society might face their unique circumstances. The character interactions are often natural (see qualifier below) and enjoyable.
The Neutral:
The plot and how it progresses is fairly average, nothing groundbreaking if you've had a good-competent D&D group.
The Qualifier:
The author appears to be a devout Athiest and just has to let you know about it. the first hour or two of this first book is very bad with self insert rants about religion. anything to do with earth politics reads/listens like the Jason going out of character and the author soap boxing. in later books this extends to side or one off characters. it's particularly jarring at times and breaks immersion.
I'd liken it to playing a great D&D campaign with that one guy who often tries to betray the party because it's "in character"
if you can get past the qualifier or ignore it the rest is pretty good.

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