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4.02 AVERAGE
4.02 AVERAGE
My method of reading this book via Audible. Pavi Proczko, the book's narrator, did a good job portraying the various characters and made the book more bearable during slow parts. Note that [b:Defiance of the Fall|57866482|Defiance of the Fall (Defiance of the Fall, #1)|TheFirstDefier|https://i.gr-assets.com/images/S/compressed.photo.goodreads.com/books/1619486020l/57866482._SX50_.jpg|90656107] was by no means a bad book, just slagged at times while building plot. I do feel if I were physically reading it versus listening to as I had, it would have been a more strenuous task to continue on. Again, not a bad book, just frequently slow while plot builds.
I felt around the 2/3 mark of the book the development for the main character stalled significantly. However, given the way the first book ended, I'm curious how the second will continue and am hopeful that character development will pick up in full force.
All in all, not my favorite book, but definitely not a bad one either.
I felt around the 2/3 mark of the book the development for the main character stalled significantly. However, given the way the first book ended, I'm curious how the second will continue and am hopeful that character development will pick up in full force.
All in all, not my favorite book, but definitely not a bad one either.
adventurous
dark
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
No
adventurous
dark
emotional
sad
tense
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
fast-paced
Good but Rough
There's good material here, but much of it is encumbered by really bad writing. I'm assuming this is the first book the author wrote and I have no idea what their editing process is like. Because of that I'm willing to chalk it up to a new author coming into their own and I hope to see improvement in the rest of the series.
There's good material here, but much of it is encumbered by really bad writing. I'm assuming this is the first book the author wrote and I have no idea what their editing process is like. Because of that I'm willing to chalk it up to a new author coming into their own and I hope to see improvement in the rest of the series.
adventurous
medium-paced
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
Great great job, world building of the highest order, The Three chapters that told the origin tale of the System truly won me over, and made me pump this up from 3 to 4 stars, they were truly impressive and its not even over yet there is more origin stories, and explanations to this vast multiverse TheFirstDefier created.
Its so hard i get it, you can never please everyone in LITRPG, you want to make a leading character who is the best in the human race like the case we have here, people will complain about him being OP, even though the element of danger is huge and is present, and people are dying!
you want to make ranks, and make your protagonist top 3 in his low rank like he who fights with monsters, people will still complain.
you make a weak ass hero, people will complain.
WTF guys chill, i should chill too though...
I am really blown away by LITRPG writers innovation and ingenuity, its really tough to predict them, so here we have, 3 monster hordes, first horde was all wolves attacking the settlement, it was going to be really boring if the next was the same, so instead he makes a hive of insects, that have no interest in attacking, but they went for the islands Riches instead deep underground, you gotta attack them yourself, or say goodbye to your Nexus Vein!
And its not even over there is 1 more monster horde to go, but let's remember the fact, that 20 days or even 15 days is a long time, Zac could brave many perils and come out even stronger for the next wave, while he tries to locate his sister!
What about the special events the Lords will be invited to?! Or the Tutorial Tokens event, that Zac has secured a spot in already! Or the fact that the third race to be integrated with earth, is actually Territorial insect humanoids, who will probably not make friends with anybody, and might end up bringing Hell to everyone, If Apocalypse is this cool bring it over! actually just bring it over already i don't care.
Also This Novel is pretty much cultivation too, Asian style, even though it doesn't go deep on the established Sub-genre that is cultivation novels, i believe its borrowing many many aspects from it.
Who the fuck was watching Zac leave near the end? pair of eyes mean one person or two persons (also two persons should be Two Sets of eyes right?!)
I am actually going to stick with this to the end, it has a part that i really like in games (even though its real world here) the economical part, the trading part in the old online games, as new games tend to stifle any community moved economy because it tends to over inflate and screw everything up eventually.
The town building system is unique, its not new, but the writer made it his own thing, he made up his own buildings with their rank system, and their utility is unique, like i was thinking he should buy a building that heals him, but no he didn't even do that at all.
so money here is actually really useful and very present and accounted for, unlike He who fights with monsters, there was no track records of his earnings or his spending, so dude could very well be endlessly rich, we wouldn't know it.
I spam written Dozens of progress updates for this novel, i can go on and on, i can search them for more things that i found interesting or even some critiquing points that i didn't like, but the review will get inflated, i ll try to read the next part of this somewhere in the next two months, See you at the top!
Its so hard i get it, you can never please everyone in LITRPG, you want to make a leading character who is the best in the human race like the case we have here, people will complain about him being OP, even though the element of danger is huge and is present, and people are dying!
you want to make ranks, and make your protagonist top 3 in his low rank like he who fights with monsters, people will still complain.
you make a weak ass hero, people will complain.
WTF guys chill, i should chill too though...
I am really blown away by LITRPG writers innovation and ingenuity, its really tough to predict them, so here we have, 3 monster hordes, first horde was all wolves attacking the settlement, it was going to be really boring if the next was the same, so instead he makes a hive of insects, that have no interest in attacking, but they went for the islands Riches instead deep underground, you gotta attack them yourself, or say goodbye to your Nexus Vein!
And its not even over there is 1 more monster horde to go, but let's remember the fact, that 20 days or even 15 days is a long time, Zac could brave many perils and come out even stronger for the next wave, while he tries to locate his sister!
What about the special events the Lords will be invited to?! Or the Tutorial Tokens event, that Zac has secured a spot in already! Or the fact that the third race to be integrated with earth, is actually Territorial insect humanoids, who will probably not make friends with anybody, and might end up bringing Hell to everyone, If Apocalypse is this cool bring it over! actually just bring it over already i don't care.
Also This Novel is pretty much cultivation too, Asian style, even though it doesn't go deep on the established Sub-genre that is cultivation novels, i believe its borrowing many many aspects from it.
Who the fuck was watching Zac leave near the end? pair of eyes mean one person or two persons (also two persons should be Two Sets of eyes right?!)
I am actually going to stick with this to the end, it has a part that i really like in games (even though its real world here) the economical part, the trading part in the old online games, as new games tend to stifle any community moved economy because it tends to over inflate and screw everything up eventually.
The town building system is unique, its not new, but the writer made it his own thing, he made up his own buildings with their rank system, and their utility is unique, like i was thinking he should buy a building that heals him, but no he didn't even do that at all.
so money here is actually really useful and very present and accounted for, unlike He who fights with monsters, there was no track records of his earnings or his spending, so dude could very well be endlessly rich, we wouldn't know it.
I spam written Dozens of progress updates for this novel, i can go on and on, i can search them for more things that i found interesting or even some critiquing points that i didn't like, but the review will get inflated, i ll try to read the next part of this somewhere in the next two months, See you at the top!
adventurous
medium-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Complicated
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
CAWPILE score: 6.14 (43/70, Good)
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