112 reviews for:

Overlord, Vol. 1: The Undead King

Kugane Maruyama

3.96 AVERAGE

maxines_obsessions's review

3.5

adventurous emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

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Super fun. I love how unhinged the side characters are

youngthespian42's review

2.75

adventurous dark slow-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: N/A

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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Undead King is my first foray into the world of Light Novels. There were parts of this novel that were truly engaging and interesting and parts that get like pulling teeth. Whenever the author got to into the stats and mechanics of the game world my eyes glazed over. 

I understand this is a 16 volume series and a lot of this first volume necessitates world building. I will give volume 2 a shot as the premise of this series is so unique but the writing feels really rough at times. 

burgerinthegrandblue's review against another edition

3.5

medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

holono8's review

4.0

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Character

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

chiruruchi's review

5.0

adventurous dark funny informative mysterious 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: No

bearthelumberjack's review against another edition

DID NOT FINISH: 19%

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Shit writing, narrator moaned into my ear like a hentai girl

zosick's review against another edition

5.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious 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: No

lonelyfool's review

4.0

adventurous dark funny mysterious medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated

cmarciano56's review

5.0

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: No

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: No

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Amazing VA for audiobook. 

raynex's review against another edition

3.5

adventurous dark medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: N/A

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Complicated