Hidden Class: Handyman [Crafting, Coming of Age, Slice of Life LitRPG] - Books 1~5 Stubbed

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Books 1 ~ 5 are available onAmazon. Book 6 comes out in August and is available for pre-order.

Books 1 ~3 are available onAudible, narrated byTim Andres Pabon.

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When Jack's girlfriend breaks up with him and accuses him of being immature, and his father scolds him for being unable to hold a job and tells him to start paying rent, it feels like his world is crumbling. But what can he do? Whenever Jack is at work, he feels like he's dying of boredom!

Jack believes he's meant to do something more with his life, but he just can't seem to catch his lucky break. That's when he finds out about the MMORPG: New Earth. When he hears that some lucky players are making a living playing a game, he's confident he has found his ticket to wealth. Besides, all the cool kids are doing it. It seems like craftsmen, especially, make easy money in the game. What better way to win back his girlfriend and prove to his father that he is awesome than entering the game and becoming a millionaire? It almost sounds too good to be true.

Maybe it is. Maybe this MMORPG will put Jack to work like never before. And maybe, just maybe, he'll go from being an immature brat to becoming a hardworking man.

Hidden Class: Handyman is a litRPG adventure by the same author who wrote Hidden Class: Pacifist and Snap Craft. Read it if you like crafting, dinosaurs, and pyramids.

What to expect from Hidden Class: Handyman:

- Low-stakes, funny, relaxing, slice of life;

- Balance between crafting, expeditions, and running dungeons;

- Slow burning progression;

- The MC is immature, but he grows as the story progresses;

- Cameos from Hidden Class: Pacifist. Stories happen in the same universe, but you don't have to read one to enjoy the other;

- I believe that a story doesn't need gore, graphic violence, sex, or harem to be fun. None of my stories feature any adult theme.

Information

Status
Ongoing
Year
2024
Author
cassioferreira

Tags

LITRPGFANTASYVIRTUAL REALITYADVENTURESCI-FISLICE OF LIFEGAMELITMALE LEADLOW FANTASYCYBERPUNKSOFT SCI-FISTRATEGYCONTEMPORARYPROGRESSIONARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCEDUNGEON CRAWLER

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Rating
4.5/ 5.0
Followers
1,231
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133,307

Chapters(44 total)

What readers say about Hidden Class: Handyman [Crafting, Coming of Age, Slice of Life LitRPG] - Books 1~5 Stubbed

  • “Initially I sort of wanted to slap the MC for being stupid but he didn't do anything really ridiculous, and he's got a plan.  Coming to like him.  I also enjoy the world building and crafting quests.  I haven't read the Pacifist series (yet) though.  I expe…”
    notajesterRoyal Road5.0 / 5
  • “A wonderful little gem of a story, starting with a character I didn't care for that has slowly grown as a person and developed into someone im rooting for. I love the class he's gotten, which while has some drawbacks allows for some very cool combos, and am…”
    Candlelight107Royal Road5.0 / 5

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Community Reviews(10)

  • notajesterRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    Initially I sort of wanted to slap the MC for being stupid but he didn't do anything really ridiculous, and he's got a plan.  Coming to like him.  I also enjoy the world building and crafting quests.  I haven't read the Pacifist series (yet) though.  I expect the MC to take crafting more and more seriously.  Although the converting gold to real money idea isn't too realistic it's still a fun concept to read.  Some of my favorite stories do unrealistic things.
  • Candlelight107Royal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    A wonderful little gem of a story, starting with a character I didn't care for that has slowly grown as a person and developed into someone im rooting for. I love the class he's gotten, which while has some drawbacks allows for some very cool combos, and am enjoying the world that's been created.
  • Gabby_SilverRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I am absolutely loving this story. It rings so very plausible and realistic at the same time as it has dinosaurs roaming around and doing dinosaur things.
    As an American I absolutely love the setting because of the way the author treats it. Because of course the story is set in the greatest country in the world. XD I look forward to getting to know the city a little bit as the character grows, because I have strong faith that the young man will knock all of the foreshadowed goals out of the park and then some.
    If I were judging this book critically, as something that I had purchased as opposed to something I got for free then I would point out the handful of spots where the lack of a professional editor shows, because I really think that the editors at the big production houses could turn this story into a multinational best seller pretty quickly. Because this story has the heart and the joy to carry it off.
  • JamesbvRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    I love a truly flawed hero. He is selfish and blind to his own harm. Watching him become a hero will be very interesting.. powerful storys come from flawed character.
    The world is also fun and I can't wait to learn more about it. It has a lot of room to grow but a great start.
  • MozgovedRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 5.0
    This is a rare gem among the more serious RR titles.
    The premise is that MC is just playing a game, a really popular MMOROG and has a lot of fun doing it. The meta plot is also extremely simple - he needs to earn some money in the game to pay the rent for his room. No saving the world or unfolding the plans of eldritch world eaters.
    With this extreme simplicity of plot and setting comes the extreme comfiness and kindness to the book. Oh, there are villains and action packed combat, our MC even dies a couple of times, but it's all very heartwarming nevertheless.
    And it's all self ironic comedy on top of that.
    Recommended for slow paced zero stress comedy reading.
  • jadecriminalRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    Edit: Got stubbed so can't really tell you if it pays off past chapter 80 or so or if buying would be work it. Still was decent while it lasted.
    Original review:
    What I read so far, it seems it'll be about character growth and the somewhat young protagonist finding something worth putting effort into and finding his stride.
    Relatable since I could feel retail jobs sucking out my soul. In my youth I felt less suck doing actual part time manual labor jobs like shuffling dirt even though it's more work for less cash.
    Sure he's playing a VR game but the game actually makes him do stuff so in theory, aside from shortened waiting times he might even learn actual skills usable IRL as a side effect.
    The writing itself kept me engaged even as I facepalmed.
    His GF dumping him, I can't blame her for wanting stability and getting fed up with his immaturity, but it also sounds like she didn't tell him her fears and expectation before this either, despite the whole "starting a family" thing implying they were serious.
    (As for whether her lunch was moved, or if she was actually being made to work in stead of using her break, we don't really know. Just his perception.)
    It's too early tot ell if this will be a masterpiece but the building blocks are there as long as the protagonist continues to thing, and avoids being a dick or thinking with one.
  • Loki's ChildRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    A VMMORPG where the Main Character is not a Murder Hobo? MC starts out as your typical worthless youth that you find in a lot of these stories. He matures as the story goes while gaining skills in game.
    Grammar 4.6
    Spelling 4.7
    Story 4.8 (Not your typical MC)
    Character Development 4.8 (MC actually grows as a person)
  • AbbotsFoleyBagRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    I’m enjoying this.   Watching Jake develop, and explore different combinations of skills.   I think it has a lot of potential.
    It’s a unique twist, and great character development.
    Beekeeping, Bushcraft, Music, and Pottery are the skillsets of the character right now.  And the skillsets play off of each other.
    Look forward to more chapters.
  • OmniextRoyal Road
    ★★★★★ 4.5
    It's only 11 chapters in, but I think it's enough time to see where this is going. The MC doesn't make the best impression early on, but that's the point. He's annoying, blind to his faults, and blames his failings on literally anything else.
    And then what finally gets through him (sort of) is getting dumped and having to pay rent. He immediately falls back into old habits, rushing blindly into a seemingly quick money scheme (Crafting in a VR game to trade for real money) without even bothering to finish watching the first paragraph of the video he got the idea from, doing any research, and he skipped through literally everything that could have given him advice on how to move forward.
    He ignores the tutorial NPC, and gives up on every single crafting major he could have chosen without even trying any because they looked like they took effort.
    So yeah, I'm looking forward to seeing him grow as a person, to be honest. And laughing at his failures. That too.
  • A. Nony-MouseRoyal Road
    ★★★ 3.0
    I'm giving this three stars because the story is interesting, the writing is good and it should be a great read.
    But the MC has all the immaturity of a particularly selfish thirteen year old, not the young adult he's supposed to be. I made it 28 chapters in and he's only just starting to realise that maybe, just maybe, he needs to grow up.
    The MC is a half-star character in a five star fiction and absolutely ruins the story for me.
    I hope other readers can get past that and enjoy the story, but I can't take it any more and I'm out.

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