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Status

Hiatus

Year

2018

Author

craig anderson

• Level 2: Access Denied
  Jan 18, 2018
• Level 1: Surprise
  Jan 18, 2018

Reviews

Community Reviews(9)

• memahaloRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  It's a short-medium length story with a well balanced, humorous story
• druiseekerRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  It starts off really well and has a lot of potential to turn out well.  It has, as of ch 2, some of the best character/scenario development I've seen.  The MC's in a bad rut and its just starting to look like there might be a great potential future.  I'm hoping for more!  I want to see where this goes.
• CdbocianRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  A fun read. Highly recommended I enjoy this take on the RL rpg.  I am fine with not having to slog through status screens after ever level the MC gets.  I know there are people who enjoy comparing every staus screen and what the skill trees are but after reading so many litrpg's i am happy to not have that filler taking up space that can be used for the story.
• IsUnavailableRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  This was an interesting and fun spin on the standard lit-RPG novel.
  The main character is someone most people can relate to without being a blank slate for people to protect themselves on to. Add in a mix of fun supporting roles and a good dash of humour and you have a good novel to spend an afternoon on.
  The story is well written and paced such that there is never a real lull in the action, while still having time for the character development. It brings a wonderful mix of the normal and of the weird which if done poorly would only lead to a chaotic mess but in here, tempered by the humour, leads to an interesting world you just want to explore.
  The only complaint I have is the same complaint I have with every good story I read, I wish there was more.
  Thank you for a wonderful story and I am looking forward to more from you.
• KrimetyRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I’ll admit that I wasn’t sure what to expect, but this is a fun story!
  Interesting take on a LITRPG in RL story.
  I’m interested to see where this goes.
• MikkelRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  Reviewing as of chapter 5. Honestly? Impeccable.
  Honestly, can't wait for more. If this has a regular release schedule it'll hit that popular this week section 100%.
• ZedredRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I just want to say how funny was reading it to the end, when i clicked the first chapter, i was expecting another story of: guy gets a system and the chicks, but i must say that i was pleasantly suprised that it was not the case!
  The story is interesting, it has a beginning and a end so it isn't like most stories here that you can't see what the end objective is. I haven't seen a single grammar mistake, althought that may be because english isn't my main lenguage.
  My only issue was the character of carlos that almost never listened to the mc but that's just how he is.
  All in all i loved this story and i hope it gets a sequel.
• cmilaRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Spoiler: Spoiler
  Fun, well done and fast paced! Even if it has only few chapters out don't worry and read this gem, you will thank me later
• FizzfaldtRoyal Road

  ★ 0.5

  Provides two chapters as the STUB (Author has forgotten to actually add the STUB tag).
  There are quite a number of problematic elements in this story, but it appears to be getting better (will keep updating review/stars if it's just the first few chapters that are bad).
  Problematic elements in the early story:
  - Mansplaining
  - Women being treated as sex objects.. repeatedly
  - Women not trusted to make decisions for themselves.
  - Toxic Masculinity.. repeatedly.
  - MC being a manchild.. repeatedly.
  - (erring on the side of not getting this review deleted for failing to SPOILER tag things) --
  - Violence against women (described/fantasies rather than actual) is treated as a joke. Repeatedly. So far this is a single taxi driver and they ARE treated as crazy.
  - Accidental groping used as jokes.. repeatedly
  Problematic elements that stick around after the early story:
  - Women being treated as sex objects
  - Toxic Masculinity
  - (basically) fridging as humor
  The game the world is based on is *specifically designed* to fridge people. As soon as a character shows romantic interest in anyone they are intentionally kidnapped to provide the character motivation. That's *explicitly* said.
  Good things about the story:
  (In the STUB)
  - Decent representation of abhorrent work environment (hostile environment, abusive boss, gaslighting, ...) where MC has basically been brainwashed into believing this is fine and normal.
  -- Friend tries (not well, but he tries) to explain to MC that this is abusive. He's not good at explaining, but it shows that this isn't a good thing.
  - Friend (is problematic but) actually shows concern for MC. Repeatedly.
  - One good joke about security guards walking around in circles (as ordered)
  The problematic elements originally looked like they're written by an author who isn't *intentionally* trying to be problematic. Then when it comes to the fridging... and the way it's described.. I think this is all intentional. I gave up at 48% through the book.
  Stories tend