The Jungles of Alabama

Information

Status

Hiatus

Year

2023

Author

EWBrownV

• Chapter 8
  Jan 20, 2023
• Chapter 7
  Jan 18, 2023
• Chapter 6
  Jan 16, 2023
• Chapter 5
  Jan 12, 2023
• Chapter 4
  Jan 9, 2023
• Chapter 3
  Jan 6, 2023
• Chapter 2
  Jan 4, 2023
• Chapter 1
  Jan 3, 2023

Reviews

Community Reviews(10)

• LordamnesiaRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  I read this when you first put it on QQ, and I'm super stoked about reading it here! But for an actual review, this is seriously one of the better System settup stories out there. Realistic point spreads, dealing with the changing environment, protecting what you own and what you are. All very well put together in all!
• Spleen23Royal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  review at chapter 4
  Main character is pretty practival but is so far just competent. No super lucky breaks or overpowered comared to everyone else. At least so far. The starting character have their kinks without being delusional or impossibly useless or problematic.
  So far the goverment is doing the standard, remain calm and do nothing to save youselves trope, but the average people seem to be either be dealing with it or trying to work on old standards. No one is outright panicing or in complete denial.
  I like that pets can choise to bemome usefull to thier owners rather then all turning into monsters or becomeing burdens.
  The aquire a hareem hints is a negative, but at least the characters are starting off as kinky sex people, so its beliveable if the MC goes that direction rather then a normal guy trying to live out his fantsies and normal women just going along with it.
  Hope that's enough to fullfill the word count. Hope to see this story go the distance.
• SabionRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 5.0

  What a well told adventure! I couldn't wait to finsh the book so I bought it on Amzon immediatly. The characters were interesting and the world was well developed. I was not as into the kink as the MC but it fed the story and made for some interesting "scenes". I love the author's other works and hope he continues to write if this is the level he can maintain.
• inverted_helixRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Overall I like the way that modern weaponry is balanced in this setting rather than being magically useless. I like how the animal characters have quirks and physical disadvantages from being those animals rather than just perks.
  There's not really much I dislike about it, it just doesn't quite stand out enough to make me give it a 5 stars.  It's a solid story, but not amazing.
• OreoKittenRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Overall, great story so far. (Read until chapter 14 at this time) The way the story is structured is interesting, and I enjoy how the author refined some of the parts from his original posting on Questionable Questing. I enjoy the different plot points and the fact that the junkyard bit adds some undercurrents onto what is currently happening and what Tom and Jenny might encounter in the future. At the moment I am highly anticipating more chapters. The smut is also written in an enjoyable manner, and the way that a lot of this stuff seems to be feasible in a system induced world, also adds to the realism of the story.
• OwlishRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Ok, so, we've got a System Apocalypse. Blue Screens exist, with points to add, with kind of general descriptions-> no +1 to INT to get +5 damage with my spells. Not my favorite kind of thing, but interesting, especially when the author seems to have a decent idea about what people might do in such a sitiuation. That is the case here, with both people who have a prepper mentality and those who don't. Worldbuilding is interesting and off to a good start.
  Grammar is good, I haven't noticed any errors yet. Which for RR is really good. :)
  And then there's the sexual related stuff. Nothing explicit, insert TAB A into Slot B. But various fetishes look like they'll be a significant part of the story. None of it specifically revs my motor. There's been a setup for a possible hard no for me, but we'll see.
  So, could be worth your time. Check it out.
• Sol ZagatoRoyal Road

  ★★★★★ 4.5

  Style: If you've followed EW Brown, you know he can make good RPG systems.  This is one of the best LitRPG systems conceived. The organic integration of the system with the real world is key to immersion into the story, by giving many real-world effects. No classes or levels, but the alternative to hitpoints is great. The main character viewpoint holds interest, and there are a lot of subtle things going on that he misses- too subtle sometimes. This is also a drawback to the style, as the main character has opinions (see other reviews) and he doesn't notice when he's wrong or being unfair- too easy to miss that our narrator is unreliable.
  Story: A good survival tale. Weirdoes eventually get their shit together, cooperate, and use their unethical powers to help everyone live to see another day. I bring this down a half-tick because I've also read an earlier draft where things feel much more grim and fracticious- where you really wondered when the main cast was going to start fighting each other. Here, they start off pretty untrusting, but open up to each other  with necessity and experience.
  Grammer: rare small typos. But that's 5/5 by RR standards.
  Character: A bunch of believable kinksters and ruralites dealing with the shit. Some unsympathetic characters (of various stripes) feel like on-the-nose caricatures. This is only saved by remembering idiots like that exist in real life. The only smart villains in this draft seem to be the monsters. I'm just hungry for the moment the monsters actually try to communicate with people. in the original draft half the main party were smart people on the edge or already going villain.
  Overall: LOVE the system, like the story and characters. Lots of hidden subtleties. Reading is improved if you realize the main character is opinionated and often wrong, like real humans are.
• CarpeVinumRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 4.0

  This story has solid prose with no obvious mechanical errors, well written fight scenes and good pacing. The characters are engaging and usually fairly believable, with the MC managing to be satisfyingly competent without devolving into a Gary Stu and the ‘pets’ being scene-stealingly adorable at every turn. The general plot is fairly standard System Apocalypse/LitRPG stuff but the system in question is well thought out and novel enough to make that side of things hit all the right notes with all sorts of cool power-usage both in and out of combat and an interesting take on the social-fallout of this sort of scenario.
  If all that sounds good there are two things that may still send you packing:
  Firstly, if you somehow missed the story summary and the tags/warnings, this story does in fact contain sex, often involving BDSM and (usually) consensual mind-control. You can probably get away with skimming these if you're not interested in that sort of thing, but enough plot relevant stuff happens during/right around sex scenes that the story probably won't make much sense if you skip them entirely.
  Secondly, the author's politics (some manner of right-libertarian, as best I can tell) are pretty clearly on display throughout the narrative. Personally it's mostly just been cause for a few eye-rolls even as someone with radically different views, but depending on your exact politics and tolerance for that sort of thing I could see it turning into a deal-breaker pretty quickly.
• Anan4artRoyal Road

  ★★★★ 3.5

  Maybe I'm too early to say it (20 chapters telling only 2 story-days progression) but this story do have too many characters to be told and too similar to DanielBlack (eg. Dryads! And my guess next one is elves!)
  Reliance on firearms is too weird for me, although this is due to myself isn't American (I practice martial arts, tho.) Hypnosis is pseudo science, but allowed to be imported by high intelligence system? What's next? Speculative theory  Mesmerism? Miasmatic? Gravitonism?
  I don't know why, but I enjoyed "This New World of Magic" and "Defective Hermit" more  than "Jungle Alabama" in theme of modern human civs merge with magic.
• AtroRoyal Road

  ★★★ 3.0

  From a basic overview this is a good example of a decent story that's worth the time to read. It's well written, not a lot to make it stand out aside from the writing, but that's both important and above the norm. If that were all I'd definitely suggest it for anyone with some time to invest, and it seems like it could grow into something really good.
  However I have to say it's got a slant so sharp it's almost sideways. Characters pretty universally either side with the author's policies and are never less than intelligent,  competent, generally step up to work together and at worst are opertunisticly pragmatic. Or they take any other stance and are at the most charitable misinformed and foolish while having constantly bad ideas. The author either has trouble comprehending or writing the idea that anyone could be intelligent and not agree with them.
  Casual and consistent misogyny pops up most chapters. The MC can comfortably denounce someone else for a more extreme position while still thinking about how men will constantly step up or deriding how all women do x or y.
  And as a personal annoyance, they have a really rosy picture of the populace of Alabama. They seem to think the general population is well equipped, will pull together in a time of need, lacks corruption outside of politicians, and more besides. Hard to tell if this is their opinion of any rural area or just Alabama. But as someone from the state I can't help but note that there are still places where racism is so strong that you might wake up to find your house on fire because a close relative is dating someone who isn't the right shade of white. And the police have a string of bodies behind them, including the recent news of freezing a guy to death and trying as a group to cover it up. While there are good people too it's hard to ignore that the people described in the book and given so many virtues are exactly who I would most expect to see the biggest bigotry from. It's a risk born from trying to w