I really enjoyed this and look forward to the next installment. I really hope the MCs from both story lines meet up and become allies.
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wanted to like this
Review from The Mailman →
just seems exactly like other Bentley Little books. same plot, same characters, same everything. the climax is too short/long depending on how you want to read it…
No spoilers
Review from Limbus, Inc., Book III →
Decent narrator with the exception of pronunciation—place names are one thing to mis-pronounce (Bexar County), but simple Mexican foods? Carne Guisada is NOT gooey-say-da….
Excellent
Review from Awaken Online: Catharsis →
A great story so far. It’s like riding a rollercoaster. Its a departure from the typical good versus evil plots.
becoming repetitive
Review from Awaken Online: Dominion →
the story is still a good one and I enjoy it, but it almost seems as if the story is being stretched for the sake of stretching it and a lot of repetitive details and info are popping up.
Yes, the characters were completely different along with the realm they inhabited but the story unfolded somewhat similarly. The protagonist was a withdrawn individual due to their real world experiences and the game AI glommed onto his brokenness to use as a catalyst to achieve a game pursuit while also helping the MC to move..
This field intrigues me, so much of this material was not new to me But much was. Heared toward the layperson with a scientific curiosity it’s dense but well written, with great narration. Chapters cover autism, schizophrenia, addiction, gender differentiation, dementia, bipolar, memory storage and loss, creativity, movement, anxiety, post traumatic stress, decision making, and..
the story abd performance are still great but there were several extra long moments in this edition. it felt like there was a little more fluff than usual.
A few comments have faulted this book over the ease in which a novice traveler was able to best so many other high level players and NPCs and that it isn’t a realistic MMO gaming experience. There’s no denying this but I don’t believe that was the intent of the author when he set out..
I’m always a little hesitant when an author starts another series in the same world, but this was well done. I’d even say that it’s as good as the first AO book.