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Worth a listen

Review from Möbius 1 →

The science of the book was worth a listen. The idea of time moving back and forth was intriguing. However, the dialog and action sequences were odd. For the first few chapters, I thought Max was on the spectrum. Later on I realized that the conversation were just stilted and stiff. No one felt like..

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The helicopter at work

Review from The Freedom Shield →

Excellent description of the use of helicopters during the Vietnam war. The author gives an opinion shared by many veterans that fought in Vietnam: the progress of the war was hindered by politicians and in particular the State Department who forbade entry into Laos and Cambodia to interdict the Ho Chi Minh trail that supplied..

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It is a good book until the end

Review from Planetary →

This is a great book. It continues and handles things well until the last third of the book. There are 2 threats that should have lasted into the 4th and even 5th book. The fact they were slain so quickly it really is disappointing. I would still tell people to read the book.

It was hard to finish.

Review from The MMRPG Apocalypse →

I love Lit RPGs. This one unfortunately does not meet standard. The storyline is too narrowly focused. Somehow there are almost no survivors within the first three days. It feels like the MC is the only one capable of leveling unless he tells other people how to level or to do anything. There is no..

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Rings True

Review from The Sniper →

I’ve always felt the best books and movies are about real life and true stories. History that was written through the lives of ordinary people doing extraordinary things. This lives up to those expectations.

Review from The MMRPG Apocalypse →

So we’ve got instead of the first and media thought of putting all this stuff in his inventory. He decides to leave it on the shelves, like he’s not an Apocalypse.

Enjoyable

Review from The MMRPG Apocalypse →

After a recent slew of bad to merely mediocre books in this genre, it was refreshing to come to something well written, fleshed out, and enjoyable to listen to. I had enjoyed the author’s other series but hadn’t recognized so until I picked up on the writing style and remembered the previous books. I genuinely..

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