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Good premise, standard system, narration issues.

Review from Power →

The plot development was good, with characters at a good level, not overpowered or underpowered. Explanation of the reason for the introduction of the System was plausible, though the AI is an odd mix of benefactor and villain. Good variety of characters though almost exclusively focusing on Max, the competent and even-tempered good guy who’s..

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Interesting premise dragged down by tedium

Review from Proliferation →

This series has an interesting premise and, initially, a compelling narrative. The whole idea of a slow growing zone of magic controlled by a rogue AI set in our modern world is undeniably intriguing. Sadly, the promise of this idea is stifled by poor execution and authorship that keeps getting in its own way. Two..

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Could not finish

Review from No Way Out →

You have go bags and a trauma kit, but can’t lock your car door? Too stupid, and then don’t fight them from pulling you out of your car and leave your son inside??

What an incredible machine

Review from Flying the SR-71 Blackbird →

I think you have to be a pilot or someone very enthusiastic about aviation to appreciate this. If I wasn’t as knowledgeable about flying as I am, I could see so much of this info going over my head. They go through the entire flight checklist from preflight to installing the chocks with stories peppered..

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Great premise, but characters are all garbage.

Review from Power →

The Good: System apocalypse in the setting is a spreading pandemic instead of the typical flipping of the table. The Bad: Plot crawls at a snail’s pace, and none of the main characters take the situation seriously. Female characters are extremely two-dimensional, one is an eighty-year old woman who shamelessly flirts with Max in every..

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