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I received a digital review copy of this from the author through BookSirens. Change of POV for this one. We get a backstory and a game story for Mel and an entire book essentially outside the premise of the first two (god quest and all.) Green reduced the game mechanics minutia from the previous books and the story, while still light, has evolved. I liked this one better than the first two.
 
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Razinha | Jan 31, 2021 |
I received a digital review copy of this from the author through BookSirens. When I was in the Navy, I never understood how fellow sailors would get drunk in a foreign port, and even worse, one where they didn’t speak the language. I get it that Jack/Josh is a 17 year old kid cast into a weird situation (who has a language skill that overcomes the problems of some of those sailor’s), but he’s also a nerd who, once he realizes what is going on, can appreciate the gravity of that situation. He should be smarter than he is, plot forwarding tropes or not, and wouldn’t be a dumb young sailor. But I would be wrong. And, I keep wondering if the patron god who chose him as his Champion didn’t infuse some of the god’s traits in the transition - no spoilers, but there do seem to be some uncharacteristic emotional extremes. Still, Green hits his stride with the second in his LitRPG series. It’s not without those couple of frustration, but I liked it more than the first book and it is quite fun and entertaining. Looking forward to seeing what happens in the third book.… (mehr)
 
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Razinha | Jan 13, 2021 |
I received a digital review copy of this through BookSirens. Copyrighted 2018, it appears self-published, and recently (November 24, 2020) released on Amazon in paperback, and it looks like the author is preparing to roll the sequels out soon. This copy was riddled with typos, but that didn't get in the way of a fun adventure. Familiar, and yet unfamiliar, with the genre of rel="nofollow" target="_top">LitRPG, I've read parts of several series where a "real" person/people is/are transported into the game world they are playing. Some work out better than others. Break has a slightly different spin (read the description - I don't like to summarize/spoil fiction...I find it a disservice to the reader and the author), which only has a small influence in the overall story so far, and I think, overall, that it does work out better than others. It certainly is a page-turner - I finished it in one night.

The main character is young - late teens - and Green gives him an appropriate naivete to go with a hardcore gamer geekdom. Slight backstory, which may (there are hints) or may not come into play in the later books. Steeped in the game mechanics, some might find that part a bit much while others might geek all over it. I don't know. I don't do MMORPGs. I did have my younger two sons (all four are gamers of different sorts) take a look at the book. The youngest (21) instantly got an "elite" impression of Green because of a description of the main character's friend in the first chapter:
Liv was seriously the hottest gamer girl you'd ever meet, and I don't mean she was a hot girl who 'played' games, as most of them were. The woman was an actual gamer!
Well, he only read Chapter 1 and as far as I could tell, that was the last something like that came up. My 23 year old read farther, to Chapter 4, wanting to see what happened when the crossover happened. But...I took my iPad back so I could read it first! I'll see if he wants to read the rest and I'll amend this with his comments.

In the author's note, Green says "I have put my heart into it, and I hope that when you finish the last page, you are left wanting more." I was, and was a wee disappointed that I have to wait until December 12 and 26 for the next two books.… (mehr)
 
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Razinha | Nov 25, 2020 |

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