I feel like if one of them did die though, it’d make it… more impactful? I guess. Some thoughts - With how the story’s going, Donut and Carl will probably not die, they’re literally the main characters. I genuinely did not expect the epilogue, it came out of left field like a comet and it just made the story so much more complicated, and added so much depth to Katia’s character, I wish we had gotten to know her more though. So much death.Įdit: I think Matt’s just a good author and the LitRPG genre also just contains a lot of repetitive, non-innovative stories But oh goodness me, it was such a rollercoaster of death. Though, this was definitely one of the more serious books in the series, if not the most. Only some have come close to the world-building in this, and very few have made me giggle this much. And when it ended, I was just shell-shocked for a good half an hour, I was doing things and still thinking about it.Īt this point, I have no idea if Matt’s a good fucking author or if the LitRPG genre has just been pretty bland compared to this. ‘Cause I could not put this book down fr. Not the romantically-warm kind, sadly, but rather moments where you take a moment to just look up and wonder if you should be reading this book at 12 AM. Amidst all the action, Matt brings in such heart-string-pulling moments.

Gut-wrenching, unexpected, and so much death. Do you enjoy inflicting pain on your readers? Gosh damn. I hurt the people around me.”įuck, fuck, fuck, Matt Dinniman. I look forward to the next installment in the series and I hope beyond hope that it is just as well written as it's predecessors. Once more I find that even though I'm physically done with this book I am not done with it at all. That is what Dinniman gives us each time around and just like the last four books, I am glad I read this. And make no mistake in good books that's what the characters become, people, real people with hopes and dreams, with tragic stories we might never read or hear. People you hardly know become painful to loose a few chapters later. Donut is an amazing foil to Carl, and the supporting cast is really good to. They weren't called, they were simply on of the many unfortunates caught up in this mess. That's first and foremost on my mind, I find myself rooting for the main characters because while they might always come out on top in the end, it is a harrowing journey of adventure which they didn't choose for themselves. It's incredibly well written fiction that can make you feel emotion which is the mark of an excellent author. It's heartbreaking in so many ways to think about this but just like the spectators in this novel I can't get enough of it.

But for those of us that love this stuff this is another excellent addition. Honestly this series isn't everyone's cup of tea, and that's fine.

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