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Tuco
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It's funny how common this is. After the first book the stats are basically meaningless. Kind of sort of like real games if you aren't getting too sweaty.
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Tuco
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I listened to the first book in Solo Leveling, I enjoyed it but there's quite a bit lost in translation (It was written as a comic) and the narrator isn't ambitious about giving life to the voices so I stopped at book 1. It also
. I might read the comic at some point.
I started listening to Life Reset and am enjoying it immensely. It's narrated by Jeff Hays, who narrated a series I recently finished (Chrysalis) and have been listening to for years from Dungeon Crawler Carl. Despite having spent so much time listening to him, the voices he came up with so far in Life Reset are all unique, which is pretty impressive. Other great voice actors I've listened to, like Travis Baldree, generally have the same narration voice and the same cast of voices they pull out and re-use. The writing itself is great and while the plot isn't totally novel, is fresh enough to be engaging for someone who has read too many of these books.
seems a bit generic for someone who has read so many litrpg books. I'm sure I would've loved it if it was my first one.
I started listening to Life Reset and am enjoying it immensely. It's narrated by Jeff Hays, who narrated a series I recently finished (Chrysalis) and have been listening to for years from Dungeon Crawler Carl. Despite having spent so much time listening to him, the voices he came up with so far in Life Reset are all unique, which is pretty impressive. Other great voice actors I've listened to, like Travis Baldree, generally have the same narration voice and the same cast of voices they pull out and re-use. The writing itself is great and while the plot isn't totally novel, is fresh enough to be engaging for someone who has read too many of these books.
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Hateyou
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I think it’s the constant dopamine hitting like video games. “Oh a new achievement! Oh new items! Oh new skills! Oh new quests! Oh a new mechanic!” whereas a traditional novel is just long stretches of dialogue, world building, character arcs, etc. They aren’t constantly introducing new things, just building on established stuff. That’s my theory anyways, it’s the only way I can rationalize some of the successful ones like Primal Hunter that just don’t really have a story other than the video game stuff. It’s gotta be the dopamine hits.