I can see what the hype was about. I really enjoyed, great progression, power, the sort of book that fires up the imagination in your head and have you playing out your own versions.Very much looking forward to the next one.

I read up to chapter 342/530 in 2 days.I give the start 3 stars since I liked it, but everything after 100-200 chapters is just ok.It is a good story with good character development.There are two major flaws that become apparent after chapter ~150:(1) Lack of character development. It becomes a chronicle of the main character doing cool stuff with zero character growth. Hypothetically at this point the character is fighting some sort of 'inner demon power' thing, but that is hardly mentioned and...

I'm liking a lot of the LitRPG books coming out of Aethon Books, and Defiance of the Fall only adds to that list.The book starts out fairly straightforward: multiverse apocalypse, land reshuffling (similar to They Called Me Mad), and various humanoids from other planets showing up. The key difference here is that Zac finds himself standing in the right place at the right time, where a cast of the die is enough to defeat a herald.From there we go into a detailed account of Zac single handedly att...

Help! My planet joined the multiverse and everyone got shipped off to the Tutorial, but I was left behind.Writing was pretty weak in the first half with a definite uptick in the latter. Thankfully, the audiobook hides a lot of sins and this was a really fun ride. Who doesn't love personal advancement through the literal blood, sweat, and tears of your enemies?!

OK, let me start with all that is wrong with this audiobook. Because there's a lot.1. Maybe it's due to the original format, but the chapters are uncharacteristically small. Sometimes, a single scene will be broken into many such "chapters", (or should it be episodes?). Very annoying. The book version should have been adjusted accordingly.2. Lack of an editor. Or a thesaurus. Do you have any idea how many times the word "luckily", "fortunately", "unfortunately", were used in this book? Almost on...

I have read over 300 litrpg books and many "system" style books. This is now my favorite. I will continue to follow and read this series until he gives up writing. The author does a very good job with engaging the reader. Some of the other books on here have atrocious grammar, and while I did notice the occasional mistake, for the most part this is solid. The biggest reason why I like this series though is that the writing is not mechanical. There is almost always a sense of adventure and discov...

Still in the process of reading this but I've no idea why it has gotten such rave reviews.Literally nothing new in this - everything that happens is a trope that has happened in tons of other litrpg books. Almost like a checklist.MC is neither very interesting nor likable. System is nothing special. It's very 'blah' overall. More may be added later. If not, it's just a fairly dull litrpg book...Update - bland as crap. Gave up after eight hours into a 23 hour book.

Rating 4.0 stars Out of all the litprg styles out there this is one of my favorite. I am getting a little tired of the player stuck in an online game stories. I like the ones where the world is changed to now use gamelike mechanics and magic. This book is that kind of story. The MC is Zac Atwood, he is on a camping trip with his new girlfriend and her friends when the world changes. The earth was added to the multiverse and gamelike mechanics are added to the world. The system does this to try a...

It's better than a lot in the genre but the writing is a lot of tell not show. The writing style is practically musings, expositions and more musings. Chapters can go on and on without anything happening. There's a lot of good here but that kind of writing is really just a turn off and feels like your time is being wasted. It's free to read over at Royal Road tho, I still follow it but I just skim most of it since again, the writing style just tells you a bunch of useless information. For exampl...

Review of books 1-3: Fabulous. One of the best (if not THE BEST) in this "real world" apocalypses genre. + The worldbuilding is just brilliant and unique making it interesting from get go. + The magic system is refreshing and well structured. + very interesting plot that keep me guessing all through the 3 books I've read. + Writing/prose is very engaging and never slows down. Exciting ride all through. + Characters are good (but could do with more development). After reading brilliant series lik...

This is an audiobook review. I thoroughly enjoyed this book. I’ve almost caught up with the web series release on royalroad, so I just had to get the audio version. I’m a sucker for good LitRPG/apocalyptic books and this one definitely didn’t disappoint. It had amazing world building and attention to detail, the MC’s growth was also refreshing. Can’t wait for the next instalment.

Got tricked by the high score here and on audible. First i thought maybe it is just a really long buildup for something but nope there is no payoff at any point. The worst point for me is that there is nearly no interaction between characters. Which then results in a lack of emotion and motivation behind his actions. The whole story is just him getting stronger, the end.

One of my favorite stories from RoyalRoad. Expect the series to continue getting better and better.

A very good book.I really enjoyed this book although the MC is a murder hobo he is pretty interesting and I like the plot development and the world building.

This series falls into the same traps a lot of LitRPG books do. No pace, out of control progression, and the lack of supporting character development. There are a lot of cool ideas but the execution is poor. However, if you want to read about one boss fight after another or an over the top power set, then this is your book. BOOK 1 – The protagonist is essentially alone for the entire book. There is no dialogue and he engages in never-ending battle from start to finish. The action is really good,...

Fascinating start to a seriesEnjoyed this version of a LitRPG novel. It ends kind of suddenly, but knowing there is another book in the series, that isn't too bad. I found myself intrigued by the main character and enjoy how he has been developing. Looking forward to the next book.

Quite enjoyable - I wasn't quite sure at the beginning, if I want to continue, but the writing was solid and after a short while, I was happy I stayed with it. Worth a read :)

I've been reading a lot of LitRPG (books and web novels) recently. I'd say this is one of the top ones I've read. It's a very engaging story, has a good amount of luck woven in as all these books do, but don't deliver an overpowered main character without justifying how they achieved that. Since it's an ongoing novel, I've also enjoyed the frequent updates, where I don't lose track of the overall narrative, and remain invested in the outcome.

Defiance of the Fall was interesting. I really struggled with giving this a two or three star rating. To begin, the writing is horrendous through over half the book. LitRPG is rather niche, so many choose to self-publish which gives a wide berth to amateur writers. Honestly, this is a wonderful avenue for aspiring artists; however, the errors in style/word choice made reading and following the story difficult. It improved, though, which gave way to a much better experience near the end. The stor...