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Such a pleasure!

Reviewed: 12-30-22

This was my second ready. Such a great book to curl up with and feel good listening to. :)

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This is going to change my life!

Reviewed: 12-14-22

My goal is to write and publish 50 books in my life and now I have a clear system to do it!

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Pretty good, worth finishing

Reviewed: 10-10-21

There’s a lot to like about this book, and I just got book 2.

Narration and audio editing sometimes got certain things less than great, and it was a little distracting at times, but generally tolerable.

Writing, could have used an editor. This started on Royal Road which makes sense. It wasn’t written to be consumed all at once, but more as a serial. Still, I think it would have been worth trimming some of that repetition, especially since we’re paying for the privilege of reading or listening.

I’m a person of faith and honestly I wasn’t offended by the atheism thing. I actually feel like atheists might be more offended by being represented in this way.

I liked the humor and enjoyed “later” Jason more than “early” Jason. I put the book down a few times in the beginning but I’m glad I finished it.

I also think, especially with the serial style, that the author could have done better with reminding us who everybody is. There’s a part at the end where one of the important characters has something happen and I didn’t realize until a few minutes later who it was. That happened more often with all the aristocrats, calling them by first name and not explaining anything about them. I think just reminding us who they were each time would have been enough.

But yeah, mostly good stuff. Realize that it’s written as the first volume of serial episodes, and not a single book. Each episode has a beginning middle and end, conflict, growth, etc. But the whole book doesn’t have as defined of a structure.

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Wow, very helpful!

Reviewed: 10-06-21 Listener received this title free

I received a copy of this book free of charge in exchange for an honest review.

Ok so a few things.

First, I really relate to many of the stories here, which helped me engage even more. For me to be open to input I generally need to feel that the person “gets” me. And I feel the author largely does.

Second, I was actually surprised by a few of the steps. I few of them were things I’ve heard before but stated in a new and more helpful way. But the ones I haven’t heard about before? Looking forward to those the most.

The short listen time actually works to the book’s favor because it’s easy to listen to the whole thing without dedicating tons of time.

Overall good for people who struggle with diagnosed or even undiagnosed anxiety and similar struggles.

Thank you!

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Way better than expected!

Reviewed: 09-21-21 Listener received this title free

I’m interested in minimalism which is why I requested this book (which was given to me at no cost to me in exchange for an unbiased review), but I didn’t realize how many bad habits I had related to organization externally and internally. This helped me see my patterns for what they were but did so without guilt. And the best part is, it gave me practical and doable ways to improve. Do recommend!

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Looking forward to the next one!

Reviewed: 06-11-21 Listener received this title free

I really liked it! I was given this book at no charge to myself in exchange for an honest review, but I would have spent a credit on it for sure. I’m not saying it’s perfect, but it was easy to listen to and enjoyable. I care about the characters and am enjoying seeing them grow. The world and magic system is also really cool. This was my first exposure to deck building rpgs and I’m hoping to read more in the future. Thank you for a fun book! I’m gonna see if I can find more by the same author or at least get on a mailing list to be alerted when the sequel comes out.

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Deus ex Mac-ina

Reviewed: 07-03-20

Really fun book, love the character driven style. Honestly the deus ex Macaroni didn’t even bother me.

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Good story, not great translation

Reviewed: 06-20-20

The translation was sloppy. I don’t think the translator is familiar with the genre or video games because the same skill name was translated differently at different times among other issues. I would suggest the author indulge in another translator. But like I said, once expectations have been modified to include the translation issues, really fun book.

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Structure and timing

Reviewed: 06-02-20

I was given this book for free and am reviewing it without bias.

It wasn’t a bad story. A woman narrating a male MC took some getting used to, but only because most books I’ve read match narrator gender to PoV/MC but I got used to it.

My main issues were timing and structure. The MC doesn’t get into the game for almost three hours, and then it feels like the in-game part doesn’t have enough substance by the time it ends.

The concepts are all cool, so good world building.

So many cringe-worthy mistakes made out of ignorance not just from the MC but his team, too. Maybe it’s realistic but again, with how little time we had to enjoy the game, it felt unsatisfying when the resolution came around. Also, the final engagement, knowing the danger, was hard to get into because the reward didn’t seem to match the risk, even though I normally would have enjoyed the way he did it.

Also I think the pain levels could have been more impactful. It was there but it didn’t seem to do anything so I never cared until I realized I should be caring.

I don’t regret the listen, but there are better options. I hope the author will work to improve his craft, because all my qualms are things that learning and practice can fix. I’d be happy to follow him if I knew each book would show improvement.

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So good!

Reviewed: 05-23-20 Listener received this title free

I was given this book for free and have written this review voluntarily and without bias.

Wow! So amazing! I want to buy this on kindle, too. I’m an English trainer and I can wait to recommend this to my students! I have intuitively recommended many of the techniques in this book, but I didn’t know why, and I didn’t know the science. This will help a lot! Anyone who wants to learn a skill should read and listen!

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