An interesting LitRPG

This is quite well done as the MC dies early on and wants revenge so changes class and starts as a lowly Bastion of Chaos. The world building is pretty good although i have seen better. Stats dont turn up every few pages so it's not too annoying which i find can be a problem especially in Audio LitRPG. The MC and his supporters have good back stories and I found this an easy listen as the narration and overall flow of the story is quite in depth with well spaced out action scenes as they level up. The main opponents are random outside the main focus of our MC but it looks to have an intriguing outlook so im quite happy to look past this first book and see the potential for further adventures. This is the first i have seen of the author but i would go back for more as i would with the narrator who is also new to me but both work well together. I requested this audio and have left my thoughts on this for you to peruse.

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Great book

What a fun LitRPG. The characters seem real, and there is more than enough action to keep your interest. Definitely recommended! I received a free copy of this book and am writing an honest review of my own volition.

good start of a series!

The book starts interestingly as the main character and his helper get killed off by a massive new threat to the world, and we get slowly introduced to the world on the journey from level 1 back to get revenge. The character tries to power through and though his new character class seems to be somewhat randomly chosen with no thought, it slowly starts to live up to the idea. Narration is great, well paced and with enough differences in the character voices to differentiate between the "cast". While there is some minor weak points in how the world is supposed to work, it flows well and has enough of a difference with other fantasy to keep it interesting. Looking forward to part 2!

Interesting mechanics and world-building

I'm not sure why, but the title of this series and to a lesser extent that of the book don't seem to be an ideal fit for the book, with killstreak in particular seeming particularly out of place in a fantasy context to me, but luckily this does not detract from an interesting listen. The respawn of the title happens as the high level avatar of the main character dies in the prologue and in this game (or world) this means that they will respawn as a new level one character without the gear and skills of their previous character, being able to choose the same class again or take the opportunity to play something different that time round and the main character goes for the second option, this time choosing a rare and potentially very powerful character, albeit one with some negatives that ensure this book doesn't fall into the trope of a main character accidentally breaking the game due to some fluke during character creation. Since Kadorax still has his memories of his previous life, he is driven through much of this book by his aim to level up again and avenge his previous death, which serves as a suitable way to introduce the listener to the mechanics and the world of this book, with one negative being the way that it is glossed over how somebody from earth even found themselves to be there in the first place, is it a virtual world or something else? The narrator's performance is a good one, dealing well with a varied cast and helping to nicely enhance the story in the process. Overall, this is a more than decent start to this series and I will interested to see how well the author progresses with it in any subsequent books. [Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]

Not convinced.

I wasn't really taken by this book, the concept is good, being a high level assassin then being a level 1 noob. but the build up of the main character gaining levels again just didn't grab my full attention. I'm not completely giving up on this. I will try it again

Gripped!!

Perfect! Probably my favourite LitRPG so far! Really well written with a story that flows so well. An underlying mystery that’s drip fed occasionally and masses of hard fought action throughout with none of the ‘oh, I’ll use my massively overpowered spell/weapon to overcome anything in my path’! Probably my favourite setting for Scott’s narration so far; he perfectly pulls of the balance of the tempo of the story and is great with all the characters. I was so engrossed I felt myself take a breath when the ‘thank you for listening to...’ appeared at the end and had to desperately open book 2 (thank goodness I already had it downloaded!). This is my honest opinion of a free review copy.

Great fun, looking forward to the end of the story

I really enjoyed this novel. It's fast paced and the premise of the main character slowly losing his grip on reality is an intriguing part of the revenge quest driven narrative. I was disappointed to find there is no second book after the cliff hanger ending. This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Won't b getting the next one

The narrator was fine in this book but in my opinion the writing wasn't great. At some point the ending to books stops being a cliff hanger and starts just stopping mid chapter. I think the writer could have used more detail in the character progression stats to make it a true litrpg. I also think that the protagonist seems to have very little depth and has given up on earth way too easy. There is no desire to work out why he is in the game.

Hooked on this genre

I am absolutely hooked on the genre of people getting stuck inside games and similar ideas, and this one continued to satisfy my thirst for this type of story. This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.

Not Bad

I don't know what say about this book, I am still a bit lost, the story is good, don't get me wrong, but unlike other LitRPG's there is no reason for the main character to be there, I'm not going to say, hero, because so far I haven't really seen anything heroic from him, in fact, he is a little dark, jaded and only out for what he can get out of others, which is fine, but I digress, when I say no reason to be there, what I mean is, nothing has been said by how he came to be in this new world, only that he has been there for about 30 years. But that said, the story is good, it isn't the best, but so far so good, the narrating is very good, so overall, I'd say, if you like LitRPG then get this. If you are new to LitRPG, then I would try something else first, this isn't the book to get you hooked on the genre. This book was given to me for free at my request and I provided this voluntary review.