The God Machine: An Isekai LitRPG
The God Machine, Book 1
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A scrappy young off-worlder fights for his life while searching for his missing family in this thrilling LitRPG fantasy series from the author of Ascendant.
When Luke Bennet wakes in a world where time flows differently than it does on Earth, he discovers his family, gone missing over the last year, has been dead for a hundred years here. Left to survive in the wilderness as marmots, murderous goblins, giant spiders, and a two-ton raccoon all try to kill him, Aros's latest off-worlder must depend on his newly acquired system to help him level up and live to fight another day.
When Luke finally wends his way to civilization, the locals think he's a Guardian—whatever that means. Soon he's brawling in a fight club to earn his keep and hone his skills. But danger finds him both in and outside the ring, and now the dreaded inquisitors are on his tail. With the beautiful, sharp-tongued Zea by his side, he'll have to up his stats and locate the God Machine as quickly as possible if he wants to bring his family back.
But nothing's as it appears in this new city, and Luke's own system seems to be trying to manipulate him. If he can't trust it, who can he trust?
The first volume of the hit LitRPG adventure series—with more than 600,000 views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!
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Pretty good. Would be great for a 1st book in the LitRPG genre
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Well written however…
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lack of character depth hurts this story
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For the most part it's straight out level- and combat- based isekai litrpg / gamelit, with lots of stats and skills, but it's handled consistently and is engaging throughout. There are also a few little clever twists on the bog-standard litrpg formula that are handled really well. The God Machine series quest itself is very clever.
The main character is barely more than a name, with little personality or history to speak of, but he's also not annoying or arrogant. The book is not as deep or character driven as something like He Who Fights With Monsters, but it's fine for what it's trying to be.
Writing quality is good, but not quite great. It suffers from some of the common self-published KU faults, such as dangling participles and the author not knowing the difference between intransitive lie and transitive lay. There's not much dialogue in the first half, but the author doesn't fall into the Wandering Inn style of unnatural self-talk, which is a big plus.
Audiobook narration is solid with some amusing voices. There are a couple of very short sections with inconsistent volume, but overall it's fine.
I'm really happy I listened to this one. I'll add the rest of the series to my wishlist.
Warning: this book has a lot of swearing and some blasphemy in it. If that offends you then you may want to give it a miss.
Great isekai litrpg with some fun original ideas
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The MC is dumber than rocks.
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