The Trapped Mind Project

One of the Top Five LitRPG Stories

Lately it seems all I listen to are LITRPG stories, I really like the genre and there are a lot of stories from which to choose.
I really liked, “The trapped Mind,” it’s now in my top five LitRPG stories. To give some perspective, here’s my list.
1. “The Way of the Shaman” series; a six book rollercoaster series of exciting twists and turns that grab your attention and test your emotional resolve, but in the end it’s worth the ride.
2. “The Divine Dungeon,” starting with “Dungeon born;” very clever giving a different perspective and new dimension to the LitRPG story. This series is still in progress and I can’t wait for the next book.
3. “Ascend online,” narrated by Luke Daniels, only one and a half books into the series but a great start and might take over the top spot if the story quality remains the same
4. “The Trapped Mind;” so far I’m up-to-date on all of the audio books that have been released and I really like the story. It’s another LitRPG with a different premise.
5. “Ready Player One;” the original, my first LitRPG, written by Earnest Cline, he nostalgically brought me back to the old time gaming world, great experience.
There are so many of these LitRPG coming out virtually every week that my list could change, and I hope it does because that would mean another really great story.

39 of 44 people found this review helpful

A real mind bending trip

I generally try to purge anything negative from my system first, and then tackle the good stuff. I do have some nits to pick, but nothing overly bad. I listen to books in the car. I drive a lot, and my wife will listen along with me. Since the majority of what I have been listening to has been LitRPG/Gamelit stuff she gets really annoyed when all the crunchy bits start flying. In other words, when stats or alert notices start flying and never end. It can be distracting, but she had to make me turn this off, as it overwhelmed her. It does bug me, but I got over it. However I see her point. Damage reports, level alerts, and anything else that repeats is fine on a page, you can skim that. On audio it comes off like Dr. Strange meeting Dormammu. Thankfully, once we get into the meat of the story this sort of dies down.

Additionally, and this is only speculation, I have to wonder if Chatfield started writing his book twice, like from a point that he found interesting, and then at the begining because he does rehash some of his world building stuff several times. I don't know if this was two books that got folded into one, but it was a touch distracting to go over something we already knew.

Now the good stuff. This book fed my need for action, but it also sated my intellectual needs. There were great periods of character growth, story building, and some mind blowing concepts. Chatfield really flipped everything on its side and bounced it off a wall. Brilliant concept.

The characters are interesting. The plot grips you. The unexpected truth will knock you down. There is good action here as well as the quiet moments. The story will grab you and take you for one heck of a ride. All that stuff I said at first was just minor crap. The real meat of this book is delicious, and the amount of fat and gristle is negligable. The story and characters progress in a realistic speed

Morris makes a great first impression on me as a narrator. I had never heard him before, but I can see why he has this gig. He's really good, and brings the story to life. He works hard to give each characters a distinctive and individualized voices. Even though I did receive a promo code for this review it in no way influenced my considerations of the material, and in fact, inspired me to be more honest. In fact, getting a code generally makes me harsher as a reviewer as I am more often concerned what someone like Me will decide based on my review.

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28 of 33 people found this review helpful

Interesting, but difficult to follow at times

I liked this audio book. It had a fascinating premise that I was very curious about . Earth is the fantasy and the game is the real world? Wow! That hadn't been tried before! Well, the political machinations of the ruling people, the Jakal, combined with the same thing going on with the 'players' started to get confusing. And I think there are only 2 people, one 'human' and one 'NPC' who actually know the real story ( these are the 2 main characters, Dave & Deia). The role of Neutrality (the Jakal who created the game world and is now trying to save it from exploitation) is interesting but also confusing. As I understand it, he has allied himself with the two main characters, but the ultimate goal is a little difficult to determine. I am hoping the next book will help sort things out. A good listening experience, though. I recommend giving it a try.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

The most infuriating 5 stars ever given

It's truly a testament to this books premise, story, and characters that depicts the many writing flaws it's an amazing experience.
That said FOR THE LOVE OF GOD THE REPETITION OF INFO DRIVES YOU NUTS THE FIRST 10 HOURS
Seriously you wanna shake the author screaming "I @$@(&(($&& KNOW ALREADY"
But once the final act gets going it stops completely and really buckles down on a rather spectacular and thrilling finale.
Worth the listen and greatly look forward to what looks to be a pretty expansive series

8 of 10 people found this review helpful

loved it!!!

I rarely write reviews but this book had me locked in for the ride. got so good I ordered the others on my kindle. can't wait for it to be published on audible...the only down side is because so much happens in this world some of the books don't move character progression as far as I would like. otherwise stunning book series.

5 of 6 people found this review helpful

wow

what a great book... I cannot wait for the next book to listen too. rock on

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

For everyone that like MMORPGS or RPGS / EVERYONE

If you could sum up The Trapped Mind Project in three words, what would they be?

Some people say that this book doesn't have much action, but that not really true. there's enough action and romance as well, but that thing that matters the most for us MMORPGS and RPGS lovers and almost all people, is the way our main character grows stronger the way he levels up not just in levels but understanding and strengths. great book MUST READ and or LISTEN.

7 of 9 people found this review helpful

Wow, what a ride

A well written story, with great characters. The Matrix meets RPG but without the sunglasses and Agents.

4 of 5 people found this review helpful

Skip This

I usually don't write Audible reviews, but I am just completely mind boggled how this has such high reviews. Finding good LitRPG can be tough, since much of it is either translated or self-published and poorly edited. But given the interesting premise in the summary and high reviews, I figured I'd give this one a shot.

Bad move.

This book could be used to teach a writing class exactly what not to do for "show, don't tell." Nearly all of the world building, plot, and character motivations are presented in large info dumps, usually by way of awkward dialogue or inner monologue. To make it worse, the author frequently contradicts his own world building and most of it is devoid of any logic. Couple the info dumps with unnecessarily long and frequent stat recitations, and it's unbearable. Don't get me wrong, I don't mind hearing character or item stats in LitRPG so long as those mechanics also play into part of the story. But in the case, the rules don't really apply to our MC, so they really serve no purpose.

The main character is your typical overpowered, super "special" Gary Stue for reasons that are totally unapparent to the reader (except for the fact that the story keeps beating you over the head to tell you how special and interesting his). There isn't a single well developed character to be found anywhere.

Dialogue is awkward and stilted and continually presented as just "he said," "I said," "he asked," lI answer

11 of 15 people found this review helpful

Convoluted

The premise of this book is too convoluted. That’s reflected by the author restating core elements constantly, as if we hadn’t been listening to the story all along. In the last half of the story the author is introducing new game play mechanics almost every chapter. I love litrpg. Give this one a pass

1 of 1 people found this review helpful