Title: Ascend Online
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/d/B01M01ET8E/
Author: Luke Chmilenko
Rating: 4/5
Comments: Ok, I’ve read a lot of books set in the “game world” genre. I mean a lot. This one, well, it suffers from a lot of the same issues in that death isn’t really a deterrent to doing something stupid, so there’s a lack of dramatic tension. I mean if the worst that can happen is you respawn to try again, is there really much risk? He kind of covers the game mechanics side of it to give it some kind of reasoning, and such, but ultimately, what’s at stake if you can just log off and rage quit?
So if you take that part out of the equation, and just take it as a fantasy story, it’s pretty good. The magic is interesting, and it’s couched as “all new” so nobody knows how anything works, so the characters are discovering their powers, which is interesting.
Anyway, if you like “VR game” books, this is pretty good. If you don’t, well you won’t miss anything groundbreaking.
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