Review - Discount Dan

Title: Discount Dan: A LitRPG Adventure (Discount Dan's Backroom Bargains Book 1)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DSGQ5XPS/
 

Author: James A. Hunter

Rating: 4/5

Comments: I finished Discount Dan earlier today, and since it's day 1800, Dan gets the lucky 1800 day review!

I didn't know anything about Dan, but there were a ton of people running around LitRPG Con with red robes and Apoc from Schinhofen's Discord told me that it was Discount Dan cosplay.

Well if the cosplay is that popular, I will give it a read.

It's a decent read and surprisingly my rating is about the same as the Goodreads rating.  It's got some funny parts, but like a lot of these types of stories, there is a stunning lack of reaction to being hijacked into another world.  Unlike a lot of these stories (which is a good thing), Dan is not a nigh-indestructible demi-god. I will probably work book 2 into the rotation when I have room.

Bedroom Activities: None

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Review: Elswhere

Title: Elsewhere: Book One

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0DWZJHP36/

Author: Doug Lohse

Rating: 2.4/5

Comments: I got this book by walking through the vendor area at LitRPG Con and they were handing out signed copies.  I hate to say it, but I feel like I overpaid.

I didn't even make it to the 50% mark before I gave up.  It's just boring.  The protagonist has no apparent character depth, and he moves through the new world without making any actual personal bonds.

Honestly the section of the book before he's isekaied into the new world were actually BETTER than what came after.

Bedroom Activities: ?

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Review: Brightblade

Title: Brightblade: A Dark Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (UnderVerse Book 1)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B086WQ4V57/

Author: Jez Cajiao

Rating: 4/5

Comments: I met Jez at LitRPG Con and he seems like a good guy, and they said his stuff was "dark" so of course I had to check it out.  Allegedly his other series are darker, which is good because either my frame of reference seriously out of whack, or this isn't that dark.

Anyway, this book (and at least the first few sequels) are pretty decent.  The characters are believable and relatable.  If there was one thing I would say is a negative, and which is why I have taken a break from the series, it is that the action is too unrelenting. There are long stretches where there is nothing but constant life or death danger, which means it eventually loses its tension and becomes tedious and tiresome.

I will be going back to it and I expect it will improve.

Bedroom Activities: FTB

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Milestone post: 1800 days

My reading, is continuing apace.

Since the 1700 day milestone, these are the books I've finished:

• The Legion is my Country - Kurtz
• Blue Sunset - Overman
• Onslaught - Osadchuk
• Survivors War - Budd
• The Sword Saint and Saintesses - DStahl
• The Sword Saint and Fall of Evermarch - DStahl
• The Earl of Dracumont II - Crogen
• Decisive Action - Tress
• Ruin (Unbound 9) - Gonnella
• The Parade of Horribles - Dinniman
• The Soul of the Warrior 2 - Kyfe
• Bright Blade - Cajiao
• The Forgotten Faithful - Cajiao
• Exile - Kilgore
• Titan - Cajiao
• Discord - Kilgore
• The Villain Noble's Guide to Surviving His Fiancees - Wulibear
• Reunion - Kilgore
• Endure - Kilgore
• Discount Dan - Hunter

So that's 20 books finished in 100 days.  Not a terrible average, and over a 100 days quite acceptable.  This doesn't count ones that I have started and not finished.

These are the DNF's

• Elsewhere - Lohse
• Captain Shadow - Harris
• Defense of the Commonwealth - Spearman

Review: Finale of Unbound

Title: Ruin: A LitRPG Adventure (Unbound Book 12)

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0FG1Q23NR/

Author: Nicoli Gonnella

Rating: 4.9/5

Comments: I know I said I'm going to focus on first books to find good series, but in this case I'm going to revisit the Unbound series because it got a definitive finale'.

When a series goes past 3 books, it's a challenge to wrap it up in a satisfying way and avoid leaving unresolved bits and bobs laying about.

This conclusion to the Unbound series, is honestly as good as you can hope for.  I'm not going to offer any hints or spoilers, but I was happy with how it ended.

A bonus picture of Nicoli Gonnella from LitRPG Con.  

Bedroom Activities: FTB

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