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Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 20 November 2022
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Really enjoyed the story progression and character development, all building to a great finish. My only query, most female characters appear to have a "pixie style" hair cut. What's with that ?
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 23 December 2021
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This is the third book in a series (that "3" in the title is a bit of a spoiler there) so either you're considering whether to invest in starting the series or you're a bit worried because the ratings have dipped on this one compared to the previous two.
At first glance it looks like the series may have started strong and is now petering out. That's not actually what's going on here. The first two books were written with a cheeky and irreverent tone (despite a small helping of tragedy), making them popular. This one doesn't so much get darker as more serious. It's a little more traditional LitRPG with lots of levelling up and monster fights. With Jason and his team all on their own, there aren't the same opportunities for the social commentary and iconoclasm as there has been previously.
This too shall pass, though. Other people's views may differ, but in my own opinion the end of the book promises a return to popular form in the next. I am writing this review following my second run-through of the series to date and the series has often literally been a joy to read. (To be honest, I'm not sure what the point of reviewing this book is - there is little point reading it if you haven't read the first two; and if you have read them then you are probably in too much of a hurry to buy this one to bother with the reviews.)
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 24 August 2022
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Read it. Don't ask just do. It's what Travis wants you to do, and we follow the will of our supplier.
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 25 July 2022
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Not much to say except disappointed by the reversal. Really hope things improve next book. Still enjoy the writing and the story though.
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 17 January 2022
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The previous entries have had a light hearted cheekiness to them even when things were grim. In this entry things get serious. Jason and his team are targeted by crime bosses, face off against cultists and eventually have to face down a interdimentional threat. Lots of combat as the team try to level so they can stand up against the builder and not die. The ending was interesting and we discover the answers to many questions about how the multiverse works and get a look at the threats ahead and Jason's role in things to come.
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 17 June 2022
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Would be five stars if not for the numerous typos. still this is a new favourite series for me. Highly recommended.
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 8 September 2021
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Let me start by saying yes its still good but to me it was missing that spark the first two books had. The main character didnt have flare that disregard for social structure and sarcastic insanity that he was known for. Lastly the ending just went far out of bounds with random new chacters being briefly introduced and the big bad being a petulant child. In the previous books the big bad had been sneaky and clever why now is it an idiot?
After this small rant it was still good just not good enough for a higher score. Im still waiting eagerly for book 4 just bring back my insane sarcastic main character.
Reviewed in Australia 🇦🇺 on 24 October 2021
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Still love the wordplay, but things get more serious, and in that seriousness I think some of the joy in reading the first two books is lost. The chapter’s without the MC seemed to drag on, like a vehicle waiting for its driver to return. The ending of this book has me concerned about the characters that have made me laugh and cry and how we might return to the fun banter between them rather than a future where these friend look to be scattered. Well I must try reading book 4 and see where the author takes us. I hope it’s in a direction where I enjoy these characters again.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Solid Trilogy with a rushed continuation added on
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 11 September 2021
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This trilogy is solid main characters whose journey from the first book to this third instalment perfectly depict a heroes journey and ended bittersweetly.
It would have been a good story.
However the 8, yes 8 epilogue chapters more than half of which concern new characters talking about new plot points smacks clearly of the author having scrabbled together a continuation to the series and needing to just justify it with rushed work like this. It all reeks of an author not wanting to let go of a cash cow that's going to devolve into a litrpg in the modern world apocalypse book.
The whole situation where some new woman is going to be introduced and given super skills by six of the great astral being in the next book because the mc had the audacity to die fighting one of them and The Reaper is throwing a hissy fit over the mc reviving using The World Phoenix token he was given at the beginning of the first book it all reads like a literal metaphor for "Move over male you failed, now its time for super serious badass action lady literally blessed by godlike entities to fix all the mistakes"
A man is more than just a sleeve you don't just switch out your MC and you sure as hell don't do it by shitting on everything you have built up until now.
4.0 out of 5 stars A great continuation
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 8 September 2021
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I'm loving the characters and story more each book and cannot wait to see what happens next. There are some mistakes here and there but they are just bumps in the road of a good story. Cheers!
5.0 out of 5 stars Fantastic story and marred a bit by poor grammar and editing
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 13 September 2021
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Love the series and the great story evolution. Not just the boring base/world building eventually but a real intricate and engaging story.
Deep on a personal level: accepting and controlling the monster inside, speaking your own truth and burning away the parts
of you that does not serve.
Please let me proof read the next as there were too many errors that jarred the fantastic flow of the story.
5.0 out of 5 stars Fun, thrilling, insightful, and so very anarchically Aussie
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 12 September 2021
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To start with this book would get 6 stars, but the quality of the proof reading and editing is so God-awful that in some places it took a huge effort to figure out what a passage should say, rather than the word salad that a couple of spelling mistakes and autocorrect ions
made it.
That aside, Shirtaloon has produced another fantastic volume, full of human moments and realistic motivations, humour, and characters this reader just cannot avoid caring about.
5.0 out of 5 stars Stunned!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on 14 October 2021
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I started read this series as a recommend from Kindle. To think I almost lost the chance to read one of the most original yet familiar fantasy books I’ve ever read! Shirtaloon is both a literary genius storyteller and a Astro physicist of incredible insight, I think, or maybe just a classic gamer/pop culture fan who acted upon his incredible imagination? Loved every moment of these books, have my first present on my Christmas list this year! Hope that it becomes a regular series? Nice one fella!