Zogarth

For some reason, the writing in this book felt rougher than in the first. Several adjacent sentences that contain exactly the same phrase, feeling jarring. There's no shortage of more generally repetitive content as well -- reading the whole character sheet, going through all the quest entries every time there's an update.

Compared to my recent read of The Ripple System, the upgrade and skill options are much less interesting. With only one or two exceptions, there is always one obvious show more choice which is usually overpowered compared to the "normal" ones. This makes the process of reading through all the options predictable and feel like filler. It also contributes to the feeling of Jake already feeling overpowered.

It would be one thing if Jake had a single great ability, but the combination of mind-blowing bloodline ability, infinite will power and pain tolerance, improbable levels of luck, high intelligence and physical abilities... It would be nice if there was at least one thing that he struggled with. Instead, he feels consistently lucky. Pretty much everything he tries works out, when he does "fail" at something it never seems to matter, and he has seemingly infinite time for meditation, sleep, waiting out potion cooldowns, crafting.

On the upside, the dialog involving the M. Viper is entertaining, which is a nice change. Especially when compared to similar interactions with super/god-beings in Cradle (hard not to with Baldree narrating both).

Will probably take a break from litRPG for a book or two show less

Има книги, които са зле написани и те дразнят, но нещо в тях те кара да продължиш да ги четеш. Понякога, само за да видиш какво ще стане после, но друг път дори и това не е толкова фактор, колкото... де да знам кое точно ;)

Първичният ловец е точно такава книга. Литературно РПГ, show more което на места прекалява с рпг елементите, но има достатъчно интересни и забавни моменти и идеи, за да те повлече по хилядите си страници (които и да прескачаш на по-скучните места няма да изтървеш нищо важно). show less

Има книги, които са зле написани и те дразнят, но нещо в тях те кара да продължиш да ги четеш. Понякога, само за да видиш какво ще стане после, но друг път дори и това не е толкова фактор, колкото... де да знам кое точно ;)

Първичният ловец е точно такава книга. Литературно РПГ, show more което на места прекалява с рпг елементите, но има достатъчно интересни и забавни моменти и идеи, за да те повлече по хилядите си страници (които и да прескачаш на по-скучните места няма да изтървеш нищо важно). show less

Not sure what it is about this genre that makes me feel "meh" in the first half and by the end be looking forward to see what happens in the next one.

I do wish that the stat blocks weren't so long and repetitive. I've been listening this whole time, I know what skills you have! It's especially painful when listening to the audiobook, which is otherwise great.

The main villain in this one starts off as a pretty cliched archetype, but it seems like this might be improving, fingers crossed.