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Dead Tired I

By: RavensDagger
Narrated by: Justin Thomas James, Dorrie Sacks, Tiana Camacho, Jeff Hays
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In the distant past, a time of magic and swordplay, there lived Harold, the mightiest lich of all, a master of arcane sciences, and a challenger of gods. After reaching the pinnacle of his power and finding it surprisingly bland, Harold waged a cataclysmic war against the gods, aiming to shatter the very system that confined him.

Then, he took a nap.

An incredibly long nap that ends with a jolt, thanks to an unwitting adventurer who trips into Harold's crypt. Blinking into the torchlight, Harold finds a world he barely recognizes. No more swords and sorcery, but a universe buzzing with cultivation, celestial sects, and far too many pretentious dialogues about the path to godhood.

Harold is no naïve cultivator. He's an ancient lich with a single ambition: to slide back into his uninterrupted eternal slumber. But the cacophony of quarreling sects and smug martial artists seems determined to keep him awake.

Undeterred, the sleep-deprived overlord is ready to confront this brave new world. After all, no aspiring deity, no grandiose sect, and certainly no self-righteous martial artist is going to rob him of his beauty sleep.

©2023 Mango Media LLC (P)2023 Soundbooth Theater Fantasy Fiction Humorous Funny Witty Feel-Good Progression Fantasy Paranormal Comedy

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Dead Tired - Ravensdagger - Narrated by Justin Thomas James and Soundbooth Theater
TLDR; An all powerful lich gets woken up from his nap and goes looking for a book to read so he can go back to sleep(no seriously that's basically the plot). Fantastic story, excellent narration, funny, PUNiSHINgly good (two puns in one word).
Who might not like this: People without a funny bone. (Okay I'll go more into details later, but I couldn't resist the pun).
Themes: Wholesome, comedy, OP MC,
Okay with the abridged review done lets get dive into the review.
Background on the author:
If you are unfamiliar with Ravensdagger, you should know that they have a tendency of writing wholesome litrpgs or fantasy books (they are wonderful and fun).
What's it about:
Having become an all powerful lich on the path of scientific study, our villainous protagonist decided to tear apart the gods to study what made them tick. With that done and having hit max level, his next plan was a good nap. Sadly after sometime had passed, a flesh bag accidentally made the fatal error of waking him up. Awake now he decides to do what any self respecting scientist and bookworm would do and go looking for something new to read before he returns to his slumber, only....the world is now rather different and what is this 'cultivation' everyone is now talking about. It's not scientific, that's what it is!
What I enjoyed about it:
The entire story is an act of love towards litrpgs and progressive fantasy, Ravensdagger has fun gently RIBBING each while merging the two major progressive fantasy formats. The story is chocked full of puns and bad/good humour, and while silly it still maintains a captivating plot. While the MC is OP, power is not the primary focus of this book, but instead exploration and personal relationships, so rather his power detracting from the story it instead works as a source of dramatic irony and humour (I hope I got the definition correct), as our beloved Skellie Dad encounters the pride of cultivation sects. It's lovely to read the main party develop and interact with one another as their relationships develop. It's just overall a compelling an entirely enjoyable tale. I also really like the "grumpy old man" sterotype 😊
Let's talk about the narration. The first time I wrote review about JTJ I believe I basically said his voice invokes the image of "a man sat in a library with a lit fire, wearing a smoking jacket holding a glass a port", there is a smoothness and measure to his narration that is a delight to listen to and is perfectly matched to this story. Combined with the wonderful talents of Dorrie Sacks, Tiana Camacho and Jeff Hays, I found myself immersed in the story.
What you might not enjoy about it:
If you are looking for a serious story of struggle and conflict, with high stakes and repercussions. This may not be the book for you. Also if a lich being referred to as Bone Daddy by one of his creations doesn't make you chuckle, this might not be for you.
Overall:
I loved it and eagerly await the next instalment. The narration is perfect with some wonderful moments where the MC reflects on his actions and his own humour which JTJ really brings to un-life. Simply put an entertaining and well put together light story.

Wholesome blast

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It took a while to get used to the first person present narration but once I did I found it highly enjoyable!
The level of voice acting was high and super fun! Loved the story. It seemed to start a bit slow but it quickly picked up the pace. The characters are fun and memorable.

Loved the voice acting

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The story was hilarious and the acting Incredible! the sound was so good and it was a delight to listen to.

The story was hilarious and the acting Incredible!

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enjoyable and refreshing take having a lead who isnt conventionally good, no apologising or pandering to virtuous ideals just does what he wants. Great listen well reccomended to any who are looking for a darker but funny take on the whole gamelit genre

some cracking bone puns ;)

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I'm glad I got it based on another recommendation. A little exaggerated on puns, some more enjoyable than others, I believe this is subjective though. Story didn't detract my attention from my activities but still good enough to have on in the background while listening to the character go off on his adventures to satisfy his curiosity although some rather morally questionable character behaviour does happen throughout the story. The characters had unique personalities that felt like some thought had gone into them. Voice acting was good although I would have cringed if anyone overheard me listening to the female voiced lines which felt forced and unnatural, despite that I can't seem to imagine what the character would sound like other than that now I've heard it. I would call this more a casual read than an intellectually fulfilling work of fiction so I wouldn't recommend to people who like complex stories with lots of twists and turns, hard to notice details that have greater significance later in the story etc, but good enough to keep you occupied, accept the book for what it is and you'll have a good time, have high expectations and expect to complain about being dissappointed. I can only speak for the first vook though.

Good easy read, nice puns

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There is no story or ending to the book, but I still loved it due to the awesome narrator.

I will still be buying book 2 as I want to know where the pun laden lich wizard goes and what fun he has 😅

Great narration, no real story

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The adventures of Harold the lich and his quirky companions made me have a smile all the way through. the performance by the cast bring the chars to life looking forward to the next book

Bare Bones review...get it hahahaaha

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Absolute fantastic. I love this book quite funny in places but I wish there was another one

Fantastic

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I enjoyed the book, what it might lack in plot it more than makes up for in its characters.

SB theatre did another amazing job with the narration

PUNderful

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loving this series, the voice acting is performed really well! love the story so far too, not a generic isekai. the characters are well developed and written well.

awesome voice acting!

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