
First Sorcerer
Singularity Online, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Basil Sands
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By:
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Kyle Johnson
About this listen
The Singularity - the merger of man and machine into a greater whole - is finally within humanity's grasp. When programmer Jeff Lawing gets the opportunity to join Singularity Online, the world's first realistic VRMMO and the testing ground that will lead to the Singularity, he leaps to accept.
Singularity is much more realistic and darker than Jeff had imagined, though. As a Sorcerer, his arcane magic is limited only by his imagination, allowing him to craft powerful spells forged from his desires. As the only Sorcerer in the game, he'll need to carve his own path, with only an ancient specter as his guide.
Will his new powers be enough to see him through the deadliest training quest he's ever encountered or to protect him in a fallen realm filled with undead? Does the have the courage and passion he needs to seize the mantle of First Sorcerer?
©2020 Kyle Johnson (P)2020 TantorAn unexpected gem
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every single one
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Fun story, but the narration is tiresome
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Great book
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the main theme of the protagonist is that he has to be immaginative to properly use his powers, but he squanders that power because me lacks imagination.
the story is carried by the narrator.
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In First Sorceror, I found none of this and not only was it light on the stats (concentrating only on those relevant to the moment) but the creatures Kyle has created are both original but also worthy of being included in anyone's tabletop gaming session.
Viewed as a standalone story, it is somewhat lacking as there is a Lot of preamble and finding of feet but once it gets going the action is fast, fights innovative and the (rather small) cast interesting enough. It feels a lot like what it is, an origin story and so there is a lot of ground work to place but this may put some people off, which is a shame as it is still thoroughly enjoyable and original.
I've also noticed a lot of reviewers finding fault with the narration, one even calling it 'old fashioned' (?) but I found Basil Sands' work excellent throughout with everything clear and concise and adding emotion where needed and adding a brilliant sense of personality to all the characters regardless of gender.
In all I did find it dragged a little in the last few chapters, almost feeling as if it was floundering a little but this didn't go as far as to leave a bad taste and left me still wanting more and so I will certainly be checking out book 2 in the future.
A very original and enjoyable beginning.
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Narration is somewhat old fashioned but good nonetheless.
Solid Litrpg
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one for the nerds
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Dull
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That said, the narration is engaging and the worldbuilding and action are, at least for the first 3/4 of the book, pretty good and definately entertaining. But tose elements drop down in quality as well towards the end of the book, with the finale being underwhelming, rushed and bland.
And then we have the MC. Initially presented like an intelligent computer programmer he has trouble grasping the most simple concepts that a 4-year old would understand. He is dense. And has a totally unearned sense of triumph at total cringy moments. With his intellect and wisdom he would have died 10 minutes in, but the writer showers him with unearned and lucky overpowered abilities so he blunders on from misread encounter to barely survived fight after fight.
If you like a decent worldbuilding with cardboard run of the mill supporting characters, written like a 4th grade project with a moronic main character competently read then this is the book for you.
Me, I am unsure how I made it to the end of this drivel. Won't be coming back to this writer ever again, that's for sure.
Badly written decent story with good narration
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