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Becoming a God Made Easy: A Cultivation-Esque LitRPG

Theos, Book 1

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Becoming a God Made Easy: A Cultivation-Esque LitRPG

By: Arthur Wordsmith
Narrated by: Seth Podowitz
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A young man's death is only the beginning when he elects to pursue divinity in a realm where gods and monsters are all too real.

Luke was your typical nine-to-five office drone when he was killed in a head-on car collision during his morning commute. Instead of going to heaven, Luke's soul is brought to a hellish realm on the verge of total destruction, where two supernatural beings soon engage in brutal combat. Defeating her rival, the victorious Arke prepares to claim her prize, the powerful God Seed. But the ancient artifact has plans of its own, offering to soul-bond with Luke, who accepts and flees to the world of Theos to escape Arke's wrath.

There, on the island of Carim, Luke is guided by the God Seed to take possession of the body of a recently deceased fisherman and embark on quests that will help him ascend to godhood. But his resurrection does not go unnoticed. The elderly Nefkha has been charged by a pantheon of deities drawn straight from myth to locate a thief on the run. Realizing Luke is the one the gods seek, Nefkha strikes a bargain to keep the younger man's identity secret in exchange for help with a mysterious task.

Now, to survive a manhunt orchestrated by the rulers of his strange new world, Luke must ensure Nefkha doesn't betray him—and learn how to wield a mighty relic desired by forces far beyond his imagination . . .

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I loved the Greek take on the cultivator tropes but for me this solid story was ruined by poor a narrator that seemed to only have one tone that made everything seem flat. Which is a shame

A great concept but

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A good blend of cultivation and ancient mythology with well written combat scenes and a likable MC

Interesting

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The gimmick of a greek god world could have been skipped. The book would be better. There is a lot of telling and now showing. There is too much introspection by the MC. All this make the story convoluted and I loose immersion.

Ok, but could have been better

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The performance by Seth Podowitz was inoffensive and enjoyable to listen to. I wish I could say as much for the actual content.

The first quarter of the book is much more engaging than what follows. The strengths of the book are the action scenes and the power system, however a signifcant portion of the word count is bloat; something not uncommon with web serials but Theos takes it to another level, if I'm being honest, and it's to the detriment of the main character. The protagonist introspects on just about every scrap of information he gets. The early parts of the story benefit greatly from us not knowing him very well. I don't really care for how intelligent a character seems as long as they're enjoyable to tag along with. Lukes character has zero substance and his journey isn't overly satisfying. So much of his introspection is mindless padding by the author that it makes the main character feel like an arrogant, inexplicably callous, and willfully ignorant fool. All of these character traits are fleeting and none stick around long. His characterisation is not consistent. An absurdly large percentage of the book boils down to the main character reiterating what he's heard from one character or another enough to make it seem like he's contemplating something when all that's going on is the author needed to meet his 3k word count for the chapter.

The book also disregards "show don't tell" heavily. We are told everything remotely related to anything. Luke's character could have been a lot better had 30% of the book not been spent on telling us his completely redundant thoughts rather than showing us what he feels. What I've said here can also apply to the majority of web serials I've ever read but the most popular ones never have this many red flags. The writing is very amateurish in a lot of ways but the premise was honestly pretty great. So many of the books issues could have been fixed with a ruthless editing process to cut all the fat and nail down the characters. Overall, I'm giving it a 2/5.

Probably Not Worth Your TIme

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