New beginnings. Same people.

I have only gotten to ch 13, and the main female character is the worst. She summons the MC, threatens him, blame him for things that clearly weren't his fault (always in hindsight), and he took an arrow to save someone life. If the MC doesn't stand up for himself by the end of this book, I will be dropping this series. No point in following someone who bends over at every cough in his direction.

Edit: so, after finishing the book, the MC does change slightly. Just enough to see if book 2 will be any good. The girl is still the worst part of this book. I think the author was attempting a tsundere type character.

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it is Factorio

the book covers what amounts to the first hour or so of gameplay if Factorio had a storyline.

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The pop-culture puns make the story!

the characters are believable and real and the story is interesting with a believably flawed hero. I can't wait for the next book.

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I enjoyed it.

I like the industrial revolution take on a litrpg. Having the hero deal with a tower defense scenario was fun.

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No more weak mc's

A really hard listen. the main character is just another awkward 20 something white guy in a field filled with them. A truly tired idea

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BETA mc

The whole time the MC was weak willed and had no self-esteem. Was pushed around by bossy mean trope of a female character who verbally abused him the whole book even when he did nothing wrong. Had potential but alas it was wasted.

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Not as bad as I thought it would be.

The story is ok, and I really like the concept the author has going. So it’s definitely worth a buying the second book. There were some complaints about the female main character from some of the other reviewers that seem short-sighted to me. I’m sure anyone would react that way in that situation. There was a moment where it seemed a bit extreme, but after a bit later it explains the situation and it makes sense.

The MC wasn’t terrible, but there was two moments in the story where I wish I had the power to strangle a fictional character.

I haven’t heard any books narrated by Christopher but does a more than adequate job of narrating this title.

If the summary is sounds interesting to you, I recommend you give it a try.

I’d say the only true flaw of this book is the length.
Cruelly short.

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It scratched the itch.

I enjoyed the story. For the most part the MC reacted like a dude that reads. Not too smart, but enough to be dangerous, and just overwhelmed enough that it takes a minute to get things right. Overall, It was fun.

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A solid entry

The complaints about Julian being weak willed aren't without merit, and Kurla is massively over bearing. But the are this way for reasons that are explained.

Both have lived lives of massive setback and failure. They are products of that. Both by the end are making strides to be better. Small strides but strides.

The meat of the story is missing it starts to get interesting and just ends the final fight could have used 5 more pages.

Still an interesting start. The author's related series Dinosaur Dungeon's first book was weaker than the later ones so I have hope it will pick up .

The voice performance is adequate. The female voices need more work they aren't as expressive as they could be.

Fun time.

The story is decent. The narrator is okay. However it desperately needs a sound engineer. On multiple occasions the sound will rise or drop and massive tone shifts. This doesn't make the experience horrible but jaring at times.