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World Seed #4
Endgame
The fourth and final installment of the World Seed series. Join John Hulett as he faces new enemies, the likes of which he couldn't imagine. Fighting against a hidden trauma and a conspiracy that goes beyond anything he can believe, discovering the ultimate truths behind the events of the universe, what will be the final outcome for him and his family?
651 pages, Kindle Edition
Published August 30, 2017
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March 14, 2019
I'm not a huge fan of but I would be lying if I said I didn't enjoy this book and the series as a whole. Justin Miller's characterization in books Expansion and Endgame turned what could have been a iffy harem into a healthy and happy polyamorous relationship. I enjoyed all the characters at the end and smiled at the family moments.
Concerning the quality of the audiobook there was multiple hiccups where phrases were completely repeated or changed a bit. It did not lessen my score but it did get annoying
Concerning the quality of the audiobook there was multiple hiccups where phrases were completely repeated or changed a bit. It did not lessen my score but it did get annoying
January 30, 2024
I loved and I hated it
The four books in this series suffered from serious tone shifts and totally unnecessary "harem" elements. The writing alternates between incredibly good and appallingly bad, sometimes in the same chapter!
This is a self-published title and suffers from the lack of a professional editor with an eye for the overarching whole story. A good editor would have required the author to cut most of the parts that don't make sense, detract from the story, or cause the tone to shift. Also, if you take a shot of whisky every time the author uses the word 'however' you will be drunk before the end of the first chapter.
I recommend the series, but with reservations. The books are good in spite of the above flaws, but could have been top-notch with proper editing.
The four books in this series suffered from serious tone shifts and totally unnecessary "harem" elements. The writing alternates between incredibly good and appallingly bad, sometimes in the same chapter!
This is a self-published title and suffers from the lack of a professional editor with an eye for the overarching whole story. A good editor would have required the author to cut most of the parts that don't make sense, detract from the story, or cause the tone to shift. Also, if you take a shot of whisky every time the author uses the word 'however' you will be drunk before the end of the first chapter.
I recommend the series, but with reservations. The books are good in spite of the above flaws, but could have been top-notch with proper editing.
August 10, 2020
Endgame brings the World Seed series to a mostly satisfying end despite some stumbles along the way. I've enjoyed this series for the most part, but it has varied in quality each book. Endgame is no exception. I'll try to steer clear of spoilers.
For starters, we have a time skip between books. The opening fourth or so of Endgame is catching us up on how much has changed and detailing how characters have leveled up (and grown). The New Human Empire surfaces as a deadly threat to the wider galaxy; and they remain the central antagonist for this novel. This does the book a lot of favors, as now we have a set group of "bad guys."
The characters are written pretty well in Endgame. The polyamorous relationship between John, Yin, and Sharon once again skirts the line of Harem but is surprisingly genuine in this. Miller also writes his female characters good by this point. They aren't exactly pillars of how to write a female characters, but they do have more nuance and stand on their own instead of just being John's companions. A gripe I do have is John's "daughters." Yo, the now grown-up slime girl, has some fun and believable father/daughter scenes. But later in the novel during one of John's scenes with his other daughter Tokemi he thinks that Yo has never felt like a daughter to him which gave me pause.
The game mechanics remain well fleshed out and imaginative. The final battle in particular did a lot of cool things. And ENDING SPOILERS AHEAD Overall the World Seed series was a rollercoaster in quality but Miller managed to make me not regret the time I sunk into reading (and listening) to his four book series.
For starters, we have a time skip between books. The opening fourth or so of Endgame is catching us up on how much has changed and detailing how characters have leveled up (and grown). The New Human Empire surfaces as a deadly threat to the wider galaxy; and they remain the central antagonist for this novel. This does the book a lot of favors, as now we have a set group of "bad guys."
The characters are written pretty well in Endgame. The polyamorous relationship between John, Yin, and Sharon once again skirts the line of Harem but is surprisingly genuine in this. Miller also writes his female characters good by this point. They aren't exactly pillars of how to write a female characters, but they do have more nuance and stand on their own instead of just being John's companions. A gripe I do have is John's "daughters." Yo, the now grown-up slime girl, has some fun and believable father/daughter scenes. But later in the novel during one of John's scenes with his other daughter Tokemi he thinks that Yo has never felt like a daughter to him which gave me pause.
The game mechanics remain well fleshed out and imaginative. The final battle in particular did a lot of cool things. And ENDING SPOILERS AHEAD Overall the World Seed series was a rollercoaster in quality but Miller managed to make me not regret the time I sunk into reading (and listening) to his four book series.
September 13, 2023
3.5
Decent series ending.
While the game elements in this volume are pretty unreasonable, the character stories are quite satisfying. In particular, the decision to include an epilog to relate the stories of the main characters after the end of the core storyline was a good one, providing closure in a way that many series never manage.
The book only gets a 3.5 because what started as an interesting gamelit world has been almost entirely abandoned by this volume, rather as though the author either didn't know how to, or couldn't, continue to support that part of the world.
Cautious recommendation for fans of prog. fantasies and there's really too much game content for this to be interesting to those who don't like a gaming frame to their stories.
Decent series ending.
While the game elements in this volume are pretty unreasonable, the character stories are quite satisfying. In particular, the decision to include an epilog to relate the stories of the main characters after the end of the core storyline was a good one, providing closure in a way that many series never manage.
The book only gets a 3.5 because what started as an interesting gamelit world has been almost entirely abandoned by this volume, rather as though the author either didn't know how to, or couldn't, continue to support that part of the world.
Cautious recommendation for fans of prog. fantasies and there's really too much game content for this to be interesting to those who don't like a gaming frame to their stories.
January 12, 2021
While this cleaned up and closed out the story very well. It also had a emotional response from me, I was rather sad but some characters endings and excited about other. I enjoy tales that can feel me with these types of ups and downs. I do think the mc was op but that is normally the case. I was more wrapped up in the bigger story and the relationships that everyone built. Without giving anything away I will say I hate lunar titans.
March 24, 2018
100% loved it
Totally worth reading, so satisfied with the ending!! Not many series leave you satisfied, and there is totally room to make spin off series which i would be/am excited to read if there is any. ** Im super glad that the space warfare still kept fantasy/magic world feel to it and did not become a completly si-fi.
Totally worth reading, so satisfied with the ending!! Not many series leave you satisfied, and there is totally room to make spin off series which i would be/am excited to read if there is any. ** Im super glad that the space warfare still kept fantasy/magic world feel to it and did not become a completly si-fi.
December 10, 2022
Not what I thought, in that the MCs pop back into our reality relatively early on and the story progresses from there.
I found myself lagging a bit around chapter 180ish (which is probably about 2/3 through this volume at a guess), but pushed through to a somewhat predictable but still satisfactory ending.
Read this one on royal road.
I found myself lagging a bit around chapter 180ish (which is probably about 2/3 through this volume at a guess), but pushed through to a somewhat predictable but still satisfactory ending.
Read this one on royal road.
September 15, 2017
Wish there was more
This is one of my favorite series. I'm sad that it all ended. Especially since there is room for more. Oh well. I would recommend this to just about anybody that likes litrpg and fantasy.
This is one of my favorite series. I'm sad that it all ended. Especially since there is room for more. Oh well. I would recommend this to just about anybody that likes litrpg and fantasy.
October 7, 2017
Love this Series
I could not be happier with this author. His first three were probably better but I was extremely pleased with the ending of this one. If the author writes another book I will definitely read it.
I could not be happier with this author. His first three were probably better but I was extremely pleased with the ending of this one. If the author writes another book I will definitely read it.
September 4, 2017
I want more
The book started off slow but it got so much better as it progressed. I would like to read more books by him
The book started off slow but it got so much better as it progressed. I would like to read more books by him
January 15, 2018
What an unexpected ending. Miller has a way of taking you along for the ride... I'm sad this series is over.
January 23, 2018
Heartwarming!
January 25, 2018
Not an unexpected ending, but good enough. A nice improvement - the listing of stats has happened only once or twice here, which was very nice :)
June 15, 2025
I really like LitRPG and I loved the expected “twist” at the end. I would have given it a better rating. However I did not care for the unnecessary harem.
July 1, 2025
Been a while since reading the first 3 books. Couldn't gain any interest in this final installment after reading several chapters.
March 4, 2018
This is a review of the entire series, not just book 4.
Love the series, but it does have a few issues that are absolutely aggravating.
1) The harem needs to be all in or all out. Half-assing it with some guy who "doesn't like being surrounded by beautiful women that adore him" (Ok, seriously?) is just annoying. It sorta gets solved? Ish? In book 3 but anyway I'm going off on a tangent.
2) Tangents. The author has absolutely no sense of pacing lol. Like I said, i love the books, but there are times when you are in the middle of a fight scene and the enemy/MC is literally jumping in the air at the other and we get 4-5 paragraphs of other shit that isn't the fight.
3) Fights. They are not fun to read. Author really needs to practice writing them more and post on RR or something, they drag on and they have a LOT of deus-ex problem solving (ANd no i don't mean the damn robots)
4) However. STOP WRITING THE WORD HOWEVER.
nonetheless
nevertheless
all the same
withal
even so
notwithstanding
still
yet
Please use some of these in the future. I Fucking beg you.
5) Character sheet. Love the LITRPG, but the character shit's are obscenely long. Especially in the audiobook. At least just put them at the end of the chapter or something. Taking out my ipod at work to skip 6 minutes of the same shit I've heard since forever every 30 minutes isn't a good day.
All that said, I LOOOOOOVE the series (starting about halfway through book 1) and absolutely intend to go through it again later. But there are flaws.
Love the series, but it does have a few issues that are absolutely aggravating.
1) The harem needs to be all in or all out. Half-assing it with some guy who "doesn't like being surrounded by beautiful women that adore him" (Ok, seriously?) is just annoying. It sorta gets solved? Ish? In book 3 but anyway I'm going off on a tangent.
2) Tangents. The author has absolutely no sense of pacing lol. Like I said, i love the books, but there are times when you are in the middle of a fight scene and the enemy/MC is literally jumping in the air at the other and we get 4-5 paragraphs of other shit that isn't the fight.
3) Fights. They are not fun to read. Author really needs to practice writing them more and post on RR or something, they drag on and they have a LOT of deus-ex problem solving (ANd no i don't mean the damn robots)
4) However. STOP WRITING THE WORD HOWEVER.
nonetheless
nevertheless
all the same
withal
even so
notwithstanding
still
yet
Please use some of these in the future. I Fucking beg you.
5) Character sheet. Love the LITRPG, but the character shit's are obscenely long. Especially in the audiobook. At least just put them at the end of the chapter or something. Taking out my ipod at work to skip 6 minutes of the same shit I've heard since forever every 30 minutes isn't a good day.
All that said, I LOOOOOOVE the series (starting about halfway through book 1) and absolutely intend to go through it again later. But there are flaws.
May 2, 2018
I'm just relieved it's over. The amateurish writing style is extremely grating, especially after 4 books in a row. As a series finale, it does it's job at least, even retconing in an over-arching plot for the whole thing. As usual, there are some real gems of idea's here, but the execution is woefully lacking.
This series as a whole is a great demonstration as to why rules and limitations are so important in stories. This series could have been so much better, despite the writing, if he'd just tightened up his world and rule set. It would have made the thing more cohesive and let the good idea's shine rather than come off like every idea for anything he's ever had blended up and sprayed over every page.
This series as a whole is a great demonstration as to why rules and limitations are so important in stories. This series could have been so much better, despite the writing, if he'd just tightened up his world and rule set. It would have made the thing more cohesive and let the good idea's shine rather than come off like every idea for anything he's ever had blended up and sprayed over every page.
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