First Sorcerer (Singularity Online, #1) in LitRPG Forum

May 01, 2020 Freedom rated it liked it

Shelves: litrpg-i-enjoyed

FIRST SORCERER (Singularity Online, #1) is absolutely quality LitRPG, however, while I leaned towards four stars, I ended up giving the book three. The author could have benefitted from cutting out the recaps of the MC's actions. For example, one chapter may feature a fight scene and then have the first quarter of the following chapter given to rehashing his victory. Essentially, I could skip the fight scene chapter and not miss out on what happened because the important bits were guaranteed to ...more

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Jun 12, 2024 Kelly rated it it was ok

Shelves: fantasy, litrpg

90% explanation of virtual world game mechanics, 10% character development. 0% plot.

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Apr 18, 2023 Kurt rated it liked it

Shelves: litrpg

Overall, I enjoyed the book. It's...solid. Not amazing, but not a dumpster fire, either. It's hard to really get invested in the protagonist's success - he mostly just seems...there, but it's hard to feel much empathy or...much of anything for him. (this does improve in later books, btw)

Additionally, I felt the book could benefit from a really good copy editor as it felt like there was plenty of extraneous fluff in the book.

That said, if you like theorycrafting, this book has that in spades. Lot ...more

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Jan 31, 2022 Brad rated it it was amazing · review of another edition

good read

Well done. The AI being involved is interesting. Looking forward to reading and learning more about Singularity Online and Jeffs adventures.

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