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Senlin Ascends
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Kevin Xu
Jan 07, 2019 rated it it was ok
This book is too simple to be any good, every part of it, but it would have been a game, the hype does not live up to it, maybe the writing? The plot and characters seem too simple, so it really seems it would be more enjoyable and better if it was a mobile game or early 80s video game, which nobody will ever compare this book to. There is only 1 plot and focus. Every other characters felt like a NPC, just there to help the main character complete the plot of finding his wife. The tower is inter ...more
Scott Firestone
I'm not sure what to make of Senlin Ascends. It seems to take place in an Earth where some of the ancient civilizations didn't get replaced. Ur is mentioned, for instance. And we have this Tower of Babel that doesn't seem to have been destroyed by God. Combine that with some more modern contraptions that exist here, and we're led to believe that it's just an different parallel timeline.

Anyway, Senlin is a teacher who comes to the Great Tower on his honeymoon but his bride disappears, and he's l
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