Note: This copy of Mage Mangler was provided by NetGalley Mage Mangler by Kevin Sinclair was much better than I expected it to be. That's not to say I expected a bad book but that with most LitRPGs these days there is usually a formulaic path that very few stray from. While this book doesn't …
The Running Man by Richard Bachman / Stephen King is a 1982 dystopian sci-fi novel that recently came back into the spotlight with the new movie of the same name starring Hollywood's recent darling Glen Powell. While I'm sure the movie is bound to be a action extravaganza, I was more curious about reading the …
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Note: This copy of The Impossible Detective was provided by NetGalley. Let me preface this review by saying this book left me with mixed feelings. The Impossible Detective by Bob Reiss has a very interesting premise. A young girl is witness to an autonomous vehicle hitting somebody, not once but twice, and then casually driving …
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Note: This copy of Borderlands: Debt or Alive was provided by NetGalley. If you're looking for anything on a slightly absurd scale with a healthy dose of action and humour, the borderlands franchise never fails to disappoint. While the games were a bit much for me at the time, this book has me considering picking …
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Having gotten me excited with the LitRPG genre again with his Iron Tyrant Series, Seth Ring's Exlian Syndrome Series brings us a more sci-fi oriented story compared to the above. In a dystopian world where aliens known as Exlians terrorize the local population, its down to a group of awakened individuals who work as the …
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The Iron Tyrant series by Seth Ring has done something I didn't expect to happen so soon. It has gotten me excited with the LitRPG genre once again. Having consumed quite a bit from this genre in the past, I had reached a level of saturation where every story felt the same. Compared to most …
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Note: This copy of A Practical Guide to Evil I was provided by NetGalley. Originally serialised on the web, A Practical Guide to Evil is a very interesting take on the heroes vs villains trope. The series is set in a world where evil has been reigning for the last 20 years. While this may be …
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Despite having read numerous urban fantasy series, I still consider the Dresden Files as the benchmark for what good urban fantasy looks like. So when I was done with the books that were released I was left with this void I had to fill. The Iron Druid Chronicles is one such series that despite the …
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This book left me with mixed feelings. On the one hand I really quite enjoyed the premise, but on the other hand I feel I may have given myself some unjustified expectations of this being something similar to Jurassic Park. It didn't help that the previous thriller I picked up was Eruption by the late …
What happens when a movie starts production for a book before the latter is even published? You get a hell of a lot of publicity, and an air of intrigue and mystery surrounding both. Argylle is the story of (Secret?) Agent Aubrey Argylle and it is interesting, but not in a good way. Full disclosure, …
When you see a book that has two names such as as Michael Crichton and James Patterson on the cover, you can't help but be curious about what action-packed romp this book has in store for us. Written from notes and research left behind by the late Michael Crichton, and completed by James Patterson, Eruption …
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Note: This copy of Vanguard Strike was provided by NetGalley. The story is set in a future which has just come out of a war that our protagonist, Lax, was very instrumental in. A safe future for everyone else though isn't on the cards for him. Considered one of the military's best kept secrets, Lax is …
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Note: This copy of Return of the Martial Messiah was provided by NetGalley. Another book that originated over at Royal Road but this time with a heavier emphasis on martial arts in a LitRPG-esque atmosphere; or at least it is so touted. I have a very mixed feeling on the completion of this book. On …
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Note: This copy of Murder Medic 1 was provided by NetGalley. Murder Medic 1 follows Zoe as she wakes up in a new world after dying to find that she's been given another chance at life. 'Life' may be stretching it though, and she may have been counting her blessings too soon, when the whole …
Note: This copy of The Way Up is Death was provided by NetGalley. I took my time in writing this review since I needed to sort my feelings out to better understand what I had just read. The Way Up is Death is a sci-fi novel with the premise being a group of individuals are …
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TL;DR - Fast, funny, and action packed. A one-time read that is quite entertaining. Another from my ever-growing list of books picked up because a movie trailer brought it to my attention, Bullet Train has been languishing on my shelf for quite a while. In fact I had only recently just started Kōtarō Isaka's 3 …
Left: Solo Leveling Light Novel, Right: Solo Leveling manhwa Vol.1 TL;DR - Clichéd story with mediocre writing further hamstrung by an over-powered MC. You'd be better off watching the anime. I started this writing this review well over a year ago, and in the interim my feelings towards this series hasn't changed much. Solo Leveling …
I’ve been waiting a long time to write a review for this series and now that I’m sitting here, all I can think of is the fact that I would definitely read this series again. That in itself is quite an achievement for a series of 12 books. How often will a reader actually go …
The Kaiju Preservation society has everything that makes for an interesting and eye-catching title. We have Kaiju which is the japanese term for a large ancient monster. The most famous kaiju is of course Godzilla who has been gracing our screens for little over 69 years now. The sheer popularity of this behemoth can be …
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This review has been a while in coming. Octopath Traveller has been one of the most satisfying games I’ve played in a while because it checked off a lot of boxes with regards to what I like. For those that dont know, Octopath traveller is a JRPG (Japanese role playing game) from Square Enix that …