Shadeslinger (The Ripple System Book 1) (English Edition)

Whats to say? It's litrpg with a solid foundation. Dark gunslinger class was a nice touch, really hope the whiny ceo is used less. Less is more!

Great read. Recommend it fully. Really what you would expect from a lit rpg.

Next book is an auto purchase.

Amazing start of a series. I liked that this book had an original protagonist, and it isn't made easy for him. It's a slow, believable progression with a nice payoff.

Normally I don't like the trope of quipping companions, but in this case it was done very well. Looking forward to the next part.

Great book from this new author! Funny, captivating characters that have you laughing out loud and slapping your forehead. Easy to read, amazingly well written and edited, great story flow. Can't wait for the next book to see what Frank and Ned get up to, and see how poor House develops.. Hard to put down.

Frankly for a new author this book was a great read, funny, great plot line and character building. Looking forward to the next installment

This is by far the best LitRPG I've read in 2021. Literally my only gripe with this is it's the authors debut novel, and the sequel isn't available to read yet.

Let's look at the things the author gets right:

- The EXP and stat system actually make sense, yet he doesn't waste pages of exposition where the MC wanks about fretting about min maxing

- The MC is human and fallible. He isn't OP, isn't a terrible person. He has some crazy advantages in life, but also the penalties those advantages come with.

- There is actual dialogue with personality! The characters are actually entertaining, unlike other litrpg attempts at being funny where it's obvious that all characters are just identical reflections of the author's personal sense of humor. I snickered out loud at one point, which is a first for me for LitRPG.

- Actually uses game mechanics. Most LitRPG authors seem to be primarily D&Derers, and their dramas are mostly resolved by "brilliant" loophole exploitation which honestly tends to be pretty stupid.

Kyle obviously played MMOs competitively, because he knows no matter how smart you think you are theres always someone smarter - and no individual holds a candle to collective teamwork.

+10 bonus points for writing a LitRPG debut without the MC swanking about feeling smug about what a cheat he is.

1.The writing and storytelling are fantastic,

2. The characters flow out of the pages.

3. Frank is one of the best and funniest characters you will come across this year.

4. The quests come thick and fast, small, large and epic, all of them great.

5. The litrpg mechanics are superbly put together, with the levelling up being hard won.

I zwitched between reading the ebook and listening to the audiobook and If you prefer to listen rather than read, Travis Baldree's performance brings so much life to the story, with his reading of Frank especially being just amazing. Not just a great debut in the Litrpg genre, this I'd destined to become a classic of the genre.

A really nice read containing a unique approach to talking weapons in a litrpg setting. So I'm game and definitely going to read on the series.