Scott R Parker

AI written

Reviewed: 04-21-25

Like many of the reviews for this story, it also seems to have been written by an AI. From the repetitive word choices to the near fanatical avoidance of conjunctions and stilted odd misuse of pronouns everything screams “machine made”

It’s a shame because if any effort were put into the editing of the story rather than just using whatever means is at hand to churn out more content it could potentially be a 4 or 5 star story.

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MC is whiniest self pitying most immature character ever

Reviewed: 04-01-25

Maybe it because the reader still keeps using the same voice for 12, 15, and 18 year old Wesson, but it really would t matter because the character goes through exactly zero personal growth in all those years. Even after using his “destructive power”(which when naming something is one of the biggest creative copouts ever) tho help and save people all he ever does is cry and whine about it and moan about how unfair it is. The story is intriguing and moderately entertaining (something can be entertaining without being destined to become a modern classic or even great literature) but the MC’s insane level of whining makes you hope the assassins after him wi succeed just to make the complaints stop.

Edit: The above was written about 80% through.
So it’s not until the last chapter that the MC actually undergoes any kind of personal growth or development. It’s a toss up whether most listeners could get that far, but there you go.

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Not Cyberpunk at all

Reviewed: 03-12-25

Overall an entertaining story, but definitely not cyberpunk. Dystopian litrpg cultivation but no technology in the entire story. More of a futuristic swords and sorcery.

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Wtf? So tired of fake Audible reviews

Reviewed: 02-21-25

The people who leave all 5 stars here must have never actually read a well written story. The main characters in this story are just awful and NEVER get any better. They never learn, never adapt, are shallow, vapid, whiney, and morose. ALL the main characters are like this. Really incomprehensible… one of the MC starts having fits calling herself murderer after killing a nest of flesh eating non-sapient hunting stalking giant spiders. And the self pity just goes on and on with zero character growth. 20 something hours in and I’m giving up because I hate both MCs so much despite the interesting world and engaging secondary characters the author is building. The MCs are just that shallow, one dimensional, vapid, delusional, and shitty.

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Still going strong

Reviewed: 12-20-24

Book four in the series and still just as entertaining and fun to listen to as the first three.

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Pleasant voice great content

Reviewed: 12-03-24

Rational and non condescending explanation and discussion of morality, science, and much more. Very thought provoking and not preachy.

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Extremely derivative story. Fair to good reading.

Reviewed: 11-20-24

I really don’t understand these amazing reviews others gave. The story is a blatant mishmash of other Anime stories. If you fed Aesthetica of a Rogue Hero, Reincarnated as a Sword, and a list of cliches and anime “tropes” into an AI and told it to generate a composite story this is what you would get. It’s not that it’s completely horrible to listen to, just utterly predictable, tedious, and awkward. The scenes are even directly drawn from other anime stories, from the overdone cliche of huddling together to keep warm to sucking poison out of a wound, or the female lead fighting and killing time while the MC recovers enough to swoop in and save the day. Except the scenes were much better in the original stories they came from. It’s okay to listen to this if you are really really bored and don’t have anything else you haven’t heard yet, but it’s not something you should make the time to listen to.

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It’s okay

Reviewed: 10-22-24

Entertaining but not groundbreaking. Good to kill some time. Not completely unoriginal, but will not redefine the genre either. Definitely well worth it if you buy it on sale.

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Continues an excellent trend

Reviewed: 08-28-24

It’s rare that this far into a modern series that is he story is still unique and entertaining enough to keep the reader interested in the series and characters.

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Great story and reading

Reviewed: 08-28-24

Entertaining lighthearted story with a talented reader. Doesn’t bog down, keeps the listener interested, and doesn’t get lost in the weeds talking about stats or cultivation methodology.

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