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Bog Standard Isekai: Scarred

By: Miles English
Narrated by: Johnathan McClain
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Sometimes dying isn’t even the worst part of your day.

Mark’s new life begins in the worst possible place—a burned-out village haunted by undead. Each morning these ravenous creatures disappear, only to return at night, driven by a relentless hunger. He'll need to stay low and think quick, because trapped and alone in the body of a child, he can’t level up in this new world. At least not yet.

Soon Mark will learn that even among the living, safety isn’t guaranteed. When the small town that he ends up in turns out to be at the center of a conspiracy that threatens the world, he'll need to uncover the truth before it's too late. Mark will need to find allies, gain levels, and face countless horrors in order to survive his second shot at life and prove that he's more than just a bog-standard hero...

With over 4 million views on Royal Road, this is no ordinary LitRPG. Bog Standard Isekai is a slow-burn, incremental, magical progression fantasy containing slice-of-life elements punctuated by moments of intense violence.

©2024 Shadow Alley Press (P)2024 Shadow Alley Press Fantasy Time Travel
Engaging Storyline • Well-developed Characters • Balanced Action • Unique World-building • Humorous Elements
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One of the better fantasy Isekai stories I’ve read this year.

I’m not usually a fan of the “adult in a child’s body” trope (in most anime and stories, it usually ends up creepy), but this one handled it pretty well. Having an adults memories was actually a bit of a hindrance bc he saw all the kids his age as children, so he couldn’t quite fit in.

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The world was interesting, and I liked the system overall. The MC gets a bit overpowered for the climax, but I liked the choice to change it something a bit more evenly paced. As amazing as illusions were used in this book, I’m actually quite interested in seeing what glass can do.

Looking forward to book 2

Bog Standard Writing

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When a book truly delivers, I find it difficult to find the words to describe it. What makes this novel great isn't one thing, but all the many things that make all great novels great. The characters are likeable and loveable. The adventure is exciting, the world interesting, and the mysteries are revealed expeditiously. With great books, I find myself describing the book as not having many of the most common faults found in other novels or admiring small bits that are done particularly well, but that are not truly relevant to the book's quality; for example, the writer treats the idea of an isekai that results in an adult being placed in a child's body with a level of rationality that keeps it from becoming creepy or odd. While that's excellent, this isn't why the book is so wonderful. If I was forced to write a literary criticism, I could explain why I think it is brilliant in 2500 words, but that would be laborious and I doubt most people would read it. Instead I'm left apologizing and begging you to trust me. This is the good stuff. Enjoy.

Exceptional

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A good twist on the genre the former life honestly doesn’t come into play and kind of just feels like a way to make the character more mature. The class system is good some of the magic is kind of clunky powerful characters can kind of just do stuff even if it doesn’t really fit there class. Well worth the credit I want book 2 I gave the performance a 3 because the female characters all have a strange wine in their voice not the end of the world and you get used to it the male characters are all good and the wine is more noticeable in the female children.

Somewhat unique

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I was really impressed by this book. There was lots of twist and turns towards the end. Cannot wait for the next one.

Really good start

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Solid story that doesn't choose to focus on gimmicks or the mechanics of the system to make itself interesting. While this is a litRPG it also is just a good story. Narrator does an excellent job as well.

Genre Standout

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Starts a little slow and the MC sounds a little whiny at first then it takes off and I want more! The characters grow in a reasonable arc and by the end you are invested in them loved it!

Excellent

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awesome story with an overall great narrator. the voices for children were at times unbearable and there were some seriously over cheesy and dramatic moments. Very cringe. However the narrator has an awesome voice for adults, especially for Hog so it was overwhelmingly worth it to push through.

Awesome story too that highlights more practical and intricate aspects of system societies. The main character definitely felt to complain too often but was enjoyable overall.

Looking forward to the next book. purchased it immediately.

Great story painful child voices

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The story was just fantastic. The slow build just right. I cannot wait for the next book.

This was great!

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narration was done very well and the characters were fun. he brought them life specially the merchant. great action packed book. can't wait for book two.

narration and characters

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Really smart writing and amazing performance. I do not agree with the YA reviews, it’s about a teen, sort of, but does not deal with YA themes even avoids them. This was a very fun listen and now I am off to listen to book 2.

Really good and smart writing

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