
The Blade's Own Truth
Son of the Wilderlands, Book 1
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Connor Brannigan
The Wilderlands are said to contain many dangers. On most maps the area remains blank and only the bravest of travelers will venture beneath its canopy. For monsters roam these woods, which made it the perfect place for a legendary swordmaster to disappear from the world for a time and raise a child.
For seventeen years Holviti of Yuutan raised Duren in those woods, training him in the sword, hunting the creatures that called it home, but as is the case with all young men, there comes a day when one must leave his fathers home and make their own mark on the world.
Duren had no idea what awaited him in the world, but he was definitely looking forward to finding out. Sword in hand and Holviti’s lessons in his head he set out, thinking he was prepared for anything in the world. Up until the point he met her that was…
Author’s note: This book contains an overpowered main character, graphic violence, creative language, sexual innuendos, and quite a few moments that cracked my creative consultant up. You have been warned...
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the narrator really brings life to the characters
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confused
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A solid listen
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Annd this will stay RIGHT HERE!!!
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NEW NARRATOR IS HORRIBLE
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The MC also seems to have 1/2 their personality be nothing but repeating phrases his adoptive father said to him while growing up. The amount of times the phrase "The old man always said..." or something similar, is repeated almost makes you wonder if the MC is his own person or just a receptacle to vomit out wise sounding phrases from someone else.
A bit more of a potentially biased sore point is that there is a character in the later part of the book, who is a clear reference/insert of Shad M. Brooks, also known on YouTube as Shadiversity, a person known for making content related to weaponry, armor, etc. Unfortunately, they are also someone who has been quite vocal in recent years about supporting the use of AI to create art/images, stealing the hard work of other creative professions to generate something with a few words typed in to an AI. As far as I can tell, the book was originally released before this really became a topic in current issues, but it still makes the entire end of the book hard for me to stomach.
Final fight involved the MC sneaking up on the monster, pommel smashing it in the head, it falling over some battlements and snapping its back, and dying. Entire last quarter or so of the book led up to this as if it would be some intense battle, just to have it be immediately over and something that could have been done by literally anyone. Then the pursuing part about a the entire horde of anger frenzied monsters is also completely skipped. One of the worst endings I have seen in a book.
Overall, bland characters, poor ending, and over use of the "MC is an idiot who doesn't understand basic human interaction" in order to forcefully push the plot forward, even when it makes no logical sense. And such poor editing it can be noticed even in the audio version.
Mediocre, Needs a Lot of Work
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Fantastic Story. Unnecessary Narrator Change!
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