
Unbound
A Dark Fantasy LitRPG (Arcana Unlocked, Book 1)
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Christian J. Gilliland
A game too good to be true. A golden opportunity. A nightmare he can’t escape.
If Arthur Mallory plays one more steaming pile of garbage disguised as a virtual role-playing game, he might hang up his gaming hat for good. When he discovers the new “deep dive” game Worlds Unbound, he decides it might be worth a try. If it sucks, he'll just return it the next day and cancel the financing.
The game is everything he could have wanted, even without elves or dwarves or character creation. The magic system has him hooked.
He’s willing to overlook the mangled sleep schedule and crippling nightmares if it means feeling that power running through his veins. But when an accident leaves his headset broken, he realizes he might be cut off from the magic - and the game - for good.
He’s not going to let that happen.
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It tries to hard to make "inside jokes"
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Heavy
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If it weren't for these issues I would have actually enjoyed the book well enough. Not enough to continue the series, but I would have just thought it wasn't for me instead of writing this review.
So if these kinds of things don't bother you I say give it a chance. If you'd be as annoyed as I was, don't pick this one up.
Continual Annoyances
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The writer's style is unusually explicit -- as in detailed, not as in implicit content, which leads to a style that sounds like a good dungeon master, which makes me wonder if a lot of lit RPG authors got their start with tabletop games. Eventually the main character's companion feels like an extension of the interface, which makes for large sections of content feel paranoia and isolation.
Christian Gilliland was an excellent narrator, and the audio effects were interesting, but not overused.
Without spoiling it, but the relationship between the main character and his first love interest is intense and dark. I loved the expansive universe.
An intense journey, in life of pure nightmares
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Awesome.
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The main character is incredibly unconvincing. He can research Chakras and random stuff but doesn't spend time to review his own skills, items, attributes, and menus.
The narrator mispronounced so many common words it makes my brain hurt as to how it was possible.
Unraveling storyline
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Only things that got old were the constant reminders of being "near future" and "the past was the worst". Sprinkled throughout the story are constant references to the ancient technologies of today. It really feels like it is trying too hard or has too little faith in the reader to remember something as simple as "this is set 30-50 years from now".
Slow start good finish
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Favorite quote from the book:
"Ari get over here, I am about to do something stupid"
"I am going to destroy this ring so fast it will make Frodo's head spin"
There are a ton of cultural references that make this book fun to listen to. Very creative and fun to read.
Minimal profanity
No sexual content
No drugs or alcohol
Audible only, book cannot be bound
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Wow just wow!
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Did not finish
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