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Michael-Scott Earle

Autore di The Destroyer

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Opere di Michael-Scott Earle

The Destroyer (2016) 74 copie
Eye of the Tiger (2017) 46 copie
Tamer: King of Dinosaurs (2017) 32 copie
Space Witch (2017) 25 copie
The Destroyer: Book 2 (2016) 19 copie
Zeta Hack (2017) 17 copie
Binary Pair (2017) 17 copie
Space Knight (2017) 15 copie
The Destroyer: Book 3 (2016) 12 copie
Death Ship: Kill Count (2018) 11 copie
Burning Brigh (2017) 11 copie
Prime Valkyrie (2017) 10 copie
The Destroyer Book 4 (2016) 10 copie
King Killer (2017) 9 copie
Succubus!: Hell High (2016) 8 copie
Wings of Justice (2016) 7 copie
Shadow Eagle (2017) 7 copie
Queen of Hearts (2018) 6 copie
Space Knight Book 4 (2018) 5 copie
Concrete Chaos (2016) 5 copie
Monster Empire (2018) — Autore — 5 copie
Teeth & Claws 4 copie
King of Kings 3 copie
Rose Boy (2015) 3 copie
Triple Threat (2017) 2 copie
Satan!: Hell High Book 2 (2016) 2 copie

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Dark Humanity (2017) — Collaboratore — 21 copie

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So far most of the popular LitRPG books only mildly interested me at best so I will re-emphasize here that this is here is just my personal opinion. Book tastes really are highly subjective.

'Lion's Quest' is not only one of the best LitRPG series I've encountered but also one of my favorite book series in general now. I find the protagonist Leo very likable and, despite me being annoyed and even hating one of them, I have grown quite attached to the side characters at the end of book 2 because they are so much fun.

And pretty much every time a question or complaint popped into my head it was quickly mirrored by one of the characters. This happened so many times that I thought, "Dang! This author can read my mind!"
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MeisterKleister | Jul 26, 2023 |
Not as good as 5 but still great

(**some spoilers ahead**)



I love the characters, action, tension, and especially the climax. Overall another great entry in the series and I'm dying to know what happens next!


As for criticisms, I do feel like the praise heaped upon Victor became a bit too self-indulgent, possibly because it came from Emerald. (I could always see how Trel was doing it as a sort of overcompensation for denigrating him when they first met.)

I also feel like his journey from a meek animal catcher into a trained assassin here could have been developed a bit better. (I know he killed that blade-ring guy with his trike, plus those guys who had Tannin in self-defense, among others.) But stalking and murdering someone up-close with your own hands is something else still. I think giving the first kills at least a bit more weight would help raise the tension and sympathy.

Now I'm getting nitpicky, but the way he described his strategy game skills bothered me. He could just said something like "I placed among the top 5 percentile in North America" and be done with it, but he went on for a bit too long repeating the "Korean player" joke from a previous book.

And finally I thought the torture scene was gratuitous and awkward. Nothing to do with politics, as I could understood the torture scene in the "Re:Monster" manga where the protagonist tortured one dissenter in front of a crowd in order to set an example and scare them into obedience. Getting vital information could be another defendable purpose for torture. But torturing someone because Emerald sacrificed her clone and gave Victor a huge scare?
I think the scene could be improved had Victor simply clubbed him to death out of anger within a minute or two (like Kratos from God of War does it sometimes) instead of deliberate torture. And then not dwell much on it afterwards. I fear the abyss is gazing back into Victor.


These are just my small, personal gripes out of hundreds of pages of awesomeness. I love this series which is why I may sound harsh.
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MeisterKleister | Jul 26, 2023 |
The action is as amazing as ever. I love the story and characters too. This is still among my favorite book series.

However, the book starts off with a dream sequence which went on for twice as long as necessary. It takes up 10% of the book and is immediately followed by an extended sex scene. It was probably the first time I skipped parts of an MSE, because I became impatient and wanted to get to the story and action. Previously, sex scenes felt sorta earned, intimate, a culmination of Victor earning someone's trust fully. (Or at least, they were brief.) And while I'm nitpicking, applying descriptors like "more ripped than prime Schwarzenegger / Bruce Lee" to non-steroid humans also feels lazy and unrealistic.

Anyway, the action scenes are still awesome, if not better than ever. And the story progressed nicely, if a bit slow.

3.5 stars.
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MeisterKleister | Jul 26, 2023 |
It seems like I have this book on my Kindle. I probably got a free copy at some time. I loved reading books of this genre and it's highly likely I will like this book.

The author has the right to defend fellow authors that he is a friend with in real life (I presume)... even if the contested author is the head of the cockygate scandal and author of a book I DNFed very quickly because I personally found the book to be poorly written fluff. I don't defend that woman's actions for obvious reasons.

On the other hand, he claims that most indie authors are inherently stupid (not really sure the logic in there)



I just casually am an indie author myself. Do I make lots of money as an author? Not really. Probably made 60 USD last year. Guess I should just stick to the easy stuff, like my regular anesthesiologist gig.

I will give the book a chance to read sometime though just for curiosity sake even if the author seems to be shooting himself in the foot with all of the high school drama and stuff.
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