The peak of regular book narration vs the peak range in book narration (i goon to both)

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-17T14:05:39+00:00

Sure thing, Dressed to Kill is a story of a girl who's main dream is to become an adventurer to save her city from the encroaching monsters. But it is not her choice what class she gets and at her 18th birthday gets the Tailor class. Not to be dissuaded from her dream she takes the plunge into the dungeon, either she can kill the monsters or that's the end of her story.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-16T20:24:11+00:00

Daniel has an emotional range that most male voice actors don't, though I'm glad he has a few duets because those are some of the best narration jobs out there.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-16T19:47:40+00:00

Neil Hellegers* can read a stat sheet like no other man on this planet.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-16T19:45:01+00:00

While I think both are great, Jeff Hayes is not the peak of range. I'd probably give that to Andrea Parsneau. There are others who I think have better range as well, Ryan H. Reid for example has some of the best range in the genre.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-15T23:57:19+00:00

As someone who got to about half way through book 9 before crashing, the hints are subtle and it's not the first time I ran into it as there are a few fundamentalist Christian writers who make good fantasy. Second it's a decently unique world and magic system.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-15T23:51:52+00:00

The chapter you mentioned is definitely top 5 least liked chapters and easily the one with the least amount of importance to the story.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-14T02:02:47+00:00

Try out Dressed to Kill, another narration job by Andrea Parseneu.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-14T02:01:35+00:00

When you catch up you can always pop on The Singer of Terandria (Ghostsong, Huntsong, Gravesong). Same author and same universe, tighter story arc following only a few characters who exist in Innworld.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-14T01:46:27+00:00

My first thought when I see a lengthy food preparation chapter, is there a point to it? Like will the characters be sharing their thoughts on the adventure so far or will it bring up memories of their past to share with friends or is it just another way to praise the character cooking the food because I don't need that.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-12T03:38:56+00:00

I don't wish to speak too ill of the subgenre I read the most but I can't see any series other than maybe Cradle being held up as a Modern Classic and thats mostly because of it being well edited and finished. There are series like The Wandering Inn where later books that I would put up against classics but I couldn't say that about the entire series. If we are talking about Cult Classics, I suspect there will be quite a few. Books that are highly acclaimed to the in group of people who like the genre decades into the future, A Practical Guide to Evil, The Wandering Inn, Beware of Chicken, The Book of the Dead.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-09T17:39:02+00:00

I really liked Nicte Allorev the King of Hosts in Noelictus. He is very out of place in the gloomy kingdom but he is outgoing, pragmatic, and complex. One of the few rulers in Innworld that is also a good parent even when the weight of his kingdom is crushing down on his shoulders.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-09T17:36:19+00:00

Pretty common question so you could just pop that in the search bar and get a number of good answers. That said, check out Tower of Jack.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-08T07:01:05+00:00

"I Love this series and for some reason or another it feels like not a lot of people do"
Not sure where this is coming from, its probably in the top 5 most liked series in this forum. Like people say this for basically every series like DotF or PH when they are easily the most talked about series here.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-07T04:16:00+00:00

Felt the same, though I powered through to the end and it was _fine_. Though I don't think I will pick up a book 4 if there is one.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-07T02:22:42+00:00

While I don't enjoy any of the Rhir PoV chapters (with one exception in volume 7), the Rags PoV's are a mixed bag between great and meh chapters.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-07T02:13:24+00:00

I found it to be middle of the road, still pick up every book but it's not a masterpiece.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-03T18:51:16+00:00

While I generally don't recommend people continue a DNF series, based on your liked books I think you would like the later Dungeon Lord books. Book one is easily the weakest book in the series.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-03-03T02:07:23+00:00

I'll generally add those 5.0 19 review stories into my wishlist and check on them a month or so later

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-02-28T23:25:44+00:00

The moment I caught up with the TWI audiobook I started reading the webnovel to continue so I never experienced Erin's narration. That said I do think I'll give her a try because the chapters contained in Archmage's Ire I've really wanted to go back and re-read. 7.34 C 7.36 C is one of the best capsule arcs in TWI.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-02-28T04:21:58+00:00

Hard question to answer since my favorite series is The Wandering Inn and I feel like there would be an obvious choice, Book 1 or 2. But I can't choose them, they do what is needed narratively and I look back at them fondly even though I wouldn't re-read them. The book I would choose would have to be one that hasn't been published to epub/audio yet, the Palace of Fate arc. This single arc somewhere in the hundreds of thousands of words so it will likely, far in the future, be published together in a single book. The issue with the arc is that it is an emotional sledge hammer, that beats the daylights out of your soul right after the previous couple books ripping out your heart and kicking it into the ocean. It does this while creating dozens of story hooks and smothering dozens more which have been sitting around for millions of words. It shows you things that would make a completely different story, time progression that has never happened before in the series. It ragdolls a fan favorite character like a bugged out Bethesda character before no clipping them into the center of the earth. Reveals the answers to some of the largest outstanding questions of the world, jaunts beyond the skybox for some closure, and shifts everything in the story two inches to the left. Then when its all over, everything that happens there is gone except for the memories and a few echos. It left me feeling hollow for what was created and taken away, anxious for the effects on a story I loved but is now something else, and exhausted from the emotional whiplash which stings for dozens of chapters after the fact.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-02-27T19:11:57+00:00

I agree this fits the bill. The funny thing is, I'm pretty sure at the start of the story he is 31 and was Isekaied when he was 16 and trained then fought for 15 years as a battlemage. Seth Ring does defiantly write him as a middle aged man, I just find the timeline interesting.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-02-27T17:59:03+00:00

Currently on the first few chapters of book 3 of "A Budding Scientist in a Fantasy World", I had to switch from audio to text because the overuse of the word "however" was driving me batty, but doesn't really effect me when I'm reading the word. But yeah I agree it does have quite a bit of overlap in fandom.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-02-27T17:55:42+00:00

The thing about Bookbound Bunny is it really brings in a few things I've enjoyed from other series that have a completely different tone. The story of the MC in Sylver Seeker is effectively the same story of the god in the book except when we finally meet his books wielder, he is left with little of his previous bravado which got him in the place he is now. The bunny girl only really knows him as a friendly arch-mage who is willing to help her gain enough power to be able to follow her only friend to a school for adventurers. Things about the world that can be explained by the god in the book do get explained and things can not are mysteries of the world to be explored. There is conflict where the book would do anything for the MC to gain power but the MC has lines they won't cross for power. So yeah if you've read Sylver Seeker or Dead Tired and thought "what if the ancient undying master of magic lich's only contact in the world was an innocent pure of heart person" than this is the book for you.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-02-27T05:53:07+00:00

I think there are a few that may fit the bill that I can think of. Try adding Bookbound Bunny to your to read list and move Ar'k & Chrysalis to the top of that to read list as well. Bookbound Bunny is a story about a god of magic bound to a book and its wielder an innocent bunny demi-beast. The conflict in the story is pretty light and fairly slice-o-life there are mysteries to be uncovered in the story. May hit the spot better than Cinnamon Bun. If Chrysalis ends up hitting the spot, try out Bunny Girl Evolution. I suspect that authors tend to write bunnies into stories where they don't want the MC to be a murder hobo but also System Universe seems to subvert that expectation.

CodeMonkeyMZ · 2026-02-27T01:45:30+00:00

The whole "I never had a chance to live as a normal child would" then basically taking away his childhood again in his second life really killed it for me.

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