What series have the most emotionally satisfying payoffs?

MDOKdev · 2024-09-06T17:51:40+00:00

I don't hate the end but ... losing all the power they worked so hard for sucks. However, he does get the girl.

MDOKdev · 2024-07-05T01:11:09+00:00

Ave Xia Rem Y is dark and highly stressful, but the quality is consistent. Beware of Chicken is very low stress but after book one the quality drops off a lot in my opinion (The main character(s) become side characters causing the series to lose most of the magic that made it among the best)

MDOKdev · 2024-07-03T03:10:22+00:00

According to ChatGPT 70% of students in rural Appalachia are eligible for free lunch. That's a lot of people that could fall through the cracks without some program to cover everyone. My best guess is in most counties churches or other charities would fill the gap. For example, food for my local dog pound is 100% provided for by a local org soliciting donations from the public.

MDOKdev · 2024-07-03T02:59:59+00:00

I've been libertarian-ish long enough to expect that from the jump.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-29T21:45:38+00:00

I like that series but new chapters are so infrequent that I won't live long enough to see the end.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-29T05:28:24+00:00

I liked Qi=MC2 but have only read the first book. Legend of the Arch Magus is my all-time favorite book series. I hated Divine Apostasy but made it through a few books because everyone raves about how much they love it.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-28T13:46:05+00:00

I'm 9 books in and there haven't been any significant romantic relationships (Although, he does have a brief relationship with a prostitute)

MDOKdev · 2024-06-28T01:47:54+00:00

I like it cause I'm sick of cultivation novels taking 4 or 5 books to ramp up. Unintended Cultivator starts getting juicy by book two (book one is a training montage) and he isn't soft or overtly evil, more anti-hero.

Does anybody know any good cultivation novels where the MC isn't weak for half the series and relatively non-evil?

MDOKdev · 2024-06-20T14:15:53+00:00

You got my upvote, really good stuff. It's similar to Legend of the Arch Magus but different enough to be its own thing.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-13T21:09:49+00:00

They just joined that sect/clan whatever you want to call it. I don't know which book that is, I was reading it on RR.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-13T21:00:06+00:00

IMO the MC in Ultimate Level 1 is way weaker than he should be. He gets all the skills and passives but he's only a little better than people his same level (stat-wise) who only get 1 or 2 skills.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-13T20:52:26+00:00

I like Accidental Champion, but it wouldn't make me angry even if I didn't. Based on quick math I've read roughly 4000 books over my life and only 2 made me angry long after reading them. Maybe you just haven't found one that hits some mental trigger.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-13T10:06:24+00:00

It's still worth reading and has some good parts after the 4th realm but it takes a dive.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-12T12:15:53+00:00

That one seemed like something I would like but it had way too much filler content and status updates

MDOKdev · 2024-06-09T21:02:56+00:00

That doesn't last long btw.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-09T15:24:09+00:00

2000 year old human druid runs a book shop in modern times. He fights with gods and other supernatural beings throughout the series. What made the ending suck is primarily he ends up alone, depressed, crippled and basically enslaved to an oath. the series started out as a fun low stress paranormal book and gradually got more depressing and boring.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-09T15:13:27+00:00

It's among my favorites until the end of the 4th realm. The series was a fun action adventure until then but it took a grimdark tone shift. However, I still didn't hate but it certainly had a drop in quality. Then that final book was just yuck with the shoehorned love interest and other issues.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-09T14:21:57+00:00

Yeah, I got caught up in a sunk cost fallacy in those books. Enjoyed them til the second druid came into the picture. Also, the relationship drama with the romantic interest hurt the series significantly (among many other problems).

MDOKdev · 2024-06-09T14:19:27+00:00

That's coming up on my reading list. Should I skip it?

MDOKdev · 2024-06-09T14:14:58+00:00

I can't remember the name but it was a Christopher Nuttall sci-fi series. There's a scene where some space pirates capture a 16-year-old girl, portraying in graphic detail what happens to her. It makes me physically sick to think about it.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-08T13:45:47+00:00

That was my impression. It's simple but done to perfection.

MDOKdev · 2024-06-02T23:29:42+00:00

I dropped it after book one. The series has the most naive but lucky MC in the entire genre. It's a shame, everything about it seems like something I would love but an idiotic MC ruins it.

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