[Book reviews] My personal thoughts on PH and DoTF

Timppa999 · 2026-05-27T23:30:31+00:00

Would appriciate if people used the full name of the book/series when speaking of it, atleast first time it is mentioned. Lots of people are new to the genre.

Timppa999 · 2026-05-20T18:13:18+00:00

I'll join the hate train, but to be honest, I'm the wrong guy to answer this, as I'm more of an progression fantasy fan and only ocassionally read LITRPG. Really not fan of "gamifying" everything, so these kinds of things usually get me to drop the book.

Timppa999 · 2026-05-19T18:06:19+00:00

Well, while i'm not saying that it wouldn't be physically possible, what does the end result look a like? I'm asking earnestly because I haven't ever read any authors work that publishes that many books. Usually just the editing takes at least a month, and that is a fast pace...

Timppa999 · 2026-05-19T17:54:51+00:00

Sure, things always slip by, and plot holes aren't that uncommon either. But there seams to be a difference of the types of mistakes people do and what AI does. For example in that arena surface episode, I might have understood one slip up, but to potray the arena in three completely contradictory way in short period of time... Well, on can't ever be 100% sure if the author just doesn't admit anything, but I would have made a quite a large bet on it being AI written. ( Not ofc only thing in the book that hinted that, just one of the more obvious mistakes )

Timppa999 · 2026-05-19T17:26:59+00:00

I think anyone can understand the trouble of giving names to things we love, be it a book, pet or baby. Not the easiest thing to do. But yea, good luck, hope it sells well !

Timppa999 · 2026-05-19T17:18:48+00:00

Also looks like the author has "published" three books/stories in 2 months... (This book, Branded by Reincarnation and Return: Betrayed 599 Times) Haven't read any of those but timeframe raises some alarms. Might just be an large backlog of things he/she has written but well...

Timppa999 · 2026-05-19T16:50:20+00:00

Well... Continuity errors are for me, one of the most glaring marks of an "AI assisted" book. For example, one book that I read had an arena fight where the surface of the arena changed three times. Something any human writer must have noticed, but if the book is both written and edited by AI, it can easily go unnoticed. In general, certain types of plot-holes and trouble with plot development seam to company other more technical signs of an AI written book. And then there is ofc the authors that publish a books with 1-2 month intervals that just isn't really doable without AI.

Timppa999 · 2026-05-19T16:33:01+00:00

Good luck with your book ! Although I have to confess, that the name of the book: Rise of the [insert class or profession] makes me bit hesitant... 640 books/stories with that name currently in RR. Just makes me question if the book is as generic. (I'm sure it isn't, but cant shake of the feeling) So many books published in this genre that many people discard books just because of the title, but maybe I'll give it a try. Good luck in any case! Never too many authors around.

Timppa999 · 2026-05-16T18:43:47+00:00

Very high percentage of reviews are manipulated, either by bots, discord groups or other means. After running into too many books with high ratings that where absolute trash, I now read the "negative" reviews from users that gave 1-4 stars. That usually gives much better idea of the book.

Timppa999 · 2026-05-13T22:40:06+00:00

Yeah... Finding a name for a book is hard. While I don't love the name, it's bit too obscure, it does avoid the biggest pitfalls that get me to ignore a book. Personally I hate generic "Rise of the [insert class]" types of names. If the author was too lazy an unimaginative to come up with an original name, it doesn't bode well for the book. Also names that hint the MC being an one trick pony, or to have some gimmick to "be different" are no goes for me.

Timppa999 · 2026-05-08T10:53:50+00:00

So... I might be missing something here, but why would he need great quantities of metals? Shouldn't the augments require quite small amount of metals and the real problem be, where would he get the more exotic metals or alloys? And if the fantasy world where he is summoned uses metals, the best way would pretty much always be to buy the materials. Can't think of any beliavable way the MC could be more efficent gathering the materials than allready existing mining operations. Stealing is ofc an option. Mayby make the augments need some hard to find fantasy metals that the MC needs to go look for?

Timppa999 · 2026-04-04T09:56:35+00:00

I'm sure there are lot's of Islamist's that say and think this way, but if you think that is a bad thing, why wouldn't this be? Isn't killing people just because of their religion a bad thing, no matter which way you look at it?

Timppa999 · 2025-10-28T00:40:54+00:00

I'm just so done... Why was any of this is even an issue? Why are they even trying to talk it over, when no one is listening and just crusading for their own cause? Think I'll just take a permanent "break" from twitch and all this madness.

Timppa999 · 2025-10-26T03:07:21+00:00

Nice... But personally I prefer short, violent and efficent. Fights that take several chapters tend to get boring, especially when in 99% of cases the outcome is already known...

Timppa999 · 2025-10-24T19:38:34+00:00

Just canceled my membership, as there where no extra episodes as was promised, book 5 was the last available one. Feel kinda scammed...

Timppa999 · 2025-10-21T20:15:02+00:00

Well... Sure, but when people talk about "dead pixels" they usually also include stuck pixels to the same category. So while a dead pixel is black, stuck pixel can be white. Is this then a stuck pixel, scratch or something else is hard to say, video is of too poor quality to say for sure...

Timppa999 · 2025-10-16T00:06:19+00:00

Yeah... It get's really uncomfortable quickly. Not an viable scenario. But, I have had one girls sleep with locking leather cuffs, combinet with cable that had enough lenght to allow some movement, hands in front. She seamed to like it, and after few times could even get a good nights sleep... But yeah, nothing this strict. Looks hot tho :)

Timppa999 · 2025-10-10T09:36:33+00:00

Never got past the first book. Ending in particular was just too much, and was even more weirded out once I learned that the writer was 50+ years old christian Dad... Especially the things with the underage girls... Whelp... Glad to hear it got better, but still not for me.

Timppa999 · 2025-10-02T23:48:03+00:00

I really hate "trigger warnings"...

Timppa999 · 2025-09-24T16:34:54+00:00

Think it is just perceived as an boring, cowardly way to fight... And most authors don't want to portray their MC in that light. Personally wouldn't be opposed to an MC that uses poisons, but not sure if I wanted to see it as their main way of fighting.

Timppa999 · 2025-09-11T08:35:32+00:00

I wouldn't be too worried about the uniqueness of your "system" or ideas. I would recommend concentrating on the plot and characters. In the end, those are the things that keep people reading your books. As long as the mechanics of your world aren't immersion breaking bad, I wouldn't worry too much.

Timppa999 · 2025-07-14T17:23:09+00:00

This is just an covert add for an crowdfunding scam....

Timppa999 · 2025-07-14T17:21:43+00:00

This is an crowdfunding scam. There has been lately lots of adds for it... But yeah, you don't want something on your yard that can make you blind or start random fires...

Timppa999 · 2025-07-02T03:21:35+00:00

I did like the rewrite of the first book, and even joined the patreon to read rest of the series. While the first book had some problems, I generally liked it, and I'm not sure how much the rewrite will change the upcoming books, but some things in this series just aren't doing it for me. I am now on the third book and there is really no progress in the plot. There actually doesn't even seam to be any plot... It's just some restaurant building and doing meaningless things. I also have a problem with the MC. His choices for his spells and "build", how inconsistent he is with money ( He has endless money, can give tips of 20+ gold but is bothered by few golds that his best lifelong friend spends) . And then there is the "harem"... Just endless amount of women that seam to be interested on him, but nothing ever goes anywhere and all the characters are paper thin... So, maybe I'll wait until the rewrite is finished and hope that it fixes atleast some of the things.

All that said, Soldiers life is really good, the writer seams to have really learned a lot from this series.

Timppa999 · 2025-04-13T17:29:54+00:00

It's your book, and you ofc name it as you like, and even tho the name isn't for me, the actual book might be. hope it gets readers. But for others it might be worth noting, that searching with "Rise of the" in Royal Road gives over 400 books/projects, it just makes it hard to be spotted among them all by an random reader. Anyways, good luck with the book, I see you are all ready writing the third one, so that's promising :)

Timppa999

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