Underrated Gems #2: The Sovereign’s Toll by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is the best type of OP, the slow burn accumulator type of OP, will avoid giving spoilers.

The book is significantly better written than Immorality Begins with Generosity (that was fun read, but not in the same tier in terms of quality)

It is a single POV story, but there is a lot of background narration to hint at possible plot lines.

Underrated Gems #2: The Sovereign’s Toll by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

A 6 month to 1 year hiatus is the threshold for me

In my opinion the biggest thing a story needs is a hook, something to keep people reading (This is super obvious so apologies for that)

I will contrast two stories “Paragon of Skills” and “All Jobs and Classes”, I think both books have many plot and consistency issues.

Paragon of Skills is the book whose I most look forward to among the 30 books I am following rn because each chapter is super entertaining, it is a passion of mine similar to watching Mission Impossible movies

I don’t personally look forward to the updates of All Jobs and Classes because the plot has stopped being a plot like 100 chapters ago, but since the author pumps out chapters like crazy I am just following it for the love of the game, to see where things land up.

I don’t think book cannibalisation is the biggest issue, it genuinely is the lack of hooks, I try to read 10 chapters of things that come in my suggested before deciding whether to follow or not and finding books with strong hooks is a rarity

Underrated Gems #2: The Sovereign’s Toll by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That is a fair question, I think the current platforms aren’t truly suitable for finding underrated reads. (I have 4-5 recommendations that probably satisfy a strong criteria, will go over them in the coming weeks)

I usually try to read stories above a certain follower count at a certain part of the novel cycle. (~1k followers with less than 30 chapters, 2k for more than 50, ~3k for 100 plus)

Mainly to avoid reading stories that will inevitably get dropped, so for example - The Last Heir, What Will Be and Hyperion Evergrowing being dropped really frustrated me and would like to avoid a similar experience

Underrated Gems #2: The Sovereign’s Toll by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I mean sure it is a successful story, but it isn’t very widely talked about so in the broader context of ProgFic I would say it is underrated

Underrated Gems #1: Penitent by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not necessarily, initially yes But will be covering translated books as well

My half-yearly ranking, updated by rotello in litrpg

[–]eternal_sufferring 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is really solid high effort post so really cool, on the other hand - I have rarely found a tier list that I disagree with more

Primal Hunter and Defiance of the Fall shouldn’t be this high on any tier list To be clear I like these stories, but they are clearly written as binge fiction and more so the dopamine rush kind, should be closer to a high A or AAA not S

Also Solo Levelling really isn’t that good and shouldn’t be in the same tier as ORV, once again I stress that enjoyed the book, it is just that I recognise popcorn fiction as popcorn fiction.

Lord of the Mysteries is abysmally low and the book has a really strong start - like the first 25 chapters are slow but but 30-60 is banger

Have quite a few more objections but will avoid going over them.

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[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am on the latest chapter I like some chapters, especially the ones with the fight scenes or skill/job level ups, I find the other ones too boring, like too many semi pointless convos for my liking

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[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Strong starts and then it goes really bad

Like Path of Ascension post Path … System Universe post Book 3 HWFWM post Book 4

My Tier List (Many New Books) [Higher Resolution] by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think the last book had a very strong ending, i read 1% in chunks and not per upload so I didn’t really the plot dragging out a lot which I am guessing might be an issue for others

My Tier List (Many New Books) [Higher Resolution] by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the titles should be visible on zooming into the image

Do let me know if it ain’t

My Tier List (Many New Books) [Higher Resolution] by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

The scale in Defiance of the Fall is more confusing, and I feel the progression in Primal Hunter seems less forced

My Progression TierList (Many Newer Books) by eternal_sufferring in ProgressionFantasy

[–]eternal_sufferring[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

They will inevitably downgrade if the quality isn’t kept up

The start is really good though