wispirr's review against another edition
4.0
Actual rating 4.5 stars.
I think this is my first true LitRPG (unless you count Ready Player One?), and I really enjoyed it. I'd always wondered if the genre would feel too strange to me with its love of listing out detailed stats, but at least with this book none of that bothered me at all. The story keeps its focus on the human element (what the people playing the characters are doing in and out of game), and it does a good job of giving strong impressions of pretty much all the major characters. The villain is one of those "fun to hate" types, and I found myself relating to the main character's determination to take him down. The story and themes are overall pretty simple, putting King's League firmly into what I call "fun popcorn flick" territory, and I'm quite happy with that.
I already have the audiobook for book 2 downloaded, and I'm looking forward to listening to it!
I think this is my first true LitRPG (unless you count Ready Player One?), and I really enjoyed it. I'd always wondered if the genre would feel too strange to me with its love of listing out detailed stats, but at least with this book none of that bothered me at all. The story keeps its focus on the human element (what the people playing the characters are doing in and out of game), and it does a good job of giving strong impressions of pretty much all the major characters. The villain is one of those "fun to hate" types, and I found myself relating to the main character's determination to take him down. The story and themes are overall pretty simple, putting King's League firmly into what I call "fun popcorn flick" territory, and I'm quite happy with that.
I already have the audiobook for book 2 downloaded, and I'm looking forward to listening to it!
vailynst's review against another edition
3.0
Notes:
Great Narration by Mark Boyett - He made the story more interesting.
This was a fun, gamelit story. Story elements only worked if you don't think too hard about it. More entertaining for kids than adults. I enjoyed the audiobook because the narration was great. I doubt I would want to read the story in print.
Great Narration by Mark Boyett - He made the story more interesting.
This was a fun, gamelit story. Story elements only worked if you don't think too hard about it. More entertaining for kids than adults. I enjoyed the audiobook because the narration was great. I doubt I would want to read the story in print.
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