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The Cost of Survival by Tao Wong

observer_1's review against another edition

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adventurous challenging dark emotional informative mysterious sad tense fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

wolkenfels's review against another edition

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3.0

The story continues. Finally a glimpse on some story arc with the ruling lord or lady.
Still some entertaining fights and leveling. But i miss a reason to continue.

thinde's review against another edition

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4.0

Best one yet. I'm munching through this series like popcorn.

bick_mcswiney's review against another edition

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3.0

Again, I can't put my finger on exactly why I didn't enjoy this book as well as the first, but despite creating new ideas and characters, it wasn't as compelling. Perhaps it is because John doesn't progress with his anger management as much as I would like. That all said, it will be difficult for me not to read the fourth book in this series when it comes out.

maddatyowall's review against another edition

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adventurous lighthearted medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

zephantom's review against another edition

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adventurous medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? A mix
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

ladykristianna's review against another edition

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adventurous tense medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? No
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

sirwilhelm's review against another edition

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4.0

Favorite one so far!

Less anger, at least from John, more progression and world building. The big bad worked well and had an interesting solve. Some people I didn’t like ended up eating it which was... satisfying.

The ending almost made me mad but it came together so well, looking forward to the next book.

rohan_kulkk's review against another edition

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4.0

Another great entry in series..

I am happy about the ending but climax was not that good as was I hoping it to be. Rest was good.

vailynst's review against another edition

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4.0

Mini-Review: LitRPG

5 Stars for Narration by Nick Podehl

All of the books in this series need another wave or two of editing. I still love the series.

I wasn't sure if I was going to enjoy how the story was progressing. There were various story lines that were getting tangled, but it worked out well in the end. =)

This one was a bit too focused on action, great overall story progression but not a whole lot of character development for John.

I knew I liked John. I didn't realize the reason why I liked him was because he is crazy. Yup. Absolutely insane and that is perfect because he is a great protagonist within this story world. Almost all of my favorite parts of the story are based on one of John's insane ideas. So good!
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