Top positive review
5.0 out of 5 starsAwesome LITRPG with a bit of everything that ties together really well.
Reviewed in the United States on July 6, 2020
Beastborne is a fantastic book that starts off slowly and ramps up to one of the best adventures I've read in a long time.
The MC doesn't start off knowing everything about a the "game" experience, something he gradually gets into but not annoyingly so like those who are in denial for the first 20+ chapters (ugh). We see a MC who gradually builds himself up, often with the help of his party, and you constantly get glimpses of his potential all through out the book. There is no overpowered MC, only someone trying to make best of what could have been a very, very bad intro (read the sample, you'll know what I'm talking about). It's about halfway through that you realize how bad it could have really been, and this grand over-arching mystery with his ties to the villain definitely will have you drawing wild conspiracies about what could be.
Its this constant thought provocation and the wonderful world building, amazing characters, and cool creatures that will have you reading non-stop through this book. The fact that the book is also so polished especially as a first time author has you really appreciate the 1000+ pages.
I don't often write high praise for books, often with portal fantasy or litrpg books there are enough rough edges that there is a critique here or there but other than a hand full of typos (in a 1000+ page book no less), I would say this is a really well done book and would stand up there with some of the big name established authors. I will definatley add this author to my "must read" list and really look forward to the next book.
