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Path of the Berserker
A world destroyed. An axe to grind. And a path to infinite power. Welcome to my reality.
When the cultivators came to Earth, they destroyed our entire civilization in a matter of hours. Armies fell, cities burned, and that was before the moon turned red and filled our world with monsters.
Now, over a decade later, what's left of humanity slaves under the heels of our Qi-infused masters. The luckiest of us might even become one of them, they say—if we serve the Dynasty well enough and harness the power of Qi.
But I want none of that.
I'm sick of serving and I want nothing to do with their world. Instead, I want them to pay for what they did to mine. Maybe that's why she found me. The fearsome, angry goddess who showed me a different path. Apparently, Qi is not the only route to power.
Now I'll fight to take back my planet, to grow strong enough to beat the cultivators at their own game. Through the power of blood, rage, and pain, I will free humanity or die trying.
For that's the Path of a Berserker.
Path of the Berserker is a progression fantasy novel that contains immortal cultivators, an oppressive intergalactic dynasty, rage-inducing imperial bureaucracy, magical spirit beasts, fantastical martial arts and one pissed-off MC who's sick of it all. Fans of western-style cultivation fantasy, post apocalypse, and xianxia should enjoy.
When the cultivators came to Earth, they destroyed our entire civilization in a matter of hours. Armies fell, cities burned, and that was before the moon turned red and filled our world with monsters.
Now, over a decade later, what's left of humanity slaves under the heels of our Qi-infused masters. The luckiest of us might even become one of them, they say—if we serve the Dynasty well enough and harness the power of Qi.
But I want none of that.
I'm sick of serving and I want nothing to do with their world. Instead, I want them to pay for what they did to mine. Maybe that's why she found me. The fearsome, angry goddess who showed me a different path. Apparently, Qi is not the only route to power.
Now I'll fight to take back my planet, to grow strong enough to beat the cultivators at their own game. Through the power of blood, rage, and pain, I will free humanity or die trying.
For that's the Path of a Berserker.
Path of the Berserker is a progression fantasy novel that contains immortal cultivators, an oppressive intergalactic dynasty, rage-inducing imperial bureaucracy, magical spirit beasts, fantastical martial arts and one pissed-off MC who's sick of it all. Fans of western-style cultivation fantasy, post apocalypse, and xianxia should enjoy.
934 pages, Kindle Edition
First published May 5, 2023
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May 17, 2023
KU Review
Really interesting cultivation story. The apocalypse elements are barely even touched upon so far. Great open note for what should be an epic series.
General disclaimer: I want to be clear in that I do not factor cost into any review and as such, this is simply a reflection of my enjoyment of the book and in no way reflects cost to value analysis.
Really interesting cultivation story. The apocalypse elements are barely even touched upon so far. Great open note for what should be an epic series.
General disclaimer: I want to be clear in that I do not factor cost into any review and as such, this is simply a reflection of my enjoyment of the book and in no way reflects cost to value analysis.
September 25, 2023
Conflicted. For the subgenre, this is well written. The world building is decent, and the plot is fast and well directed. It's full of good tropes, and generally, the story is high quality. However, the issues with characterization are glaring. The MC is perhaps the most "ick" male character I've ever read. To give an idea, there is literally a scene where he sees his long time female friend near death and thinks how pretty she is without her glasses. I literally laughed out loud.
The premise of Max/Chun's character is that he's powered (literally) by anger at injustice. That is a cool concept, but the more I read, the more I think he's empowered by his desire to be a "Chad". The weird chauvinistic white knighting is constant throughout the novel. His flexing to women, his constant cheesy smiles and dumb one liners are just cringe. The true injustice of the story is that the author writes the female characters to ADORE all of Max's "icky" behavior. Ha! Hysterical!
The MC is obsessed with himself and playing hero. The basis of a hero archetype is being selfless. Max is the opposite of that. He's self aggrandizing, desperate for approval, thirsty for attention and admiration. If he cared about others, he wouldn't be so short sighted. He repeatedly puts others in terrible situations so he can bolster his ego and put the bullies in their place, not even realizing he's just as bad as the bullies. And if he can't get any worse, he's also just a misogynist. He talks about other men taking away his female friend's "innocence" and comments how she'll "thank him later" for white knighting her and making her life harder--so patronizing for someone so dumb. He calls random girls "whores" and "bitches" just for fun after meeting them for 2 seconds (this one is sort of forgivable because you can say it's battle fervor or he's trying to make them mad, but he calls them that in his internal monologues too). Just gross, man. And what's killer, Max lacks any self awareness of his own skeeviness. I'm fine with morally terrible characters, but the ones that think they are heroes when they're just cringe...I can't abide. My cringe tolerance is not high enough.
The most unlikeable mc I've read in a while. I tried to give it a solid shot because of the pros mentioned, but in the end, Max is such a flaming turd of a human, that I don't care if he succeeds. If this was an effort from the author to be true to the xianxia genre's tendency to write women characters terribly, the author has succeeded.
The premise of Max/Chun's character is that he's powered (literally) by anger at injustice. That is a cool concept, but the more I read, the more I think he's empowered by his desire to be a "Chad". The weird chauvinistic white knighting is constant throughout the novel. His flexing to women, his constant cheesy smiles and dumb one liners are just cringe. The true injustice of the story is that the author writes the female characters to ADORE all of Max's "icky" behavior. Ha! Hysterical!
The MC is obsessed with himself and playing hero. The basis of a hero archetype is being selfless. Max is the opposite of that. He's self aggrandizing, desperate for approval, thirsty for attention and admiration. If he cared about others, he wouldn't be so short sighted. He repeatedly puts others in terrible situations so he can bolster his ego and put the bullies in their place, not even realizing he's just as bad as the bullies. And if he can't get any worse, he's also just a misogynist. He talks about other men taking away his female friend's "innocence" and comments how she'll "thank him later" for white knighting her and making her life harder--so patronizing for someone so dumb. He calls random girls "whores" and "bitches" just for fun after meeting them for 2 seconds (this one is sort of forgivable because you can say it's battle fervor or he's trying to make them mad, but he calls them that in his internal monologues too). Just gross, man. And what's killer, Max lacks any self awareness of his own skeeviness. I'm fine with morally terrible characters, but the ones that think they are heroes when they're just cringe...I can't abide. My cringe tolerance is not high enough.
The most unlikeable mc I've read in a while. I tried to give it a solid shot because of the pros mentioned, but in the end, Max is such a flaming turd of a human, that I don't care if he succeeds. If this was an effort from the author to be true to the xianxia genre's tendency to write women characters terribly, the author has succeeded.
May 10, 2023
white savior complex, good plot bad execution, renamed qi as lemonade
It’s honestly not a bad story. The setup and plot have a lot of potential.
I don’t usually have a problem with the mc being white but the author also makes his other characters fall into racial stereotypes:
White mc: main character and savior
Hispanic friend: single and pregnant
Indian friend: really smart
Asians: all the bad guys w kung fu
It’s not overly racist it just felt a bit off with the racial stuff and then all the hot female cultivators wanting to hav sex with him
Also the author decided to substitute the feeling of in taking qi/energy with word lemonade and it got really freaking annoying. The word lemonade must’ve been used over 100 times
It’s honestly not a bad story. The setup and plot have a lot of potential.
I don’t usually have a problem with the mc being white but the author also makes his other characters fall into racial stereotypes:
White mc: main character and savior
Hispanic friend: single and pregnant
Indian friend: really smart
Asians: all the bad guys w kung fu
It’s not overly racist it just felt a bit off with the racial stuff and then all the hot female cultivators wanting to hav sex with him
Also the author decided to substitute the feeling of in taking qi/energy with word lemonade and it got really freaking annoying. The word lemonade must’ve been used over 100 times
May 11, 2023
A thoroughly enjoyable new entry into the cultivation genre!
Man this book was a ride! If you read the description then you have the basics down. What I liked about this one was the seemingly insurmountable odds that Max/Chun has to overcome, and the way the author manages to write in plausible ways for him to overcome them. Sure there are some “wow that’s a heck of a coincidence” moments, but not to the point where it feels like our guy is a Mary Sue.
The cultivation system differences are really interesting too! In most systems you have orthodox/unorthodox methods, but I’ve never seen one where Qi is the standard and then Dao/Path based is viewed as heretical! Kinda wild and also fun! There’s also other paths we find out, which is neat!
Power growth for our main man was very good as well! I can’t complain a bit about his starting vs ending points in power! The political and cultural backgrounds he’s overcoming were very standard cultivation/young master-mistress tropes. But they were also done well, with at least some depth and background for them. Definitely recommend!
Man this book was a ride! If you read the description then you have the basics down. What I liked about this one was the seemingly insurmountable odds that Max/Chun has to overcome, and the way the author manages to write in plausible ways for him to overcome them. Sure there are some “wow that’s a heck of a coincidence” moments, but not to the point where it feels like our guy is a Mary Sue.
The cultivation system differences are really interesting too! In most systems you have orthodox/unorthodox methods, but I’ve never seen one where Qi is the standard and then Dao/Path based is viewed as heretical! Kinda wild and also fun! There’s also other paths we find out, which is neat!
Power growth for our main man was very good as well! I can’t complain a bit about his starting vs ending points in power! The political and cultural backgrounds he’s overcoming were very standard cultivation/young master-mistress tropes. But they were also done well, with at least some depth and background for them. Definitely recommend!
December 5, 2023
This was great with a lot of action, interesting storylines and characters that are fun to read about.
May 20, 2023
It’s a “life is suffering!” style book, which I personally don’t enjoy, and the MC is a bit of a blunt instrument. Not really any surprises.
January 26, 2024
I really wanted to like this one, but the main character popping up chic references for a late teenager even though he was abducted when he was so young and would have never been exposed to such things - it's just too jarring for me.
The youth of the earth were put through a supremacist reform school. Even with going through that, as well as the trauma of the whole world being taken over and reformed, he reads like a spoiled child with a chip on his shoulder freshly thrown in the outside world.
Part of his gripe is he doesn't believe in the cultivators way of power, partially with due to how they get it from taken in the energy of the universe which he seems to revile. But if he truly had the grudge and hate he assumes to have, he wouldn't have any reservations about it and it makes his motivation seem shallow.
Another issue with the story that may be explained later, is the Emperor from the 14000 year old dynasty sensed Earth's inhabitants, both human and otherwise, had an unnatural gift for cultivation. Yet everyone from earth is weak which just seems silly. Let alone the dynasty only being 14000 years old when it's ruled by literal immortals and spans across universes.
All in all definitely only a book for younger teenagers to read, though it definitely promotes some unhealthy levels of chauvinistic views.
The youth of the earth were put through a supremacist reform school. Even with going through that, as well as the trauma of the whole world being taken over and reformed, he reads like a spoiled child with a chip on his shoulder freshly thrown in the outside world.
Part of his gripe is he doesn't believe in the cultivators way of power, partially with due to how they get it from taken in the energy of the universe which he seems to revile. But if he truly had the grudge and hate he assumes to have, he wouldn't have any reservations about it and it makes his motivation seem shallow.
Another issue with the story that may be explained later, is the Emperor from the 14000 year old dynasty sensed Earth's inhabitants, both human and otherwise, had an unnatural gift for cultivation. Yet everyone from earth is weak which just seems silly. Let alone the dynasty only being 14000 years old when it's ruled by literal immortals and spans across universes.
All in all definitely only a book for younger teenagers to read, though it definitely promotes some unhealthy levels of chauvinistic views.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 29, 2023
Whoa, i like this book. Strong willed MC with brute force.
September 8, 2023
Berserker Path
The Path of the Berserker is a lively twist on both the apocalypse and cultivation themes. Rick Scott blends them seamlessly into a story that keeps the reader engaged and wanting more. Can’t wait to read the next chapter.
The Path of the Berserker is a lively twist on both the apocalypse and cultivation themes. Rick Scott blends them seamlessly into a story that keeps the reader engaged and wanting more. Can’t wait to read the next chapter.
September 30, 2023
Dope
Really cool take on cultivation that had me snared the entire read. The pacing of it was pretty good as well it felt like it was the appropriate amount of time. Highly recommend!
Really cool take on cultivation that had me snared the entire read. The pacing of it was pretty good as well it felt like it was the appropriate amount of time. Highly recommend!
September 8, 2023
Really great!
I was happy to see a cool barbarian class in litrpg. I can't wait to read the next book, and see where Chun goes with his mastery of berserker cultivation.
I was happy to see a cool barbarian class in litrpg. I can't wait to read the next book, and see where Chun goes with his mastery of berserker cultivation.
October 6, 2023
Good read.
If you like action and fantasy type books , this will be up your alley. Looking forward to reading more from the author.
If you like action and fantasy type books , this will be up your alley. Looking forward to reading more from the author.
October 6, 2023
Thrilling to the end!
Lovable characters and an amazing world! I ate this book up! well done. I highly recommend it to you all
Lovable characters and an amazing world! I ate this book up! well done. I highly recommend it to you all
May 16, 2023
4.2 stars -
TL:DR - WOW, I AM PUMPED FOR THE NEXT BOOK. Rick, give me more! This book was way better than I thought it’d be coming into the book. For someone who isn't normally into Dao/Wuxia/Martial Artist Progression Fantasy books, this defied expectations. And I ended up really liking it, I have to recommend it.
I didn’t expect myself to like it at first since cultivation Wuxia/Xianxia cultivation novels aren’t usually my thing (reading enough low-quality online light novels can that to you). But I've never seen a Daopocalypse before so this was new to me. The progression is also not completely OP to be unfair, but [Sorrow and Pain] is mixed in so that you don’t come out reading the book feeling as though it was a free ride to power. Rick does love shit-eating grins, chess moves, and monologues about what Max has to fight for though.
At the time, I kept letting my attention slip a ton. So the first half of the book is a bit of a blur to me. Whether or not that is the book's doing or my own habits is something I have to ponder about. I'd lean toward the latter though. But I will say, I definitely didn't enjoy the first half of the book as much as I did the second half. And I was considering dropping the book.
Spoilers:
Besides that, I couldn’t properly appreciate or dislike the Cultivation tables presented. I was reading it on a Kindle and it didn’t fully load the table, but they seemed pretty straightforward, and you don’t have to read a wall of text like you would in a lot of GameLit books. And I find this lovely.
MAJOR Spoilers:
Lovely stuff.
TL:DR - WOW, I AM PUMPED FOR THE NEXT BOOK. Rick, give me more! This book was way better than I thought it’d be coming into the book. For someone who isn't normally into Dao/Wuxia/Martial Artist Progression Fantasy books, this defied expectations. And I ended up really liking it, I have to recommend it.
I didn’t expect myself to like it at first since cultivation Wuxia/Xianxia cultivation novels aren’t usually my thing (reading enough low-quality online light novels can that to you). But I've never seen a Daopocalypse before so this was new to me. The progression is also not completely OP to be unfair, but [Sorrow and Pain] is mixed in so that you don’t come out reading the book feeling as though it was a free ride to power. Rick does love shit-eating grins, chess moves, and monologues about what Max has to fight for though.
At the time, I kept letting my attention slip a ton. So the first half of the book is a bit of a blur to me. Whether or not that is the book's doing or my own habits is something I have to ponder about. I'd lean toward the latter though. But I will say, I definitely didn't enjoy the first half of the book as much as I did the second half. And I was considering dropping the book.
Spoilers:
Besides that, I couldn’t properly appreciate or dislike the Cultivation tables presented. I was reading it on a Kindle and it didn’t fully load the table, but they seemed pretty straightforward, and you don’t have to read a wall of text like you would in a lot of GameLit books. And I find this lovely.
MAJOR Spoilers:
Lovely stuff.
March 16, 2024
This story starts well, and the main idea is not bad at all. What drags it down is a type of lack of intelligence in execution. The author has some bad writing habits, which I assume were cultivated from watching too much TV slop. I recognize the terrible plot devices and shitty, stupid, one-dimensional antagonists from every cringe TV show out there. The bad writing makes the story campy and breaks immersion. It's basically a Marvel cape-shit save-the-world plot in a book with cultivation.
The author likes to drag out uninteresting moments and this makes every emotional interaction corny and fake. For example, the MC rages around sacrificing himself for people that are either recent acquaintances, or even people who, up to that point, despised him. The MC's personality makes no sense. He's supposed to be this demon-like entity that fights with his life on the line for his ideals, but then he gets distracted by random nonsense and his hart is bleeding for absolutely everyone and everything around him. It makes the whole endeavor feel fake. You can tell that the author has no concept of the importance, or severity, of sacrificing ones life.
The fact that the MC is stupid is also a big let-down. For example, towards the end the MC has an appointment to save all his friends but manages to delay himself on purpose (for a minor reason) and then, when he realizes he will be late and his friends may die he goes like "damn, I'm so stupid, I've let my friends down, waaahaaa, boohooo". After this point in the book, I had to shake my head and I speed-read the rest of the story.
Two stars only because of the creative idea and the start of the story. The rest is cringe.
The author likes to drag out uninteresting moments and this makes every emotional interaction corny and fake. For example, the MC rages around sacrificing himself for people that are either recent acquaintances, or even people who, up to that point, despised him. The MC's personality makes no sense. He's supposed to be this demon-like entity that fights with his life on the line for his ideals, but then he gets distracted by random nonsense and his hart is bleeding for absolutely everyone and everything around him. It makes the whole endeavor feel fake. You can tell that the author has no concept of the importance, or severity, of sacrificing ones life.
The fact that the MC is stupid is also a big let-down. For example, towards the end the MC has an appointment to save all his friends but manages to delay himself on purpose (for a minor reason) and then, when he realizes he will be late and his friends may die he goes like "damn, I'm so stupid, I've let my friends down, waaahaaa, boohooo". After this point in the book, I had to shake my head and I speed-read the rest of the story.
Two stars only because of the creative idea and the start of the story. The rest is cringe.
February 24, 2024
***Audiobook Review***
First, given that this is an audiobook, the narration should be as important as the story. The narrator for this book is terrible when it comes to female voices. You will eventually get used to the female voices, but it is very distracting. The narrator also screams a ton. He wants to show emotion, but it just comes off as over dramatic screaming. I would very much recommend that the author choose a different narrator for future books.
As for the story, the overall themes and premise of the story is good. The details of the story are lacking. The MC just reads about techniques and can just perform them. Little or no training is needed for almost any of the skills the MC uses. At times he just knows how to do a skill from just thin air. I mean this literally. The skill just comes into his head. There's little to no explanation of what the skills are actually doing. There's little to no explanation to why he is stronger than people at the same cultivation level. There's little to no explanation for a lot of things in the story. If you just ignore all of this then you will most likely enjoy this story.
All this in mind, the story does get better towards the end, but you must stop thinking about these details or else you'll end up ruining the story for yourself. I will read the next book because the story is good enough, but you must turn off your brain for this read.
First, given that this is an audiobook, the narration should be as important as the story. The narrator for this book is terrible when it comes to female voices. You will eventually get used to the female voices, but it is very distracting. The narrator also screams a ton. He wants to show emotion, but it just comes off as over dramatic screaming. I would very much recommend that the author choose a different narrator for future books.
As for the story, the overall themes and premise of the story is good. The details of the story are lacking. The MC just reads about techniques and can just perform them. Little or no training is needed for almost any of the skills the MC uses. At times he just knows how to do a skill from just thin air. I mean this literally. The skill just comes into his head. There's little to no explanation of what the skills are actually doing. There's little to no explanation to why he is stronger than people at the same cultivation level. There's little to no explanation for a lot of things in the story. If you just ignore all of this then you will most likely enjoy this story.
All this in mind, the story does get better towards the end, but you must stop thinking about these details or else you'll end up ruining the story for yourself. I will read the next book because the story is good enough, but you must turn off your brain for this read.
December 28, 2023
DNF at 48%. I am quite disappointed with this book. I really wanted to like it, but unfortunately, I strongly dislike the MC and the author's writing style. While I understand that the premise of this story is for the MC to push himself, face challenges, and fight (be a berserker), there must be a better way for the MC to go about doing things. He is rash, not that bright, selfish, and self-centred. While his heart may be in the right place, he doesn't care how his actions affect the people around him. The MC has the end justifies the means mentality.
I also hate how the MC keeps referring to Qi energy (emotions that he can absorb from others??) as lemonade. You can make a drinking game from the number of times the word lemonade is used.
Also, this book feels like a YA book, even though it isn't listed as one. While not necessarily a bad thing, it's not a genre I'm currently interested in.
On the plus side, the plot is very interesting. Maybe in a few years, I'll look up the ending.
I also hate how the MC keeps referring to Qi energy (emotions that he can absorb from others??) as lemonade. You can make a drinking game from the number of times the word lemonade is used.
Also, this book feels like a YA book, even though it isn't listed as one. While not necessarily a bad thing, it's not a genre I'm currently interested in.
On the plus side, the plot is very interesting. Maybe in a few years, I'll look up the ending.
January 9, 2024
Mediocre at best, but entertaining to some extent, however, this is the quality of books that I first thought would be the norm, but due to the extremely poor offerings by the rest of the genre with a few exceptions, this mediocre 3 star becomes 4 star, since it's one of the more entertaining of a sad bunch.
The reason why it is mediocre is simply cause of the needless pitfalls the writer has made for himself to fall into, it's once thing to try to spice up the formula and it's another to change all the wrong things.
The premise of these books are one and all, underdog gets powerfull through unconventional methods, and rise up.
The spice comes from various starts and other scenarios, and while this one had an exceptional start with the invasion premise and the horrors of cultivators invading, it was just sad from there on, a spoiled cruel young master, needless pretention from the ruling family, typical bad sect bad for bad reasons,and so on and so forth, there were so many opportunities for their to be something else.
The reason why it is mediocre is simply cause of the needless pitfalls the writer has made for himself to fall into, it's once thing to try to spice up the formula and it's another to change all the wrong things.
The premise of these books are one and all, underdog gets powerfull through unconventional methods, and rise up.
The spice comes from various starts and other scenarios, and while this one had an exceptional start with the invasion premise and the horrors of cultivators invading, it was just sad from there on, a spoiled cruel young master, needless pretention from the ruling family, typical bad sect bad for bad reasons,and so on and so forth, there were so many opportunities for their to be something else.
July 1, 2023
Solid story with a fairly unique concept to my knowledge in regards of cultivation. The characters are likeable and as a whole the story moves at a good clip. The dialogue can be a little cringey but I think thats done with some intention for the worldbuilding, so I'm cool with it.
I couldnt quite give it 5 stars as the fights could use some work, many of them boil down to Max getting the shit kicked out of him until he can pull off an all or nothing move, which while very fitting to the character and the concept of beserkers was just a little over done. Unfortunately while they appear to play a bigger part in the story as a whole, I felt the whole firebird stuff to just slow the whole thing to a crawl , and I had to keep reminding myself why Max was getting so involved with them.
It may sound like a somewhat negative review, but if cultivation stories are your thing I'd say 'Path of the Beserker' is solid entry to the genre and worth a read.
I couldnt quite give it 5 stars as the fights could use some work, many of them boil down to Max getting the shit kicked out of him until he can pull off an all or nothing move, which while very fitting to the character and the concept of beserkers was just a little over done. Unfortunately while they appear to play a bigger part in the story as a whole, I felt the whole firebird stuff to just slow the whole thing to a crawl , and I had to keep reminding myself why Max was getting so involved with them.
It may sound like a somewhat negative review, but if cultivation stories are your thing I'd say 'Path of the Beserker' is solid entry to the genre and worth a read.
April 26, 2024
Holy shit , a diamond in the rough!! Did not expect it to be that good! A throughly enjoyable underdog story with the cultivators being the colonisers and villains. The protagonist at the start is just a raging bull ready to destroy any and all cultivators but as the plot progress he gains a better understanding of the world and realises he hates the system that had created all this suffering not the cultivators as individuals.
The world building is great, a world where all of earth’s cultures are burned to the ground and instead cultivator propaganda and worldview is forced onto people. The MC fights to gain all that the earth has lost.
The only minor annoyance was that the audiobook narrator is a bit too “Intense”. He tends to shout during high energy scenes, if only the narrator had toned down his volume and intensity he would be a 5/5 narrator!! Love the passion the narrator displays.
The world building is great, a world where all of earth’s cultures are burned to the ground and instead cultivator propaganda and worldview is forced onto people. The MC fights to gain all that the earth has lost.
The only minor annoyance was that the audiobook narrator is a bit too “Intense”. He tends to shout during high energy scenes, if only the narrator had toned down his volume and intensity he would be a 5/5 narrator!! Love the passion the narrator displays.
May 16, 2023
Let's see a book called path of the berserker, obviously you assume the mc is a berserker which comes with it's own downsides like being emotionally driven into stupid acts and doing things without thinking it through, I just thought maybe, just maybe things would be done a bit differently but nope you get what u expect , our protagonist here is another dummy and this book feels like it's written for ten year olds ...our mc literally suggested a face slapping competition to settle a dispute...I was willing to ignore most of his idiocy to just get through the book now I just feel stupid for going through with it. Oh and our dear writer is a racist he not so subtlety announced that in his writings.
May 5, 2023
I have to say I thoroughly enjoyed this, Rick has managed to weave all the best bits of cultivation novels into one story with a progression system that fits well with the broader conflict. I see this being a series that will develop well from here and I’m looking forward to the next book.
This book sets out some classic tensions like noble vs commoner and a rising hero facing overwhelming odds, and it does it well.
The plot is tight and entertaining with a solid conclusion for the book, while still introducing you to the wider universe and laying out the ultimate conflict to come.
5/5 - Well worth the read.
This book sets out some classic tensions like noble vs commoner and a rising hero facing overwhelming odds, and it does it well.
The plot is tight and entertaining with a solid conclusion for the book, while still introducing you to the wider universe and laying out the ultimate conflict to come.
5/5 - Well worth the read.
May 13, 2023
good book, good storyline, the book does what is supposed to do entertains the reader.
Very good book, extremely long. If you enjoy long books, you’ll enjoy this one. Likable and caring MC, as well as a good cast of side characters. There’s good progression, some stat sheets, sometimes too many. Especially during the battles in the arena. The storyline is interesting, fast paced with a lot of twists and turns. Sometimes you’re not sure of why the MC is making the decisions he’s making, but it all gets resolved in the end. Good book as I said, and I am going to read the next one when it is released.
Very good book, extremely long. If you enjoy long books, you’ll enjoy this one. Likable and caring MC, as well as a good cast of side characters. There’s good progression, some stat sheets, sometimes too many. Especially during the battles in the arena. The storyline is interesting, fast paced with a lot of twists and turns. Sometimes you’re not sure of why the MC is making the decisions he’s making, but it all gets resolved in the end. Good book as I said, and I am going to read the next one when it is released.
June 9, 2023
Daopocalypse?
Not sure about the “Daopocalypse” part. It was fun reading about a teenager HULK ,kept waiting for him to say “ you won’t like me when I get angry” but he didn’t say it!
He uses emotions as a source of power, doesn’t matter if they are his or others, and can sense them which is a good concept.
All the positive emotions for him are gushing lemonade which is a bit confusing. Strangely the negative emotions are clear and concise.
Nice progression story, but the title is just a little bit misleading.
Not sure about the “Daopocalypse” part. It was fun reading about a teenager HULK ,kept waiting for him to say “ you won’t like me when I get angry” but he didn’t say it!
He uses emotions as a source of power, doesn’t matter if they are his or others, and can sense them which is a good concept.
All the positive emotions for him are gushing lemonade which is a bit confusing. Strangely the negative emotions are clear and concise.
Nice progression story, but the title is just a little bit misleading.
January 11, 2024
Pretty immersive book audio read in a style that reminds me of the narration for Conan the Barbarian
I read a lot of cultivation novels this one actually helped keep me interested and excited to see what would happen in the next chapter despite following many of the same tropes I also listen to the audiobook and if you've ever watched Conan the Barbarian with Arnold Schwarzenegger the narration for that very reminds me of some of the narration for this book and it works put you in the right mindset barbarians Berserkers and ancient wisdom kind of voice.
I read a lot of cultivation novels this one actually helped keep me interested and excited to see what would happen in the next chapter despite following many of the same tropes I also listen to the audiobook and if you've ever watched Conan the Barbarian with Arnold Schwarzenegger the narration for that very reminds me of some of the narration for this book and it works put you in the right mindset barbarians Berserkers and ancient wisdom kind of voice.
May 23, 2023
A new cultivation epic begins
After Earth falls to a cultivation empire the people are either killed or assimilated into the new culture. Treated as lower class all Max can do is work a a guide into the wilderness, until he meets a goddess and sets loose the fire of a Berserker. This is a great start to a new series with lots of twists and turns and unconventional cultivation system. A great read and I can't wait for the next one.
After Earth falls to a cultivation empire the people are either killed or assimilated into the new culture. Treated as lower class all Max can do is work a a guide into the wilderness, until he meets a goddess and sets loose the fire of a Berserker. This is a great start to a new series with lots of twists and turns and unconventional cultivation system. A great read and I can't wait for the next one.
May 26, 2023
what did I just read
Should never judge a book by its cover, but I do. And I’m so glad for it.
My biggest gripe about the book is that it ended and there isn’t another one to go straight into , think the author needs to have a look at himself ;)
If you read litrpg or want to try that genre this is the book. Bloody loved every second. 100% recommend best book I have read in sometime
Should never judge a book by its cover, but I do. And I’m so glad for it.
My biggest gripe about the book is that it ended and there isn’t another one to go straight into , think the author needs to have a look at himself ;)
If you read litrpg or want to try that genre this is the book. Bloody loved every second. 100% recommend best book I have read in sometime
June 3, 2023
Really quite good
A fun, interesting story, A screwed up world, and a guy with the power to punch all the hypocrites in the face. Honestly, I like it. Most female bad guys are labeled the b word, aka girl dog, where? I think there could be some variety instead. Doesn't just have to be gender centric insults but overall really fun and interesting story that I can't wait for the next.
A fun, interesting story, A screwed up world, and a guy with the power to punch all the hypocrites in the face. Honestly, I like it. Most female bad guys are labeled the b word, aka girl dog, where? I think there could be some variety instead. Doesn't just have to be gender centric insults but overall really fun and interesting story that I can't wait for the next.
June 9, 2023
4.5 stars
I couldn't put this book down.
This book had a lot in it and I loved that. Im so used to authors drawing out books that this one felt like three books worth of information in one.
The characters all felt so real, even the antagonists (villains) had personality.
I felt the struggle he was dealing with, what he was fighting for resonates and you can't help but root for the mc.
I don't know what else to say other than I can't wait for book 2.
I couldn't put this book down.
This book had a lot in it and I loved that. Im so used to authors drawing out books that this one felt like three books worth of information in one.
The characters all felt so real, even the antagonists (villains) had personality.
I felt the struggle he was dealing with, what he was fighting for resonates and you can't help but root for the mc.
I don't know what else to say other than I can't wait for book 2.
July 4, 2023
DNF at 60%. Not a bad book just nothing that really gripped me. I just found myself not caring about the story or the action or any of the characters. I also think the book didn’t do a good enough job in making us hate the cultivators and what they did to earth. It was strangely glossed over. Non of the antagonists felt truly threatening or engaging. Honestly just felt bland and by the numbers. Another victim of the serial format
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