1/5 stars
Synopsis
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The book started with the main character waking up from a coma. He was the only person left on the planet because earth was merged into the system.
The hospital that the main character was at became a dungeon for kobolds. The main character fought a kobold who was chasing a cat then barricaded himself in a section of the hospital.
The main character saved the cat, killed the kobold, and then the cat started talking to him. She had apparently been sent to help him. She gave him tips on what to do.
The kobolds started to search for him and he was able to eliminate most of them.
He killed more kobolds and leveled up. Then he freed the cats who were the kobolds’ prisoners.
Review
This book had an interesting idea. However, I didn’t feel like it was executed well. The word I would use to describe this book is unremarkable. I don’t feel like the book/characters really accomplished anything.
I didn’t feel like the main character ever really had to struggle. As someone who has been in a coma, I found the main character’s easy recovery after waking up to be completely unrealistic. I was in a coma for two weeks. The main character was in a coma for three years. The recovery process after a coma that long would be horrendous. Just trying to rebuild muscle mass alone would be extremely difficult. Now, I know this book is fictional, and the main character had the “help” of the system, but I felt like he should have struggled more with recovery. He didn’t struggle against the kobolds either because he found a gun. Why a hospital would have guns, especially a shotgun, stowed away in a closet is anyone’s guess…
I don’t understand why the hospital the main character was at had a veterinary wing attached to it. That seemed so bizarre to me. The author’s native language is not English, so I can overlook a lot of the grammar issues. However, I really didn’t like what the author called the dogs and cats in the book. He called them doggies and pussies. I know he’s referencing the term pussy cat, however, that word has a more vulgar meaning nowadays. It was very distracting, and made the main character seem like he was childish. I don’t understand why he didn’t just call them cats and dogs.
I feel like the book should have been longer. The main character didn’t really accomplish anything. He woke up, killed some kobolds, and the book ended. The book was just…unremarkable. However, there was one line that I really enjoyed. It was after the main character woke up, and he looked out of a window to see dragons appearing from a rift in the sky. The book said, “Just like doves that appeared from a magician’s hat, they rapidly left the rift, each in a different direction.” I really loved that description. It gave me a vivid image of exactly what the dragons did after coming through the rift.
The book frequently switched the point of view to the kobolds. Specifically, the kobolds who were about to die. The POV shifts were irritating. I didn’t care what the kobolds were thinking. I think the author was trying to do two things with the POV shifts. One, I think he was trying to add more words to the story to make it longer. Two, I think he was trying to show how awesome the main character was through the eyes of his victims by showing their fear of him. However, authors can do this without switching points of view by using effective descriptions.
This book was just…unremarkable. Nothing really happened in it.
Fireheart Books 