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  • I’ve gotten obsessed with Surviving the Game as a Barbarian. It’s been awhile since I was glued to a book and just couldn’t put it down.

    The MC is smart and dedicated to survival. I don’t mean egghead smart. I mean logical, analytical, strategic and even street smart. If I was in his place I’d have died within a month of that world…

    MC doesn’t have some crazy OP skill to cruise through success. He has his knowledge of the world from obsessing over a game for a decade. He uses his knowledge well. No handouts, no assistance pop up screens, no hints. Just the world trying to kill him and he overcomes the challenges.

    It’s a shame that yonderstory is such a toxic platform. I can’t believe Webtoon thinks it’s ok to pull that shit with pricing and forced app usage.



  • Yeah I didn’t even mention the word dumps…

    If I wanted to read a novel I’d be on a LN damnit.

    You get tired fast. I use a tablet to read and if I gotta zoom in every other page to read the loredumps that’s annoying.

    Not to mention topic hopping and blasting through content. I’d prefer if they pick an event/topic and flesh it out.

    Instead it’s something like: (my actual recap of this demon cage)

    I’m sick.

    Can’t afford surgery. Only have 30k

    New game to make millions?? Cost 30k. Buy…

    Play. Oh! Body feels good. Use martial arts. Win big. Get strong.

    New person. Make friend. Buy my loot. Good.

    New mission! Succeeded! That was hard. Crazy detective story with crocodile boss. I kicked its ass. (Seriously. Dude goes on a mission and it gets like 3 or 4 panels…)

    Sell loot. Same guy. New mission! Escort. Party with same friend! Ok go! RICH PRINCESS!!

    Etc…


  • Hard for me to make a recommendation besides overgeared for a LN. Non standard story. Its a leveling crafting series about a MC playing an VRMMO. The twist is he’s a horrible gamer and self centered. But because he plays inefficiently it ends up helping in the long run.

    He also solves his issues fairly quickly but keeps playing as a career gamer. Ends up socializing through the game and becoming a better person. The character development is fantastic.



  • There are only so many stories that make me feel satisfied.

    This is one of the reasons I enjoy reading Solo Leveling. It’s not a groundbreaking story at all. But its a clean and short read.

    I’ve started to get more into LNs since you get all the world building thats cut out in adaptations.

    My Wife is a Demon Queen was interesting to me since the MC is sort of powerless, but with the power of creativity and drawing he’s strong. I like crafty sort of stuff with creation as a driving force. Legendary Mechanic is on my to do list.

    Look into Overgeared. The LN is crazy long and its a slow build up but the author warns you that the MC is a piece of crap that evolves as the story goes on. It really started to get good about 200 chapters in. The story got picked up for Manwha adaptation. They did a decent job with it!