Bog Standard Isekai: Nightmares

A LitRPG Isekai Adventure (Bog Standard Isekai, Book 3)

De: Miles English

Narrado por: Johnathan McClain

Bleak dreams are made of this...

The battle of Hammon's Bog is over. The town is free, the undead destroyed, the Witches slain, and the surviving villagers are picking up the remains of their lives. Despite his scars and constant nightmares, Brin is doing his best to move on from the battle against the undead. He's looking to the future, but his past might not be done with him yet.

Soon Brin will learn that not every Witch who tormented him is gone for good, and he won't be able to depend on Hogg and Lumina to protect him in places they cannot reach. He'll need to learn some new tricks, earn some new Skills, and stretch the limits of his Illusionist Class if he wants to survive.

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Love the series, bored by mystery

When Brin and company are gaining skills, levels, and adventuring and exploring the world or learning crafts, I'm all in. When I have to endure numerous investigations that usually only unveil nothing or not enough of the mystery for a clever reader to figure it out, I am forced to accept the poor mystery writing is because they are not writing a mystery.

There's a place for investigation and some withheld information in the litrpg genre, but it's like eating vegetables with a steak. Some broccoli and a side salad are fine. Not everyone wants them, but for many, that improves the meal. This book made me feel like I had to eat an entire head of broccoli before I got steak. The previous book had a lot of this too so I may stop reading if book 4 keeps loading up heavy on mystery. Just tell me a good story. Withheld information is so dull - especially when I guessed what was happening the moment the correlation with Lumina's injury was mentioned. The caravan traitor has me stumped still, but it is not a vital mystery and I suspect we would know what happened the had the narrative included the bandit's interrogation - which Hogg heard - so he likely holds a key to the mystery that will solve it once something unfortunate happens.

Here's hoping book 4 will be just litrpg with no mysteries that last longer than a single investigation.

A lot of ‘words’ for so little progress

First 25 chapters were about glass… I think. The rest were some form of tutorial on how Authority works… I think. Oh, and mom’s an abuser of all things… Not that mom… The other one.

The first 2 books of the series were far more intriguing, entertaining, and engaging than this latest installment, at least in my opinion. I don’t mind ‘setup’ or ‘filler’ books where there is a lull in the action while foundational material is shored up…usually. This time around I just couldn’t relate, enjoy, or connect with any characters outside of 3 members of the party that received the quest to rescue the MC back in Book 1 (gooooooo Hogg)… and Paris. We did get out of the starting city though… eventually. Simply put, it is an excruciating slog. I’m also finding it extremely difficult to give 2 kookoobaroo (butchered spelling) snacks about The Rogue or The Weaver. Both have gone from misunderstood to just plain annoying and obnoxious.

Hoping that the next book isn’t as discombobulated as this one… or as this review. I’m not giving up yet… with a final ellipsis…. for good measure.