Hilsford

Hidden Class: Pacifist, Book 2

By: Cassio Ferreira

Narrated by: Steve Corona

Sewer monsters. New friends. Incredible Class.

The next chapter in Roth's journey takes him to Hilsford.

After getting his journey off to a good start and becoming friends with the ratans, foxes, badgers, corvids, and boars of the woods, it's time to take his journey to one of the big cities of AstroTerra, Hilsford.

Instead of finding a peaceful city where he can rest, he finds a competitive environment ridden with mobsters and slavers. To make matters worse, Roth's enemies are picking up his scent, and the pressure is on.

Roth's journey continues in book two of Hidden Class: Pacifist, a series featuring a protagonist who overcomes his anger management issues to become the most peaceful man on Earth. Join Roth in a sci-fi fantasy cyberpunk adventure with a unique progression LitRPG system. This wholesome LitRPG story contains no sexual content, profanity, gore, or harem.

©2023 Cássio Ferreira (P)2024 Podium Audio

Listened to the whole thing unfortunately…

The writing on this is not geared towards adults, maybe young teens. It is just bad, in my opinion. I saw another reviewer who described the main character as a preachy, nonviolent vegan. It is very apt. It is a cool idea, but it has poor execution. Also, the author gets into way too much detail in some items that don't really need explanation and then glosses over important items.

Great 2nd book!

This series is great and I am going definitely going to read the 3rd! It’s a fresh take on LitRPG and is well written

Good Sequel

This is a very enjoyable book, but it lacked the emotional impact of the first book because the reader has already been introduced to the struggle Roth has with anger management and the importance he places on not being a person who solves his problems through violence even in a videogame.

Watching Roth work to level up through non-violent means is interesting. He continues to form alliances with nonhuman creatures and struggles to help them make peace with their traditional enemies--all while keeping his own enemy from finding him. He has to deal with the consequences of such issues as eating meat, working with hides, and accidentally causing the death of evil creatures. These are credible problems for a man struggling to be a pacifist to encounter.

Speaking of pacifism, Roth finds his hidden class in this book, positioning him to begin exploring just how much peace he can bring to a videogame world.

An Alternative LitRPG Plot

This was a mostly enjoyable listen, similar to the first book. I don't think I will continue with the audio format of this series, however. There is too much repetitive going over of stat changes, lasting minutes. I don't buy audiobooks just to have to fast-forward over sections. If I continue with the series, it will be by ebook.

Another way to Do LTRPG

What fun. This is another way to do LTRPG with someone that does not like violence. What a interesting way and also this is supper well written and keeps you interested the whole time. Very ingenuous and the story drives the LTRPG not the grinding that is typical in this kind of books.

Great protagonist development

Meeting new animal friends and new challenges for a pacifist. This book opens up the world for Roth as he finds a path that works for him.

New name suggestion

Animal loving merchant. This is a book for youth under 15, in my opinion. The story is really weak. It’s basically a rinse and repeat of getting to know different animals.