Unintended Cultivator, Volume Four

By: Eric Dontigney

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 16 hrs and 8 mins

Publisher's summary

Time is a cultivator’s greatest ally, until it isn’t…

Emerging from the deep wilds, Sen is now aware of the dangers of his body cultivation method. A method he doesn’t know how to progress. With time running out until his body turns against him, Sen travels to one of the only places he might find the manual that could save him. A place he never wanted to go. The capital.

Of course, the heart of the kingdom holds dangers of its own. Sen is inexorably drawn into the convoluted web of power that controls the vast city. He must navigate court politics, ambitious sects, and the unwanted attention of a criminal cultivator organization.

As he races toward a lethal showdown with cultivator and mortal powers alike, dangerous secrets will be revealed, Sen’s resolve will be tested, and the name Judgment’s Gale will finally be earned.

©2024 Shadow Alley Press (P)2024 Shadow Alley Press

Good but not great

I did not like how it was fluffed up and it was like a giant run on sentence

Another excellent book in this series

As the story advancesI find the series drawing me into the storyline. I find the world and the characters in it very intriguing. The only issue I have with this series is that the books do not come out as often as I would like.

Excellent continuation of a must read series!

The quick review: Another excellent installment of a very enjoyable and approachable Xiancia/Cultivation genre series.

This is freshly released and it's been a while so I re-read the last book which brought back not only the storyline but also how very enjoyably Eric spins the yarn.
There is a downside to this book though, the sad-ish ending is only a fraction of the gloom brought on by the realization that it's going to be a tough wait until the next book!
Eric is a seriously gifted writer and it's always no fun when reaching the end of any books in this series because being immersed in the story is such a great time. Can't wait for more.
Also, a deep bow to the narration - very well done as always.

A good continuation

The character development of the MC was great, and figuring out who he is and wants to be, with some mystery to unravel in the next book, was enjoyable. Would have liked to see more development of Falling Leaf as well, instead of being a companion with some speaking parts. I do love a bit of humbling of the sects, which this had. At any rate, it was a good book.

I wish the narrator had more voices. Every woman sounds like she’s whining, and men sound generally the same.

dumb mc falls into the same traps every time

besides the mc just stupidly falling into the same problems every time still enjoyed it and hope the next one doesn’t have the same issues

This series is soooooo good!!!

This is one of the best examples of character development I've ever encountered. Judgement's Gale indeed!!!
Definitely worth checking out.

This book was a disaster for me

I kind of know what I'm getting into at this point with this genre of fiction, but there's a limit that I'm able to tolerate before my immersion is broken and I'm stuck in a perpetual state of eye rolling.

Sen is just an over-emotional, unstable, schizo child. I'm struggling to empathize with him because his reactions are so OTT, that's it's hard to relate - it also makes the times when he goes full robot all the more ridiculous. It's either rocketing in reverse or 100km/h with this guy.

I wasn't a fan of the constant false equivalencies either, disguised as 'deep' philosophical insights. It just felt very surface level, like the author had a debate with himself without ever challenging his own thoughts - it shows.

Finally, Sen's 'realisation' in this book as to why he's as talented as he is is just disastrous, and why I'm ultimately stopping this series.

There's *nothing* like cheapening your protagonist's achievements to get me to stop caring about your book.

It's readable, but no longer something I want to read.