The Mayor of Noobtown

By: Ryan Rimmel

Narrated by: Johnathan McClain

Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins

Publisher's summary

It could be worse. You could be stuck with a literal shoulder demon.

After dying and being reborn into a world that's built like a video game, Jim has found himself stuck in a very old-world style new-player zone for low-level adventurers. Unfortunately, the zone fell out of use centuries ago, and no one told the monsters they were supposed to take it easy on the Noobs. Even worse, the only new player around is Jim.

Jim has been given an opportunity, and he'll do his best to take advantage of it.

©2019 Ryan Rimmel (P)2019 Podium Publishing

Excellent

Very well done. Humor was on point and not overdone. Great performance by McClain. Interesting world and world building. A very powerful/lucky MC, but I think it is deserved and not OP, though that may be in our the future judging by his progress. However, Rimmel seems to be scaling his encounters well and realistically, and keeping it interesting.

My only true criticism is the jarring way the MC looks back on his past. We haven't really discussed in it a while, then BAM: Rimmel remembers that Jim cares about his family and is sad for a minute. Still, the way he pops in tidbits to shed light on Jim's past while keeping the focus on his new life is well done.

Again, as most litrpg is a guilty pleasure for me, I found this to be refreshing and don't feel guilty in the least. Highly recommend if you enjoy litrpg or are curious about the genre. As long as the series holds up, this will easily be a top 5. Looking forward to number two.

Hi-larious

I absolutely love this book, it's funny, it has action, and all I can see is this Little Rock and I already hate it.

F*** you, rock

Had no idea!

O YES I Loved it. A very big surprise. Getting the others in this series NOW!

Good enough to instantly buy the next in series.

There comes a point when listening to a decent book that you realize it might be a great book and you rewind to the beginning.

That happened to me often with this one.

My one qualm is that the narrator's hypnotic voice makes it too easy to miss amazing or humorous moments.

Very mild SPOILERs:

There comes a point where two characters who are arguing about mana leads to one organically complaining: "I have needs. And I can't get those needs fulfilled if you get a headache."

There is another moment in which the main character assesses his current hit points and states something like: "I was healthy as a horse. I could tell because I passed a horse with half my HP. Her name was Patches."




This is Top Shelf LitRPG. I can't wait to see where it goes next.

amazing story

I was afraid in the beginning was starting to seem to take a while to get going but worth it in the end.

No town building :(

If you have not read this book please note that there is little to no town building in this book

Now that that is out of the way. I honestly would have enjoyed this book more if it had a better title. I mean a demon controlled character who breaks away with an OP talent and proceeds to try and game the system is an interesting take on a typically overdone trope. Jim is likable when he is not being stupid, but there is not enough meat on the bone of this tale to get it to 5 stars and even if there was I still have a hard time getting over a book named “The Mayor of Noobtown” that pretty much forgoes any and all town building.

funny writing style. American isekai

had my family asking was laughing so hard. the story is basically an anime style isekai but written by an American about an american character.

very good

I like the banter between the main character in The Demon it was really funny I loved it and I hope you continue to make it more books out of looks like this I liked it.

loves it

an good litrpg with the best class rules when reading it as a audio book. other books make me bored with the stats, but not in this one.

Excellent Wit and Sense of Humor

In a genre that can be quite similar Ryan Rimmel separated himself from the average author with his sense of humor and storytelling. He also picked a fantastic narrator who was able to capture that wit and carry it home.