Early Years

The Beginning After the End, Book 1

De: TurtleMe

Narrado por: Travis Baldree

Volume 1 of The Beginning After the End

I never believed in the whole "light at the end of the tunnel" folly where people, after having a near-death experience, would startle awake in a cold sweat exclaiming, "I saw the light!" But there I was, in this so-called tunnel facing a glaring light, when the last thing I remembered was sleeping in my room—the royal bedchamber, as others called it. Had I died? If so, how?

King Grey once benefited from unrivaled strength, wealth, and prestige in a world governed by martial ability, but now finds himself reborn in a society dominated by magic. Given a second chance at life, the once-king strives to understand his role in this new world and the purpose of his reincarnation while correcting the mistakes of his past.

If you love this series, this book is also included in The Beginning After the End: Publisher's Pack.

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Great

I was grinning most of the time while listening to this. Travis is the GOAT

Overall it is a good or possibly great story!

I can somewhat agree with some of the comparisons of this with Mushoku Tensei; there are similarities in how the main character is very much aware of the situation from birth and the parents living out in the boonies, where he picks up reading before he could even walk. But that’s where they stop; the personality and reasoning behind training are very different. Also, striking out on their own happens differently but the reunion with the parents is extremely different. I like a few have started the anime but as always the book gives more details and a better understanding of certain aspects of characters, world and story beats. I look forward to more.

fantastic

I started with the anime and enjoyed that but the book is wag better

i liked the voice

I read the books, I read the comic, I am watching the horrendous anime adaptation of the series and also reading the actual web novel. the story is 10/10 along with mushoku and bookworm.

Pretty generic

I listened to this because it was free and because of the upcoming anime. It could be that later books are better written, but this one was standard power fantasy isekai. Without a substantial improvement in quality, I'm not really sure what all the commotion is about with reference to the series. I'd recommend the Cradle series by Will Wight over this any day, even with the first book in that series being a weak entry.