Qing's Quest 1: A LitRPG Adventure

Qing's Quest, Book 1

De: Henrik Saetre

Narrado por: David Lee Huynh

He was just a gamer . . . until reality became the ultimate level grind.

Qing Baker thought he had problems. A dead-end job, mounting bills, and a sick younger sister. Then he wakes up in a world where magic is real, monsters are hungry, and the only way home is to level up.

Thrust into Elrydisan, a realm of swords and sorcery, Qing must quickly adapt to his new reality. No tutorials. No respawns. Every fight is a struggle for survival, and death is a one-way ticket to becoming the enemy.

Armed with a rusty axe and a rapidly growing arsenal of magical abilities, Qing faces down hordes of undead, demonic beasts, and treacherous humans. But Qing isn't alone! Joined in his adventures by a grizzled veteran and a fiery young warrior, he forges unlikely alliances, confronts his deepest fears, and discovers a strength he never knew he possessed.

But as the darkness closes in, threatening to consume not only Elrydisan but his own world, Qing must make a choice:
Embrace his destiny as a hero, or watch everything he loves be destroyed.

©2024 Henrik Saetre (P)2024 Tantor Media

requires some patience for a new author/series

So this book is definitely not one of your standard progression or litrpg novels, it's a little bit more of a slow burn and the authors newness does show in a few places in the writing. I read the first half of the book and listened to the second half once the audio came out, and the narrator took a little getting used to as well.

everything really picks up around 40% through and I think it's worth it if you stick with it. there's enough there that I want to find out what happens next

Amazing, feels real

This is absolutely amazing I've been waiting for it's release for what felt like forever now I'm waiting for book 2 thank you so much for making this.

Underrated

Fantastic book that doesn’t get the attention it deserves. Well narrated and a nail-biting storyline. Make this one at the top of your list!

Volume inconsistencies, Popping P’s

The story was ok. It didn’t wow me. I didn’t feel anything for the MC.

The audio volume was up and down. Too soft for the quiet parts so you turn up the volume, then way too loud for the loud parts. Even when staying at the same volume, the loud parts were too loud. When words had a P, the narrator often popped them. It wasn’t all the time, but often enough to be noticed.

Was so not feeling this

Made it 5 chapters in before the cringe forced me to take a break. maybe I'm just in a bad mood and I'll pick it up later on and it'll be much better. you'll see an update here if I do.

DNF about 5 hours in

I found the writing to be cringe in alot of places, the premise sounds great but the main character just did not work well for me. it's a pretty generic litrpg that could use some refining.
I honestly hope to see more from the author in the future but at this time he could use some experience in my opinion.
the narrator was great, good voices, set the tone well and made the best of a basic title.

Great Start

This was a great start to a new upcoming series. Cannot wait to for the story and adventure to continue and the world to develop.

Good start

There are a few holes that I would like filled but definitely a solid start to a series.

MC was very whiney

This one was a slog for me, though I finished it. The Mc’s hesitation was a constant source of frustration for me. I’d find my self just yelling for him to stop being a whiney child and fight. Like either he fights and dies or he gets to live of a bit before the zombies take over. It took him way too long to just buckle down and fight.

A good story just poorly done.

As of writing this I am about halfway done (about 10 hours and 30 minutes left). With that said, the concept of the story is really good, the narration isn't bad and is doing a lot of the carrying for the book.

My issue with the book is that it feels like an incredibly slow burn. That is in part due to the fact that this isn't some sociopath that keeps his cool after immediately finding himself in a new world in a dangerous situation right from the get go. He doesn't immediately start trying to power level and get strong. He's trying to come to grips with the situation he finds himself in and that's good, it's different from a lot of the other books I've listened to. However this does mean there is a lot of whining to get through and it takes him a long time to just find the courage to fight. I enjoy the fresh perspective, but I do wish it was toned down a bit. He's also written as if he's in his 20s but acts like he's 15, and while I understand why, it's not entirely pleasant.

My issue with the author is that there are minor consistency mistakes that come up. The best example I can probably put here without spoiling anything is that he sometimes refers to a pair of sandals as boots. These thankfully don't happen a lot but when they do it's close together with each other. He's also writing some dialogue that feels a bit forced in order to make references so that way jokes land cleaner. However instead of being funny it ends up being fairly cringe worthy. There is also dialogue between the MC and another character that seems to come out of left field in order to force a romantic connection and while I understand why the connection is needed for the narrative, it does not land as being natural to me.

With this said, I will finish it, partly because I didn't get this for free or with credits and partly because I've been waiting for this book ever since I heard about it on TikTok. Also I think all the hype for this on TikTok ended up doing this book a disservice and made it seem better than what it might end up being by the end of it but who knows. Either way, I paid for it, I'm going to finish it. I might not look into the rest of the series though unfortunately.