Too Stubborn to Die 1

A LitRPG Apocalypse

De: B. F. Huups, Sir Bedivere The Mad

Narrado por: Glen Lloyd, Arya Jacobs

Fear of death never stopped Aaron from doing something dangerous. Now actual death can't either.

Aaron was always a bit of a daredevil. Motorcycles, cave diving, bungee jumping, sky diving... You name it, and if it was dangerous, Aaron was there. Then, his entire universe got pulled into a System-managed multiverse.

He was skydiving at the time he was pulled into the Tutorial, so instead of getting a peaceful introduction to the System, he went splat and instantly died. Taking pity on him, the goddess in charge of his Tutorial resurrected him, but due to System restrictions, there was only one place she could send him: The Shadow Trials.

Now, stuck in a special dimension designed for the prodigies of each new universe, Aaron has to find a way to survive and grow stronger while starting from level 1. His only saving grace is that in the Shadow Trials, he revives every time he dies. And he's going to abuse that as much as he can to grow strong.

Perfect for fans of Primal Hunter, Defiance of the Fall, Stubborn Skill Grinder in a Time Loop

©2026 B. F. Huups and Sir Bedivere The Mad (P)2026 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Good

So far the story is good while not standing out. The only big flaw is that the MC is the only one who died from extreme activities. Overall the story held back by unnecessary skill limits and lack of other characters during most of the book, mostly the second.

Very little plot

This book is simply a magic system description from beginning to end. I’m not willing to find out if book 2 contains a plot.

Primal brawler

So the nods to Primal Hunter are pretty clear, from some of the interactions and abilities being very very similar. The overall story is interesting but the delivery falls flat for me. The narrator while not doing a bad job overall was lacking for me in some parts and some of the pronunciation jerked me straight out of the story, fox step sounding an awful lot like something else.


Gonna do this as spoiler free as possible….but be warned.




For the story nothing seems to matter to the MC, we are repeatedly told how the rules apply and how much things matter, except the don’t. MC gets a plot armor ability that’s fine, but again no actual rules seem to apply. Oh hey a new skill requires immense mana and you’ve repeatedly said you don’t want to go the mental attributes route and never put points in them, but oh my a massive mana cost skill I’ll take it! And then use it with 0 negative impacts. The suspension of belief is just impossible in these situations. The character makes counter decisions and there is 0 consequence.

I made it halfway through and just couldn’t do it anymore. The story has no consequences and the MC can do anything and everything he wants and suffer nothing. And I understand the non dying aspect feeding into this but that also makes these terrible decisions even worse for me as the set a tone for the future and his actions never having to have real problems.

You know that last bit of beer at the bottom of the glass...

I don't know how this got compared to the primal hunter. Or anything else really? That was worth reading, because this book is basically 10 hours of this guy who, by absolutely no action of his own gets screwed over and then force into a situation that we have to very painfully. And slowly and excruciating detail have to watch go through these utterly ridiculous trials in order for him just to be like everyone else...

You're gonna have people tell you that it makes him different. That it makes him mentally stronger. Blah, blah, blah, etc. Etc. Etc but here's the, deal... In good stories, what you do ISIS you introduce the character to other characters? Because did I felt to mention? He's the only character in the book. Unless you count npcs that have one-liner's and are a part of the system itself as in like an automated assistant type thing. so that's right, ladies and gentlemen. It's a one man show kind of like castaway, but without the great acting.

I will give the writer this. He does know how to create a character that has an infinite amount of positivity that in itself carried me through the first 12 chapters. But after that, when you start to realize the horror of what the writer is going to make you go through just to be able to have a normal book, I mean, we don't even have interaction with other characters that are just going through the same thing. That he is. So it's not like we get to see what other people's stories are like or other interactions with basic characters. No, no, unfortunately, we just have to deal with the bullshit that the writer makes us see what the one character. and again he's not special...

I mean, I guess you could say. There's no woke nonsense, which is great... that was a pretty cool thing. He is Australian and I can't remember him making any jabs in America like every other foreign writer. Seems to love doing in their books which is incredibly cliche. Considering all of the things that we know now, but Alas, this is another failed experiment. I'm recommending you skip this one. Hopefully he does better in his next book.

it is very bland. Found myself rewinding it several times.

when he first gets the system and sees his numbers he get a pretty good achievement that offers % stat growth. He complains about his numbers not be rounded off and then completely ignores hit percentage bonus to utilize the stats. Another useless helper. at least let there be some skill growth with all the life and death battles. This is a slog, it had a lot of potential but has failed to reach the mark it could have been.