Amazon Apocalypse

De: Marvin Knight

Narrado por: Jack Douglas, Jessica Threet

My best friend warned me about the end of the world.

Growing up, she was the girl down the street. Even then, I knew she was different. She was tough, rough, and had the strength to stop a speeding car with her bare hands. We were as thick as thieves, sharing every adventure.

Then one day she revealed a secret. She wasn't from Earth. She was from a distant place called the Arcadia Multiverse.

Her people lived under the rule of a god-like entity known as the System.

That System had its gaze fixed on Earth. And it was only a matter of time before it came for us.

But long before the System arrived, she vanished, leaving behind only a strange token that now dangles around my neck.

Yet, her parting words stayed with me. The System was bound for Earth. And when it came, I'd be ready for it.

I would triumph over this System and the new world it brought with it. And then, perhaps, I'd see my friend again.

From the author of Paladin of the Sigil and the Spellheart Series, delve into this thrilling LitRPG Apocalypse and prepare for the end of the world, teeming with monsters, magic, and lovers aplenty. Coming to a universe near you!

©2023 Marvin Knight (P)2023 Marvin Knight

Good, but very derivative towards the end

I'm really enjoying the series. I think Jack and Jessica do an excellent job with a narration.

I like the length of the story but a lot of it ends up being very typical and sort of bland towards the end.

Carter, Sakura, and Bridget have unique personalities but end up defaulting to "oh he's a big strong man and we are helpless girls." lul wut?

Sakura is literally a giant fucking Oni berserker, Carter is a puny caster. Why contrive a way for her to be less physically strong than him? It's stupid and only serves a trope that the man has to be the alpha asshole of the group.

Why not have women of different appetites? Have the submissive girl, have the dominant girl, and have the main character react to both differently.
More importantly, don't make contrivances to bend the archetypes that you want to tell the story with to be able to fit a very narrow sexual spectrum. Variety is the spice of life.

As for the system:

There's a heavy emphasis on stats and levels early on, but it just kind of disappears later. There are level notifications but they don't seem to really matter and they stop talking about stat points.

if you're going to have a system, make the system matter throughout and keep it consistent with how the system matters. Don't just glaze over adding 20 points to a stat when getting a stand above 10 with such a huge deal earlier.

Also, for the love of God quit having the male narrator narrate the female chapters. If it's from a female's perspective, it should be Jessica reading it, not Jack.

I only got so far spoiler*

I only got as far as him dying but not dying and then I was done the main character. In my opinion shouldn’t be the loser to such extent. I don’t think someone like that would make a very good main character.

Great Book1, can’t wait for the Sequels

What did you like or dislike:
The world building is really good, albeit we’re only shown a small part (shard) of the universe they’re now in for book1, I can see how the author can expand it more for the sequels
The LitRPG and stats/skills are also pretty nice, not very encumbering for the listeners unlike the more traditional LitRPGs that dumps stats after stats on the listeners (which can get annoying after a while)

Whom would you recommend this book to:
Any LitRPG/apocalypse/system fan really, it does have a HaremLit relationship in the mix which I can only see as a plus

Why did you choose this rating:
5/5 for the author
5/5 for the narrators, tho there are some drops in the voices here and there

need the next one

sooooooo gooood, loved all aspects of this book cant wait for the next one, cant wait for the amazon arch

Book two now

Book one was great excellent Built world Cool character system need book two Audiobook as soon as possible.