The Land: Catacombs

By: Aleron Kong

Narrated by: Nick Podehl

Length: 12 hrs and 13 mins

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What's that you say? You want more village growth? Well be careful where you stand, because the Mist Village just took a Viagra-Cialis sandwich and there is a stiff breeze blowing! (I can make some more references if you're still not getting the point...did you see what I did there?)

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Least favorite book in my favorite LitRPG series.

I enjoyed this performance and the characters (especially the Ron Swanson parody character) as I've enjoyed the previous three books, but for a few things.

1) The title suggested the character would be plumbing the depths of The Catacombs...but never did. He mentioned wanting to go there...and then changed his mind. Wtf clickbait title?

2) Nothing from the overarching storyline was progressed or resolved. Literally nothing. All problem solved we're problems artificially introduced within this book itself, as we're all goals furthered only made goals within this book. Goals, storylines, quests, and character development started in earlier books were totally absent.

3) This book saw genital humor replace almost all other humor, and focused more on pop culture references and vulgarity to carry the dialogue, which was very disappointing.

All that said, I'm still invested and just hope hings get back on track with subsequent books. I really love the world and want to see more of it. I'm just disappointed hat this book felt like a "filler episode".

19 of 21 people found this review helpful

amazing

I love this series and I can't wait till y'all finish the next books in it

10 of 11 people found this review helpful

Mary Sue watch out, Richter is in town!

First of let me say that the story itself, the world, the concepts, the side characters, everything else in this series is great.

I gave this series 3 extra tries knowing full well that each book was cut in half to sell more of them. The main character is absolute trash. I've never hated a main character more. Doesn't grow or develop. No changes as experience is acquired. Nothing. The same childish awkward humor as the first book and outdated "how goes it my fellow teenagers" style of comedy. It takes place in the future but references 2010's, so the main character is also a hipster douchbag.

All the characters "selfless" motivations are thinly veiled excuses to be greedy, power hungry, and self centered. Never learning from mistakes and not accepting responsibility. A flash of morality to show he's a deep thinker then boom, doesn't matter cause loot! But he's such a good guy because this one sentence says he is! And he's so cool and always wins! And he can't die even though it really hurts! Oh also he slays so much puss. And is totally not myself that I wrote into the story. - the author probably

Besides having the most hated protagonist in literature, the story follows the exact formula of the last 3 books to the letter. And each book is the same story arc repeated 3 times with a cliff hanger at the end. Compound that with plot armor so thick he may as well have a plot bunker and you have yourself some sloppy writing.

Other than random deux ex machinas randomly popping up as a writers convenience, the world is amazing. I love everything about it. That's why I'm so incredibly disappointed.

The final nail is the whole self proclaimed father of LITRPG is a little much when all your blogs, bios, and even story synopsis is an ad to go to the Facebook page so you can be told to buy more of his books.

Read the first book, make your own judgement call, but don't say I didn't warn you.

30 of 36 people found this review helpful

It's Aleron Kong & Nick Podehl narrating...

What made the experience of listening to The Land: Catacombs the most enjoyable?

I love the way Aleron Kong writes... so the stories themselves would be good enough for me... but when you throw in Nick Podehl's narration? It's just this combination that makes you feel like you cant get enough...

What other book might you compare The Land: Catacombs to and why?

I'm new to LITRPG's and The Land is really the first one I've gotten into...

Which character – as performed by Nick Podehl – was your favorite?

Probably the main character Richter... since he has to be such a strange read sometimes... he goes from talking all medieval to talking about goofy 2010 nerd culture stuff. So much fun.

Did you have an extreme reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

The series has definitely been built up for me... there's such a high level of excitement inside me as I listen just because I know how good it's going to be because I've been so pleased with the previous 3 books. The majority of the book makes me laugh.... it hasnt made me cry yet.

Any additional comments?

If you like these books you need to join the litrpg facebook group and find out more about these books :)

16 of 19 people found this review helpful

A better title for this book would be "War Party".

This as a good book but not as great as the others were felt more like filler content instead of main story but still good looking forward to the next one this one left you with a slight cliffhanger. Nick podehl is still as amazing as ever he is one of my favorite narrators. All the voices are aways so clear a distinct i never get confused by who is talking like sometimes happens with other narrators. lastly they only mentioned the catacombs a few times but spend pages and much of the book discussing war party mechanics and being in one. A better title for this book would be "War Party"

7 of 8 people found this review helpful

where is book 5

why can't I get book 5, this is terrible I need more of the land.

6 of 7 people found this review helpful

Another great adventure.

Overall, I love the litrpg. The amount of dick and fart jokes are getting tedious, however. I'm fine with a some jokes here and there, but the amount immature jokes in this book makes Deadpool look like little orphan Annie.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Psyched for the next one

I don't have much time to read these days so audio books are how I get my fix, and wow, these books took care of my fix. It's a couple weeks till the next audiobook in the series comes out and I can assure you that I will read the first four again before that time comes. 11/10 would recommend.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

Need more asap

Great series just want book 5 and 6 to come out on audible so i can listen to them nick podehl really brings the writting of an amazing story to life.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

great series

I really enjoy this book series. it's pretty cool that the writer is also a doctor. His use of exclamation points has gone down, but I listen to Nick Podehl and his fantastic narration. So if Aeleron hadn't teased himself about it I'd have never known.

2 of 2 people found this review helpful

It gets better and Bette

Not much to say other than amazing....
again I'm totally hooked highly recommend to anyone.
5 stars

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

awesome yet again

once again this series leaves me wanting more, can't wait to start the next book in the series.

all the best games in one book

I have listened to three of these back to back and finished them all so quickly that is a testament to how good these books are and how good the narration is really enjoyable can't wait for the next one

good book

Was a very very good book could not stop listening would recommend this series A****

Fakin amazing!!! Stunning stories!

usually not into this kinds of books, but this series I just love alot! <3

Excellent, addictive

What made the experience of listening to The Land: Catacombs the most enjoyable?

quality in depth, with a cheeky sense of humor

What did you like best about this story?

continuing example of quality strategic writing choices make for an immersive addictive saga

Which scene did you most enjoy?

Justice over the Aberration

Was there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?

There are just so many

Any additional comments?

keep them coming

loved it

really enjoyed the first 3 books and this one is even better keeps getting funnier

just best

with best book series i have listen to
if you like games like diablo,dragon age then those book are for you

fantastic<br />

love this series. simply can not get enough of it. was my first time listening to litrpg.

Getting dragged out

The series started well but now feels like it's getting dragged out to make more money. The author keeps telling the same story but in a different location. The increasing use of sexual innuendos show clearly the decline in writing quality. And the skill leveling really gets on my nerves, a good quarter of the book at least is duplicate content. The author also forgets what he has previously written so there is little follow-up or development on decisions made. Its not worth a credit.

1 of 2 people found this review helpful