The Perfect Run

The Perfect Run, Book 1

De: Maxime J. Durand, Void Herald

Narrado por: Eric Michael Summerer

Ryan "Quicksave" Romano is an eccentric adventurer with a strange power: he can create a save-point in time and redo his life whenever he dies.

Arriving in New Rome, the glitzy capital of sin of a rebuilding Europe, he finds the city torn between mega-corporations, sponsored heroes, super-powered criminals, and true monsters. It's a time of chaos, where potions can grant the power to rule the world and dangers lurk everywhere.

Ryan sees many different routes, and from Hero to Villain, he has to try them all. Only then will he achieve his perfect ending...no matter how many loops it takes.

©2021 Maxime Julien Durand (P)2021

Almost didn’t buy, but glad I did.

Having read some of the negativity reviews I almost didn’t buy it, but now I have another series to earmark a credit for.

Good world building and character development without losing interest in exploring powers. I was originally worried that Ryan/Quick Save would be a jerk or tiresome, instead he became more interesting.

Acceptably ludicrous and engaging

I really enjoyed this book. The main character was a bit mad and it made him a lot more interesting to be with. There wasn't very many things he actually cared about so he kind of did whatever so long as he thought it would lead to the desired result. All in all the book had a really strong start and a respectable finish.

My absolute favorite aspect was that I understood how the MC got where he was and how his power shaped him as a person. A lot of books have a character who happens to have a super power, its mostly interchangable. In this book you really cant have the MC with a different ability, it just wouldnt work. Its a fundamental piece of who he is.

My second favorite thing was that he wasn't all powerful. Yes he did a lot of very difficult things and was very strong and dangerous but there were a few people he simply couldn't beat.

I only really had two issues. First was the portion of the book not from the main characters perspective. It was an admittedly important flash back that I found really boring. I just wasn't interested. I feel that section could have been pared down a lot. Or that the information could have been given some other way.

My other issue was that the narrator occasionally melded characters a little. It wasn't a huge issue throughout the book, but every now and then he would slip up and mix them.

Super

Fun book with a familiar concept. The superhero powers are cool. The MC is weird but somewhat endearing. Good world building and the story was interesting. The narrator did a good job.

Wonderful

A great start to a character that has already been using time loops for awhile with this story being the first time in a long while where he's not stuck by circimstance but by a goal he actually desires

Surprising Find

It's fun all the way through. The main character is an anti-hero that took a minute to grow on me, but he got more and more likeable as the story went on and his personality is explained well with his powers. The powers are interesting and their source is handled in a unique way. Even the bunny, which seemed silly at first, became very interesting as more information was told. This is now my favorite superhero book.