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

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.

An exhaustive study in Synecdoche and Metonymy

I really was not expecting a superheroes/villain series judging by the title and audible's predictive recommendations. I picked it up on sale and it has been probably my second favorite in the genre behind Super Powereds! The protagonist isn't super overpowered and has legitimately challenging obstacles. The author does a great job providing a rich environment despite being constrained in a time loop.

I was a little sad that this "perfect run" does not conclude in book 1, and move on to a new run for the next book though. Also it is a little irritating how every character's is referred to/named differently seemingly each time they are brought up, the protagonist is The courier/Genome/Ryan/Quicksave/a bunch of other things I cannot remember because it is used only once and tied to what he may be wearing in that scene/who he's talking to/the exact composition of characters he is around/you get the idea... and that is just in like one paragraph! and the author uses this style for every character, even the seeming throw away ones. just a little irritating.

the narrator does a great job bringing the characters to life.

good story over all with a couple overlookable issues

I like the power system. The MC is initially annoying but his personality makes sense as you learn about him and he does eventually grow on you.
I will likely eventually move onto the next book but I don't need to immediately follow the story because of my other 2 issues. the abrupt ending and the fact that the writer gave every charchter 3 to 5 names, titles, nicknames that they go by so they didn't have to keep repeating one name. This decision made it tricky to keep up with the story when the scene held a room of 5+ charchters all talking. having to decipher 15+ descriptors to figure out who was talking was exhausting.