Three in the Heart

Headshot Online, Book 3

De: Matthew Siege

Narrado por: Vikas Adam

If you keep a monster as a pet, don’t lose your grip on the leash...

Captured by Deep Dive and broken by the nefarious Desmond, Ryan has become a weapon. Headshot’s developers use him to destroy their competitors, and along the way the enthusiastic gamer almost loses himself in a web of lies, pain and forcible mental resets.

Almost.

Months have passed. With Sasha off the grid and Ryan a brainwashed recruit, the relaunch of Headshot may finally succeed in its ultimate goal - malicious, unprecedented access to the innermost thoughts of those that play it.

But part of Ryan remains rebellious. Seeking to destroy this last shred of his resistance, Desmond plugs him back into the Headshot, a lone Zombie against a worldwide legion of violent Survivors intent on destroying him.

Don't miss the thrilling conclusion to this post-apocalyptic LitRPG Series. Experience the end today!

Narrated by the award-winning Vikas Adam (Divine Dungeon Series).

©2020 Aethon Books (P)2020 Aethon Audio

Not as gripping as before.

I'm not sure if I will continue with this series. it came to an end probably.

4 1/2 stars of LitRGG & FRP enjoyment.

Three in the Heart (Headshot Online, #3), my third read/listen from author Matthew Siege. An enjoyable read, especially for fans of LitRGG & FRP. Darker in tone than the first 2 books in the series, none-the-less a satisfying conclusion to the trilogy. I was given an Audible copy of this book in March of this year and am just now getting around to reading & reviewing it. I especially enjoyed the narrative talents of Vikas Adam. (RIP Marley January 20, 2014 - July 24, 2018).

Dark chapter at the start, tones down after

This last installment starts out real dark, and has several bad reviews on account of one of the chapters. It's really dark, and I can easily see where some people might not only be bothered by it, but depending on personal history could have a severe reaction to it. I listened to only enough of it to confirm nothing was going to stop what was coming, and then I skipped the rest of the chapter.

After this chapter, the rest of the book is more of what we got in the first book, One in the Gut. Ryan does express remorse and guilt for things he was forced to do at the beginning of Three in the Heart. The conclusion is fine, though I would have liked it to go on in the epilogue just a little more and expand on the aftermath more.

Below is the chapter summary, and after reading this you can skip it altogether and go straight to 5 and still have all the details you need for the rest of the plot.

It would also be understandable if you skipped the book completely.

***Spoiler***

Chapter 4 involves the main character engaging in acts of violence against children. It's their avatars, and he's not in control of his actions due to events of the story, but it does happen. He's inserted into a children's game by Deep Dive, as they intend him to take the game down from the inside. The first 10-ish minutes of the chapter are about him, planning, arranging, and justifying his attack for when they arrive, and the last 15-ish minutes of the chapter are a very grisly description of him carrying out this plan.

It was a very disturbing thing to listen to, and as I said I only listened to enough of the chapter to confirm nothing was going to stop him and then skipped the rest of it. I'm pretty tolerant of dark material, but I'm also a father and even I found this all to be too much. I didn't need the details of him attacking and killing kids.

In chapter 5, any remaining children have fled the game and he engages in a boss fight with a game admin, and some details of what's been going on in the outside world are revealed. There's some mental justification for what he just did that takes place in ch 5 but it's obvious that even at this point he is struggling with what happened in ch 4.

Hopefully my review helps you decide whether 9r not this book is good for you.

Trilogy Completed

I loved the first book, fun, entertaining, exciting, interesting, fast-paced and completely different. 2nd book, well went a little bit of a twist but I am following.

Book 3, FUCK THIS NOISE! By noise I mean the voicing of the UBG 'Desmond' who is a monstrous human being that the listener is burdened with having to hear his absurd accent vomit out the justification and reasoning behind his inhumane and narcissistic bullshit, btw which you know inevitably is going to be defeated, bc that's just the way these things go.

All in all though it was nice to see a series actually come to a conclusion which is more than I can say for the majority of series that just want to go ON AND ON AND ON AND ON and never reach a fitting end.

Inasmuch as I detested the voicing of Desmond and his seeming control over others who couldn't seem to defeat him, I was gratified that in the end, well... I guess you will have to listen to find out.

Amazing trilogy

This is not your average Litrpg or zombie story. This trilogy was absolutely amazing, the narrator was great. I wish there were more to this series. This is a great young author, do yourself a favor and read or listen to his stuff today.