Wrong Divinity

Oh Sh*t! I F*cking Hate Spiders! (Arachnomancer, Book 1)

By: Dustin Tigner

Narrated by: Qarie Marshall, Reba Buhr

Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins

Publisher's summary

Dhane kicked the bucket in spectacular fashion, every bone crushed, every organ popped against the full force of a 40-ton garbage truck speeding through a red light.

The only part of him intact—whole—entirely unaffected by the grisly affair was his soul. Souls are durable things, you see, like kids: they bounce.

And bounce he did, into the abyss between worlds, drifting until one excited soul watcher fished him out and found him a new home, a heaven for gamers and nerds and everything in between.

It was all he could have ever wanted in the afterlife, down to choosing his class, killing mobs, and exploring a beautiful fantasy world chock full of mysteries yet to be discovered.

At least…it would have been those things if that first day had gone a little tiny bit differently.

Instead, he now finds himself locked in the middle of an eternal conflict between Light and Shadow—humans and monsters—potentially being the enemy to all.

Wrong Divinity is the start of a new GameLit series that balances comedy with serious themes. It's an isekai—a portal fantasy—to the spirit realm. Join Dhane, our underdog, as he explores his new world, a world full of unique characters, RPG mechanics, and spiders—ugly, terrifying spiders—while he learns what it means to be an Arachnomancer.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2022 Dustin Tigner (P)2023 Dreamscape Lore

Good set up

This is not a story about an op protagonist. Our MC gets rocked nearly every step of the way in his journey. While I think the power scaling/leveling aspects and pacing get left by the wayside most of the time. It balances that out with an interesting world and characters.

The narration was pretty good. Qarie Marshall did a good job for the men but struggled voicing the female characters. I just wish we got more of Reba Buhr. Her solo chapter was really well done. Just makes me with this was a true duet.

I'll definitely be picking up book two. Hopefully, it's not too long a wait.

Reminds me of "Mayor of Noobtown"

The first half was a bit rough with lame humor and eye-rolling arachnophobia. However, sometime into it, things switched around, especially during those last few hours that made sticking with this book all worth it in my eyes. The MC goes from an utter nerd with unreasonable fears to owning his own powers, becoming a bad*ss. Hint: Don't throw someone away where they can have an all-you-can-eat exp farm. That being said, I'm now hooked and can't wait to start the second book, hopefully it maintains the momentum of the last portions of this book.

UPDATE: I'm almost done with book 2, and it has doubled down on the quirkiness and lame humor that I dislike so much. I appreciate humor, especially dark humor, but this leans more towards slapstick, reminiscent of books like "Mayor of Noobtown." If you enjoy that style, this book will be perfect for you; it's just not my cup of tea. My greatest frustration lies in the concept of an Arachnomancer, a character archetype brimming with fascinating and dark potential, which seems misplaced in a comedic setting.

Don't let the humor in the beginning chase you off

The beginning has some jokes that made me hate and almost return the book, but I am glad I stuck it out.
The cringy humor, in the beginning is the worst of it. Aside from a love interest that is a minor part of the story later on there really isn't any more of the cringe types, and the author uses the events to do some minor character-building later. So at least it wasn't a total waste of time.

The story improves and builds to a pretty good ending, making me want to listen to the next book. The world-building happens in ways that are rarely in the form of exposition dumps, and it ties into the story quite well.

The narrators clearly enunciates and makes listening to the book 2x+ speed still enjoyable. The alternate voices are still easily understandable at the faster pace. There is one small blemish in the audiobook narration at the beginning of chapter 22(titled chapter 21 in the audio) where content should have been edited out. Still, the clear enunciation makes it worth a 5-star review.

great performance meh story.

Let's say that only 'Humans' can be the light. In an afterlife filled with nothing but gamers, I know for a fact that a lot of them would never trust the church. There'd be many more guilds, and how the fuck is a vampire on the light side?

I wish that authors would start talking to gamers before making books that primarily have gamers at the front and center.

it pretty good actually.

The narration was good but the recording was clipped and paused is some parts, Its happend multiple times but it wasnt too bad. The story is ppretty good i would say i wasnt worse for it by spending the credit.

rough

I barely got two or three chapters in and immediately wanted to give the book 3 stars review. if the author thinks that is comedy, I am very concerned for the series. If you can put "wha wha whaaa" after a moment and it happens multiple times in the same chapter, instant dislike. It would have been funny if he had chosen the spider divine and he hated spiders, but him being tripped and forced into a choice that he did not choose is not. I going to try really hard to finish the book and hope it stays at 4 stars...

absolutely loved

I greatly enjoyed the humor. I believe the story to have a great path and unique qualities in itself while still following the genre. Can't wait for book 2!

I liked it, mostly.

So the humor was good and I was laughing hard at some points, the only things that I wasn’t the biggest fan of were easy enough to get through. Writing was good but the author had the issue that many do and had trouble describing women as something other than sexy, it was fine and wasn’t demeaning but can get tiresome. The only other thing that I question is why bother having a female narrator to only narrate one chapter and not co-narrate the whole book. There was probably a good reason but I don’t see it. I will definitely get the next one and hope that the story continues to be just as funny.

Unlike Dhane, I’m no journalist..

Unlike Dhane, I’m no journalist so I can’t leave a five star review that changes the entirety of Dustin’s business. However, I can leave a glowing five star view that this book is in fact really good. The story is fun and provides lots of adventure in intrigue! I’m a listener who enjoys listening to 2.5x speed and the narrator pronounces his words very well. The end of the story left me very interested for book 2! I also see that there is a side story for Challenger Sarah (Bookworm to Badass). Looking forward to more from this author!

I love the humor and how relatable the protagonist is

I think it would be a little better if the protagonist had more time to adjust and level up before it got really bad