>>>> Stubbed. Most of book 1 and all of book 2 have been removed. You can find it on amazon here: https://geni.us/BogStandard1
Mark has been reincarnated into a dead town in a bog, one that has been recently destroyed and occupied by ravenous undead. They disappear every day and return again at night, mindless and hungry, hunting for any survivors. He’ll need to use cunning and subterfuge to avoid them, because since he was transported into the body of a child, he can’t level up. At least not yet.
Bog Standard. It means “totally normal”, right? But for the small towns found in these bogs, there's no quick rescue and not much trade. Everything has to be made to last. To them, it means "excellent quality". Mark will have to prove he's Bog Standard if he hopes to survive.
This is an Isekai of excellent quality. It’s a progression fantasy set in a LitRPG world, rags to riches with an eventual OP main character. The pacing is slow-burn, incremental progression, sometimes slice-of-life, punctuated by moments of intense violence and possibly traumatic content.
In my opinion, the synopsis might use a little work. The title was simple, but in a curious way. The description... the premise was a bit odd, and made me skeptical of the quality, but reading is free so I dug in anyway.
But, well, the author really nailed his promise of a "slow-burn incremental progression". What really keeps me coming back is the unique ways in which the System interacts/is integrated with the world, the theology, and society, in comparison to a modern Earth society.
The main character gets to explore the hidden lore deep beneath the surface at the same time as we the readers; we get to experience everything from his perspective. What really takes the cake is how he acts like a proper, isekaied dude from Earth--"isekai" isn't just a label or cheap plot device slapped on to draw in readers here; no, it is a main driver and hook of the plot, and constantly comes up in most of his interactions with this new world.
Speaking of interactions, all of the character interactions here feel believable and organic. It's a serious book, with real-feeling personalities, and yet slice-of-life is still somehow integrated without any need for annoyingly tropey characters.
And finally, the grammar and diction itself is of great quality. Though, you don't need me to tell you that, right? Just read the first chapter and see for yourself. And then the next. And the next, and the next...
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Edit: Wow just wow...
This is complete trash forced story telling, plot holes galore, deus ex machina bullsh*t MC being intentionally kept weak, dumb and childish, the other characters are stronger than MC as long as it does not matter when it does only the MC can do anything.
Read only book 1 and think of the story ending with book 1 then its 4 stars. As for book 2 there should be a new rating, a negative rating. Think of book 2 as season 8 game of thrones or rings of power.
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Its an ok read and I would recommend it to others, there are just some glaring flaws.
Its has a bad start with the main antagonist portrayed in a comedic undertone sapping you of any sense of tension.
The MC is a dumb lucky doormat that lets others torment him for over a year with no retaliation, gets skills out of thin air yet can not think of using them. And most importantly behaves like a child... A grown man acting like a child... There are whole chapters of him being a child instead of a grown man in a child's body.
This are my thought but the wewer is a witch and a spy if this does not happen some good foreshadowing is gone
The standard litRPG system flaws you see everywhere. Levels falling out of the sky stats being just numbers, it hinders you more than it helps you. But most importantly of all... Its treating this world that is trying to be made as a game.
For some dumb reason working to better your life as a child is frowned upon. With adults being punished if they help, condemning the next generation to be lesser or the same than the former.
The whole world is build to fit more of a grim dark setting yet the sunny rainbows are forced down everybody's throat.
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This is very well done as of this chapter. You have a slow growth at start but I would say it is almost slice of life (if it wasn't so stressful with all the doom and gloom). The character development is pretty awesome so far and even the peripheral characters have decent depth to them. As the chapters go by I find myself more and more attached to the town itself.
If you read this to find out if you should read the story, then I say to you it is well worth your time and I personally cant wait for more. It is not the fastest paced but it is savory so calm down and enjoy it.
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So I’m definitely hooked, I love this and I’ve cried multiple times. &Nbsp;I like how ima able to build a world and it’s people pretty easily. It’s also has it’s funny moments which isn’t bad but I also like the action and how the suspense was in the beginning. I recommend if you’re into protagonist building themselves and seeing how they cope with new surroundings. Or if ur into skills and stuff XD
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I throughly enjoyed the first two books of this story. The litRPG isekai story picks up where a twenty-something protagonist is reborn in the recently deceased [almost] body of a young teen in the aftermath of a siege by undead. The protagonist initially has access to a system, but no class or ability to level or advance, due to his age (the system is age-locked). I won't spoil, but will note that there are bursts of adventure and conflict in each book, but the majority of the time is spent developing the character and story. I'd say this is 50% slice-of-life and 50% adventure (maybe 60-%40%). The protagonist and other characters act reasonably; they are self-interested but not sociopathic (most of them), not reckless, and have appropriate maturity and far-sightedness for their age and role in society. Classes are well thought out and developed in the story, including "evil classes" (not necessarily evil, but definitely designed to favor and reward socially questionable behavior) that are treated as such by society. Based on the protagonists age, and statements, I do not think there will be a romantic interest in the story for a LONG time (if ever) ; the first two books covered about 1 year, just past the protagonists 13th birthday; the reincarnator has decided not to date anyone younger than 20... so it may be a while before he can pull that off.
I give this story nearly perfect score, holding back one star because it isn't yet completed (author can reach out and request that last star the minute they wrap up their series/story).
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I think this one is really good. It is super slow which is kinda meh. But it is interesting there are a lot of creative ways things pan out.
I'm not going to take away a star because of poor pacing though. If this ever gets published hopefully some things can be compressed to make certain parts less of a slog.
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