great concept, not so great execution

while the story sounds like a great concept the writing and vocal work leaves a little to be desired.

some things that should be short are too long, some things that should have greater detail and length are almost skipped over altogether.

it held my attention for the most part but it was frequently hard work.

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Worth a listen if you like dark stories.

This is quite dark and gruesome. I give it a solid 4. Someone pointed out that certain parts that are short should have been longer and some of the longer parts should have been shorter and this is true. Overall if you like dark and gruesome stories this one is pretty good. If you're coming from listening to DCC this isn't like that. There are some parts that are funny but it's mostly not.

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Brutal in parts

Some parts were a little strong for me in parts but over all I loved it, came here from DCC

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excellent

the last 20 minutes or so really let it down, but other than that I thoroughly enjoyed KBS :)

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Pretty heavy stuff here

Enjoyed the story, very unique game concept. There's a fair bit of torture porn here and a few very heavy subjects definitely wasn't expecting it though overall I enjoyed the book.

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Hit Hard for personal Reasons

loosing a child is a pain not many can describe and a subject dam near impossible to make funny. gallows humor, I'm a not offended by this story. it resonates with the pain and suffering and the places the mind goes to. The Void is a real place and this vission of hell is what's it like to live in your own mind trapped by rage anger and turmoil and injustice.

I don't know if Matt has lost a child or felt the Void and anger but it seems that way. being tortured with your own child like the protagonist in this book is as described and felt like Matt understood what it takes to get through this surreal life journey when hitting the eject is not an option. the bit where Samantha is shown her child being told your mother didn't love you was the worst torture 💔 😢

Dads who love their children and would die for them in a hart beat, having to fight a system that....

it's a good story, very dark. to dark sometimes but would still recomend it

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Excellent!!!

An excellent story and performance. Matt Dinniman is a first class LiteRPG story teller. Highly recommend

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Convoluted

I liked the long and convoluted story threads. They keep the story running like the blood through the vanes of this odd organism of a story. I disliked the pseudo-religeous aspects overlayed with cyber science-fiction. Some "gory" aspects also feel artificial and forced. I liked the difference to a lot of existing literature. The whole story feels like swimming through syrupy lead with no relief.

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Darker than the title or author's other works

It's clear how much the author has developed over the course of writing his later works, Dungeon Crawler Carl. This one is brutal, a horror story in LitRPG style.

What stood out to me were the places where an editor would really have improved it. The frequent repeat use of big words where smaller ones would have sounded more genuine, like "utilize".

I enjoyed it, but I don't think I'll be listening to the author's other early works. Carl will do for me.

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Really enjoyable

Initially blanched at 18+ hours but it has flown by. Very enjoyable story, first RPG type book I have read, won't be my last.

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