Catharsis (Awaken Online, #1)

Posted on 25 August 2017 by Travis Bagwell

This is an alternate cover edition for B01J0E8Z8A On paper, Jason has a great life He attends a prestigious private school on scholarship and his parents are reasonably well off Yet life hasn t been easy for Jason He has spent most of high school being tormented by both the students and faculty and his parents are never home Frustrated and alone, his one escape has always been video games In game, he can feel the type of power and freedom he lacks in his day to day life Fortunately, a new virtual reality game the first of its kind has just been released, which promises the opportunity for an even greater escape Once he begins playing, Jason quickly finds himself on the path to becoming the game s villain In the process, he also starts to suspect that there is something unusual going on within the game This novel contains graphic violence and language Books don t have ratings, but, if they did, this book would be rated M for Mature Free Read [ Catharsis (Awaken Online, #1) ] Author [ Travis Bagwell ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr Catharsis Awaken Online 1 by Travis Bagwell is an awesome lit RPG novel I had heard so much about so I got the audio and listened and I agree I saw some reviews that said they read the first 10 20 pages and quit because it was boring This is where the author is setting up who the characters are on the outside of the game which is super important later There is a reason the author doesn t jump right into game mode This is plotted very well and bleeds out little trickles of info just enoug Catharsis Awaken Online 1 by Travis Bagwell is an awesome...Uuurgh I don t know how to review this book.It was fun, that s one thing It had a likable protagonist, a fun setting, and in interesting premise This is probably my first full LitRPG, and the audiobook was really well narrated.But there are some glaring flaws The antagonist is a clich , worse than many terrible comic book villains Any scene with him was actively annoying, and I disliked the character not because he was a good antagonist, but because of how much he resembled a bad comic book Uuurgh I don t know how to review this book.It was fun, that s one thing It had a likable protagonist, a fun setting, and in interesting premise This is probably my first full LitRPG, and the audiobook was really well narrated.But there are some glaring flaws The antagonist is a clich , worse than many terrible c...So GOOD 5 Stars.I can hardly believe that this is the author s first book I love a good Villain story, but this book is so muchthan that I m fangirling to much to explain in coherent sentences.Bingo Squares Debut novel, self publishedPlot SummarySo, this book is set in the future, around the year 2076 virtual reality video games are a big thing, and a new game that s supposed to be record breaking and ground breaking is being released soon During the control tests with beta players the AI system that controls the whole video game starts going rogue The AI named Alfred is over riding protocols, and doing things he wasn t designed to do like access players memories Alfred is sup Bingo Squares Debut novel, self publishedPlot SummarySo, this book is set in the future, around the year 2076 virtual reality video games are a big thing, and a new game that s supposed to be record breaking and ground breaking is being released soon During the control tests with beta players the AI system that controls the whole video game st...This book was hard for me to rate On the one hand, it really was not a great book The dialogue was pretty shoddy, the characters were shallow, the writing was not great The big twist that the main character was a bad guy occurred almost immediately as soon as the game part of the book got started The RPG side of things got incredibly repetitive hey, I wonder if he will put these stat points into willpower , and often the action plodded along as our narrator had to spell out problem This book was hard for me to rate On the one hand, it really was not a great book The dialogue was pretty shoddy, the characters were shallow, the writing was not great The big twist that the main character was a bad guy occurred almost immediately as soon as the game part of the book got started The RPG side of things got incredibly repetitive hey, I wonder if he will put these stat points into willpower , and often the action plodded along as our narrator had to spell out problems in way too much detail even though they were quite straightforward based on the actions that previously took place e.g., obviously he feels betrayed that the chick sold him out do we really need for him to explain his emotions in so many sentences Please assume some intelligence from the readers Lastly, the central motivation of our hero he doesn t have much money, people hate him because he is poor is not particularly believable It seems made up, rather than a problem the author actually has any...The synopsis on Goodreads is pretty great, and honestly, if you re the type of nerd who reads that synopsis and is intrigued, or thinks it may be good, you re probably going to like it I feel the only time someone wouldn t like it is if RPG books aren t their thing I happen to love them, which is why I looked for a book like this in the first place I sifted through a few books, and I m so happy this one was the book I chose Okay Enough of the recommendation details.Why I enjoyed the book It The synopsis on Goodreads is pretty great, and honestly, if you re the type of nerd who reads that synopsis and is intrigued, or thinks it may be good, you re probably going to like it I feel the only time someone wouldn t like it is if RPG books aren t their thing I happen to love them, which is why I looked for a book like this in the first place I sifted through a few books, and I m so happy this one was the book I chose Okay Enough of the recommendation details.Why ...3.5 stars Knocking down a half start just for the beginning of the book I don t expect that it would be an issue hopefully continuing the series The book started out with some shenanigans of repetition and odd parents Jason is picked on for being perceived as a welfare kid, despite the contradiction...This is a FAR better RPG story than Ready Player One, which was greatfor the litany of 80s references Awaken Online is set in 2074, but the world is not unfamiliar, the story is told from two sides in such a way to build GREAT plot tension around the game and all that it is.The complete VR emersion for players makes the in game world as real as everything else as far as story While it also deals with High Schoolers, the plot is farviolent and adult than Ready Player One as well This is a FAR better RPG story than Ready Player One, which was greatfor the litany of 80s ref...Great first bookWell written, intelligent main character, and doesn t end in a huge cliffhanger Now I just have to wait for book twoMy original Awaken Online Catharsis audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer Awaken Online Catharsis is the first of two books in the Awaken Online series written by Travis Bagwell The audiobook edition is richly narrated by David Stifel who has voiced books in nearly every genre provided on Audible at the time of this review The book is best classified in the Literary Role Playing Game LitRPG subgenre It is a rather large book compared to others in its clas My original Awaken Online Catharsis audiobook review and many others can be found at Audiobook Reviewer Awaken Online Catharsis is the first of two books in the Awaken Online series written by Travis Bagwell The audiobook edition is richly narrated by David Stifel who has voiced books in nearly every genre provided on Audible at the t...

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25 August 2017

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