Barrow King: The Realms Book 1: (A LitRPG Adventure)

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The Barrow Kings claimed descent from the First King of the First Men, who is said to be buried at the Great Barrow in Barrowton. This subreddit is dedicated to everything related to The Kingkiller Chronicle, a fantasy trilogy by Patrick Rothfuss, telling the biography of "Kvothe", an adventurer, arcanist and musician. It is nice to see a MC in a RPG book that doesn't really have a history of playing video games, but he learns how game mechanics work while trying to stay alive so that he can find his sister. Instead of spending time on a six page backstory, what if instead that effort was put in to the adventure proper?

Although the stories are intriguing and as enjoyable as any fantasy book it took me awhile to get used to the style differences in LitRPG and the fact that the players can die and be reborn.The game world, the Realms, was not a game at all, and Alistair had exploited the system to conquer and become a god. Vibrations surged up Finn’s arm, and the agony in his wounded shoulder forced him to release the rifle. All because this morning, instead of opening the Realms to the public, Sacrosanct cut off all access. His training and experience usually made slipping into an alter ego as simple as pulling on a pair of socks.

The Barrow King is a very small open world dungeon that players can find inside a vaulted cave in the Hinterlands. The world’s first Neuro Integrated Massive Multi-Player Online Role-Playing Game has wowed critics and beta players alike. In those days, the Starks were not the greatest house in the North, and Winterfell was not the greatest castle. The narrator does a good job with the different characters, reading pace is excellent, and is very easy to listen to.On the wall next to the door was a small security monitor showing a long hallway of nearly identical doors. If you have little to no knowledge about LitRPG,like me, this is a good book to start down that path. I think it is worth noting that I listened to this one and ended up doing a lot more multi-tasking than usual while "reading" this story so I've no idea if that ended up having a negative effect on my feelings about it. When the last Barrow King submitted to Winterfell, the Stark king received his daughter in marriage. Finn was shocked the man still stood and outright stunned when he smashed a forearm into the side of Finn’s head, dropping Finn to one knee.

We also got a chance to learn a bit about the "real world" before Finn dived into the game and it seemed like a cool place. Doc headed towards the bathroom, carrying the bottle under his arm the way other men hit the bathroom with a magazine. I was ten, and it's probably a good thing there were no sewers on my street, otherwise, I would have delved down with my hand-crafted wooden sword and my trash can shield, ready to smite evildoers of all stripes, likely to never be heard from again. He also finds out that he has a Godhead embedded in him and though he does not know the power this could give him, he realises that others do, and he becomes a target. The dungeon known as the barrow is sentient, it is run by the Barrow King and is in fact the barrow king himself.The Barrow is a sentient dungeon, so whilst there is other things occurring, side quests, potential allies, etc, it focuses mainly on the dungeon aspect as Finn, in game name Gryph, works his way through hoping to find am exit, his enemy, and tries to find his sister. Speaking of time dilation, this book did not seem like it was thirteen hours long, not even remotely. This is my second foray into LITRPG, on the whole it was very well done, my only criticism is the over use of character's names. By the time you get this, I’ll either be in the Realms or…” Brynn bit her lip and Finn saw the fear bubble to the surface as she tried to keep herself together. I'll attempt to book two to see if the story gets any better because there are a lot of reviews on this however I think they may be for younger readers or maybe new to the genre, but hopefully the author's writing style and skill level improves to engage the reader more.

This is a hand cast miniature and not a toy, and as such it may contain small parts and sharp edges. Now granted, Gryph is no fool and of course probably understands more about the realms than I do, but I felt like I could better understand this book since everything is explained to Gryph like a newbie. He didn’t look up when he heard the door open or the scrape of a stool, but he sensed the man sit in front of him. Since Finn had the ability to respawn there was zero feeling of tension in the dungeon battles which made them feel like a bit of a chore to get through as they dragged on and on.

If you're the type of reader who favours a more system orientated read with in depth skill descriptions then this will certainly tick that box. This really makes it hard for the reader to enjoy the flow of the book, as it does not seem to matter what went before, what will happen next is not dependent upon the past. The main character, Finn/Gryph learns that his sister is in danger, and has been trapped in a virtual world that is not so virtual for over 40 subjective years. It is claimed by singers that the Barrow Kings fought against the Kings of Winter north of the Barrowlands in the Thousand Years War. Literally god like powers thrown at him immediately for doing nothing but make either stupid choices, or for doing nothing.