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  • Completionist Chronicles, Book 1
  • By: Dakota Krout
  • Narrated by: Vikas Adam
  • Length: 12 hrs and 6 mins
  • 4.7 out of 5 stars (780 ratings)
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Ritualist

By: Dakota Krout
Narrated by: Vikas Adam
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Summary

The decision to start a new life is never an easy one, but for Joe the transition was far from figurative. Becoming a permanent addition to a game world, it doesn't take long to learn that people with his abilities are actively hunted. In fact, if the wrong people gained knowledge of what he was capable of, assassins would appear in droves. 

In his pursuit of power, Joe fights alongside his team, completes quests, and delves into the mysteries of his class, which he quickly discovers can be practiced only in secret. Ultimately, his goal is to complete every mission, master every ability, and learn all of the world's secrets. All he has to do is survive long enough to make that happen.

©2018 Dakota Krout (P)2018 Tantor

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Great story if you like the narrator.

As far as LitRPG / gamelit goes this is a great title.The book was an intelligent take on a 'joe-everyman' character. The unusual class was a refreshing change and as always, Mr. Krout deserves a standing ovation for his worldbuilding and subtle humor.

The book was predominantly slice of life, which is something of a disappointment. It read almost as serialised, with the author unable to go back and update earlier sections to make a more intricate story. The 'big' plot twist at the end of the story had some minor foreshadowing, but for the most part the character just went from quest to quest, solving one then the other without a clear direction or hints at a larger story (except for a goal to 'complete everything the game can offer,' which feels to me a bit generic). I would have loved a clear goal for the character at the start, and the bad guy the MC ultimately defeats to have made a show in the beginning, not at 70%. There was also the occasional bout of head hopping, not that this was too big an issue.

I do have some reservations about the narrator. Many of the voices tended to blend together, except for one side character that sounded like she had a speech impediment and a system message accent that I wasn't a fan of. Audiobook production itself was similarly lacking - this is a bare bones narration, don't go expecting sound effects. The narrator even says things like 'cough' instead of just acting it out.

All of this said, there's still a reason this book is rated so highly. Within this genre at least, it's one of the better books out there, and a thoroughly pleasurable read... or listen.

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Well worth listening to

I’ve tried a few of these lit RPG type books and I was surprised by just how refreshing this one was.

The characters were funny and realistic and the hero really made me laugh in places.

I debated whether or not to listen to this one and I am so glad I did.

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Disappointing all round

Very cheesey writing and narration from the start. Particularly the voice of Liona. A very bad Irish impersonation drifting into bad Jamaican, Indian and various American. Hard to listen to without cringing.

Lots of missed opportunities with the characters. They were all flat as pancakes. Even the game itself didn't sound like fun to play.

It has got me interested in the genre. I just wished this had turned out better all round.

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Middling writing, story, narration but great MC

The writing is a bit stilted at times as is the narration. Vikas has enough good voices that I've added him to narrators I like, but there's room for improvement. Sometimes he over-enunciates words and it feels clipped and stilted. Some character voices are great and natural, other sound stilted . The plot wasn't much. Evil archmage, but that's not until the end. Something about wolf people, but it doesn't go much into it. What really had me eager for my next listening section was the MC and his ritualist talent. It was interesting and the character well developed.

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Great start with a few stumbles

I have found this to be quite enjoyable. The book includes a really neat spell system with a neat storyline so far. The only things I have a problem with is due to a few author specific ideas.

Firstly it appeared to be a sort of hard to the ground survival story with banned magics was what drew me originally. That isn't quite how the story is, but it was close enough to ignore. Secondly, the fact the impetus was due to "president Musk" who's first name is Elon threw me through a loop. However that's also ignorable due to it being made in 2018, and it was likely played as a little meta joke. However the final ick moment was the problems I had with the effects of the device mentioned on the "brain chemistry". One of the off hand comments is how the effects "reset brain chemistry" which apparently cures autism and depression. Depression could potentially be cured in the manner described if, and only if, the character didn't explain it well enough. But given I have autism myself and consider it less a condition and more my natural self, I find the idea of a "cure" as horrifying as having what you believe yourself is slowly stripped away.

It is forgiveable and not likely a problem for many. If those parts were removed this would be a solid 4/5. Still a great start to hopefully a really good series.

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Pretty decent

I thought the story was decent as a whole, but I found a couple of characters to be kind of annoying. The pace is quite slow, which isn't entirely bad but I would have liked to see more progression. I feel the series has a lot of potential and it's definitely worth a read if you enjoy playing MMORPGs.

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Truly awful narrator. Fun, detailed progression.

I have to focus on the narrator as this was sadly my overriding takeaway. Think surfer dude accent, long drawn out words with inflection in all the wrong places. This is his best attribute. Accents are his worst. Truly. The main character's group leader had some strange hybrid accent which was somewhere between Caribbean and Irish...(I think), with quite a cutting pitch, Variations of this abysmal accent/mess are used for the female characters. The attempt at cockney for a - thankfully- one-off sentence was just bone curdling. (forewarning for book two, one of the main characters is Scottish. Oh dear...I don't know if I can continue the torture of listening to it).
I enjoyed the story enough to stick with it. I used to play Everquest before my real world job meant I have no time for gaming, and this was a nice nostalgic story with a lot more of a fleshed out world and options.
The main character is grossly over powered, with all the advantages and boosts possible (and those that should not be possible), but I suppose this is necessary to keep the story moving and interesting. What this meant though is the moments of absolute stupidity just jarred, as he is supposed to be clever enough to have moments of genius (eg using his "jump" skill in an abstract way to jump to a useful place in a book). And then the teenaged response of realising his stupidity in an overly obvious outloud reaction were a bit much.
One thing I would have loved to be better done was the stats. The constant rattling off of numbers was boring. Why not just read out the things that changed since last time?
One thing I didn't follow: he was offered a job to play the game. Did that even come into it after he accepted and started playing?
But overall I enjoyed the story enough to stick with it to the end. As an introduction to GameLit I liked it enough to want to continue with the story - I just wish it were a different narrator!!

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Really addictive

I really loved IT. Having little bit problems with all the status informaation, since I'm not a Gamer, but otherwise really great story.

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Soo good.

Having not read anything by Dakota Krout before I wasn’t sure what I was going to encounter but I ourchased the book on recommendations. The book was outstanding the story compelling and the narration really was enjoyable too. I’m so glad I threw my money at it. Just about to start book two.

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The story

Liked the idea well written flows well enjoyed it enough that I got irritated by anyone interrupting my listening 😁🤣

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