Loopshard by Dosei

Slow burn

I've read a bit over 100 chapters of this on RR, so firstly, this isn't stubbed last I checked, so ya'll should read there if you can (no offence to Ranobes This site does noble work).

Secondly, this is a mostly good take on the concept of a roguelike time-loop; mechanically, his builds are pretty diverse between runs (Spoilers, off the top of my head, some of his builds have been , etc.). All of them are hella distinct, there's rarely repeats, and each class feels fresh and interesting with its own mechanics, and one of the best parts of the novel is easily seeing how the new classes he plays with works. (I call them classes, but they're item-based builds, not skill-points or anything adjacent).

The world unfolding and Adam growing in knowledge and scope, trying new things and slowly perfecting each 'level' across runs is honestly a very, very solid writing loop. Unfortunately, later chapters of longer 'runs' can feel a bit stagnant, since there's always the idea that he's going to reset, even if Adam himself doesn't view it like that; the concept of how the time-loop works here is very well-thought out to play into the story's narrative.

That aside, however, I do find characters and the actual writing here to just feel a bit stiff. It's passable, above the average, even, gramamar's great, but as someone who nitpicks, there's just times where characters don't hit as hard as they do, and Adam's mindset can be tough to bear on occasionally (in an intentional way, I imagine), even if he's a mostly good character besides his frustrating moments. The dialogue and character interactions just sometimes don't land for me, though the core of Adam's character (as not an unthinking, unfeeling monster, thank gosh) is compelling, though will be frustrating if you're the sort who can't bear to read about someone who makes mistakes.

Overall though, I'd definitely recommend this as an interesting take on the tower-climbing time-loop shtick. Stick with it for at least the first couple of his runs for it to really hit the ground, but solid book overall with a couple drawbacks, 7.8/10 personally.

Happy reading, fellow daoists.

Wtf... The guy in the cover looks like CDawg.

Just from the Synopsis seems like a very well thought out book but Rouge lite novels have more often been disappointing, Will this be different? Fellow friends, if you do decide to read, do tell how the poison tastes, I shan't consume it for now, As I am currently savoring Honey. Good luck

I don’t know about anything else about this novel but that’s a nice illustration. Rather than half naked girls (bait for horny guys, sometimes me sadly) and ai pictures (lazy, usually shows no care from the author), these types of cover pictures are much better and respectable.