Book one was great..,

The second part is not so funny and brilliant. A lot of character development, a lot of new and not really consistent rules.

Sie haben diese Rezension bewertet.

Wir haben Ihre Meldung erhalten und werden die Rezension prüfen.

Fun to listen to

It is an enjoyment to find a story like this. Creative and unique while still ensuring character development.

Sie haben diese Rezension bewertet.

Wir haben Ihre Meldung erhalten und werden die Rezension prüfen.

Self improvement in disguise

Much like the first book, this is as much about emotions, relationships, and tribulations and how we deal with them as it is about trolls magic and farming.

I thoroughly enjoyed it.

Sie haben diese Rezension bewertet.

Wir haben Ihre Meldung erhalten und werden die Rezension prüfen.

A good continuation.

The author went and wrote the logical continuation to the first book of the series.
The story moved away from the "Home Alone" setup during the first book, and went towards politics and all the struggles that come with building a town.
This book continues that trend, and introduces new interesting aspects.
The only thing that seems somewhat sudden is the change to the protagonist's power near the conclusion of the story. While a good theoretical setup for a third book, it's kind of sudden. The main character states that it was a possibility, but even after listening to the story twice, I don't know when it was supposed to get set up as a potential outcome. It's not really fully focused on in this novel, though, so it's far less jarring than it could have been.
"52 Easy Steps" is what I would call a 'capable sequel'.
It doesn't raise the bar for the genre, but it doesn't muck about or lose its identity either. It's nice to listen to, which is above average for the genre of LitRPGs.

Sie haben diese Rezension bewertet.

Wir haben Ihre Meldung erhalten und werden die Rezension prüfen.

Well, little to now story

A good couple of jokes, a nice reader, a good atmosphere and generally pleasant gossip. Just no storyline

Sie haben diese Rezension bewertet.

Wir haben Ihre Meldung erhalten und werden die Rezension prüfen.

1 Person fand das hilfreich

Loved every bit

Very unique and fun story. I enjoyed every second of it. Would recommend entirely .

Sie haben diese Rezension bewertet.

Wir haben Ihre Meldung erhalten und werden die Rezension prüfen.

A steep drop from the first book

I thoroughly enjoyed the first book and gave it a relatively positive review. It was consistent, There were many characters, maybe a bit too many, and all of them felt unique at the time.

As soon as the first few chapters began, however, I noticed a very unfortunate situation. I don't have time to re-listen to the first part and I had no idea who was who anymore. Worse even, I rarely knew which character was talking at any given time. That likely comes down to them not being very unique, but also to what amounts to a very poor performance by Travis Baldree. To prefice this, I like Travis Baldree as a narrator and I've listened to many of his performances. He just isn't made for this book. There are too many farmer characters and he only ever does one southerner-voice for all of them. All the female characters (of which there are many) also sound very similar.

The second problem is just poor writing. I couldn't stand the scale and scope of what was going on. I liked the framing of it all, Arnold having to figure out what he really wants to do in this second life he was given, but everyhting around that was just... meh. When you count money and experience in the millions, fields in the tens of thousands and hiring farmers in the thousands, all at the start of only the second book, a reader will lose track. I usually don't devote 100% of my attention to a book and that may have also become a detriment here, as I prefer to listen to them while grinding in games or while on a walk.

To conclude, I'm not finishing this entry and I'm sad to say this may be the steepest drop from a first to a second book I've ever witnessed, even if circumstance and the time between the two may have conspired against it.

Sie haben diese Rezension bewertet.

Wir haben Ihre Meldung erhalten und werden die Rezension prüfen.

3 Leute fanden das hilfreich

Sehr durchschnittlich

Der erste Teil dieser Reihe war in allen Belangen gelungen, die Charaktere durchdacht, die Geschichte neu und ungewöhnlich. Im zweiten Teil gab es meiner Ansicht nach zu viel belangloses blablabla, die Geschichte ist relativ langweilig und die Stimmen der Charaktere ebenfalls nicht immer zufrieden stellend. Es gibt in dem Buch sehr viele verschiedene Charaktere, aber nur wenig distinktives in den Stimmen.
Wenn man etliche Guthaben übrig hat, kann man sich das Hörbuch schon anhören, wer aber auf der Suche nach einem spannenden, orginellem Buch mit mitreißenden Stimmen ist, sollte ein anderes Buch wählen.

Sie haben diese Rezension bewertet.

Wir haben Ihre Meldung erhalten und werden die Rezension prüfen.