• aen [he/him]@literature.cafe
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    1 year ago

    Do you read a lot of LitRPGs? Earlier this year I tried to read “Oh Great! I was Reincarnated as a Farmer” but I couldn’t really get into it and I had to DNF it. Maybe I just read the wrong one for me though

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      1 year ago

      LitRPG is almost entirely unreadable. Incredibly cringe dialogue, amateur writing, etc.

      It’s never, ever great. But, sometimes it’s just a lot of stupid fun. I feel deep shame at how much time I’ve spent on Eric Ugland’s Good Guys and Bad Guys series.

      and J.R. Mathews did a good job with his book Jake’s Magical Market.

      Seriously, this stuff has no literary value. For each of these series I went in with the attitude that the moment I get bored, I’m out … And with all of the ones I’ve mentioned, they sucked me in very effectively.

      Note: they all almost universally suffer from really rushed and stupid beginnings… there’s no subtle or elegant way to start a story in this genre.

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        1 year ago

        Ahhh, I get it. I read fanfiction for the exact same reason. Sometimes I feel lazy and I want to read but turn my brain off, so I’ll open up AO3

        Also (back in my sad cringe era) I did read a couple “gamer” fics which are like the fanfiction version of LitRPGs but worse. The problem with those was (other than the terrible writing and the sexism) the lack of a clear ending, so they go on forever and eventually fizzle out