The Layered Page
Mid. Uses the tropes of LitRPG nicely. Respawning, leveling, weaving it into themes of abilities and scene to scene strategizing. But it's the whole rest of the story to believably support the stakes of "just a game" that makes it rather cringe. Crippled main char, not barely adult with fatally Ill mother in a post apolocalyptic world, where you can basically just be inside the game -- how convenient. The book however thematizes nicely in game politics and has some fun character interactions. However you can sense that the author is not a gamer. They oversimplify games to simulated worlds with abilities...
Mid. Uses the tropes of LitRPG nicely. Respawning, leveling, weaving it into themes of abilities and scene to scene strategizing. But it's the whole rest of the story to believably support the stakes of "just a game" that makes it rather cringe. Crippled main char, not barely adult with fatally Ill mother in a post apolocalyptic world, where you can basically just be inside the game -- how convenient. The book however thematizes nicely in game politics and has some fun character interactions. However you can sense that the author is not a gamer. They oversimplify games to simulated worlds with abilities...