The War-Torn Kingdom

Can't say I enjoyed reading it. Playing it, yes, but reading it? This gamebook is more game than book, as it doesn't have an ending. I guess some people might like its open-ended nature, but I didn't. I found it repetitive and I found myself “cheating” some rolls, just so my character is not reset to an empty inventory and having to start over. Or just repeating something until I got the results that sent me off to a particular paragraph. I found myself playing this book as if I was playing an old school computer game - saving, loading, and trying again. And then I realise I'd rather play an actual game instead of “turning the paragraph” to book 2.