CHAOTIK by T. Crissey
My rating: 3 of 5 stars

I'll be clear here: I really did love a few things about this. Great transpositions of descriptions, especially for the weird stuff. It sat just right where it needed to be, being creative and funny at the same time. I also loved the chaos... in places. In dialogue especially.

But for everything else, I felt un-grounded, lost in "who is this and why do I care" space.

If I could name one precise thing I wish this had, it would be that grounding. That full feeling you get when you've immersed yourself in characters before they get thrown into the shit.

And there's plenty of shit here. Nasty stuff. That could have been truly glorious if we were getting deep in revenge or survival mode for real with characters that I loved.

But I didn't love them. Indeed, at least just for me, this novelette felt more like a snippet of extremely social weirdos enmeshed in an admittedly awesome cyberpunk/magic setting. I just wanted more... much more... grounding.

I may be a bit more critical than usual, but I feel INVESTED in this kind of setting. I want more. Alas.

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The Primal Hunter 6 by Zogarth
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

Totally addictive. Still.

The aftermath was very amusing--what, with visiting family (assassins) and an auction and starting termite genocide with a world-ending cursed weapon that makes people hungry.

It's fun.

And if that wasn't amusing enough, it's just about SCHOOL TIME. You know, in a hell dimension. :)

Great LitRPG.

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