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Awaken Online: Catharsis

By: Travis Bagwell
Narrated by: David Stifel
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Jason logs into Awaken Online fed-up with reality. He's in desperate need of an escape, and this game is his ticket to finally feeling the type of power and freedom that are so sorely lacking in his real life.

Awaken Online is a brand new virtual reality game that just hit the market, promising an unprecedented level of immersion. Yet Jason quickly finds himself pushed down a path he didn't expect. In this game, he isn't the hero. There are no damsels to save. There are no bad guys to vanquish.

In fact, he might just be the villain.

©2016 Travis Bagwell (P)2016 Travis Bagwell

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loveing it

loved it and i can say david stifel fits the voices so well + jerry is the best

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Poor voice acting

Voice actor has little to no emotion and cannot pronounce trebuchet to save his life

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I highly recommend this book to anyone that injoys games. if you don't injoy games, I still highly recommend it.

I've listened to this book a few times. At first the VA threw me off. But by the end I really injoyed listening to the VA work. He does a really good job.
As for the book itself. The first time listening to this book was a fun experience. I've read/listened to alot of books in this genre and close to it, and it's still up there as one of my favourites. I wouldn't say any specific thing is truly unique. But the way in which the author has used certain things written in the book makes it unique. In my eyes and ears this book is a true 10/10. Absolutely worth the read.

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Enjoyable!

really immersive book! quite interesting concept with technological advancements in AI regarding game play.
especially enjoyed seeing the other side of "evil" played out by an essentially "good" player.
ready player one, off to be the wizard, armada readers will enjoy this. :)

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Loved it, but could be better

Loved it, but some really hard to relate to character descisions / motivations at times

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Enjoyed the story !

Very much enjoyed this story, narrator kept a good casual pace but sounded a little monotone for me, I understand the hard work narrators put in and respect his work. But a review should be honest.
Enjoyed this book either way and have already purchased book 2 and 3.

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So. Damn. Compelling.

This book is effectively a gamer power fantasy with enough elements to stay interesting throughout. There are a few twists which propell the story scale in leaps while everything else builds at a perfect pace.

The game elements are recognizable but unobtrusive and the story itself and characters are well realised and sufficiently deep without going into infodump territory.

The narration was great but still felt a little bit flat in some parts. Voices are different enough for most characters but in some instances the same voice was used for a few diff characters which makes you immediately assume it's X until it's confirmed in the dialogue that it's actually Y talking etc.

Great start to an interesting series. Buying book 2 immediately!

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Immersive with great narration

An immersive and well written story with characters that are solid and believable.
Recommended as some great escapism.

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It is a good book

It took about thirty minute to get over the guy talking but after that it was really really good

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Loved it!

I really enjoyed this story, I usually find this genre a bit hit or miss but thankfully the author came through towards the end.
The narrator was a little strange about the female voices but not too distracting.

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