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Second Story Man by Eric Ugland

sr4's review

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adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? Yes
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? Yes
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

archetypewriter's review against another edition

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4.0

The book started out silly, fun, and rather sweet, with such a strong found-family element. Everything I know about D & D is from my limited reading in this subgenre. My favorite part might be the creative skills; I particularly liked Clyde gaining the skill "lying to yourself".

Unfortunately, this second Bad Guys book gradually becomes less fun, leading to an ending that left me a bit disgruntled. Overall, somewhere around a 3.5.

shonari's review

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5.0

Really good book but I'm not exactly sure why the main characters from both The Bad Guys and Good Guys series are all afraid of women. Makes no sense. They have no problem killing, but the opposite sex is something they can't wrap their head around.

nickjagged's review

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1.0

Bit of a step up plot wise, but didn’t manage to get beyond that to any sort of characterization. Might be looking in the wrong place though

thinde's review

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4.0

It's nice to have a protagonist that makes plans and is proactive. That's the biggest weakness of "The Good Guys."

kiikaridino's review

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adventurous funny medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Character
  • Strong character development? It's complicated
  • Loveable characters? Yes
  • Diverse cast of characters? No

4.75

wimerek's review

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adventurous lighthearted relaxing medium-paced
  • Plot- or character-driven? Plot
  • Strong character development? No
  • Loveable characters? It's complicated
  • Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
  • Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

3.0

ofelia132's review

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3.0

Mostly everything from my review of the first book applies here too. All the bad things from the first one haven't been fixed though, but worsened. The plot was messier and the game mechanics were kind of weird. It felt like nothing happened and no progression was made. Clyde got another building and met a couple of new people, but aside from that: nothing. He wants to learn magic but puts no effort into it? I can barely remember any specifics surrounding this book, even though I listened to it just last week. It was pretty unmemorable. I do remember the ending though. It basically made everything that happened throughout the book entirely pointless, which is a bit frustrating.
SpoilerSince he spends a lot of time trying to warn the emperor, but he dies anyway. And then the whole guild is destroyed, and then he manages to get captured. He acts like an idiot. Having read the third book in the series I know all of this is a necessary preface. So I'm just going to consider this whole book a preface to the next instalment in the series haha.
Still entertaining and pleasant to listen to while cleaning, but definitely not an improvement from the first one.