Eden's Gate: The Reborn

A LitRPG Adventure, Book 1

By: Edward Brody

Narrated by: Pavi Proczko

Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins

Publisher's summary

When Gunnar Long is transported into the first fully-immersive virtual MMORPG, he finds himself in a new world filled with magic, mystery, and adventure.

No more 9-to-5 job. No more studio apartment. No more reality TV.

Finally, he's in a place where he can call home, a place with people he can call friends.

But as more people want to trade their real world lives to get inside Eden's Gate, the government of the outside world wants the "game" shut down at all costs.

Gunnar must learn to survive, grow in power, and find a way to send a message back to his old home.

"We're fine. We're alive. Eden's Gate is real."

Eden's Gate is a LitRPG adventure.

©2017 Edward Brody (P)2017 Edward Brody

smh

for such a avid gamer, poor judgment screwing over npc's for greed, he should know better, what was he thinking

Worth the credit, but...

There are some issues. The author has a novel premise for the rpg world and there are a lot of great aspects of this book. There are also some problems and some things that are annoying. The problems are mostly with incorrect word choice. The author repeatedly uses adjectives in a way that Inigo Montoya would take issue with. Very often he uses a word that sounds like the appropriate word for a situation rather than the correct word.

The annoying parts are the same ones plaguing so many LitRPG novels that someone should make a gif meme for them... the main character is supposed to be a guy who spends every second of his free time gaming, but who makes noob mistakes so often that it pulls you out of the story and makes you face palm and want to shake the author.

Also, the main character is constantly slow on the uptake, which is just annoying. I can't decide whether to feel like my intelligence is being insulted or if the author has just read too many of the inexplicably popular LitRPG books that feature a similarly moronic MC.

Then there's the other trope where every single female the MC encounters is sooooooo hot. And he just can't stop staring at them like a 13 year old sex addict. This always feels like an uncomfortable window into the author's either creepy or just plain sad sexual fantasies and/or hang-ups.

C'mon Fantasy genre authors... let's try to show the world that not everyone who knows how to min/max a character sheet is also a sexually naive, furiously masturbating, 13-year-old boy, trapped in an over-weight, bearded man's body.

The last issue is that the main character is either a bit of a sociopath or he has a mild form of autism. The author gives a few sentences of background that point to a rough childhood, but otherwise his odd behavior is just passed off on his belief that he is a loner. Mostly it just feels like a ham-handed way of showing some personal and moral growth over the course of the book. It's annoying.

That said I think the positives make up for the negatives in this case. I have not found that to be true very often when other books have these flaws. The author even refrains from including entirely unnecessary and poorly scripted sex scenes which was a total relief. So I recommend you give it a try.

I have listened to book two and while the MC is still making dumb-ass mistakes, the bad is outweighed by the good again. The plot is interesting enough that I will buy the third book as well. Just keep your expectations in line with a 3-4 star LitRPG novel and you won't be disappointed.

Quite True to MMORPG players

I grew up gaming on pc through mmorpg’s, this makes me feel like I’m in one. The book starts well, and even with some slight flaws it’s all around a great introduction into the genre of Lit RPG’s. The way Brody shows how current gamers think and talk is a great reflection on the current MMORPG gaming these genres come from. Then writing and story improves even more as the next books have been written, so give him a chance to immerse you in Edens Gate.

Decent story, poor character personality

Blatant objectification of women.
Use of slang that is arguably racist.
Characters don’t interact realistically

Fuck, finally.

Best lit RPG book series I've read yet. The characters are real and their interactions are relatable.

awesome story and world

this book was very good will be buying the other four right away. awesome world and who doesn't love an RPG adventure!!!!!!!

adventureous

slow start but when it picked up it really got going. would but the hard copy

good but a little predictable

I would be much more alarmed than the MC was if trapped inside of a game. I did finish the story but will probably not continue the series. At least not right now.

Pretty good start, some minor issues

A lot of talk about looks and body parts has me slightly concerned for the future of the series. Economy also didn't make a lot of sense using just gold and no silver/copper. Buy new leather armor for 6gp, and a single mug of ale for 2gp?

Amazing potential, phenomenal flop

Pros:
Great World Building
Thought Provoking
Page-Turner
Interesting Magic System

Cons:
MC is pathetically bland, and is really unlikable.
Characters are very one dimensional
Has great potential about esoteric questions, and properly ignores them, never to be revisited... many plot holes

Overall: It isn't great, but it isn't bad. It is something to occupy your time. If you want a really generic story with just a touch of twist, this book is for you.