Warrior: Monster Slayer

Monsterworld Saga, Book 1

By: Sam Ryder

Narrated by: Soren Gray

Length: 9 hrs and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

Slay monsters. Bed goddesses. Level up.

Or die trying.

Sam Ryder's life already sucks, and it's about to get worse when he's fired from his dead-end job as a programmer. He's about to head home to escape into his favorite RPG, Alien Civilization, when he's offered a thrill ride on a death machine (AKA motorcycle) by a gorgeous woman straight out of one of his games.

Before Sam can say "WTF?", he's been whisked away to a dark world of monsters and goddesses, his body transformed from Outcast to Warrior, the second level on a ladder that may eventually carry him all the way to Demigod.

Trapped in this horrifying world, Sam must find a way to reignite the dwindling army of Warriors before the legions of monsters breach the ward shields that have protected the three goddesses for centuries. His best chance is to reach the next level: Protector.

Note: Contains monster slaying, cursing, heavy violence, and a bunch of exotic goddesses and alien women. Mature listeners only.

©2018 Sam Ryder (P)2018 Podium Publishing

Fun fluff

This is a story written from the fantasies of shut in. It is enjoyable fluff at best. It really feels like an author insert character living out both his dreams and nightmares at the same time. Don't expect anything deep. That being said it is still an enjoyable listen.

this book is good.

I hate writing reviews, it here goes. this book is worth a listen. the story is average, but good. the voice actor could pit a little more passion into his work. but outside of that, he did a good job as well.

Sad book by a sad man

Book about Sam writer well the author is also songwriter going from just such a loser to super powerful giving her a little explanation as to how that happened and goddamn is it just sad

listen to this only if you'd like harlequin

this is a romance novel disguised as a fantasy book. you like heterosexual eroticism in your fantasy novels and this will be for you.

Warrior: Monster Slayer

So the story is okay, but is nothing special.

The premise is okay, but not especially engaging even if a fun the thought.
Which is the problem, the whole thing feels like a single thought, that was then drawn out simply to make it long enough to be a book.

I have no real complaint, just, I am also not enthralled at all either.
I am sad there were no GameLit/LitRPG elements outside of the rather vague level-ups, just could have been better here.

The performance was good but Gray seemed to try for slight voice changes and missed his cues on them, making it a bit weird, or like he was trying but didn’t really want to do different voices.

Overall, I’d still give it a 5star rating, but really only because I liked the fights and the harem-ish sex-capades.
I knew what I was getting there before I even read/listened at all, so decent enough, just past this the story was just not fleshed out enough.

Too much sex

Specially when it’s being narrated by a man, every time he sees a woman I have to have a detailed explanation of his erection

horny teenagers fantasy

I found it pretty ridiculous. a scronny bald twenty something looser with an acne scared face goes to another realm gets buff and a bigger Johnson and makes it with a hot alien. if you are 15 yr old virgin dude this story is for you

LitRPG not!

This is a very good science-fiction-fantasy adventure. LitRPG it is not. There are no stats, no skills, no experience, and any game mechanics are reduced to levels alone. Regardless of that, it’s still a good story. Our hero, Sam Ryder lives a mundane life, his only enjoyment is the video games he plays. Heading home after work he is abducted by a beautiful woman on a motorcycle and taken to another world. The world had been controlled by three goddesses, who now rely upon wards to keep them protected. Protected from a demonic god that overthrew them and ripped out their hearts. It is in this state that Sam Ryder finds them, slowly, but eventually dying. It is Sam’s role as a warrior, along with other captives, to battle the demonic horde and help in protecting the goddesses. The ultimate goal would be to kill the demon god and return the hearts to the goddesses. This first volume was free on Audible Plus but there are four more volumes to the series for sale. I liked this first book very much but now I must decide to commit credits to four more books. I will have to ponder on this for now.

too much tell, not enough show

there was far too much pointless dialog and the story was vague and slow

a story about the authors fantasies

it took me going all the way to the end of this book to realize that the main character Sam Rider is also the author! just puts a huge damper on the entire dang book. it is nothing but his sick and twisted fantasies like threesomes with goddesses and shit. I'm glad this book was free and I didn't pay for it. no way I'll be listening to the sequels.