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The Fourth Realm: A LitRPG Fantasy Series (The Ten Realms Book 4)

The Fourth Realm: A LitRPG Fantasy Series (The Ten Realms Book 4)

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Burt B
5.0 out of 5 starsIncredibly excellent writing
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on January 2, 2023
Our MCs and the Alvan army go to the 4th realm where they battle undead, take over the lost city of Vuzgal then fight a war with the blood demon clan. What an adventure! This is a fantastic series! This is my 2nd read thru.
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IKE
1.0 out of 5 starsHorrible
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on June 23, 2022
SPOILERS BELOW!!!!!

The first was Ok. The second is just another version of the first book. Everything is redundant and we see the pattern for every other book in the series. There is a set of scenes the author uses for every single book in the series.

1. A heal scene which is more reminiscent of a modern inner city ER on the weekend after a mass shooting where nobody uses magic but instead IVs, catheters and any other modern medicine the author can inject while completely ignoring the fact that they can just use magic at any time and heal the person. Also, one of the MCs, a former combat medic in the Army also squeezed in medical school somewhere along the way because he literally knows everything about bio-chemistry, anatomy and anything else related to modern healing. Amazing, considering combat medics focus solely on trauma medicine and his history said he was just a combat medic for a decade. Regardless, the MC demonstrated a phenomenal amount of healing expertise which of course when compounded with the absolute incompetence of every other healer in the realms meant that the MC was a god among men and of course all of the other characters fell over themselves worshiping him.

2. Crafting scene. This can be fun. The first time. A dozen times later and it gets OLD! And believe me this scene is repeated over and over and over again for smithing, formations and alchemy. The rest of the crafts are all but ignored.

3. Fighting scene. Again, redundant and repetitive.

4. Administration scene. Exactly what it says. It's a board meeting between the heads of the different cities and departments. BORING is an understatement.

5. Soldier training. This is beyond redundant where the MCs go over in graphic detail how they train the army. STEP.BY.STEP. I'm nodding off just thinking about it.

Filler. I am not exaggerating by stating that at least half of each book is filler. The author loves his redundancy where he explains things that were clearly explained in an earlier book but he decides to reexplain another way over and over again, book after book.

Convenience. The author loves to just magically make things into being with no explanation whatsoever. He'll explain the MC's motivations 25,000 times in each book but completely forgets to explain why supposedly overpowered abilities and equipment now won't work. Everything is dramatized and drug out in order to make the book longer.

Why the rush. There is absolutely no reason for the MCs to hurry on to the next realm. They have every incentive to consolidate their power but instead rush off to realm after realm that they aren't really prepared for but due to convenience easily conquer.

Morality. There is no divine morality. If the MC behaves in a naughty manner they aren't going to hell. There is literally no reason why someone from the higher realms wouldn't come down and kill everybody and take their stuff.

Economy. If you can't stomach a big bad wolf coming down to the lower realms and committing genocide, fine, there there is absolutely NO reason the higher realms don't come down and control the lower realms economies. One person with a sky mana stone could completely clean out the lower realms of anything useful in a couple of days and there is nothing stopping this from happening.

Editing was really bad in the first few books. The later books were just the same 5 scenes so I would imagine it wasn't hard to keep the story together.
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Burt B
5.0 out of 5 stars Incredibly excellent writing
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on January 2, 2023
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Our MCs and the Alvan army go to the 4th realm where they battle undead, take over the lost city of Vuzgal then fight a war with the blood demon clan. What an adventure! This is a fantastic series! This is my 2nd read thru.
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4.0 out of 5 stars Good read
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on January 2, 2023
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Another good book in this series. The author could easily overwhelm the reader with the amount of information in the Ten Realms but does well not to. I love forward to the rest of the series as this is worth a read.
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M.E.
5.0 out of 5 stars love it, and hidden amusement
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on July 13, 2022
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I love the series. Iโ€™m gonna stop here. It didnโ€™t really hit me until book 3, and it was a total shocker. And book 4 even more so. So you start off and EVERYONE is named after Chinese or Korean names. Then you get to someone named Delilah out of no where. Thenโ€ฆ Suddenly Bob her dad, Sue her mom, pop in (canโ€™t remember their actual plain old English names, I made it up). But seriously; for some reason that struck me and I died laughing. Now we have book 4; furious battle, fun jokes, serious old Chinese wisdom, names like Xie Han and Hung Wo, and magic. And suddenly out of no where, Bob shows up... I die every time. I donโ€™t know why. So yeah. Read this series for the jokes. The storyline is great; if you like survival sand box games itโ€™s for you. But read it for BOB.
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L Wong
4.0 out of 5 stars Awesomeness!!
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on June 20, 2022
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The Ten Realms series turned out to be an amazing surprise. It has been a long time (and hundreds of books) since I have been this enamored with a storyline. Each book even ends in a way that is both intriguing, but without leaving the bad taste of a cliffhanger in your mouth. That said, The Fourth Realm is the first book in the series that the intermittent editing/grammatical errors, while seldom, disrupted the flow of the story for me. Every other book I have read in this series has gotten 5 stars. Also, I like the series enough that I'm in the process of reading this series for the second time even though the series isn't finished yet. I hope you give the series a chance and enjoy it as much as I have.
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jermel purse
5.0 out of 5 stars Another hit
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on May 5, 2022
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Another great book in the series. No none of these books have been perfect theyโ€™ve all had one flaw or another to me. This book took a little long to get started. I understand the point of emphasizing training and such of a military and that really worked here long term but when you initially start reading through it it stretches out a little bit too long. Again it doesnโ€™t take away from the whole book the whole book is great five stars easily but that one portion just held on too long especially at the beginning of the book. Again like any other books in the series once you finish you canโ€™t wait to go onto the next and thatโ€™s what Iโ€™m doing now rushing to start the next book great series canโ€™t wait to finish it.
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Jon Svenson
4.0 out of 5 stars Still a solid story but with its flaws
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on March 25, 2019
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I never got on board with Emerilia, and that's fine. I read book 1 and then called it, pulled away by other books.

When the Two Week Curse showed up, I grabbed it and loved it. Yes, the dungeon testing portion is a bit too long but it was an engaging story and well written.

From that point on, I've picked up every book at release data. No, they're not on KU but that's fine, I shell out the $$. This book is where the model fell over a bit. I won't rehash the spelling and grammar errors, as that has been done very well by other reviewers.

My issues originate from plot errors, which are fairly endemic to this novel. I don't want to give any spoilers but I will mention a few issues:

a) many times the same concept is explained multiple times. This happens especially in the opening chapters, as Erik explains and then Rugrat explains the same thing and then Erik explains it again.
b) General Ululas' capture. Maybe I missed it, which is possible, but I never read the actual capture, only the aftermath from the Blue Lotus viewpoint. This was such a huge resolution to the main story arc that more time should have been spent on it.
c) The crafting was completely lost, as was the cultivation to a great extent. Yes, this is the battlefield realm book but I didn't think that crafting would fall off the map. If not for Elder Lu I would be losing hope that the fifth realm might lose it as well. Crafting has been such a key element of the story that I was surprised how suddenly it disappears.

These are just a few examples, there are many more.

I still enjoyed the story, which i want to emphasize. It's easy to hate on this book as it has many flaws, but despite that the story still shines through. I finished the book in one sitting, so that flaws didn't completely stop me from enjoying it. That needs to be celebrated, as this is one of the leading series of the LitRPG and Gamelit world.

Having said that, the author needs to find a way to polish his book. Whether that is the traditional route by using an editor and proofreader, or doing it himself or with alpha and beta readers, I don't think matters. He's put so much effort into this series that it would be a disservice to them to leave out the final polishing that every book needs.

3.5/5*
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Phoenix
5.0 out of 5 stars Still good but not as much as earlier books
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on February 9, 2022
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This is still a great series and this is a good book. However I don't think it was quite as good as previous books in the series. Most of this book was 1 huge siege and battle though Awesome that really didn't Focus as much on Eric and rugrats adventures as individuals. It was a lot of higher level battling but very little of their craft and crafting. Though we got to see a lot more of the secondary characters and there growth along with Alva's growth. I am personally a little dismayed that Eric seems to be falling behind not just in his craft but in his combat and levels. It seems that rugrats seems to be getting all the lucky horseshoes when it comes to levels and experience though he does work hard in the smithy. Poor Eric must just manage things and make all the money and has to let his personal skills atrophy. Hopefully this will be remedied in future books so we will see.
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Jeremy Lynch
4.0 out of 5 stars Love the story
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on August 6, 2022
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Really love this series. Eric and rugrat are awesome. With that being said the editing on this book was horrible. Grammar was bad but the worse was when characters were mixed up or the count of people dying changing. But still love it and can't wait until the next one
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Feyheart
5.0 out of 5 stars I loved the ending
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on September 7, 2022
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The way this book, and the series, builds up is so perfectly satisfying. Each of the characters becomes important to me as I read. The losses are genuinely and emotionally experienced. This is a new favorite series, and I have high hopes for where it leads.
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SiliconWolf
4.0 out of 5 stars Starting to like the idea of the books more than the books themselves
Reviewed in the United States ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ‡ธ on March 24, 2019
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UPDATE AT THE BOTTOM

When I read book one, I was thrilled. A Wuxia book with characters that had depth and caring. I saw the flaws in the book, but I mostly ignored them.
When I read book two, I was still happy. Lots of fun adventure with people worth cheering for.
When I read book three, I felt it dragged in places. Quite a few places. But I still liked it.

But this book:
1. The people rescued from the dungeon have no reason to care about anybody other than Eric's and Rugrats' team. But they decide to go exploring anyway. Sure, exploring makes sense. But it didn't feel like they were ever going to come back. It's like the author decided "Oops, these guys are too high a level. I better get rid of them."
2. The author really likes to talk about the military training. He does it a lot. Do other people like this? I didn't.
3. The intelligence level of the two main pets seems to change at will. Sometimes they understand complete sentences. Other times, they're no smarter than the average dog.
4. Desperately needs proofreading.

All of these books are just a bit ...less when you read them the second time. Flaws jump out more, boring parts seem to last longer. I've reread the other books. But if I reread this book, I may drop my score down to two stars.

UPDATE:
Gave into temptation and read the book again after an update was pushed. Number of visible errors I found has dropped DRAMATICALLY. The book literally went from hundreds of errors to tens. ...I wasn't really counting, but maybe found 30 total? (Kinda odd why some are still in the book. Half of the errors are spacing errors and very easy to see.)

Not sure if it was just error fixing or if sections were rewritten and/or deleted. But pet intelligence doesn't seem as jarring and discussions regarding military training don't seem to be as long.

Anyway, now that the book is actually readable, it's a 5 star book. But I'm only giving 4 stars for now because I'm still very angry that we were given such a massive disaster originally. And those remaining errors should be cleaned up.
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