Left Out By The System (Lonely Apocalypse #1) by Constantin Step

Left Out By The System (Lonely Apocalypse #1) Reviews

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  Arundeepak J

  DNF at 40%
  
  It felt pretty much the same as any other litRPG. Nothing unique about it.
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  Jim

  A new entry into the apocalypse novels with a unique idea
  
  What a poor bastard, was my first thought. All of humanity is teleported away but him, last human on Earth until the others complete a tutorial and learn about their new reality and what powers it. Sadly our ironically named MC, Lex Lurker, has always been invisible to most unless he made himself known first. Now he wakes from a 3 year coma to a changed earth with everyone else gone, then he sees dragons and beast riding monsters from his window and realizes that things are bad. When the hospital he woke up in becomes a kobold dungeon, Lex has to get himself moving and survive. Thankfully he has a guide to help him adjust and complete the tutorial quests on earth, unlike everyone else. He’s not safe and survival is definitely not guaranteed.
  Oh he also met a goddess who ‘blessed’ him with knowledge, quests and an opportunity to become a moderator, whatever that is. Sadly if he fails them he will become a servant of the system that runs his new reality, somethings just need to be avoided and losing his freedom after 3 years in a coma is not a good plan.
  So he works to embrace his new reality and grow stronger.
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  James

  Very enjoyable.
  
  I enjoyed this book a lot as the author has a very unusual way of working the magic in this series. The world building was solid and the character development was good as well. The MC is set up in a way to make you root for him and look forward to seeing how he develops. Overall I really enjoyed this book and I will read the next book in the series.
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  Darren

  Poor
  
  Not very well written. Boring with shallow characters and too much emphasis on mechanics. While it still tells a story..It's weak.
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  Sylvia Rangel

  I don't know what is going on
  
  I have questions and found no answers in this book. The gaming structure is difficult to understand. Something is off about the MC. I skimmed fight scenes because I couldn't picture them. The only reason I will try to continue this series is because I want answers!
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  Steve

  Tiresome, DNF. Loads of pointless bickering and an MC so indecisive that I hoped he'd die. Definitely an Eastern European/Russian flavour to the writing, so if you like that style (specifically, MCs talking too much) you may get more out of this than I did.
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  Liam Dean

  Decent, but needs work
  
  Good, enjoyable story, but needs a proof reader. Grammar errors are very low, but there's often extra words where author seems to have had two ideas for how to write a sentence, which makes it awkward. Likewise, he seems to forget quest kill counts, and swaps between metric and imperial measurements midway through.
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  Randy Smith

  It shows some promise but!
  
  The concept behind this book shows some real promise following in the footsteps of many apocalyptic LitRPG stories. I was originally only going to give this book two stars but it started to show some promise at the end plus I’ve read final authors notes and realize that this was only half of the beginning story. The issue I found with this book is that the pace is way too slow and by the end of the book he barely made any progress. The beginning of each chapter was a long diatribe on what other characters were doing. Many of these other characters swiftly died after that so it proved to be mostly pointless and just drag down the story. It got to the point where I just skimmed most of the beginning of each chapter. The author pointed out in his notes that the first book was very big so he cut it in two, well with all the added bloat to each chapter I can see why it was so big. In summary it’s good enough to be given a few stars and I won’t blast this book series until I see the next book. But if the next book is as bad with pacing and development as this one (not to mention bloated chapters) then I doubt if I would give it even one star.
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  Wilhelm Eyrich

  This was fine.
  
  The only that is great about this book is the system, I really enjoyed how it kind of incorporated a cultivation aspect into it and it’s uses of sub stats.
  
  However, there is a lot of things I feel need looking into. For one, the book takes place over maybe a single day when there is 3 months left until anybody comes back - I was expecting this would end with those three months up but the pace is much slower than anticipated and it could be 2-3 more books before he meets another person.
  
  Another thing was the state of progression, I don’t mind having a glimpse at higher leveled beings and abilities, but when the MC is giving something he can’t use until he’s much much stronger and he gets 1/100th of the way to it by the end of book it worries me about how the fast progression is going to be going forward and whether it will be sped up monstrously or not.
  
  Last thing that bother me was the additional POVs, the enemy ones added basically nothing to the story and took up way too much space in this already short book. Unless they have a part to play in further books (which I doubt) they aren’t really accomplishing anything of note.
  
  Overall this was a fun quick read but it was too short for what it was trying to do and not nearly enough happened.
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  William Howe

  Silver spoon
  
  MC’s weaknesses become strengths too quickly. And he is strangely skilled for a teenager.
  
  His rich (!) mother had him trained in firearms (1911? Of course! And what’s that over there in a security office at a hospital? Of course!), he did yoga for hours daily (as any teenager would), and he doesn’t spend much time thinking about his father (oooh! I wonder if this will be important…). Why yes, he does know a little about dark matter from high school physics! Naturally there is a vet clinic in the same building as a private rich people hospital!!
  
  [sigh]
  
  The system is interesting and the narrative flows well, though the grammar is…off…in strange ways at times (“nor I’m” instead of the more natural ‘nor am I’). And some of the authorial decisions are poorly considered.
  
  I can’t really recommend this one. It’s not *bad*, but it is somewhat immature in conceptual development. At the same time, it was a pretty easy read and *didn’t* overload itself with tropes.
• 
  Clint Young

  KU Review
  
  “This was a fun book. I am glad that I read it. You should try it too.”
  
  As the title says this is a review for Kindle Unlimited and as such is a reflection of my enjoyment of the book and in no way reflects cost to value analysis. I hate trying to define my enjoyment and describe facets of it that would appeal to someone else. It is simply not my style. But for the sake of those fishing for clues:
  
  Character development: good
  Game elements: heavy
  Harem elements: none
  Summary: this was an interesting game system to explore. Always love new concepts.
  
  I will happily discuss the book with you on Goodreads if you are so inclined. As always, I am open to debates and arguments, but also vain enough to seek acknowledgement, so feel free to roast me or applaud my efforts. Either is acceptable, because if you are paying attention to me then you are at least considering the book. And THAT my friends is exactly why you see my comments here.
  
  Cheers
• 
  Joel

  Essentially, an awkward, academically gifted loner kid gets in an accident 'protecting' the girl he has a crush on, and when he awakens from a coma months later, he finds himself inside an MMORPG, basically. It's not the most original idea, but at the same time, I enjoyed the popcorn-style lighthearted format of the book, following Lex Lurker (cringe) as he learns about the new alternate world he lives in, levels up and gains abilities, and fights some low level baddies. There's not much arc or resolution to this novel, as it functionally is just Lex going through the tutorial period of his new video game lifestyle, with the vast majority of the content left unsaid.
  
  All of that said, it was a lot of fun, and I enjoyed the nice break from more 'serious' books for a bit. The writing is decent, and the narration on the audiobook is well above average.
• 
  Kevin

  This book seems to be one big meme. There are so many meme concepts that are built into the book as a foundation.
  The protagonist is named Lex Lurker, and he likes to be unnoticed, and stands still to observe people... Then there is the cat is fine meme, forever alone, truck-kun, and so many others. I don't know how I feel about this.
  What I read so far isn't of interest to me.
  
  I think this is where I part with the series. Too many POVs and too many memes. The protagonist is some anime tier character that stutters when he speaks to girls. I thought this would be some guy using his wits to defeat his enemies and gain power. It's a guy trapped in the hospital with bipedal dogs and preying on them to gain power.
  
  2.5/5 Stars
• 
  Callum

  Ditched early but warning signs of a bad book
  
  This has all the markings of pretty garbage book though I’ll be honest I didn’t get very far but wanted to warn someone else who might make the mistake of wasting time on this just to bail. There’s no life to the writing, no self awareness or wit to the dialog. It reads like a male Mary Sue - the cliche descriptions of this kids days being invisible and his obsession with the popular pretty girl that turns into a one note power fantasy. This feels like a book written by the straightest, whitest straight white guy around. It’s really just not it - reads like bottom of the barrel fan fiction. Bemused this has so many positive reviews - different strokes for different folks I guess.
• 
  Arty

  Story of boring sociopath.
  Some of these authors need proper editors and translators. They should also pick up an english comprehension or creative writing class; if they want to publish their works. "Left out by the system" is perfect example of an innovative idea only to fail because of poor execution. The author creates a character who I would catargized "not normal"; which is fine. However, the character is overly complicated and dull. The side characters also suffers the same problem; only highlighting the author's literary inexperience. Simply put, this story sucks BAD. I get the feeling, "Left Out By The System" was written for pre-teens who are disturbed.
  If the author is reading this; you messed up when you had a monster eat a kitten. You went full retard.
• 
  Paul

  While this book does have issues, namely violating the principle of Keep it Simply Stupid (KISS), with its need to tell the reader what percentage stats have in a certain skill. For instance his luck is based on 10% charisma and 90% fate.
  Another problem with the book is, in one paragraph the system is telling him you can no longer do this, but then lets him do it anyway in the next paragraph with no explanation on why he can do this.
  The author could really have used someone to rip a part the book to correct several continuity errors, but I am looking forward to the second part of the book.
  
• 
  IreTheTiger

  quaint story in dire need of an editor
  
  I like the premise of the story. The writing can be improved with a good editor as the author tends to phrase things oddly at an inverse, which reads clumsily. Cut scenes to other characters lead to no where and really don't need to be present, and feels like they wrote them to meet a word count. Likewise a lot of the verbose writing is unneeded, making you skim entire paragraphs that are redundant.
  
  In all honesty, if this weren't a Kindle Unlimited book, I would not recommend reading. This is a good filler book while your next favorite series releases.
• 
  Leep_zig

  A promising beginning
  
  I think the series definitely has potential, but the game system is a little confusing, and not your typical system, I’m not sure how I feel about it. The personalities of the main character and his sidekick pet so to speak are what makes me think the series has a chance, I hope to hear more. But also some of the behaviors from the cat is a little puzzling which I’m not sure if that is supposed to be some foreshadowing of something or it’s just poor plot development. I look forward to the next one!
• 
  Zachary

  Enjoyable but verbose book
  
  Enjoyed this book, though, in places, the author took more time to dive into the main character's inner monologue as he debated what decisions to make. After awhile I found myself skimming those sections.
  
  That said, I enjoyed the premise of the story and found myself intrigued by the MC. I could have done without the narrative leaps to other characters, but they were interesting, I guess. Curious as to how the next book will play out.
• 
  Kevin Harrison

  Not bad
  
  Being Kindle Unlimited worth giving it a try. I like the book, but was force to put it down for a few day then book in another series came out I was waiting for...so I hen came back took a little time to click. The author uses a more complex system than most. However will read book two.