Whiskey-Four

Masterpiece

good jod 10/10. Will Read IT again. ♡

It's one of the better games that I've tried in this genre. The story is fast-paced and packed with action, so much so that it's hard to find an uneventful page for a pause. + The book is well-written and manages to create a good atmosphere without too many descriptions. I felt fully immersed into the world. + Characters are interesting and engaging. It is believable that they come from this world, and not from ours. + The male MC is believably a man, which is unfortunately rare nowadays. There is a good variety of replies that still follow a familiar pattern. + I took the affectionate path with the MC's ex-lover (who was also a male in my playthrough). To my relief, the story did not devolve into the usual cringe populating the enemy-to-lovers trope. I mean, it was dramatic and a bit funny, but it did fit with the tone of the story. + I won't be rereading the book because I was pleased with the choices I'd made, so I can't speak on how much the MC really can influence. While reading it though, it did feel like many decisions mattered. I helped a person who later helped me; I used certain equipment in certain situations; got injured or saved by my previous choices. So it was in general a satisfying game. + I was pleased to see the good-old male and female options to choose from. In general, the writing was made by an adult for other adults, all the while not taking itself too seriously. - In the second half of the book, I got an impression that the endless barrage of action scenes was used to pad the pages. My reactions went from excitement to exhaustion after ca. 4 hours of reading about the MC getting hurt and tired, hurt and tired again and... again, until I just wanted to shout "wrap it up" at my screen. A few of the action scenes could have been cut out with no loss. The stakes would have felt higher too. - While I found most of the characters to be interesting and engaging, none of them were appealing enough for me to try the"flings" that the book description mentioned. The ex wasn't very appealing either, but he at least offered some fun drama.