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Worth the Candle

by Alexander Wales
no haremcompletedstandaloneheavysoft system
THE SYSTEM'S VERDICT

A grief novel wearing a LitRPG costume, Crawler, and the most psychologically honest book on this shelf. Heavy, dense, brilliant, complete. Mind the content warnings — it does not flinch, and neither should you.

A teenager who lost his best friend wakes in a fantasy world assembled from every D&D campaign they ever ran together — and starts to suspect someone is running this game on purpose. Rational-fiction at its most psychologically honest; the System classifies this as a grief novel wearing a LitRPG costume, and means it as the highest compliment.

At a glance

Adult MC · No   Harem · No
Status · Complete · standalone-readable

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Ratings

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4.1/ 5 blended
Prose quality4.7 / 5
curator 4.7 · 0 community votes
Emotional weight4.8 / 5
curator 4.8 · 0 community votes
Power-fantasy index2.5 / 5
curator 2.5 · 0 community votes
Stakes4.5 / 5
curator 4.5 · 0 community votes

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