Into the Tower

Thanks to the Author and Netgalley for the free book in return for an honest review.

I love gamebooks, always have, since way back when the first fighting fantasy came out all those years ago, so I'm always intrigued to find a new book and even more so when it doesn't follow the format of those books I grew up with.

First up, this isn't for kids, there's a whole lot of adult themes in here and a whole lot more imagery that's not like anything that you'll have seen in other books of this sort, most of which have at least some leanings towards being accessible by kids.

Second, it's shorter than most of the books that I grew up with, but the chapters herein aren't just single paragraphs, they're sometimes pages, sometimes multiple pages long, so you've got to be prepared to read through at length and consider everything that's been put on the page.

With that in mind, I've got to say I greatly enjoyed this, I loved the special abilities for some of the characters, including one that allows you to write down the reference that you came from so you can always make things right. Not to say that I don't still play with all my fingers acting as separate bookmarks, but the permission to note that down was a nice nod to how things were played in the past.

Overall this was superb, so much so that I'm going to check out the other books in the series, it's not for kids, but I'm not a kid anymore, and this, this was definitely for me.

This is good fun. If you miss the old pre-computer, (or early computer), text-based adventure games, or if you just wonder what they are and how they work, this is a fine choice. Well written, with excellent atmosphere, an interesting selection of player characters, and lots of fun twists and turns, This is a very appealing project. Immersive, yet easy enough to get into and navigate.

I had a lot of fun going through ‘Into the Tower’ it was easy to follow and the story line interesting. On my play though I used the thief character and found it great 😊
Would highly recommend
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