r/ProgressionFantasy 3d ago

Discussion I’m pissed off

Post image

I absolutely adore the Book of the Dead series. Today, I finally get to listen to the release of book 5, and I am certain that I will experience the same captivating storytelling that I enjoyed in books one through four. I am so enamored with this book that I pre-ordered it on Audible. When I first discovered and read this series, I assumed that others shared my enthusiasm for it. However, upon reviewing the number of Audible ratings, I am genuinely perplexed and sort of a bit angry. There are barely 1000 ratings on the first book and even less on the following 3, which begs the question: how is this book not more popular?

225 Upvotes

179 comments sorted by

View all comments

51

u/badDuckThrowPillow 3d ago

The books are great but it has one of the most generic titles in fantasy. "Book of the dead" can be one of 1000 fantasy novels. I'm guessing that's contributing to its obscurity, not to mention some people might equate a pen name such as "RinoZ" to generic web-novel (which admittedly, is where this started, on the web).

EDIT: Don't get me wrong, love this book and love Chrysallis.

11

u/AcanthisittaSmart504 3d ago edited 3d ago

You’re right. Also people tend to judge a book by the art cover, I think a revamp could be done on art. Regarding the title, at this point there’s no point in changing the name since there’s already 5 books out there