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  • The Dao of Magic

  • The Dao of Magic, Book 1
  • By: Andries Louws
  • Narrated by: Pavi Proczko
  • Length: 17 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.3 out of 5 stars (240 ratings)
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The Dao of Magic

By: Andries Louws
Narrated by: Pavi Proczko
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Summary

Cultivation. Magic. Empowering unwitting animals!

A thousand-year-old cultivator, Drew, is about to ascend to a higher existence. As he begins the process, he finds out he has pissed off one too many demigods. Though he manages to fight off the concerted effort of sect elders and patriarchs...he is slapped away from the higher realms by something.

After an instant or an eternity, he awakens on a lower realm! The air is filled with garbage energy, and his emotions of all things are allowing him to control it. For a cultivator that has spent his existence absolutely controlling his thoughts...that won’t do at all. To regain his place in the cosmos, he will need to create the energy his is familiar with once more...even if it might poison the entire world.

Then again...he could just take it easy and leave all the hard work to his "willing" apprentices.

©2018 Andries Louws (P)2019 Podium Publishing

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More like magic theory

it's like listening to a dry lecture about the fundamentals of magic not what I'm looking for in a story.

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Interesting but..

Kind of torn on this one. Intriguing but it kind of goes no were. It's 75% of Magic Law, 20% inner monologue and 5% action and the story just drops with no final epic battle or great reveal... So interesting but....

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very well thought.

Great development and steady build up both in story and power.
I really recommend you to listen

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Not the mainstream

Interesting and not bad. Hard to follow, what's the point... and not really good... that's my feeling. But I'm not certain I won't try book two haha

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Loved it

Amazing, completely loved this book. Cant wait to listen to the rest. 5 stars!!

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Good unusual book

Narrator is very good.

Story and idea are unusual but I couldn't stop listening and waiting for the usual. And then I realised it was about the journey.

I however definitely enjoy author's storytelling and mastery of the language

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Great story with Op Mc done right

1000 year old Mc lands on a magic world. Original premise and the execution is very good.

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A slooow burner with some problems

It took a while to get what this book was about.
Effectively it's the pervy wise teacher trope, but they are the mc, not the student/s.

I like the concept, however:
- the plot drives along at a snails pace. the whole 17 hours felt like an act 1 for a complete book, at best.
- nothing significant happens during those 17 hours, nor does anything feel earned
- there are no story arcs over this book. set up, problem, solution.
- the king with low key Coprolalia, is absurd and feels really forced.
- there is little art applied in use of swearing in this book, it does little to colour, punctuate or convey.
- there are a complete lack of significant stakes or consequences for the mc.


So, I get this is probably a royal road or similar port. It may have benefitted from taking a similar path as the wandering Inn and compiling 30-40 hours per book.

I am glad this was included in my Audible subs, as I cannot recommend spending a credit on it, nor on the other books in this series.

in short, I love the concept, but it is poorly executed.

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superbly unremarkable

so fun and funny and so sqeeeying fun love the story and find myself entranced

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Good 👍 👍 👍 👍

it's so funny 🤣 it's a Morden take of Caveman and smatpeople
everything he seems to see 👀 is so inefficient and he get so pissy about the ex 🙄 'what the FarQ are affinities they do not make sense how can you uses 1 chi then with get 100 iron
when it's ment to be 1 to 1. and he is so overpowered and balanced in a way and his fetish is an old mind that has seen life for what it is 😆 🤣 😂 😹 lol.

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