X-RHODEN-X Audiobooks

The Stubborn Skill-Grinder in a Time Loop: marathon progression fantasy

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.7/5 average

459 listener ratings

Who is X-RHODEN-X?

Progression fantasy is a genre built on patience, and few titles wear that as plainly as The Stubborn Skill-Grinder In A Time Loop. The premise is right there in the name: a protagonist who repeats, grinds and improves, with the loop supplying both the structure and the joke.

The byline, X-RHODEN-X, is a handle rather than a name, and we treat it as one. Nothing verifiable sits behind it that we could report, which is entirely normal in a genre that grew up on serial web fiction and carried those conventions across into audio. What matters here is the series, and the series has an audience.

X-RHODEN-X in audiobooks

The instalment we hold is the third, read by Daniel Wisniewski, and it is enormous: close to twenty-nine hours, a fortnight of commutes rather than a weekend. That scale is a feature of the form rather than an accident of editing. Grinding takes time, and the audio wants you to feel every hour of it.

It carries a strong average across several hundred ratings, which for a deep series entry is a very good sign, since only committed listeners get that far in. Newcomers should not start here. Pick the loop up from its first instalment and let the numbers climb in order. Everything we hold is listed below.