A Girl Corrupted by the Internet is the Summoned Hero?! Kindle Edition

Without giving away too much of the plot, let's just say that the author picks a couple of main characters, settings, and concepts that are familiar from popular culture, mythology, or literature. He then simplifies them all the way down to the most essential set of rules. And then proceeds to string these rules together in the most logically consistent, but absolutely ridiculous sequence of events.

The story at times gets a little sexually explicit. By definition not any worse than what would commonly be encountered on the internet, but that's not exactly saying much. The adult content is an integral part of the story though. So, a mature reader is unlikely to be bothered, and a lot more likely to laugh out loud considering the sheer ridiculousness of the plot -- a younger reader might not get the references and could be confused or disturbed.

Overall, the plots twists are highly entertaining and there are enough curve balls that I enjoyed reading each and every one of the short chapters. The downside to this style of writing is that it only works well, if the characters are static. Any amount of character development would break the illusion of a twisty, but logically inevitable plot development. Similarly, once the plot has run its course, it is difficult to continue the story without breaking the spell. And since so much depends on surprising turns in the plot, I am not sure I would read the story more than once nor enjoy it after reading spoilers.

Consequently, not only is the book rather short, it also ends quite abruptly. In a way, the sudden ending makes the story feel like a highly amusing first chapter of a longer work. This longer work, if it existed, would continue telling a story in the same universe, but not necessarily using the same over-the-top plot devices and flat characters. As is, I am a little torn between enjoying the hour of entertainment that I got form this purchase and feeling let down because it ended so suddenly. I would happily pay for a book that extended our view of this particular universe.

First, Yudkowsky's new story is sick and wrong (but not in an explicit or graphic way, don't worry). Second, it is so unspeakably and weirdly clever it will break your brain. And really, don't read this at work; your insane laughter will certainly be noticed.

After a bit of cringe on my part at the beginning, I don't think I stopped laughing the entire way through.

If you've ever spent time reading s***ty light novel translations, Yudkowski created a pitch-perfect parody practically all the way through, with the occasional exception of a too well-constructed paragraph.

Tongue-in-cheek, grounded in theory, rational, internally consistent, savvy, and decidedly hilarious. Classic Yudkowsky. This gem of a light novel will leave you reeling in laughter and staring into the endless void in deep thought. I give it a perfect score of 5/7.

Some people would say that the ending leaves you hanging. I would ask where they found the ending. This book gets rolling, builds up, and then the climax goes missing. Its more like half the book is missing than a finished product. Take my advise, if you have to know how a story ends, find a different one, because until they publish book 2, this story just drops off halfway and doesnt have one. While I am not so sure about this being reread worthy, I can say it lost at least 1 star for having no ending. I feel more like someone lost half the manuscript on the way to the printers. Ugh.

Yuuki a perverted girl when she was... ahem, relieving herself, is summoned to another world. where she is the hero and is destined to win against the wicked emperor by 100%. Unfortunately, she's not particularly interested in saving the world. Yuuki is more interested in fulfilling her more lustful needs. Hijinks ensue.

The main meat and heart of the story is of Yuuki Yugano and her snarking. Every time she comments on something it was hilarious, which made for a fun read!

While I definitely enjoyed the story there are two small flaws with it. The first is the length, even for a light novel, I found it a little too short for my taste. (When comparing other titles such as No Game No Life and Is It Wrong to Try to Pick Up Girls in a Dungeon.) And the notable lack of interior illustrations may turn a few people off from fully enjoying this Ebook.

While is brief its a fun ride while it lasts. If Eliezer Yudkowsky decides to continue this into a series. I will gladly pick up the sequel.

My final rating 4.5 out of 5

This is kind of a strange concept for a story, because it's kind of about pornography while not actually containing any pornographic scenes. One of the key plot points is that the main character is a teenage girl who shamelessly consumed lots of online pornography. She is summoned to a fantasy world to save them from the "Dark Lord", and the magic system in the world revolves heavily around notions of sexual purity/impurity/desires.

You might think "okay, this sounds like an excuse for erotica" but no, there is no erotica. At all.

What you get instead is a lot of humor, and clever exploits of the way magic and prophecy work in the setting. Some attempts at exploits work, some fail, and the whole hangs together sensibly. There's a lot of "clever people coming up with clever solutions" in it, which I always enjoy. There's also a certain genre-savviness to it; the protagonist knows the kind of story she's in, and also that it's not technically a story so may not follow the conventions she's expecting it to.

The biggest weakness is that the characters could've been more engaging. The protagonist is interesting but the only person one really gets to know as a distinct personality. Still, the premise was cute and the clever stuff is delivered well.