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Tree of Aeons
Matt is reincarnated as the most unlikely of heroes...
Being reborn as a tree wasn't first on Matt's wish list. It's not all bad, though. For he's not just any tree, but an overpowered one in a fantasy world that serves as the battlefield for an ongoing conflict between demons and the heroes summoned to oppose them.
Matt can be a great tool against the evil forces. TreeTree (as Matt comes to be known) will learn all manner of skills, gain levels and wisdom, and in doing so, build up a forest, guide young heroes, protect a village, and much more.
Don't miss the start of an epic reincarnation/isekai LitRPG story about a man who becomes a tree, growing and progressing throughout the ages in an eternal conflict against a demon incursion. With nearly 15 million views between Royal Road and ScribbleHub, this new and improved edition is sure to delight readers!
Being reborn as a tree wasn't first on Matt's wish list. It's not all bad, though. For he's not just any tree, but an overpowered one in a fantasy world that serves as the battlefield for an ongoing conflict between demons and the heroes summoned to oppose them.
Matt can be a great tool against the evil forces. TreeTree (as Matt comes to be known) will learn all manner of skills, gain levels and wisdom, and in doing so, build up a forest, guide young heroes, protect a village, and much more.
Don't miss the start of an epic reincarnation/isekai LitRPG story about a man who becomes a tree, growing and progressing throughout the ages in an eternal conflict against a demon incursion. With nearly 15 million views between Royal Road and ScribbleHub, this new and improved edition is sure to delight readers!
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First published March 24, 2023
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July 25, 2023
So our main character is isekai'd as a tree. How is that interesting? Well, turns out trees have conflicts, especially in a world of magic and demon invasions.
Our protagonist is disappointed to learn on his death that he doesn't qualify for the cool reincarnation of the heroes. He has to spin a wheel with options where monster is about the most exciting label. And he lands on "tree". And in he goes.
The first chapters span a bunch of years as he doesn't initially have much sensory input. About the only thing he knows is the notifications of demon lords arriving followed by heroes spawning. And then a bunch of both dying. Turns out that heroes don't have much of a lifespan on a world that spawns a new demon lord every ten years.
Anyway, TreeTree (as he's eventually named) survives. And gains some skills that give him ways to interact with the people around him. And eventually becomes a bastion against evil in his own right.
And I found it all very interesting. The author does a fantastic job giving TreeTree interesting conflict and ways to grow and expand. And tough choices to make. And I even liked his development as something of a hardcase as a community develops around his valley with people trying to mooch off his goodwill and him establishing boundaries.
So I liked this and think it's worth five stars, though with a caveat. It's easy to get attached to some of those around TreeTree, but best you remember that heroes, in particular, are this world's mayflies. They burn bright and hot, but don't last long. It does raise questions about why things are the way they are and TT is curious enough not to leave those questions alone so I suspect the series will build towards him becoming central to that demonic invasion dynamic somehow. I can't wait to see how.
A note about chaste: He's a tree. There's no sex. Even after he gains enough perception to "see" people around him, the author isn't a prurient dingbat so there's no shenanigans. Which makes this very chaste.
Our protagonist is disappointed to learn on his death that he doesn't qualify for the cool reincarnation of the heroes. He has to spin a wheel with options where monster is about the most exciting label. And he lands on "tree". And in he goes.
The first chapters span a bunch of years as he doesn't initially have much sensory input. About the only thing he knows is the notifications of demon lords arriving followed by heroes spawning. And then a bunch of both dying. Turns out that heroes don't have much of a lifespan on a world that spawns a new demon lord every ten years.
Anyway, TreeTree (as he's eventually named) survives. And gains some skills that give him ways to interact with the people around him. And eventually becomes a bastion against evil in his own right.
And I found it all very interesting. The author does a fantastic job giving TreeTree interesting conflict and ways to grow and expand. And tough choices to make. And I even liked his development as something of a hardcase as a community develops around his valley with people trying to mooch off his goodwill and him establishing boundaries.
So I liked this and think it's worth five stars, though with a caveat. It's easy to get attached to some of those around TreeTree, but best you remember that heroes, in particular, are this world's mayflies. They burn bright and hot, but don't last long. It does raise questions about why things are the way they are and TT is curious enough not to leave those questions alone so I suspect the series will build towards him becoming central to that demonic invasion dynamic somehow. I can't wait to see how.
A note about chaste: He's a tree. There's no sex. Even after he gains enough perception to "see" people around him, the author isn't a prurient dingbat so there's no shenanigans. Which makes this very chaste.
July 11, 2023
Good start, but goes downhill
The start of the book was brilliant and had great potential but soon went downhill for me anyway.
If the MC actually acted like a hero or become the hero after being reborn a tree (Underdog) it would have gone down so much better.
The MC is good for the first half of the book & then becomes a tyrant really.
'Just let them sort themselves out, if they die they die'.
'Holds the refugees basically at ransom, give me jewels and your artifacts to be able to survive here.
'Holds food over the refugees head/none helpful unless given stuff first'
All these things lead more to an Anti-Hero/Villain more than a hero which the summary more suggests.
Author should probably put that the MC is more Anti-Hero/Villain or Tyrant in the summary or tags so people like myself who don't like books/Characters like that don't waste their time reading the book.
The start of the book was brilliant and had great potential but soon went downhill for me anyway.
If the MC actually acted like a hero or become the hero after being reborn a tree (Underdog) it would have gone down so much better.
The MC is good for the first half of the book & then becomes a tyrant really.
'Just let them sort themselves out, if they die they die'.
'Holds the refugees basically at ransom, give me jewels and your artifacts to be able to survive here.
'Holds food over the refugees head/none helpful unless given stuff first'
All these things lead more to an Anti-Hero/Villain more than a hero which the summary more suggests.
Author should probably put that the MC is more Anti-Hero/Villain or Tyrant in the summary or tags so people like myself who don't like books/Characters like that don't waste their time reading the book.
April 1, 2023
The guy gains skills abilities or access to his "system" when he is in need or thinks of something. If that thing exists it's unlocked.
The perfect person to become a tree, he almost never explores his skills or plays around with it. A skill appears or a new menu. Oh that's cool, continues his day.
He never questions it, or tries to explore his menues. The world is shallowly explored, he talks with spirits for months, and months / years later he lacks common knowledge.. I mean who can be that uninterested in a magical world where you are reborn as a tree? This guy apperantly. His lack of curiosity and eagerness in partaking in the world affected me too.
The perfect person to become a tree, he almost never explores his skills or plays around with it. A skill appears or a new menu. Oh that's cool, continues his day.
He never questions it, or tries to explore his menues. The world is shallowly explored, he talks with spirits for months, and months / years later he lacks common knowledge.. I mean who can be that uninterested in a magical world where you are reborn as a tree? This guy apperantly. His lack of curiosity and eagerness in partaking in the world affected me too.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
August 20, 2023
The book description is misleading. The MC after about half way through the book turns into a selfish, uncaring dickhead. He's also an idiot not remembering or using most his skills. He's a self serving tyrant who is constantly paranoid.
June 6, 2023
In its favor, the idea of becoming a tree that slowly gains, if not sentience-independence, through generations of heroes and calamities, sounds very interesting. And the way the magic, levels, and probably the situation with the summoned heroes who invariably die to "save" the world of cyclical cataclysms while having their souls and minds tempered are some very good foundations for some diving into the tools for settings as litrpg.
The problem is that 99% of the information is through the MC (who I think only said once his name and then forgot at minute 5) and the guy has no past, no future, no sense of angts nor drama nor true happiness. As its formulaic with such stories when its done badly, the person who died truly doesn't care that he died or what happened to their families because there is adventure and harem and power. But even when he gets neither, the guy adapts very much as being a tree--I mean becoming near sociopathic and deranged. You would think this is a dungeon core story where the MC forgot everything about their past and are now this amnesiac automaton but no, the guy has abilities that allow him to pass the time without issue while hibernating and sometimes he mentions a nephew.
And ok spoilers for like, first third of the story:
But what it killed my desire to continue with the story is that we got other characters, the new batch of heroes who tree-tree (his legit name now) helped to protect, to heal, from whom we got the first batch of solid worldbuilding and the idea of soul manipulation. We get their final fight agains the demon king into an aerial and then dungeon-crawling battle against a sentient possessed castle which ends with a thermonuclear explosion that kills all of them
And it took me like 3 minutes after the fact that "yeah, they are dead huh". No reaction. No sadness or happiness nor a sense of excitement about their battle and sacrifice. And while in part it's because we get the fight MONOLOGUED to us by the POV wizard? warrior? and jumps like 99% of all battles and choreography to give us a Wikipedia resume of the situation; its mainly because tree-tree only says "oh bother" and goes to his menu. Hell, before that with the slaughter of the elven village we were TOLD how bad it was, but tree-tree was just a stump who was kind of miffed at most.
The author write the descriptions but I legit feel that this was done by Chatgpt for all the emotional core and satisfaction it brings. It was a set of vignettes in a place that its not described, for a culture that we don't know, with a generic group of elves farmers and then a demonic invasion that seems autogenerated.
Maybe, maybe it gets better at hour 10, but I am no longer in the mind space to waddle through garbage and "bad takes" from a story to get to the "good parts". I get the idea of "it gets better" and I have stories where it got better, but so many just never go beyond mediocre that wasting half a day of time listening and swallowing my frustration to get good work are considered viable options. That shit is for developing reading and analytical skills in your youth for school and for information literacy. I did my time and I just want a story that is goodish from start to finish. If it becomes great, excellent.
But this thing could become Spice & Wolf at hour 13 and it would not be worth it.
The problem is that 99% of the information is through the MC (who I think only said once his name and then forgot at minute 5) and the guy has no past, no future, no sense of angts nor drama nor true happiness. As its formulaic with such stories when its done badly, the person who died truly doesn't care that he died or what happened to their families because there is adventure and harem and power. But even when he gets neither, the guy adapts very much as being a tree--I mean becoming near sociopathic and deranged. You would think this is a dungeon core story where the MC forgot everything about their past and are now this amnesiac automaton but no, the guy has abilities that allow him to pass the time without issue while hibernating and sometimes he mentions a nephew.
And ok spoilers for like, first third of the story:
But what it killed my desire to continue with the story is that we got other characters, the new batch of heroes who tree-tree (his legit name now) helped to protect, to heal, from whom we got the first batch of solid worldbuilding and the idea of soul manipulation. We get their final fight agains the demon king into an aerial and then dungeon-crawling battle against a sentient possessed castle which ends with a thermonuclear explosion that kills all of them
And it took me like 3 minutes after the fact that "yeah, they are dead huh". No reaction. No sadness or happiness nor a sense of excitement about their battle and sacrifice. And while in part it's because we get the fight MONOLOGUED to us by the POV wizard? warrior? and jumps like 99% of all battles and choreography to give us a Wikipedia resume of the situation; its mainly because tree-tree only says "oh bother" and goes to his menu. Hell, before that with the slaughter of the elven village we were TOLD how bad it was, but tree-tree was just a stump who was kind of miffed at most.
The author write the descriptions but I legit feel that this was done by Chatgpt for all the emotional core and satisfaction it brings. It was a set of vignettes in a place that its not described, for a culture that we don't know, with a generic group of elves farmers and then a demonic invasion that seems autogenerated.
Maybe, maybe it gets better at hour 10, but I am no longer in the mind space to waddle through garbage and "bad takes" from a story to get to the "good parts". I get the idea of "it gets better" and I have stories where it got better, but so many just never go beyond mediocre that wasting half a day of time listening and swallowing my frustration to get good work are considered viable options. That shit is for developing reading and analytical skills in your youth for school and for information literacy. I did my time and I just want a story that is goodish from start to finish. If it becomes great, excellent.
But this thing could become Spice & Wolf at hour 13 and it would not be worth it.
July 23, 2023
I've seen a few people recommend this, so now that it was edited (hopefully) I will give it a go.
I was hesitant to read this at first, but I'm really enjoying this story. I hope it continues strong.
Hmm. I think there is either a plothole, missed continuity check, or failed editing.
Okay. This seemed out of character .
I heard someone say that this is just a dungeon story, but with a tree.... But I still enjoyed it. Some of the books I read recently were not too fun, and I really needed something like this.
I will read the sequel.
3/5 Stars
I was hesitant to read this at first, but I'm really enjoying this story. I hope it continues strong.
Hmm. I think there is either a plothole, missed continuity check, or failed editing.
Okay. This seemed out of character .
I heard someone say that this is just a dungeon story, but with a tree.... But I still enjoyed it. Some of the books I read recently were not too fun, and I really needed something like this.
I will read the sequel.
3/5 Stars
April 17, 2023
uninteresting common man
The main character isn’t very likable. Nor is there anything extraordinary about him. I’m all for writing a book about a average joe but between his commeness and pretty bad personality he isn’t engaging. I actually love that he only really cares for his select few folks. I’m over the self righteous characters. I just don’t appreciate the hostility he shows the other in the valley. Either be apathetic to them or don’t. The weird I don’t care but I want to rule them dichotomy is annoying.
The main character isn’t very likable. Nor is there anything extraordinary about him. I’m all for writing a book about a average joe but between his commeness and pretty bad personality he isn’t engaging. I actually love that he only really cares for his select few folks. I’m over the self righteous characters. I just don’t appreciate the hostility he shows the other in the valley. Either be apathetic to them or don’t. The weird I don’t care but I want to rule them dichotomy is annoying.
July 25, 2024
I enjoyed this book quite a bit, It is not for everyone though .. it’s 80% stats/progression and 20% story. So be warned.
Something about seeing progression and “number go up” makes my lizard brain happy ahhaha .
Something about seeing progression and “number go up” makes my lizard brain happy ahhaha .
March 8, 2025
10/10
Her bölümün ağacın yaşamının bir yılı anlatması ilgi çekiciydi.
Her bölümün ağacın yaşamının bir yılı anlatması ilgi çekiciydi.
September 21, 2024
Nice unique rpg perspective, it introduces some unconventional way of a mainstream characters beginning and development.
August 10, 2023
Racist tree
Story was alright but pretty bland up up until the point that he killed the random human adventurers in an airship. Being a tree you'd think he would mellow out but no, he somehow thought it was alright to kill random people from a faction that killed people he was associated with. Maybe if they were trying to attack him it would make sense, but they were literally flying by. He deliberately crashed them and then killed them for no good reason. This is flat out illogical. Not to mention the fact that he has a persistent distaste for all humans due to one encounter. He clearly remembers being human and his personality doesn't even seem that different, so I feel like this was a silly decision to make.
Story was alright but pretty bland up up until the point that he killed the random human adventurers in an airship. Being a tree you'd think he would mellow out but no, he somehow thought it was alright to kill random people from a faction that killed people he was associated with. Maybe if they were trying to attack him it would make sense, but they were literally flying by. He deliberately crashed them and then killed them for no good reason. This is flat out illogical. Not to mention the fact that he has a persistent distaste for all humans due to one encounter. He clearly remembers being human and his personality doesn't even seem that different, so I feel like this was a silly decision to make.
January 3, 2024
An interesting world and magic system, but a distant tone and flat characters made this fall pretty flat for me.
Matt is reborn as a magical tree in a fantasy world. At first he is powerless to the whims of the people around him, but slowly he consolidates power and allies to grow a safe haven. I love the tree premise, but Matt was a fairly cold and boring protagonist for me. His goals were unclear and he was often extremely callous to other people, going so far as to turn off heat to a refugee population for political power.
I don’t recommend this book. If you want a tree progression fantasy, I’d try reborn as a demonic tree.
Matt is reborn as a magical tree in a fantasy world. At first he is powerless to the whims of the people around him, but slowly he consolidates power and allies to grow a safe haven. I love the tree premise, but Matt was a fairly cold and boring protagonist for me. His goals were unclear and he was often extremely callous to other people, going so far as to turn off heat to a refugee population for political power.
I don’t recommend this book. If you want a tree progression fantasy, I’d try reborn as a demonic tree.
May 10, 2023
Actually very engaging.
This is probably the first book I've read with a tree as the main character and primary focus. The story was much more engaging than I expected. It's fascinating how he develops. Time flows both slow and fast, and there's always something new and interesting that pops up. I will say I'm not sure about Horns after a while, because he seems to be becoming a bit intense. I also really like Meela, but I have the same distrust for the new researcher. I look forward to reading more.
This is probably the first book I've read with a tree as the main character and primary focus. The story was much more engaging than I expected. It's fascinating how he develops. Time flows both slow and fast, and there's always something new and interesting that pops up. I will say I'm not sure about Horns after a while, because he seems to be becoming a bit intense. I also really like Meela, but I have the same distrust for the new researcher. I look forward to reading more.
June 22, 2023
3.5 Stars really.
This book is mental, to be honest. Who would have thought you could be entertained reading about someone who has been turned into a tree? But here we are. Matt/tree-tree isn't a very nice person. He's a typical male gamer really. Selfish, self centered and, a bit of a bully, no real altruism about him and is as dense as the wood he's now made of, but the story is still fairly interesting. I think I'll probably read the next one.
This book is mental, to be honest. Who would have thought you could be entertained reading about someone who has been turned into a tree? But here we are. Matt/tree-tree isn't a very nice person. He's a typical male gamer really. Selfish, self centered and, a bit of a bully, no real altruism about him and is as dense as the wood he's now made of, but the story is still fairly interesting. I think I'll probably read the next one.
September 11, 2023
The main character goes through a major transformation in character halfway through the book and does not make sense if compared to the beginning. Plus, the character is hypocritical on one hand he wants to work with the land and flourish amongst it yet punish people for no reason.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
April 4, 2024
off
Every character is screwy, as in poorly written or designed. It’s like someone thinks all people are behaviorally equivalent to game like NPCs…
Every character is screwy, as in poorly written or designed. It’s like someone thinks all people are behaviorally equivalent to game like NPCs…
March 18, 2024
I've got to give this book some serious kudos for sticking with an interesting premise and not trying to cheat its way out of the limitations it had set on itself (at least for as long as I read in this book). I half expected this story to immediately find a loophole around the main character being a tree that allows him to go off and have adventures. In the nearly 60% of this book that I read, that didn't happen.
This focus on delivering something so different from the norm kept me reading as long as I did. I have a thing these days for books that try to deliver something new, and that intrigue kept me with this book long past where I might have put other books with the same problems down.
What are those problems? Well, there's only one that really mattered to me; the lack of compelling character work.
This story focuses so closely on the premise of the protagonist being a tree and building out the world that the tree exists in that it forgets to put in the necessary work to develop characters to care about. The protagonist is the perfect example of this. He is a man who died in our world and was reincarnated as a tree. There's a lot of in-built character conflict to work with there, the first and foremost being how someone would react to suddenly being a tree. The protagonist was once a walking, talking human with vast freedom of movement and agency over his own existence. Now he is rooted in a single location and unable to move, see, smell, touch, or hear. He develops many of those things over time, but there are vast periods of this novel where we should have been in the trenches with this character as he battles his way through adjusting to this kind of existence.
Instead, the story is told at a distance, skipping over vast periods of time and letting that character work happen in the background. When the passage of time finally slows, and the tree takes more of a role in the events of the world around him, we have skipped over all this opportunity to develop a main character and focus solely on moving the plot forward. The trouble is that I have been kept at such a distance for so long that I don't care.
Throughout the opening chapters of the novel, we are introduced to new characters only to have them killed off before they mean anything to us. After enough repetition of this, I stopped caring about the side characters. So when there were finally side characters who stuck around long enough to care about them, I was still removed from them because I assumed they wouldn't matter in the long run anyway.
The whole novel is told at a distance, like it is informing you of something interesting that happened but not letting you experience it for yourself. Sadly, it meant that no matter how much I liked the premise of this book, I couldn't get into it, and I had to call it a day at about the 60% mark.
I'd love to see another draft of this book that goes a little more in-depth into this fascinating premise and focuses a bit more on developing the protagonist, at the least. You could keep the rest of the story exactly how it is, but by investing us in the protagonist and his struggles as a tree, we would get me way more invested in this story as a whole, and it would elevate every single aspect of this novel. Think how much more meaningful it would be if we felt the depths of loneliness in this character and then see him lose the rare companions he finds time after time while he is left behind without them. It would provide a more meaningful experience to both the main narrative and the side characters, elevating the story as a whole.
For that reason, it's 3-stars for this one. I really wanted to love this, but I think it was taken out of the oven a little too soon.
This focus on delivering something so different from the norm kept me reading as long as I did. I have a thing these days for books that try to deliver something new, and that intrigue kept me with this book long past where I might have put other books with the same problems down.
What are those problems? Well, there's only one that really mattered to me; the lack of compelling character work.
This story focuses so closely on the premise of the protagonist being a tree and building out the world that the tree exists in that it forgets to put in the necessary work to develop characters to care about. The protagonist is the perfect example of this. He is a man who died in our world and was reincarnated as a tree. There's a lot of in-built character conflict to work with there, the first and foremost being how someone would react to suddenly being a tree. The protagonist was once a walking, talking human with vast freedom of movement and agency over his own existence. Now he is rooted in a single location and unable to move, see, smell, touch, or hear. He develops many of those things over time, but there are vast periods of this novel where we should have been in the trenches with this character as he battles his way through adjusting to this kind of existence.
Instead, the story is told at a distance, skipping over vast periods of time and letting that character work happen in the background. When the passage of time finally slows, and the tree takes more of a role in the events of the world around him, we have skipped over all this opportunity to develop a main character and focus solely on moving the plot forward. The trouble is that I have been kept at such a distance for so long that I don't care.
Throughout the opening chapters of the novel, we are introduced to new characters only to have them killed off before they mean anything to us. After enough repetition of this, I stopped caring about the side characters. So when there were finally side characters who stuck around long enough to care about them, I was still removed from them because I assumed they wouldn't matter in the long run anyway.
The whole novel is told at a distance, like it is informing you of something interesting that happened but not letting you experience it for yourself. Sadly, it meant that no matter how much I liked the premise of this book, I couldn't get into it, and I had to call it a day at about the 60% mark.
I'd love to see another draft of this book that goes a little more in-depth into this fascinating premise and focuses a bit more on developing the protagonist, at the least. You could keep the rest of the story exactly how it is, but by investing us in the protagonist and his struggles as a tree, we would get me way more invested in this story as a whole, and it would elevate every single aspect of this novel. Think how much more meaningful it would be if we felt the depths of loneliness in this character and then see him lose the rare companions he finds time after time while he is left behind without them. It would provide a more meaningful experience to both the main narrative and the side characters, elevating the story as a whole.
For that reason, it's 3-stars for this one. I really wanted to love this, but I think it was taken out of the oven a little too soon.
April 8, 2023
New idea old concept but poor execution
The concept is like a dungeon book. However instead of a antagonistic relationship with adventures where the only way to level is through death. The protagonist has to grow it self through quasi adventure like process. Quasi because he is a tree that can’t move. There is still an antagonistic relationship between he and adventurers/ heroes but more political and less out of sheer need to level.
Poor execution is because the first of the book reads like journal entries with little dialogue or focus. The focus does improve but to the detriment of story arch’s that go nowhere. Like tree-hounds and spiders. They get referenced and mentioned but little or nothing happens with them. Even the litrpg elements kind of fall by the wayside. I’m not even sure how one really levels in this magic system. It’s also hard to determine level discrepancies because it’s not really explained well.
The town arch/plot is boring and frustrating. It feels force and unrealistic. The battles are poorly written and the overall strategy is bad. The author wants to get it right but again the execution was lacking. The author needs an editor.
Not the best book. Unless your interested as draft material, but as a first attempt not horrible.
The concept is like a dungeon book. However instead of a antagonistic relationship with adventures where the only way to level is through death. The protagonist has to grow it self through quasi adventure like process. Quasi because he is a tree that can’t move. There is still an antagonistic relationship between he and adventurers/ heroes but more political and less out of sheer need to level.
Poor execution is because the first of the book reads like journal entries with little dialogue or focus. The focus does improve but to the detriment of story arch’s that go nowhere. Like tree-hounds and spiders. They get referenced and mentioned but little or nothing happens with them. Even the litrpg elements kind of fall by the wayside. I’m not even sure how one really levels in this magic system. It’s also hard to determine level discrepancies because it’s not really explained well.
The town arch/plot is boring and frustrating. It feels force and unrealistic. The battles are poorly written and the overall strategy is bad. The author wants to get it right but again the execution was lacking. The author needs an editor.
Not the best book. Unless your interested as draft material, but as a first attempt not horrible.
February 1, 2024
Interesting story and concept, poor writing, and bad audiobook quality.
The writing had several flaws that were persistent and grating:
- the language was stilted
- there was a lot of word repetition within the same sentence.
- dialogue was often awkward and unrealistic.
- The author often failed to identify the speaker for a piece of dialogue.
- It also did an annoying thing where it would switch between summarizing what was said and direct quotes, within the same conversation.
- The author was not consistent about who could access what information. Sometimes everyone could access the tree’s thoughts and senses, sometimes the tree had to telepathically communicate.
- All of the otherworlders including the MC are impossibly dense about identifying other otherworlders from their use of alien language and concepts.
The sound quality and tone/energy of the audiobook reminded me of late 90s audiobooks for children in the worst possible ways. I stopped listening and read most of the book on kindle.
The writing had several flaws that were persistent and grating:
- the language was stilted
- there was a lot of word repetition within the same sentence.
- dialogue was often awkward and unrealistic.
- The author often failed to identify the speaker for a piece of dialogue.
- It also did an annoying thing where it would switch between summarizing what was said and direct quotes, within the same conversation.
- The author was not consistent about who could access what information. Sometimes everyone could access the tree’s thoughts and senses, sometimes the tree had to telepathically communicate.
- All of the otherworlders including the MC are impossibly dense about identifying other otherworlders from their use of alien language and concepts.
The sound quality and tone/energy of the audiobook reminded me of late 90s audiobooks for children in the worst possible ways. I stopped listening and read most of the book on kindle.
June 13, 2024
Ein Buch, das mir von der Prämisse insgesamt gut gefallen hat, besonders wegen des Hauptcharakters – einem Baum! Ein magischer Baum, der mit erstaunlichen Fähigkeiten immer mächtiger wird. Aus der Perspektive eines Baumes zu lesen, war definitiv eine interessante Erfahrung.
Die Handlung dreht sich um wiederkehrende Dämoneninvasionen, die von Helden aus der Erde zurückgeschlagen werden. Auch die einheimische Bevölkerung kämpft tapfer mit, ist aber nicht stark genug, um die Dämonen allein zu besiegen.
Der Hauptcharakter ist in der ersten Hälfte des Buches gut und wird dann zum Tyrannen. Er lässt die Leute ihre Probleme selbst lösen, und wenn sie sterben, dann sterben sie eben. Er hält die Flüchtlinge praktisch als Geiseln, verlangt Juwelen und Artefakte, damit sie überleben dürfen. Er setzt Nahrung als Druckmittel ein und hilft nur, wenn er zuerst etwas bekommt. All diese Dinge machen ihn mehr zu einem Antihelden oder Bösewicht als zu einem Helden. Das hat mir persönlich nicht gefallen und aus diesem Grund werde ich die Reihe abbrechen.
Die Handlung dreht sich um wiederkehrende Dämoneninvasionen, die von Helden aus der Erde zurückgeschlagen werden. Auch die einheimische Bevölkerung kämpft tapfer mit, ist aber nicht stark genug, um die Dämonen allein zu besiegen.
Der Hauptcharakter ist in der ersten Hälfte des Buches gut und wird dann zum Tyrannen. Er lässt die Leute ihre Probleme selbst lösen, und wenn sie sterben, dann sterben sie eben. Er hält die Flüchtlinge praktisch als Geiseln, verlangt Juwelen und Artefakte, damit sie überleben dürfen. Er setzt Nahrung als Druckmittel ein und hilft nur, wenn er zuerst etwas bekommt. All diese Dinge machen ihn mehr zu einem Antihelden oder Bösewicht als zu einem Helden. Das hat mir persönlich nicht gefallen und aus diesem Grund werde ich die Reihe abbrechen.
April 26, 2023
My Rating System:
5- Perfect for my taste, I could not physically stop reading/listening and wanted more afterward.
4- Almost perfect, could not stop reading/listening, probably wanted more afterward.
3- I enjoyed the book and could see others loving it, I need to think if I want more.
2- I can see why others might like the book, but I could not, I do not want more.
1- What is this? What went wrong? Why did they do this? This doesn't make any sense! (No idea who it is for, but definitely not for me).
[Audiobook Version]
I think this could have easily been a five-star book, but the protagonist's attitude throughout most of the book was beyond irritating. The biggest issue for me was how he hated certain actions the kingdoms did then turned around and basically did the same thing while trying to justify it. Not the kind of personality I want to listen to for 18 hours, but thankfully it only occurred a few times. I might continue the series, but I am not sure.
5- Perfect for my taste, I could not physically stop reading/listening and wanted more afterward.
4- Almost perfect, could not stop reading/listening, probably wanted more afterward.
3- I enjoyed the book and could see others loving it, I need to think if I want more.
2- I can see why others might like the book, but I could not, I do not want more.
1- What is this? What went wrong? Why did they do this? This doesn't make any sense! (No idea who it is for, but definitely not for me).
[Audiobook Version]
I think this could have easily been a five-star book, but the protagonist's attitude throughout most of the book was beyond irritating. The biggest issue for me was how he hated certain actions the kingdoms did then turned around and basically did the same thing while trying to justify it. Not the kind of personality I want to listen to for 18 hours, but thankfully it only occurred a few times. I might continue the series, but I am not sure.
October 2, 2023
Overall, I enjoyed this book with a rather surprising main character - a tree! A magical tree who grows powerful with all sorts of amazing abilities, but still, reading from a tree's perspective was unique.
The main plot was a recurring invasion of demons, who were then repelled by heroes summoned from Earth. The local people also participate in large numbers, but aren't powerful enough to defeat the demons on their own. The main character is from Earth as well, but he ends up as a tree instead.
The first 20% were a bit slow, as the tree doesn't know much and things just seem to happen. Then the plot got more interesting, but until about 30%, the short nature of chapters (sometimes just a line or two!) were a frustrating experience, despite the intriguing plot. The chapters still remained on the shorter side compared to most other books I've read, but at least they had more depth and events became more interesting too.
The main plot was a recurring invasion of demons, who were then repelled by heroes summoned from Earth. The local people also participate in large numbers, but aren't powerful enough to defeat the demons on their own. The main character is from Earth as well, but he ends up as a tree instead.
The first 20% were a bit slow, as the tree doesn't know much and things just seem to happen. Then the plot got more interesting, but until about 30%, the short nature of chapters (sometimes just a line or two!) were a frustrating experience, despite the intriguing plot. The chapters still remained on the shorter side compared to most other books I've read, but at least they had more depth and events became more interesting too.
March 28, 2025
A permanent feature on my reread list
Lately, I’ve been looking for more adventure and fantasy books that don’t have romance. It’s resulted in me reading a lot of dungeon core books which then led me to Tree of Aeons and its everything I was looking for.
Great world building and relatable characters really sells the story, and even though he is a tree we still get plenty of interaction to enrich the story. Also, it doesn’t focus so much on just one side, the tree or the people. It’s a great balance so I don’t get bored or bombarded by stuff I have no interest in.
I really love the subtle changes we are starting to see in Tree-Tree too. An immortal existence is going to have a different mindset, different priorities, and different problems than regular people. For example, his memory and ability to focus. It’s a struggle lol. This isn’t the first time I’m reading this (third or fourth, I think) so I wanted to offer my opinion and let others know to give it a shot!
Lately, I’ve been looking for more adventure and fantasy books that don’t have romance. It’s resulted in me reading a lot of dungeon core books which then led me to Tree of Aeons and its everything I was looking for.
Great world building and relatable characters really sells the story, and even though he is a tree we still get plenty of interaction to enrich the story. Also, it doesn’t focus so much on just one side, the tree or the people. It’s a great balance so I don’t get bored or bombarded by stuff I have no interest in.
I really love the subtle changes we are starting to see in Tree-Tree too. An immortal existence is going to have a different mindset, different priorities, and different problems than regular people. For example, his memory and ability to focus. It’s a struggle lol. This isn’t the first time I’m reading this (third or fourth, I think) so I wanted to offer my opinion and let others know to give it a shot!
July 3, 2023
LitRPG. The system gods reject the protagonist for the role of hero, and instead he randomly rolls the race/class of "Tree". Disappointing, but as the god notes "trees have great growth potential."
Turns the standard concerns and pacing of litRPG upside down. Chapters typically covers months or years of time rather than a few minutes of a fight scene. The tree ("Matt/Aeon/TreeTree") spends a significant part of the second book concerned about the effects of villager's waste on soil quality. People generally don't mean anything special to Aeon, and it really only opposes the demon forces because they burn down forests.
Instantly made it in to my list of litRPG that I am actually excited to see what comes next.
Turns the standard concerns and pacing of litRPG upside down. Chapters typically covers months or years of time rather than a few minutes of a fight scene. The tree ("Matt/Aeon/TreeTree") spends a significant part of the second book concerned about the effects of villager's waste on soil quality. People generally don't mean anything special to Aeon, and it really only opposes the demon forces because they burn down forests.
Instantly made it in to my list of litRPG that I am actually excited to see what comes next.
August 25, 2023
Tree of Aeons: 1
Matt is collateral damage when foreign gods from a different universe kill a group of young adults on Earth in order to transmigrate them to become heroes to take down a demon king. Since he is unwanted goods, being out of the age range and having no particular talents, he gets randomly reincarnated into a tree. Interesting concept, one might even say challenging, given that trees are generally unexciting and have mobility issues. Unfortunately, the book is pretty boring. Exciting things happen mostly around Tree-Tree, as he prefers to be called. There's no underlying plot thread to hold the story together, and the main character mostly survives with timely deus ex level ups which bring new skills and capabilities. No interest in continuing this series.
Matt is collateral damage when foreign gods from a different universe kill a group of young adults on Earth in order to transmigrate them to become heroes to take down a demon king. Since he is unwanted goods, being out of the age range and having no particular talents, he gets randomly reincarnated into a tree. Interesting concept, one might even say challenging, given that trees are generally unexciting and have mobility issues. Unfortunately, the book is pretty boring. Exciting things happen mostly around Tree-Tree, as he prefers to be called. There's no underlying plot thread to hold the story together, and the main character mostly survives with timely deus ex level ups which bring new skills and capabilities. No interest in continuing this series.
September 2, 2024
A breath of fresh air from repetitive isekai plots. I worried needlessly that a tree main character would be boring. The story definitely held my attention and there weren’t too many stat screens. Often I disagreed with the main characters choices. I wished he was less self centered and more caring towards all people needing his help. I didn’t understand why he cared deeply for a small group of elves but didn’t care at all about other nearby beings. However it could be argued Tree-Tree is learning and developing as he goes along just like any flawed and real character so mistakes are inevitable.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
October 7, 2024
This book needs some serious editing. You can definitely read it but you either have to slow down or re-read paragraphs to really understand what's going on. Usually the re-reading is for when the more "techincal" stuff is introduced like the magic.
There is really only one character you follow and it's the tree. As one would expect the tree doesn't do much. There is a lot of automated research going on and some politics with other nations but due to the bad English it is difficult to even read. There are side characters but they are more or less just there, cogs in the machine.
Time passes quickly in the beginning of the book but it does slow down for the middle and end of the book.
There is really only one character you follow and it's the tree. As one would expect the tree doesn't do much. There is a lot of automated research going on and some politics with other nations but due to the bad English it is difficult to even read. There are side characters but they are more or less just there, cogs in the machine.
Time passes quickly in the beginning of the book but it does slow down for the middle and end of the book.
May 21, 2023
This was a VERY interesting start to a series and i enjoyed it very much. As someone who has read and watched a truly wild amount of this genre, finding a story with a unique take like this one is very entertaining for me.
I liked the characters and the world is interesting but the true star for me here is Tree-tree and the system created around him. A story where the protag is a magic tree with unlimited potential is just an exciting concept for me and i can't wait to see where this goes in the next book.
Overall i give this a 8.5/10 and i am very much looking forward to the next one!
I liked the characters and the world is interesting but the true star for me here is Tree-tree and the system created around him. A story where the protag is a magic tree with unlimited potential is just an exciting concept for me and i can't wait to see where this goes in the next book.
Overall i give this a 8.5/10 and i am very much looking forward to the next one!
July 4, 2023
Personally I love video games, but don’t have as much time to play them as I used to have. This book gave me the sense that I was playing a game every time I picked it up.
Now the writer just needs a video game programmer, an advanced AI in-game NPC and this book could be make into a real video game. I am thinking the game would have some text input in order to unlock new abilities and items like the book (and old text input video games). This game would be a lot of fun!!! 😉 I will keep my eye out for a release date.
Now the writer just needs a video game programmer, an advanced AI in-game NPC and this book could be make into a real video game. I am thinking the game would have some text input in order to unlock new abilities and items like the book (and old text input video games). This game would be a lot of fun!!! 😉 I will keep my eye out for a release date.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
July 14, 2023
Book one
Well written and well edited.
My reasoning for the lower score is that I don't feel like this is really litrpg. Also the author just seemed to forget about the hell hound that he took over.
The reason why I don't think this really fits as litrpg is that it seemed more like oh this would be cool to have and so it would then appear. It's not logical progression, though it is logical, it's more I want this so it appears.
The MC seems a bit scattered and all over the place.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed reading the story. It just left me feeling confused at times.
6/10
Well written and well edited.
My reasoning for the lower score is that I don't feel like this is really litrpg. Also the author just seemed to forget about the hell hound that he took over.
The reason why I don't think this really fits as litrpg is that it seemed more like oh this would be cool to have and so it would then appear. It's not logical progression, though it is logical, it's more I want this so it appears.
The MC seems a bit scattered and all over the place.
Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed reading the story. It just left me feeling confused at times.
6/10
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