The Years of Apocalypse
The Years of Apocalypse by Drussby Druss
Shares rank 19 of 41 fantasy novels by recommenders
Readers enjoy its time-loop story, where the main character approaches the loop differently than expected, and find it well written. Some find the opening a slower burn.
Readers enjoy its time-loop story, where the main character approaches the loop differently than expected, and find it well written. Some find the opening a slower burn.
4 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 4
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 4 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Main character handles time loop differently
“It's quite a fun read and I'm enjoying how different the MC approaches the timeloop from how I expect I would.”
Comment from 29 Sep 2026 in “Ask HN: What are you reading?” Well written story
“it seems to be a well written story”
Comment from 25 May 2026 in “Book Review: On the Calculation of Volume”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Slower burn at first
“Bit of a slower burn, but builds to similar heights and not finished yet.”
Comment from 31 Dec 2025 in “Ask HN: What did you read in 2025?”
Other fantasy novels people recommend
The four most recommended other fantasy novels, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Lord of the Ringsby J.R.R. Tolkien | 66 | 11 | 86% | 12 | 15 yrs5 owners | Approved |
| The Hobbitby J.R.R. Tolkien | 49 | 13 | 79% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Dungeon Crawler Carlby Matt Dinniman | 48 | 6 | 89% | 11 | 1 yr3 owners | Approved |
| Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationalityby Eliezer Yudkowsky | 19 | 17 | 53% | 7 | — | — |
| The Years of Apocalypseby DrussThis page | 4 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
What people said
All 4 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“It's quite a fun read and I'm enjoying how different the MC approaches the timeloop from how I expect I would.”
“it seems to be a well written story”
“Bit of a slower burn, but builds to similar heights and not finished yet.”
“and The Years of Apocalypse”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.