Sadly high ratings doesn’t always mean good. I suspect Sound Booth Theatre is at least one of the reasons this books has gotten such attention. Jeff Hays and his team once again do a terrific job.
This book is a litrpg focusing mostly on the base building rather than any adventure. That means resource counting and collection to make a community from scratch. And for that part it is a bit boring. I have seen a lot in this oversaturated genre so at this point so I’m not hugely impressed with this take. If you are new you might like it more. I got pretty annoyed at the author a few times through the first 2 books for various reasons. It is one of those books that is okay enough that I feel like I need to finish but it’s a bit hard because it is so long. For me it was a mindless listen for my daily running. I would only recommend trying this if it was on sale.
The main character’s story is he is playing in an online mass multiplayer virtual world and has received an error from the system that has him stuck playing a goblin character with no way to log out. I’m not a huge fan of the main character or the way his companion is written. He doesn’t seem to act in a realistic or intelligent way. Perhaps part of the explain is the game is writing over his brain. The reason the main character seems to be stuck in the mess is because evil greedy game corporation won’t help him and instead makes the main character figure it out for himself. They do give an explanation as to why but frankly their lack of help makes very little sense as to why. The lawyer NDA BS had my eyes rolling. Also, there is some ultra fantasy boy level goblin sex stuff going on in this book with frequent enough reminders that is unnecessary if not disturbing. Lastly, there are some awkwardly written and annoying phrases (shadow crap) that are meant to be funny but I find annoying.