The MC is hard to follow. He makes stupid mistakes. He’s hard headed for the sake of being hard headed, and his logic is consistently flawed. For an expert in history, he is horrible at any military tactics or mythology. Who studies old cultures and skips their mythology? How is that even possible? Also, he made the statement that he never cries, but he seems to cry every 5 minutes in the book and he cries for the most trivial reasons. Overall, the books aren’t horrible, but there are absolutely better LitRPG books out there. Honestly, this series has made me decide to take a break from this genre for a while. The MC consistently states that the players are no longer alive and “this is just a game”, while at the same time he “feels bad” about killing humanoid monsters. Additionally, he tries to befriend a fire salamander, like an idiot, then the salamander predictably sets him on fire. If that wasn’t bad enough, he makes this mistake over and over again. The inconsistency in the MC makes him unbelievable. The rest of the characters are believable and well done. If I could have spent the book in anyone else’s head, it would have been considerably better.
As always, Travis Baldree is awesome. He could make a menu sound interesting. Which means this series worked hard at being bad.