finally decided to give what seems to be the most popular lit RPG series a try. I avoided it for a long time because from the title and the cover art it looked like it would be pretty mindless violence, a dungeon litRPG setting. in this case, you should definitely judge this book by its cover. I mean, it’s not terrible or anything, it’s pretty entertaining. it’s just not all that special. the writing isn’t fantastic, the characters aren’t deep or nuanced, there’s not a lot of subtleties to the social commentary or anything like that.
The sound production is absolutely phenomenal though. I’m definitely going to check out more by The sound studio that did this one. when you have multiple cast members reading different characters, I usually get a disjointed sense of people taking turns reading lines rather than having a conversation, but it’s perfectly smooth here. and the sound effects are fantastic too.
Overall, I don’t regret the time and money that I spent on the first book, but I don’t think I’m going to bother with the rest of the series.