Holy crap, where to begin… Well, first off, don’t trust any of the 5 star reviews here. It’s almost like they didn’t even read the story. My only complaints about this book are with the writing. The performance is pretty stellar. Soundbooth Theater are pros and I love just about everything they produce. Reading most of the positive reviews was misleading, though. I was on the fence about getting the book because it seemed like a knock off of Everybody Loves Large Chests. It isn’t and has it’s own unique spin on Mimics which I actually appreciated about the story. The fact that it was produced by Soundbooth Theater and had great reviews is what sold me. Some of the characters have a charm to them but maybe that can be credited to Ryan H. Reid. However, the janky transitions, blatant continuity errors, and absolutely ridiculous plot holes completely ruin any of the things I like about it. The author portrays the protagonist, Damon, like he is the center of the universe and everything revolves around this nobody scout… It’s just not believable. The story has potential but the problems are too obvious and very distracting. It ruined the book for me. Detailed issues that maybe considered Spoilers are outlined below. Continue reading at your own risk. ——SPOILER ALERT—— Janky transitions: The group is walking on a road talking about the details of a quest and the mob they have to kill but then all of a sudden they are facing an army of them, just instantly? It’s supposed to be outside the city but they are talking about killing hundreds and hundreds of them?? I would imagine having a small towns worth of mobs outside the town would demand a higher threat level than being classified as a beginner quest. Continuity Errors: Damon said he got the correct amount of gold to do his rebirth from his party member outside the gates of the city before they separated but when he gets to the guild to turn in his quests and do his rebirth the author changes the story that Damon never got the gold from his party member and he will have to put off his rebirth until he meets up with him. I think there are others but this was the most obvious and annoying detail overlooked. Plot Holes: The first part of the story is all about him escorting this party through the dungeon and we are led to believe that a standard amount of time has passed for your typical dungeon crawl. He barely finishes the dungeon and he already has a bounty on his head from the noble’s father? How do people instantly know he did anything nefarious? Even when he makes his way back to the city he has to sneak in because apparently the entire town guard are on the lookout for him?? How does anybody know?? There wasn’t even a suspicious amount of time to pass for people to be missed but Damon is all of a sudden the towns most wanted criminal and magically has a bounty on his head? Why is he being stalked by bounty hunters and the noble’s father? Which is another oddity… Why would such a grand and powerful noble stalk a nobody scout in a world where it’s kill or be killed. It isn’t believable that a noble’s son who was geared out the wazoo and likewise party members were survived by the one nobody scout who doesn’t have a record of ever doing anything wrong??? And this high and mighty noble has nothing else better to do than stalk the scouts home? He goes through all that trouble and then rewards him and lets him go??? Character’s Inner Struggles: Damon’s inner struggles don’t make any sense either. He has moral dilemma’s with his symbiotic monster eating people and with killing thugs that would otherwise kill him but rummaging through said corpse’s belongings is totally normal and not morbid in the least? Make up your mind… Is Narcissistic Story Telling a thing? I’m having a difficult time describing this. It’s like Damon lives in the Matrix and the system along with everything else within the construct was made for the purpose of his existence. Like he has the most ambiguous plot armor ever created… It’s obnoxious.