I’ve listened to all of these books, and since book one I’ve been a DCC fan. This one was hard to gauge, maybe I’m too old for this card system crap; but almost every combat scenario I was left confused and unsatisfied. I used to love the “achievements”; this book however, seemed to have chaotic and pseudo-political tangents on almost every other achievement. I understand that this is supposed to be the AI going crazy, fine. Still, I think I heard some “achievements” that had almost 2-5 minutes worth of tangents that left me bewildered and asking wtf I just heard.
The drama was overwrought and dragged out to the point of breaking. The editor used Carls “heavy moment” voice a little too much imo. Maybe I’m missing something in this book/series, but I found myself spacing out with rolled eyes almost every time thing got “heavy”.
I have to say I found myself disappointed in this one, and I don’t what this to be the end of an era. The first 5 books were so in sync and relatable to an extent; this one was so melodramatic that every instance of drama was drawn so thin I found myself board. Again maybe I missed something, but I was disappointed.