As a starter series for dungeon core, it’s a decent book. For veterans, skip the first 3 or 4 chapters and you miss nothing. The dungeon mechanics, magic and leveling stuff is fine, even interesting at points. Character wise, Ryan and Erin are just one whole bundle of cringe. Erin is already a short name, so how does using “Rin” become some endearing thing? Randomly calling each other cute, hun and/or sweetheart for no reason, annoying levels of jealousy from the both of them while actively trying annoy the other or attention seek at every turn and both are really…..dumb. There is using ignorance to explain the world and systems for the readers and then there is what was done with those 2. There’s a lot of cringe from them. Everyone else is fine for the most part. There should have also been a different choice made for the bg music for the dark theme. Sure circus music can be creepy but it’s just out of place in every instance here. Finally, if you thought nothing could ever top your previous experience with “Fight Club” jokes and references, sucking any possible humor from them, be prepared. This book will show you a new level. The first joke was barely a chuckle, the rest just didn’t need to exist. Most of the pop culture references and jokes in here are more annoying than funny