This book was a delight to read, not just as a litRPG, but as a book in general. I’ve read numerous fantasy novels and litRPGs and have had to stop reading more than once in a number of litRPGs that I found to be word vomit filled with unnecessary swearing and current pop references. That being said, I really liked the direction this book took. The characters had depth, the scenarios that arose weren’t the typical litRPG troupes, and even the moments that share a common trend with other litRPGs seem well done and fresh. The narrators were phenomenal in my opinion. Characters were easily distinguished between, voicing was not over-the-top, muffled sounds from the other room were actually muffled, dragon voices seemed to have gone through a synthesizer, etc… A lot of work has gone into this one.
The only issue I really had was that, though the swearing was toned down from that of other litRPGs I’ve read, the author seems to think that everyone in the military talks in a stereotypical jar head fashion. I’ve served 5 years myself and, though those types of individuals may be there, they are not the majority. Sticking the F word in every other sentence does not make the character more “military”, even in the middle of a gunfight. Especially when his rank was only that of a private and he can’t seem to control his verbal bluntness to the upper civilian class of the game world. This was a small gripe though. The book is still very much worth listening to. I’ll likely re-listen to the series again years to come, along with Threadbare LitRPG.