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He Who Fights with Monsters. (LitRpg) Anyone else read/listened to this? (mander.xyz)
submitted 5 months ago by RocksArentMinerals@mander.xyz to c/books@lemmy.world
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I've been on this LitRPG kick lately. I've listened to dungeon crawler carl, and now I'm on "He Who fights with Monsters" book 4. Where Jason, has been transported back to his original world earth.

Am I the only one who didn't really see that coming?! at the end of the third book, i realized that something would happen. Coming back to earth actually surprised me.

Also does or did, anyone feel like it shifted the tone or pace of the book?

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[–] limer@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I listened to the first ten books (so not books 11 and 12) . If I had to do it all over again I would stop about the point you are now.

I really enjoyed the series but like many things that have a dozen sequels , the story drifts and meanders like a lazy river traveling through both good and bad landscapes; and eventually lands you somewhere mild, bland and unrelated to the starting point