Ryan Rimmel

This book had a good balance between light hearted character and world building combined with a good action arc.

In the start we finally see Jim starting to accept his life in the world. Starting to seriously train and thinking long term. Slowly getting to terms with his previous life no longer being there.

On the action side we finally got to follow on a dungeon dive, something hinted at from earlier books in the series. This has a lot ups and downs, creating motivation for Jim's continued climb to power.… (altro)

The book is not bad per se, it just isn’t the same type of book as the rest of the series. This is a slice of life book with fishing, dating, city building and an angsty badger. The previous books were more about survival against the odds, both personally and for the people around him.

If you wish for a nice laid-back book where you follow the daily life of an overpowered combat professional that talks to people, this is the book for you. It just isn’t the book for me. At the 50% point I was thinking that they could put in a status sheet at the start and just cut that entire half of the book.

The second half of the book was well written and had some good jokes. I just can't rate a novel highly when half of it didn't need to be there.… (altro)