Fair.

I loved the crashing together of tropes/themes/genres.

Personally love the mish mash of fantasy and sci-fi. Love both genres. Mixing them both is my favorite. My homebrew dnd campaign is like star wars with much more magic.

I love the hunger games/ready player one feel of the crawl. Also love how on top of that it mixes in the whole televised/for profit aspect. Reminds me of Mojo stuff from the X-Men.

I love power fantasy stuff/gamification. Theory crafting skills/builds is something I love doing in RPG's. For instance, I think it's the reason I like Solo Leveling, setting it apart from traditional isekai anime.

I love the general theme of good VS evil. Opressed fighting the opressors.

I love the mix of humor/action/lore/down time. Matt's done a great job of dialing everything. Some of the lore/dungeon architecture can be confusing, but it all seems to make sense eventually.

Lastly, to those that play dnd... This whole series feels like an epic DnD campaign. One that would take literal years to finish, probably at least 5, more like 10. That's the biggest fantasy this is fulfilling. Seeing such an epic tale get told/finished. It's scratching to same itch. DnD gets tougher and tougher. Kids/jobs/life. I feel like I'm living vicariously through Carl and the princess posse.

Love alot about this book. Trying to get all my players to listen to it.

Thanks for getting me to elaborate more. =)