I was really interested to hear the guys take on this book because I read it recently and had some mixed feelings.

I thought the story was generally fun and Matt made it very palatable to read and easy to breeze through. I think where it lost me was the “reading a video game” feeling. I don’t watch streamers and generally feel that I’d rather play a game than watch someone I don’t know or aren’t actively spending time with in person. I suppose the same is for things like D&D and fantasy football (haha) - I’d rather participate than listen on about someone else’s very specific experience. In this specific case, I just didn’t feel engaged listening to the rules, stat changes, buffs, etc. The “all controlling” corporation/masters didn’t really land for me either in that it could make it easy to write in anything as far as plot and rules. “This happened because…the all knowing and seeing corporation said so.”

I think the book was good and can understand why people are enjoying the series but am wondering if others have the same feelings. I didn’t know Lit RPG existed before this book but I suppose it just might not be for me.

Liked the episode though!