

she obviously has a growing crush on Lutz but like her biological age its handled more like a 'when I grow up I wanna marry you, dad' situation (the wholesome kind, mind you). she might be my favourite character of the two we spend time with. I also like Lea ( the blue haired girl on the cover) I got a little nervous when you learn she's 19, but thankfully she's still treated like the actual (elf) child she is, sending her into combat aside. here the game mechanics do what they need to to progress the story and that's it. LitRPGs not set in an actual game have a hard time organically justifying the game mechanics (and audiobooks especially have problem conveying stat sheets you'd just skim when reading a book). when you get into the actual adventure part of the story, you find it very light on the 'gaming' aspect of year magic system.

it's a little unrealistic that MONTHS of torture didn't leave him a jibbering mess, but I'm fine with 'a wizard did it' considering the setting and story. skip forward a few months and he's beaten, half broken and eager to make a run for it. he's naive at first, but obviously gets that stripped away quickly. until the 1/4 mark it might as well be a clone, yet I listened to the whole thing and the others out at time of writing. might as well get it out the way first: yes the book starts out VERY similarly to the rising of the shield hero. Tl dr- starts off as a clone but when it steps into its own it takes the best parts of the original along with it.
