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The Wandering Inn by Pirateaba
3.0

I have never read an RPG-based series before, but it was included with my Audiable subscription and it seemed like an entertaining premise.

+ lots of Stuff going on. Action, exploration, discovery, learning, and of course Leveling Up

+ fun characters

- sometimes the plot gets a bit lost in the Stuff going on, as do the Characters when dealing with and explaining the aformentioned Stuff

- for all the Stuff going on, the forward progress is extremely slow. Human #1, the main character, really needs to learn how to ask for help and not just studder or try to fill every silence with awkward aimless chatter.

- it gets excessivly wordy and repeatative sometimes. I suspect the series? could easily cut out 50k (or more) worth of words, repeat phrases, and rehashed scenes without losing any of the storyline.

+ the emotional bits pack a hell of a punch. I got sniffley more than once

+ it takes 25 freaking hours (i listened to the Audiable version and +++ for the Narrator!), but it gets extra interesting when Human #2 starts to share the narrative. An antisocial cynic after my own heart