Ooooof that was a slog to finish

1) So this seems written by someone who has never talked to a human female. The idolization of dead soldier fathers, the obsession with protecting mothers/family/children, the extreme sexual objectification of female characters, etc. all suggest this series was written by a 15 year old unaware of the toxicity of his views of masculinity. There are numerous discussions of the huge size of the narrator MC’s penis and his frequent uncontrollable erections. This is <15 year old male author> writ large.

2) The story/world itself is compelling, but the way in which the author writes is also overwrought. The mixed metaphors and over complicated descriptions are tedious and make the main characters seem unnaturally intense. Again, this is immature writing.

3) Perhaps the whole series is satire. You would never know that from the straight forward narration of the voice actor. The biggest pet peeve I have of the performance is the unneeded use of bad heavy metal music any time combat occurs. The MC describes combat as being musical and he is explicit about the actual music going through his head. This music is almost categorically different from the actual music that is used in the background. Additionally, the voice actor frequently mispronounces words. This is especially egregious for the often used word “seax” (the type of knife used by the MC), which the voice actor pronounces as “sea-axe” instead of “sax”. But this is only one of many many examples. The voice actor also changes his voice/performance for different characters, but not in the direction that the text itself overtly describes. Just as with the music, the performance and the description are out of sync. This all makes the enjoyment of the book difficult.

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