This or That Reading Challenge discussion

This: A book featuring a culture that you are interested in.
That: A book with either RPG (role playing game) or video game themes.

For That, I read Ready Player One by Ernest Cline

I chose That: A book with either RPG (role playing game) or video game themes, for which I read He Who Fights with Monsters by Shirtaloon. The main character finds themselves mysteriously dropped into a world with traditional LitRPG elements. The book got off to a poor start for me: the main character was snarky but not in a funny way, and a number of chapters were spent boringly relaying the rules of the RPG elements faced. But once past this slog of exposition the story picked up very nicely, got interesting, and our main character became very compelling and entertaining. Glad I stayed with it (it was over 600 pages). Overall I'd give it 3 3/4 stars.

For This, I read Sisters of the Lost Nation by Nick Medina. It's set on a fictional Native American reservation, and the story focuses on the plight of the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women.