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Chapter 1 was a fun, goofy little "dungeon" in a derelict space station. fun times.

Read the adventure once, will have my first session April 30th. Players have read the player's guide, and are starting to think about and build their characters in FoundryVTT.

Time to read the final book in the series. I forgot how much this series has really bad things happen to good people.

Starting chapter 3. Looks like a long fun dungeon with a few interesting encounters.

Chapter 2 was great. I loved the party and all the hourly events. my one issue with the chapter was the dance. not sure how a 17th level character is expected to beat that "encounter". and the numbers/rolls/dcs are so high the party was terrified to even attempt a fight.

what was with that weird chapter for mayor candidates that was nothing but callouts and cameos of other LITRPG protags. this is supposedly the last book in this series why are we wasting time on this. that entire chapter could be cut and the book would only be better for it.

my memories of this series were much more bright and happy. I was not expecting to be so sad and depressed re-reading these books.

Man, I really forgot this entire 2nd novel. I remembered the basic setup of the first book, but absolutely nothing from this one.
It is also a wild experience to read this again after the prequels and how well he wrote those to fit into the world building he wrote for this original series.

I forgot a lot about this series over the years. and it was fun reading about Esrahaddon again, although matching up his personality from his prequel to this book doesn't really match up that well for me.

man, my eyes were starting to glaze over. She is back and forth all over the place so far this book. pick a damn thread and move it forward. I hate it when these longer litrpg books start turning into bullet points instead of stories.

Still not sure what I think about the narrator. his voice really doesn't fit Dusk's character so far. And I'm wondering when the prologue will come back into relevance.

really struggling with this book. the slice of life is feeling more and more pointless. gathering more spirit beasts, and nothing is happening, no forward momentum. I'm fine with slow, but the first half of this book is just spinning its wheels.

ok, I was not liking this book till the "futuristic" stuff snuck in and then it got my attention.

Almost finished with the book and really enjoying the wrap up / epilogue chapters. it REALLY makes me want to read the Ryria chronicles again. I'll probably do that after I finish the next trilogy with Nolyn.

I'm not so sure that the decision to expand the 2nd arc of this series from 2 to 3 books was the right decision. Age of Death and so far Age of Empyre have really dragged. covering a lot of the same ground over and over.

not sure why, but I bounced off this book when I picked it up... I decided to read another book and come back to this. maybe I'll be more in the mood at a later date.