Dave Stone’s Reviews > Merchant Crab: A LitRPG Adventure > Status Update
Dave Stone
is 47% done
Don't know what happened, but I've lost interest in this book. It doesn't seem any different, but the joy of reading it fell off.
— Feb 06, 2026 07:24AM
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Dave Stone
is 66% done
Ack! This book. It's up and then back down. It keeps getting good, but then not staying good.
My most consistent problem with this thing is the MC. Sometimes he's written as a lovable grouch, other times he's just a legitimate A-hole.
Right now there is an uncomfortable moral dilemma that isn't that funny.
— 1 hour, 8 min ago
My most consistent problem with this thing is the MC. Sometimes he's written as a lovable grouch, other times he's just a legitimate A-hole.
Right now there is an uncomfortable moral dilemma that isn't that funny.
Dave Stone
is 61% done
Slowly inching my way through this sucker. I like where it's going. Seems to be over it's rough patch.
— Feb 09, 2026 03:56AM
Dave Stone
is 42% done
Book hit a rough patch with the baby dragon. I'm not gonna write it off yet. -but I am taking a break
— Feb 02, 2026 01:23PM
Dave Stone
is 22% done
It works / I like this so far.
LitRPG / NPC awakening / Non-Human MC / Light comedy
This update is for the audiobook narrated by Johnathan McClain.
(Not John McLain who is also a narrator who does a lot of westerns)
-I like this. I can see how others could find this annoying, but I like NPC to hero stories. Also the humor is mild without too many puns. The world is neither too dark nor too cutesy-poo.
— Jan 31, 2026 07:44AM
LitRPG / NPC awakening / Non-Human MC / Light comedy
This update is for the audiobook narrated by Johnathan McClain.
(Not John McLain who is also a narrator who does a lot of westerns)
-I like this. I can see how others could find this annoying, but I like NPC to hero stories. Also the humor is mild without too many puns. The world is neither too dark nor too cutesy-poo.
