Fascinating and original

I read this a few years ago on Royalroad, not expecting much, and was pretty stunned by how much I ended up loving the story. And now I'm in love all over again, since the narrator does an amazing job, and the book is just as fascinating as I remember.
James and his friends are normal people, but not in a way that makes them boring, but relatable. They're the sort of people I could imagine being friends with; nerdy, witty, genuinely interested and just a bit weird. Add the idea of someone like that randomly stumbling into a genuine dungeon, a strange one filled with office supply mimics and traps rather than sewer rats and goblins, and I was hooked pretty fast.
James and the others aren't infallible, but they try to approach the situation with the thought it deserves...and also the excitement of having discovered something with the potential to completely change your life.
Aside from the characters, what I enjoy most is the sheer thrill of exploration. The dungeon is so different from the usual setup that I couldn't wait to see which strange creatures James and Anesh would encounter on their next delve, couldn't help but wonder if they'd find answers to their questions. The author manages to make you insanely curious about the how and why of things without making it frustrating, and I love that.
The creature ideas are creative and strange, in all the best ways, and there have been a good handful of moments when I genuinely thought "Oh shit, how are they going to handle that one?", at the edge of my seat with wanting to see where things were going.

I'm overjoyed to see that the next three audiobooks are already out, and I'm going to get the next one the minute I finish typing this review. I'd greatly recommend this to any fellow nerds out there who appreciate human main characters behaving like real people, who prefer a steady increase in power and knowledge over the currently very popular instantly-overpowered MC trope, and who enjoy puzzling things out alongside the cast. You won't be disappointed, though you might end up side-eyeing staplers and unattended coffee cups with an unexpected amount of dread in the future.

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Überraschend gut

Ich habe ehrlich gesagt nicht viel von diesem Buch erwartet, wurde jedoch äußerst positiv überrascht.
Die Welt hat Hand und Fuß, die Charaktere sind glaubhaft und die Story ist für mich interessant fesselnd.

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