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Oof, sorry to hear that you're not enjoying Dungeon Slayer, and I'm afraid this is where my "cheap date" reader self doesn't necessarily do me any favors when I talk about series that I've enjoyed. It's a low bar! It's been maybe a couple of years now since I read the first few books and what I remember really liking about it was, in fact, the fight scenes and also the world-building, not justthe dungeon part, which was fun, but also the tension between the ability-locked normies and the MC, which made for an interesting dynamic. I remember being close to bailing on the whole thing in the early going when the MC was starting out from butt monkey beginnings but I stuck with it and got into it enough to read several books. It sounds like your mileage is varying and I'd say feel free to throw that one against the wall and move on if it isn't doing it for you. I've picked up books and read them just because I wanted to see what the author would do with the premise, sometimes to my own chagrin.
On the 12 Miles front, yeah, developing To'Wrathh's character was annoying AF to me, too, though I understand the major plot points that revolve around her character making that necessary to a certain extent. A lot of her early stuff was just bloody annoying to me, though it did get better over time. To me, 12 Miles is at its best when it's exploring its world, particularly the underground sections, and at its dreariest when it's doing its developmental/consolidation bits. I can tell you that book 5 to me was largely one of those so I'd say there's no need to rush in picking up the audiobook when it becomes available. Regardless, I'm glad you're enjoying that one!
I appreciate the Seth Ring recommendation, Kindle pimps out his Battle Mage Farmer stuff to me semi-regularly because of a similar series that I read in the past. I have another series or three that I bought to make me immune to wanting to read another one of those but I might check out Iron Tyrant--it sounds interesting and more up my alley (that whole what will he do with the premise thing) than another "exploit the farmer class" style of LitRPG.
Goodness gracious, is that how that's spelled? I'd been thinking Turrath. Yikes. Now I'm afraid to ask about Toakar.
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