The Primal Hunter 2

For some reason, the writing in this book felt rougher than in the first. Several adjacent sentences that contain exactly the same phrase, feeling jarring. There's no shortage of more generally repetitive content as well – reading the whole character sheet, going through all the quest entries every time there's an update.

Compared to my recent read of The Ripple System, the upgrade and skill options are much less interesting. With only one or two exceptions, there is always one obvious choice which is usually overpowered compared to the “normal” ones. This makes the process of reading through all the options predictable and feel like filler. It also contributes to the feeling of Jake already feeling overpowered.

It would be one thing if Jake had a single great ability, but the combination of mind-blowing bloodline ability, infinite will power and pain tolerance, improbable levels of luck, high intelligence and physical abilities... It would be nice if there was at least one thing that he struggled with. Instead, he feels consistently lucky. Pretty much everything he tries works out, when he does “fail” at something it never seems to matter, and he has seemingly infinite time for meditation, sleep, waiting out potion cooldowns, crafting.

On the upside, the dialog involving the M. Viper is entertaining, which is a nice change. Especially when compared to similar interactions with super/god-beings in Cradle (hard not to with Baldree narrating both).

Will probably take a break from litRPG for a book or two.