He Who Fights with Monsters: A LitRPG Adventure

He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 1

By: Shirtaloon, Travis Deverell

Narrated by: Heath Miller

Selected as one of Audible's best audiobooks of 2021

Jason wakes up in a mysterious world of magic and monsters.

It’s not easy making the career jump from office-supplies-store middle manager to heroic interdimensional adventurer. At least, Jason tries to be heroic, but it's hard to be good when all your powers are evil.

He’ll face off against cannibals, cultists, wizards, monsters...and that’s just on the first day. He’s going to need courage, he’s going to need wit, and he’s going to need some magic powers of his own. But first, he’s going to need pants.

After cementing itself as one of the best-rated serial novels on Royal Road with an astonishing 13 million views, He Who Fights with Monsters is now brought to you in professionally formatted audio.

©2021 Shirtaloon (P)2021 Podium Audio

Great!

Took a flyer on a new title. This is one that I'm going to keep.

I'm liking the the character development. We see (at least somewhat) believable characters who have moments of insensitivity, moments of apology, and who grow. We have a good-natured protagonist (23 years old, male, Australian) with lots of personality, perhaps fitting some Australian character tropes. I like the way that interactions between teammates are handled.

I'm liking the worldbuilding. Our character has entered a new world. While I do read books with intense worldbuilding, this one has a deft touch. Cities and locations are described in an accessible level of detail, enough to picture the locations without being swamped with details.

Although this is a LitRPG, we really and truly are not inundated with lists of stats. The character receives a new ability. It's named, and that's about it - up until we need to learn more about it. We see sections of his character sheet when they are relevant, we're not inundated with character sheet reviews. It's quite refreshing.

I think the narration's truly great. It's a good performance, easy to listen to, with characters coming to life.

This is well above average for the genre, a book full of personality. 4.5 to 5 stars.

Awesome

WOW i was not expecting that Rollercoaster of emotions at the end especially since the story was on the lighter side of things except on some storylines with some characters and i don't know what to think of the MC since at first he is just kinda dumb muddling through everything but apparently he just becomes a mastermind with authority issues but i guess that's fine the only truly annoying thing was the combat log like why make so long just to say the attack didn't take effect JUST say that! but overall a good experience and can't wait for the next one!!

Wow.

As an avid gamer and someone relatively new to audio books, I cannot express enough how awesome this book was. The story might be slow to some, however if you’ve played any MMO before then you’ll understand. The performance from the narrator was both engaging and convincing. I often found myself sucked into this world completely ignoring my own surroundings lol. Point is: just download it, you won’t regret it.

great beginning

I kept hearing about this series but put it off for way too long. im glad the next book is already out. if you need a new series, check this one out. definitely worth a credit!

Wow, what a ride.

This definitely exceeded expectations. Sorry I'd write more but I already bought book 2 and I'm off for more. if you enjoy the Litrpg genre then you will be happy.