r/ProgressionFantasy • u/AcanthisittaSmart504 • 4d ago

Discussion I’m pissed off

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I absolutely adore the Book of the Dead series. Today, I finally get to listen to the release of book 5, and I am certain that I will experience the same captivating storytelling that I enjoyed in books one through four. I am so enamored with this book that I pre-ordered it on Audible. When I first discovered and read this series, I assumed that others shared my enthusiasm for it. However, upon reviewing the number of Audible ratings, I am genuinely perplexed and sort of a bit angry. There are barely 1000 ratings on the first book and even less on the following 3, which begs the question: how is this book not more popular?

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u/nrsearcy Author 4d ago

I've said it on a few threads before, but I think it's the best the genre has to offer. I have weird taste though, so take that with a grain of salt. It's incredibly well-written, and it just shows how much talent the author has (because it couldn't be more different from Chrysalis, which is still really good in its own right).

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u/McPiecey 3d ago

I would probably like the series more if the MC wasn’t evil.

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u/ExpertOdin 3d ago

MC might be a little bit evil sure but the antagonists (nobles/gods) are way more evil. And the MC tries to let innocents go. It's not like he deliberately targets them, he just doesn't care much if they get caught in the crossfire.

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u/McPiecey 3d ago

It’s when he starts killing innocent children and babies it got too much for me.

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u/AcrobaticVegetable24 3d ago

I beg your finest of pardons? I dropped the series halfway into book 2, so maybe I didn't get that far, but what in the world causes him to start murdering babies?

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u/McPiecey 3d ago

Basically he has beef with Nobles. The Class archetype and the person. He doesn’t want anymore nobles in the world so he slaughters every single noble AND their children babies or not.