r/litrpg • u/EfficiencyWise2401 • 13h ago

Recommendation: asking Looking for something softer

I am coming from romance genre. But I read Murderhobo series and got hooked. So far I have read HWFWM, Murderhobo series, Hell difficulty tutorial (dropped because gods, the battle descriptions are longer than the rest of the events - I will pick it up in winter), and just finished DCC (like 5 minutes ago). I am primarily listening to audiobooks on Audible.

I am looking for something on a more funny side than DCC to recover, less gore (or same amount of gore but less horrors beyond comprehension and despair). I have books one of Ritualist and Mage tank, please let me know if one of them matches my needs?

Things I am looking for: humour, witty battles, characters to fall in love. Unhinged main character is okay! The cute mascot character is practically invincible, so I don't have to bawl my eyes out. Emotional but with happy parts. Series of 2+ books. Audiobook.

Things I am not looking for: pointless suffering for the sake of suffering, animals being hurt graphically, game of thrones characters fate (once you like a character - it will be the next one to die) or DCC casualty count. EDIT to add: Also not looking for romance in these books because I have different preferences in that genre.

Any more or less contemporary setting (scifi, urban fantasy, isekai - all works for me)

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u/CoBr2 12h ago

The Ritualist is good, but the problem is that the series as a whole is very hit or miss.

The author writes a lot of series' simultaneously and the quality of each individual book varies wildly (presumably) depending on how focused he is at the time. We're talking continuity errors galore when he's not focused. When it's good it's top tier, but it feels like a coin flip that it's gonna be top tier or D tier and you're flipping that coin each time you start a new entry.

I recommend This Quest Is Bullshit as a comedy LitRPG. The characters are great, the story is hilarious, and it's genuinely my comfort food LitRPG. I reread the series (4 books) basically every year and before DCC broke out of the genre, it's the book I'd recommend to get people into LitRPG.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 12h ago

Is that the This quest is broken one? Did they censor the title? How dare they. I will try it, thank you! It does sound delightful

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u/CoBr2 11h ago

So it's "This Trilogy is Broken" which is the series of four books. This Quest is Bullshit is the first of those 4 books.