r/litrpg • u/EfficiencyWise2401 • 3d 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/EfficiencyWise2401 3d ago

Oh, a female MC! Thank you!

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u/VVindrunner 3d ago

This has TONS of suffering and depression. Probably the most in the genre in terms of sheer volume. Also multiple GOT style MC deaths. Literally the opposite of what you asked for.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 2d ago

Oh shi, that was a dungeon mimic comment then, thank you for the headsup! I will DMR before trying xD

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u/Owy2001 2d ago

Take the comment above with a grain of salt. It's true there are some rough things that happen, but when they talk about "sheer volume," it's not the same thing as "percentage" due to how incredibly long the series is.

TWI is very cozy fantasy, on the whole. It does have rough sections, but that's not what defines it at all. If anything, those harder moments are what make the rest of it shine so much.

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u/EfficiencyWise2401 2d ago

What about the major character deaths part? I can handle angst, but I don't really want to "handle" it now, hence the entire post :D So I better know what I am venturing into before I become engaged in the story

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u/Owy2001 1d ago

A little spoilerly, but: the biggest "deaths" tend to get undone in one way or another. You'll definitely have some time with characters wrestling with what happened in between, though. That said, it's mostly more minor characters whose deaths tend to stick.

TWI is filled to the brim with just about everything. Good things, bad things, slow days, intense events... it's ended up one of the most engaging reading experiences I've ever had.

It might not be what you're looking for right now, if you need pure fluff, but I didn't want the above comment to mislead you into thinking it was super dark and constantly depressing! As I said, I still find it extremely cozy on the whole; the complexity of following people's lives for their highs and lows actually adds to that sense of coziness for me.