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I picked this up because I've liked other works by the author. He has a great way with power fantasy in LitRPG. Unfortunately, this one is something of an exception with Lucas being tied to a dungeon. I've found Dungeon Core hit or miss with mostly miss in the past. This one actually does a great job with the characters and world building. But the major drawback to dungeons is that they are geographically static. Which means that all of the conflict has to become local (or at least have a local effect) to manifest meaningfully in the story. And here is where I had a hard time.

The thing is, big events are happening. It looks like there's a major world foe developing and Lucas has only defense available. Or, worse, proxies in the form of the adventurers that he's "training". Note, this is where the characters are so strong. I became attached to his relationships and his care for the people he encounters. But as proxies to the bigger fight? Yeah, not as interesting.

I stopped at about three-quarters through because big things were ramping up and I don't care for mindless fanatics as foes. I'm going to go with three stars even with the dnf mostly due to the strong writing and interesting characters that kept me going at least that long.