One minute you’re chortling and the next you’re sobbing. The shift from hysterical pandemonium to deep sorrow within the pages is a dime turn and the author navigates this expertly. McDuffee weaves a tale that is full of mischief and full of woe, but also an extremely self-aware and thoughtful story that effortlessly blends the humorous and the tragic resulting in an outstanding overall experience. Not satisfied with just being a comical romp of misdeeds, Big Sneaky Barbarian brilliantly cleaves through the usual tropes and stereotypes of the genre and subverts them over and over. The other hand is what actually makes it such a compelling story. While being hilarious is a fantastic merit for a book to achieve, it’s only a piece of what sets this book apart from anything else in the genre. But while the delivery was excellent it is the actual writing that takes the majority of the credit for it being such a worthwhile read. This is further enhanced by the narrator Johnathan McClain who absolutely mops the floor with comedic narration. There’s little doubt that McDuffee could make a name for himself in the writer’s room of the next big syndicated comedy, but decided to hang out with us here in the meantime. If not belly laughing at the dialogue, you’re chuckling at the descriptions and the main characters descriptions and metaphor. Rather than rely on cheap puns or tired memes, the author has crafted a tale filled with actual honest-to-goodness fresh jokes. I listen to audiobooks while I commute to work and this is not an exaggeration, there was a legitimate danger to my health and safety because I had to pull my car over from laughing so hard. On the one hand, it’s one of the funniest books I’ve ever had the pleasure of experiencing. It’s stuffed to the brim with mayhem and foibles and is really, under it all, a story about the transformation of the main character into a better person. The short of it: Big Sneaky Barbarian is an unbelievably funny LitRPG written by Seth McDuffee and featuring a short tempered teenage metal head who encounters error after error in a fantasy world after choosing to become a barbarian orc. It only emerged about a month or so ago and my god this book is good. I’ve seen reviews swinging either way with this one but I’m going to say that without a doubt, the best new offering in this genre is Big Sneaky Barbarian.
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