The narration is seamless to the point where you stop noticing that someone else is reading the book to you and it feels like you are absorbing it directly. All the while it manages to have you rooting for the ignorant dummy instead of rolling your eyes and ultimately trying to get your credit back. Not only is this book spot-on with a humorous take on the quest fantasy genre, it is also a compelling and engrossing story in and of itself. They do idiotic things through naïveté, ignorance, or just because the author is lazy and has decided to have the character do something. Modern fantasy is unfortunately filled with bumbling, sad-sack dummies who luck their way into succeeding against all odds. Either you hate it and wasted your time, or you love it and feel cheated. I'm not sure how many pieces it's been chopped into, but if you can't get the whole thing, it's a lose-lose situation. Since I have been sucked in, I'll give the rest a listen to see if the overall story ends up being worth it, but for the rest of you I'm going to leave you with the advice I wish I'd had before I stumbled down the Waldo Rabbit-hole: Wait until you can get the whole story at once. And less satisfying than a Season of Lost. This book is more cliffhangery than a chapter from Scott Sigler. There is an ebb and flow to the narrative that makes it clear, even when the ending is less than satsifying, that our characters have completed a leg of their journey. My audible books for the past few months have been the Dragons of Dorcastle series which is a six-book epic sprawl before it feels like the main action has finally resolved, but at the end of each book, the story arc has a resolution. It feels like someone tore a book in half, let me read it enough to get hooked, and then yanked the rest of the story away from me. I would recommend it except for one glaring flaw. This was a fun story that drew me in and kept a smile on my face most of the way through.
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