The Daily Grind 2: A Slice-of-Life LitRPG

The Daily Grind, Book 2

De: Argus

Narrado por: Pavi Proczko

Romance, drudgery, and dungeons collide in the second book of this inventive progression-fantasy series blending office humor and RPGs.

Ever since James Lyle found an alternate dimension hidden in the stairwell of his workplace, things have been, well, weird. For one thing, when he’s not working the night shift, he’s battling killer mail carts and ravenous swarms of sticky notes. For another, he’s dealing with some very complex and intense emotions for several of his friends. Meanwhile, his parents have offloaded his younger sister on him, a minor annoyance in the grand scheme of things but it certainly doesn’t help.

As if all this weren’t enough, James’s voyages into the dungeon world seem to be having a strange effect on the world in which he actually lives. His memories are disappearing, changing—to the point where people he knows should exist somehow seem to have been wiped from reality. Logic would say he and his questing mates should maybe, I don’t know, stop heading into the eerie maze of seemingly endless cubicles and dubiously useful skill orbs? But if James is going to set his plane of existence right, he’ll need to defeat the corporate darkness he’s uncovered . . .

Blending slice of life with snarky working-class humor, brilliant role-playing mechanics, and irresistible world-building, The Daily Grind 2 is a pitch-perfect continuation of an epic series, guaranteed to charm anyone who’s ever dealt with the nine-to-five slog.

The second volume of the hit LitRPG fantasy series—with more than four million views on Royal Road—now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Audible!

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Extremely Inconsistent, very disappointed.

Sometimes they are adults (swearing, dealing with existential problems, or just handling adult responsibilities. Other times, they act like 10-12 year olds with a crush, tiptoe around their juvenile "forbidden romance" three-way LGBTQ+whatever relationship as it "just sort of happens" (literally the most unrealistic thing in a novel about delving a reality warping office-themed dungeon realm for fun and profit). Sometimes they make jokes about rear ends and private parts, sometimes they worry about and make idle plans to literally bootstrapping humanity and working on solutions to massive issues like world hunger and poverty.

It is completely inconsistent, and honestly the unrealistic three-way couple crap feels completely shoe-horned in as some weird fantasy of the author as it adds absolutely nothing to the story or plot except teen angst from the supposed adults.

Rather than appreciating the furthering of the story from the first book, I'm left irritated at having had a badly written alternative teen romance Story crammed into my reality bending dungeon dive plot that was initially promised.

Pick a genre, or at LEAST pick an age category, and be consistent with what's on the tin. That really is not too much to ask, is it?

book

It's better than the first book since it actually has a plot and enough characters the whole time.

Not as good as the first one

I don’t care what anyone does romanticly in their own life but just like irl romantic relationships in the office can be a bad idea if you’re displaying it as often as they do in this book. There’s no graphic sex scenes or discussions about bedroom antics but the constant tension between the characters kills the plot for the rest of the book. I hope the shiny new relationship feelings wears off and the next one gets back to the main story that drew me in the first time.

Fantastic continuation

A splendid sequel to the first book. Only negative thing I can say is that I would have liked more time with the characters. More slice of life. But it is nicely setup and I can’t wait to start the next one.

Just Gets better

No idea why this series doesn't have more readers. It's intriguing and smart, not too mention scary. It has everything that makes great LITRPG without stats. Every bit as good as Carl or Buymort! Kitty Kat Kill Sat was an incredible ride and this is just as amazing. Top 10 LITRPG!

so fun, funny, and so interesting

a normal human discovers an unbelievable world- and dives in like any dnd nerd worth their salt would

Fantastic Story, Great Characters, Healthy Queer Relationships

Creative, well written, great characters, fun and interesting to listen to. Great narration.


Some of the characters are in a healthy polyamorous queer relationship, and it’s sweet and hella fun. 2 of the 3 are guys. As a gay poly man myself I really appreciated the positive representation and that it, while fun character building, wasn’t the crux of the complex narrative, which can get sappy fast. The dungeon is the showpiece, and survival and growth is the game.

A great expansion on the first book!

I really felt that this book escalated the series well. The first book has lots of great ideas and fun characters but it felt like the narrative arcs were too short to build up a lot of tension. That's greatly improved in this book, with some more meaty, long term goals which drive the characters along. Also, the world building in this book starts to try and tie together previous threads into something more coherent and meaningful.

I noticed that quite a few people seem to have been upset at the introduction of lgbtq themes. Personally, I thought it was an interesting expansion on the characters and added depth to the relationships. However, for those of you for whom it's not your cup of tea, it's worth pointing out that it's not the main theme of this book at all. Far more time is spent thinking about the nature of heroism or what drives people to improve themselves. I think you'll still find a lot to enjoy in the book.

A complete story and I am glad that more is coming

The second book does a good job at touching most of the previously hinted at ideas and leaves the story open to be built upon more. I am looking forward to book 3.

more like "daily Grindr"

I'm cool with real people being homosexual. whatever one likes is their business. at the same time, I'm not really a fan of spending money to hear a story about a couple guys being shy about their love..
while being chased by staplers.

at one point they are
*spoiler alert*
saved by homosexuality.
not exaggerating.

if you couldn't care less, hey, bone appetite.
if you don't fancy spending hours listening to constant references to forbidden love, maybe skip this one.

side note.
there's a point in the story where two characters discuss the importance of doing the right thing while disparaging people who obey speed limits.
so. yeah. psychology for you.