I received a digital review copy of this from the author through BookSirens. When I was in the Navy, I never understood how fellow sailors would get drunk in a foreign port, and even worse, one where they didn’t speak the language. I get it that Jack/Josh is a 17 year old kid cast into a weird situation (who has a language skill that overcomes the problems of some of those sailor’s), but he’s also a nerd who, once he realizes what is going on, can appreciate the gravity of that situation. He should be smarter than he is, plot forwarding tropes or not, and wouldn’t be a dumb young sailor. But I would be wrong. And, I keep wondering if the patron god who chose him as his Champion didn’t infuse some of the god’s traits in the transition - no spoilers, but there do seem to be some uncharacteristic emotional extremes. Still, Green hits his stride with the second in his LitRPG series. It’s not without those couple of frustration, but I liked it more than the first book and it is quite fun and entertaining. Looking forward to seeing what happens in the third book. ( )