I guess the humor just isn't for me, obviously the main character is meant to be dumb like a lot of other comedy novels but he is separately really unlikable and whiny. I guess this genre is about seeing him as pitiful but still being able to laugh because he's succeeding but i just can't get over how annoying his outlook on things and thought process is. I have come back to it 2-3 times to read more but i always end up stopping after a couple chapters because of how much time we have to spend with this guy that lazes around doing nothing, can't look at anything positively, seeks to use everyone around him, has no interpersonal relations, and is really really dumb. Not only that but the reality of the system setting the bar higher each time, which is the core of the comedy, to me reflects the depressing reality of struggling with a futile task and is genuinely depressing. There was a moment one chapter where he got the results in and it mentioned he felt suicidal; fair enough looking at the money you didn't get for free i think most people would be genuinely suicidal. I almost expected him to jump off the roof. On one hand he's still just being handed money but on the other he's going to have to work harder and harder and nothing goes right for him and its honestly kinda nightmarish. Anyway, i'm sure if you're a fan of this type of comedy the novel is great but it's a hard pass from me
