I am a royalroad webfiction slop enjoyer. I have read worm, mother of learning, the wandering inn, practical guide to evil, pale,,, etc and I have read 7/8 DCC books. DCC is the worst of its peers and it's not close. The story is one long millennial humor video game action scene, the emotional beats read as flat and unrealistic, the characters' motivations are noticeably inconsistent, and the plot often feels ass-pulled to reach a particular conclusion.

DCC haters online tend to focus on the bad prose but I didn't find it distracting unless I was looking for it, the other things I mentioned bothered me more.

The "critique of capitalism" is read into too much by people starving for leftist themes in popular media. To me it comes off as more of a critique of the current moment in American society (which is capitalist). There is discussion of evil stuff the US does like blatant imperialist plunder, corporate control of media, dehumanization of people in the periphery, but it's not really a "left critique" as much as pointing out things that are obviously bad. Also the main character is described as an anarchist because he is against the system and likes blowing stuff up. I would be very surprised if Matt Dinniman knows what capitalism is, imo the book has the ideology of socdem reddit memes

It's still entertaining like a marvel movie can be, as long as you go in with your expectations in the right place