Review: The Daily Grind – Volume II

The second installment of The Daily Grind deepens the strange duality at the heart of the series: the crushing weight of mundane life juxtaposed with the dangerous, unknowable chaos of an interdimensional dungeon hidden in a corporate office. And while it still offers compelling questions and moments of real intrigue, many of the problems from the first book linger and a few new ones emerge.

The main draw continues to be the dungeon in an mundane world. As well as the existential horror threaded through the concept of the dungeon. One particularly chilling detail is the idea that those who die within its walls are simply… forgotten. It’s not flashy or dramatic, just a erasure from memory. It adds a quiet but heavy sense of dread,

Unfortunately, the protagonist is still stuck in his need to be witty. A trait that increasingly feels like a shield against sincerity. Now doubled by a female friend with just as much screen time. It undercuts moments that could have landed with more emotional weight.

The polyamorous relationship that forms between the main character and two close companions is an unexpected deviation from the usual romantic tropes. But it’s handled with a frustrating lightness.
It's presented more as a narrative footnote than something lived in or emotionally explored.
There’s real potential there for character interaction in how they view each other, how they navigate jealousy or care, how trauma and intimacy intersect — but for now, it’s more of a checkbox than a connection.
With the immediate crisis resolved by the end of the volume, there’s hope that future installments will give these dynamics some missing depth.

There’s a good story here. Hopefully, it’s allowed to breathe.

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