Flows well enough at the start but as soon as the stakes are set it becomes something like when you humour a friend who wants to recount an incoherent dream they had the night before. Lasting impressions are of unfunny banter, both connection and conflict that don't ring true, mundane money details, Nick's narc-y concerns about whether certain world-saving actions are illegal, his dubious internal dialogue, and getting out of tight spots and battles with gods by magic.