Title: Dungeon Crawler Carl
Series: Dungeon Crawler Carl #1
Author: Matt Dinnamin
Summary: You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.
Score: ★★★★1/2☆
Review:"Goddamn it"(tm) I had so much fun reading this book! Action Packed, Funny, Raunchy, Moving all wrapped into one! The audiobook production was great as well (phenomenal VA & VFX). Carl and Princess Donut are amazing characters that have such good banter/chemistry as they, and the world as we know it, get thrown into a deadly, alien controlled, televised broadcast, AI run dungeon! This DnD inspired novel thrusts our MCs and us into a crazy, constantly at edge of your seat, action filled campaign where the risk of death is final and the obsession with feet is plentiful. But despite it all, Carl and Donut continue to show just how important humanity and indomitable human spirit can be. The only issue I had was the pacing. Granted I completely understand how difficult it is and grasp the necessity of needing to jump through time as the characters openly explore, level up, and learn. It was just sometimes we would spend chapters with certain enemies, abilities, and equipment but then jump over others (I wanted Carl to actually use his gauntlet more, but it got acquired, used once, and that was it / or some mobs despite being on a lower level were defeated so much easier than the ones above), a few levels, and it caused some periodic but nessesary info dumping segments. Overall, for anyone that's looking for a great laugh, loves action packed fantasy, or is a DnD nerd like myself - I highly recommended this series and I can not wait to read the next.
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