Dungeon Crawler Carl

The apocalypse will be televised! Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1

by Matt Dinniman

Kindle, 446 pages

English language

Published Oct. 2, 2020 by Dandy House.

(31 reviews)

It's the most-watched game show in the galaxy!

In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth--from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds to all the trucks and cars--collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground.

The buildings and all the people inside, they've all been atomized and transformed into the dungeon: an 18-level labyrinth filled with traps, monsters, and loot. A dungeon so enormous, it circles the entire globe.

Only a few dare venture inside. But once you're in, you can't get out. And what's worse, each level has a time limit. You have but days to find a staircase to the next level down, or it's game over. In this game, it's not about your strength or your dexterity. It's about your views and your followers. It's about building an audience and killing those goblins with style.

You can't just survive here. You gotta survive big.

You gotta …

It's the most-watched game show in the galaxy!

In a flash, every human-erected construction on Earth--from Buckingham Palace to the tiniest of sheds to all the trucks and cars--collapses in a heap, sinking into the ground.

You can't just survive here. You gotta survive big.

You gotta fight with vigor, with excitement. You gotta make them stand up and cheer. And if you do have that "it" factor, you may just find yourself with a following. That's the only way to truly survive in this game, with the help of the loot boxes dropped upon you by the generous benefactors watching from across the galaxy.

They call it Dungeon Crawler World. But for Carl, it's anything but a game.

4 editions

matthewmincher reviewed Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

Fun, great audio adaptation

4 stars

I'm not sure how this series passed me by. A friend recommended it as "pretty fun" - it definitely pushes a lot of my buttons.

It also helps that Princess Donut is a great character (and a cat).

If you enjoyed the dungeon / adventure parts of Ready Player One, this book is that on steroids. Achievements, social media, megacorps, classes, D&D abilities, loot, and way more.

I will say that this book is mostly world building and doesn't progress a real storyline particularly far. I've withheld a star for that - hopefully the rest of the series delivers an engaging plot. If they end up being this book repeated I think I would lose interest quickly.

The audio adaptation has had a load of effort put into it, and even though certain bits (game text, achievement popups) can be a bit repetitive, it really worked.

Filou reviewed Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

Niemand crawlt so gut wie Princess Donut und Carl

5 stars

Auch wenn der Schluss keine riesigen Überraschungen mehr bot. Solider Trashlevel und ich bin mehr als gespannt, wie es im nächsten Buch weitergeht.

AlexaReadMeABook reviewed Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman (Dungeon Crawler Carl, #1)

Goddamnit Donut!!

5 stars

This is my first time reading/listening to a "GameLit". Audiobook voices and everything is really top notch!! You can definitely hear the characters and I am so invested in the story, world and their crawl! Great world building. I was first thrown off with Carl's voice because I could not imagine a 27 year old speaking that deeply. However, its a great voice and I really got used to it. I now have all the books so far on audiobook.