Dungeon Crawler Carl

The apocalypse will be televised! , #1

Kindle, 446 pages

English language

Published Oct. 2, 2020 by Dandy House.

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(36 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 …

5 editions

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

Pure, Silly Fun

I devoured this book while expecting to hate it. It's silly. It's dumb, and goddamnit Donut, it is exceedingly fun to read.

I'm not even sure how to define it without ruining some of the fun, but it's a massive love letter to video games and online culture, and it's probably for the best that you know as little as possible going in. If you read and enjoyed Ready Player One, I think you may enjoy it too.

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

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Sometimes when I want to be particularly disparaging of something I've read I'll say something like, "this wasn't so much a book as much as it was a literary product designed to make the author money." I'm not even going that far this time; this was a thing. This was a sorry collection of words that I had the misfortune of having to read for a book club pick. 'If you hated it so much, why not DNF it?' I hear you ask. Because I know the only thing worse than a hater is an uninformed hater, so I steeled myself and dove right into this cesspit not quite certain if I'd make it to the other side. I did, and I'm not better for it.

This book is bad. The "humor" is forced and unsuccessful, the protagonist resists developing motives or emotions, and the reader is forced to wade …

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

Fun, great audio adaptation

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.

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

Goddamnit Donut!!

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.

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

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Başlangıçta çok boş beleş bir kitapmış gibi gelmişti ama yer yer gösterdiği "enteresan girişim"ler beni okumaya devam etmeye itti. Nihayetine erdiğimdeyse tüm seriyi bitirmeye karar vermiştim.

LitRPG türünden olması dolayısıyla içine girdiğimiz oyunun mekaniklerini tüm kitap boyunca anlatıyor. Ama başlardaki o ağır ağır, her bir adımı Bilal'e anlatır gibi anlatmasından dolayı biraz sıkılmadım desem yalan olur. "Hadi geç bunları, biliyoruz zaten" dedim bolca. Ama, aralara serpiştirilmiş minik tekinsizlikler için temel oluşturuyormuş meğersem.

Kitap anlamlı tespitler yapıp kaliteli eleştiriler getirmekten de geri durmuyor. Eğlenceli, öğretici.

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