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Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

4 reviews

jes7037's review

adventurous dark funny medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

5.0

I loved every second of this book. It made me laugh out loud so many times with its dark, absurd, satirical humor. My favorite bits were when the AI gave info about items and achievements, including the most ridiculous over-the-top pop culture references, memes, and jokes.
Princess Donut is clearly the best character, but Carl is also great and pretty relatable. I'm looking forward to seeing more Mongo in the next book, especially when he starts to get bigger.
The voice acting was also really good, and they conveyed Carl's exasperation (usually with Donut) just perfectly. 
I can't wait to continue the series.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood, Death, and Gore

Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Dementia, Drug use, Grief, Gun violence, and Infidelity

lonelylooper's review

adventurous dark funny lighthearted medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Animal death, Blood, Body horror, Genocide, Gore, and Violence

Moderate: Injury/Injury detail and Murder

Minor: Animal cruelty, Cannibalism, Child death, Dementia, Drug abuse, Infidelity, Fatphobia, Addiction, Cursing, Drug use, Fire/Fire injury, and Gun violence

npscott's review against another edition

adventurous challenging funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

Oh ok, now I understand what a LitRPG book is really about.
I was hesitant to start this type of book as I thought it wouldn't really be for me.
But after reading The Cradle series I want to start another series or standalone before deciding if I want to continue these types of books.  Man, I am so glad I chose to listen to BookTubers and Discord and started reading Dungeon Crawler Carl.  I couldn't put this book down.  I wanted to know what the next room, monster, boss, and other crawlers had in store for Carl and of course Princess Donut.
What did I like about this book?  The characters, the concepts, the world building, and Princess Donut and her interactions with Carl.  The characters are diverse with our main characters seeing a good amount of development and advancement during this first book.  The concept...well I can't really get into it without spoiling the beginning of the book.  Trust me it is interesting. The world building - well first it is not such as building but again spoilers, but interesting enough to continue with the series.  
What didn't I like about the book?  Really, there was not much to dislike about this book. But personally, I couldn't recommend this book to younger readers.  This is due to some adult jokes and language.  So, reader or parent beware.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Cursing, Violence, Blood, Drug use, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, Sexual content, and War

heavenly_ocean's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Gun violence, Drug use, Murder, Genocide, Cursing, Violence, Bullying, Death, Torture, and Animal cruelty