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4.57 AVERAGE
4.57 AVERAGE
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
hopeful
sad
tense
medium-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
challenging
dark
emotional
funny
mysterious
reflective
sad
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
No
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
“This was also something that trauma could do. It could make you blind, and it could open your eyes wider than they’d ever been, all at the same time.”
i think this is my favorite installment yet. there was so much heart in this one, and i really was crying at so much within these pages. i am just becoming too attached to everyone at this point. but yeah, i really loved this one a lot and i am so happy i decided to ask for all these books for my birthday!
okay, we are finally at the sixth level, which is the hunting grounds, where outsiders from the game are able to be hunters and… hunt the crawlers who are being forced to play the game. only eighty-five-thousand crawlers remain, and they have seventeen days to complete this new level. oh, and if you’re in the top fifty for favorite crawlers, you will be able to attend a masquerade at the very end. and yes, it is meant to feel a little menacing, especially when you add the word “butcher” to the front of masquerade in the title.
as i have been saying, one of my favorite aspects of this series is seeing what the new dungeon floor looks like! and the sixth level is just a fantasy lover's dream. (oh, and dinosaurs! i’m not a dino girl myself, but i do think this will be appealing for a lot of other readers!) i also extra loved seeing donut and carl pick specialties on this floor, and i will always love a good performance check!
also, because of the insane ending to the previous book, we also get to see carl get an attorney, which i really did love. i just love seeing more and more ex-crawlers, and just people “working” for the people in charge, in this universe and learning more and more backstory on their histories. i really do think the author is saying a lot in the book about tyrannical government systems that thrive on keeping the oppressed feeling isolated in a game that is set up for them to lose.
lastly, a new entry for people i am cheering so very loudly for: prepotente
trigger + content warnings: slavery, mass killing and death, colonization, gore, violence, vomit, blood, battle, murder, explosions / bombings, fires, abandonment in past, talk of domestic abuse in past, child abuse in past / shitty parent in past, abandonment, drug use, talk of addiction, talk of withdrawal, drinking, smoking, ptsd, talk of loss of family, talk of car accident in past, drugging, one sentence mention of bulimia, needles (tattoo), animal death (dog), loss of a loved one / friend, grief, sacrificial suicide
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1.) Dungeon Crawler Carl ★★★★★
2.) Carl's Doomsday Scenario ★★★★
3.) The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook ★★★
4.) The Gate of the Feral Gods ★★★★
I'm genuinely afraid for our favourite characters. Carl seems to be devolving and spinning into chaos, Donut and Katia will soon face a huge challenge (my heart breaks for Katia), Prepotente is a loose cannon, Lucia is getting more and more unhinged, Florian might not have the will to go on... The crawlers are fighting back, but at what cost?
adventurous
funny
mysterious
tense
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated
dark
funny
mysterious
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
A mix
Strong character development:
Complicated
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Complicated
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Yes
adventurous
challenging
emotional
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:
Yes
adventurous
dark
emotional
funny
tense
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:
Complicated
These are still a lot of fun and so, I'm still reading them! (Or listening to them, rather. They really are STELLAR audiobooks.)
The previous book relied a lot on describing the atmosphere and possibly because the form doesn't lend itself as easily to that task or - perhaps because it's not as much Dinniman's focus - I didn't feel as connected to that work. But here, the landscapes fill in more easily as we return to tropes which borrow from the collective unconscious (small villages in the medieval style, castles, traps and thieves in the woods, dinosaurs...). Either way, it makes it easier to focus on the fun rather than trying to understand the layout. I'll let Carl and Donut worry about that.
The previous book relied a lot on describing the atmosphere and possibly because the form doesn't lend itself as easily to that task or - perhaps because it's not as much Dinniman's focus - I didn't feel as connected to that work. But here, the landscapes fill in more easily as we return to tropes which borrow from the collective unconscious (small villages in the medieval style, castles, traps and thieves in the woods, dinosaurs...). Either way, it makes it easier to focus on the fun rather than trying to understand the layout. I'll let Carl and Donut worry about that.
fast-paced
adventurous
fast-paced
Plot or Character Driven:
Character
Strong character development:
Yes
Loveable characters:
Yes
Diverse cast of characters:
Yes
Flaws of characters a main focus:
Complicated