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mbruner 's review for:
Carl's Doomsday Scenario
by Matt Dinniman
adventurous
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:
No
Another great read in the series! I usually prefer stand alone books, but I’m really enjoying the series so far. I really enjoyed the progression in the story and the continued world building. I loved getting some more insights into the world outside of the crawl and the political conflicts happening. I also enjoyed that some of the characters we saw in book 1, but didn’t meet, are becoming intertwined in Carl and Donut’s story. I am liking the slow burn of character introduction. The author has set up all of these interesting characters but instead of dumping them all in at once, is taking his time to really develop them and is weaving them in at the opportune time.
Princess Donut is still the star of the show for me. I like seeing her character progression and the little slips in her on camera persona to her deeper side.
I still have the same complaint about the author’s writing of women and would like to see more depth and prominently featured characters who are women, but I’m hopeful that’s coming with some of the characters being described but not yet introduced. My only other complaint is some of the battles seem too easy. Like Carl just convincing two enemies to get along by basically being like “don’t worry network, I have a secret plan”. I also think the reliance on explosives is a bit of a cop out to get him out of sticky situations.
But overall, I am fully invested into the story and really enjoyed the book. I can’t wait to see where the story goes next and how the next level will play out!
Princess Donut is still the star of the show for me. I like seeing her character progression and the little slips in her on camera persona to her deeper side.
I still have the same complaint about the author’s writing of women and would like to see more depth and prominently featured characters who are women, but I’m hopeful that’s coming with some of the characters being described but not yet introduced. My only other complaint is some of the battles seem too easy. Like Carl just convincing two enemies to get along by basically being like “don’t worry network, I have a secret plan”. I also think the reliance on explosives is a bit of a cop out to get him out of sticky situations.
But overall, I am fully invested into the story and really enjoyed the book. I can’t wait to see where the story goes next and how the next level will play out!