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alilbitofmonica 's review for:
Dungeon Crawler Carl
by Matt Dinniman
This was a strong 4-5 star read right from the start, but the farther I went the more I was dragging. So I think 3.5 feels fair, but rounded up for the overall enjoyment.
The concept of this book is fantastic. The delivery is iconic. The comedy is hilarious. It truly feels like watching a video game play out on the page, the formatting also helping to build this narrative as well.
It starts out by tossing you right into the beginning of the action when the Crawl begins and we see how Carl and Princess Donut get thrust into this dungeon world. Each minute of their time in the crawl is overrun by monsters and fighting and skill leveling to be better equipped for their future battles.
However, as the story went on, I did find myself getting lost in the many MANY creatures and monsters to the point where my visualizing brain was shutting down. Everything felt so trivial as they would beat one thing and immediately just move on to the next. And yes, I play video games and am familiar with this very common format, but I think for me personally, it doesn't work in book form as much as I had hoped without SOME understanding of the greater picture.
The audiobook was one of the highlights here as the narrator is delivering a true production with voices and emphasis on lines for effect. It feels and sounds like a video game narration in a lot of ways, so this was definitely a strong point.
This sets up to go straight into book 2, but at this moment I am not ready to continue.
The concept of this book is fantastic. The delivery is iconic. The comedy is hilarious. It truly feels like watching a video game play out on the page, the formatting also helping to build this narrative as well.
It starts out by tossing you right into the beginning of the action when the Crawl begins and we see how Carl and Princess Donut get thrust into this dungeon world. Each minute of their time in the crawl is overrun by monsters and fighting and skill leveling to be better equipped for their future battles.
However, as the story went on, I did find myself getting lost in the many MANY creatures and monsters to the point where my visualizing brain was shutting down. Everything felt so trivial as they would beat one thing and immediately just move on to the next. And yes, I play video games and am familiar with this very common format, but I think for me personally, it doesn't work in book form as much as I had hoped without SOME understanding of the greater picture.
The audiobook was one of the highlights here as the narrator is delivering a true production with voices and emphasis on lines for effect. It feels and sounds like a video game narration in a lot of ways, so this was definitely a strong point.
This sets up to go straight into book 2, but at this moment I am not ready to continue.