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Discount Dan
by James A. Hunter
Carl Lite
TL; DR: A litRPG that focuses on humor and quips, but doesn’t have the same depth and connection as other…similar stories.
I want to preface by saying that this isn’t a bad book, and we all know what it’s doing, it does seem like, to quote another “it wears its inspiration on its sleeve.” The depth and format of the book just doesn’t reach the same lengths as its inspiration, though I’ll likely keep reading, even without that perfection.
Characters: We love Croc, honestly a big fan of Jacob too, but there are surprisingly few characters here or, put more aptly, they don’t get much depth. That’s something that DCC excels in: you never can tell who’s a major or minor character because no one is safe and the story grants the same support to both returning and unimpactful characters. Dan doesn’t have the same charm, but does offer a taste of a good protagonist, but there’s been no development of him thusofar and he’s just really shallow. We shall see in the future where it takes us.
Setting: The backrooms are a good jumping off point and I get what the author is doing, but there’s only so much you can do with the limited detail. It’s like he never fleshed out any area completely enough for me to take interest and I often found myself mistakenly on autopilot for the description periods.
Story: Pretty decent although again, I feel like nothing was fleshed out. Never did I ever receive enough background for me to care about any of the characters. All I really know is their existence post-backrooms. It’s fine, but nothing to sink your teeth into.
Writing: Meh, it’s very pulpy; I often found myself looking and going “what kind of deadline were you on, buddy?” It’s not bad and this isn’t meant to degrade the writer, but it felt like trying to cram a DCC story into half (or less) of the book size.
I’ll listen to more when the next one come out but DDBB wasn’t anything too snazzy, even if I liked it, but I suppose it’s a good pause before the next DCC.
3.3 🌟
TL; DR: A litRPG that focuses on humor and quips, but doesn’t have the same depth and connection as other…similar stories.
I want to preface by saying that this isn’t a bad book, and we all know what it’s doing, it does seem like, to quote another “it wears its inspiration on its sleeve.” The depth and format of the book just doesn’t reach the same lengths as its inspiration, though I’ll likely keep reading, even without that perfection.
Characters: We love Croc, honestly a big fan of Jacob too, but there are surprisingly few characters here or, put more aptly, they don’t get much depth. That’s something that DCC excels in: you never can tell who’s a major or minor character because no one is safe and the story grants the same support to both returning and unimpactful characters. Dan doesn’t have the same charm, but does offer a taste of a good protagonist, but there’s been no development of him thusofar and he’s just really shallow. We shall see in the future where it takes us.
Setting: The backrooms are a good jumping off point and I get what the author is doing, but there’s only so much you can do with the limited detail. It’s like he never fleshed out any area completely enough for me to take interest and I often found myself mistakenly on autopilot for the description periods.
Story: Pretty decent although again, I feel like nothing was fleshed out. Never did I ever receive enough background for me to care about any of the characters. All I really know is their existence post-backrooms. It’s fine, but nothing to sink your teeth into.
Writing: Meh, it’s very pulpy; I often found myself looking and going “what kind of deadline were you on, buddy?” It’s not bad and this isn’t meant to degrade the writer, but it felt like trying to cram a DCC story into half (or less) of the book size.
I’ll listen to more when the next one come out but DDBB wasn’t anything too snazzy, even if I liked it, but I suppose it’s a good pause before the next DCC.
3.3 🌟