Dungeon Crawler Carl

A bizarre story. The first 50% is basically like watching someone play an RPG, which could get a little boring but fortunately things pick-up when it becomes clear that there ia more to the story than a simple dungeon crawl. I initially thought I was one-and-done, but now I am actually looking forward to the next book…

I do not recommend anyone read this book. Not because it's not good but because the audiobook is just amazing and the narrator's voice is perfect. So many funny parts that just wouldn't be the same without his voice. Can't wait to listen to the next one!

4.00/5.00

Dungeon Crawler Carl is a greatly paced funny book. The AI comments are real funny. Some good characters, one great character. Some of the action and the various mob/monsters blend together. I think the author is really struggling with action, but shines at comedy, character work and plot lines. Certainly worth a read (better worth a listen). The book starts off with a deep and reflective battle and gets very RPG later in the book, but return to deeper themes later. I am getting a lot of Upload vibes.... (amazon prime show)

Love princess donut. The AI's feet fetish is hilarious. We need better action writing. We need more character moments, more ethical dilemma, more trauma and horror of this situation and less RPG. This book is so RPG!

3 ***

This was my first experience with LitRPG. It takes some time to get used to it but once you are in that mode it is almost like listening to the gameplay of an RPG.
I heard the audiobook and the narration was good. Overall a fun read, I had a good laugh a few times.

The first book did not entice me enough to pick the next ones in the series right away so maybe sometime later I will get back to this genre.

Rating - 8/10
Plot - 8/10 Characters - 8/10 World & Concepts - 6/10 Prose - 5/10 Theme - 8/10 Narration - 10/10 Enjoyment - 9/10

First LitRPG I've ever read but definitely not my last. Super fun and fast-paced with some great characters. Funny without overdoing it. A surprising amount of depth to the world and the story.

Side note: The audiobook narrator is spectacular

4.5 stars

Listened on audio. Just a fun book with good characters and humor. Helped break up some of the darker books I was reading

Occasionally funny, continuously crude. I suspect I would've enjoyed this book more if I weren't grown.

No pants no problem!

9.5/10

Just pure fun. It was refreshing for me to read something where the humor is front and center rather than just some comedic relief dribbled between all the grimdark. Every single character is likeable and familiar. On to the next one!

Incredibly juvenile. I loved it.

I loved everything about this book and it's premise. I'm excited to continue reading the series. NEW ACHIEVEMENTS TO BE UNLOCKED.

I initially started this audiobook a few months ago and didn't really like it that much (I think I got to chapter 2 or so). It just seemed so slow.

Well, I picked it up again recently and holy cow! Its amazing. I love the narrator and the voices and it just clicked for me this time around. I am steaming ahead for book two and I cannot wait.

GOD DAMN IT DONUT!

I fucking inhaled this book. Complete popcorn novel.

Not quite as good as Kaiju:BS, but that's probably because that was a complete story and this one ends with a cliffhanger that propels you directly into the sequel.. if you can even call it a sequel, more like each book is an arc of a massive webnovel. Speaking of webnovels, I haven't gotten this thoroughly hooked on a book since Worm. Finished this first book in under a week and am already 20% through the next.

Really really charming. Fun and refreshing and goofy and weird and just a really pleasant experience. I read so many self-serious meaningful novels that I almost forgot how quickly and completely I can be immersed in something so straightforward and addictive.

Has basically everything you would want out of a litrpg book, including actually interesting well-developed characters. Even the small side characters feel fully developed.

Bloody entertaining

Well, it was lot of fun. It had its down moments but overall it's a very entertaining as well as heartbreaking. The things they did to humans are horrible and I hope Carl will get justice for us humans. Goddammit, Donut!!!!!!