The Dungeon Anarchist's Cookbook

Like a lot of the other reviews of this one, I felt that it was severely in need of some strict editing. I really respect the fact that Dinniman plotted out such an intricate puzzlebox floor with every foreground and background piece's placements and movements meticulously tracked and detailed, and I can appreciate and understand the desire to include all that background work in the narrative proper. But for me? I really wish most of it was left on the cutting room floor. It felt way too procedural, lots of repetitive overwhelming details that ended up making a big chunk of this a slog to get through.

The actual story beats though? Holy shit. So goddamn good. The climax at the midpoint had me fucking PUMPED. I feel like the stakes were pretty low for most of this one, but when they ramp up, they fucking RAMP UP.

I absolutely love Katia (her spotlight moment is the series highlight so far), Donut is still the fucking best, and I can't wait to see more of creepy screaming sociopath goatman.

I gotta squeeze some other books in before I read the next one because at this rate I'm gonna be caught up way too soon.