Dungeon Crawler Carl
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Just a quick commentary on Book 5 with spoilers.
I'll add this. On my second read through I'm picking up a ton of stuff I missed the first time. Maybe I was reading too fast or maybe reading too long into the evening, whatever. It was worth going through it again.
He tells us the rules of the game. The hunters are contained in one city and can only leave after a specific length of time. He tells us the new abilities of both Carl and all the people around him. Tells us about the world ...and then it's go time. I have to admit I didn't see it coming, but in hindsight it should have been obvious. I missed all the tells. In the end his major goal failed but that makes it better. All of his plans fail in one way or another. It dovetails into meeting Pre and all the people in that group. It's fantastic writing made even better by his major opponent figuring out how to stop his next move in a super clean way. No doubt about it, book 5 is my favorite.
I'll add this. On my second read through I'm picking up a ton of stuff I missed the first time. Maybe I was reading too fast or maybe reading too long into the evening, whatever. It was worth going through it again.
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Seananigans
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moonarchia
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Floor 6 was a wild ride. Floor 7 was just as wild. Those space goats are going to get soooooooo fucked before this series is over.
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Woefully Inept
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It would take a single goat bleat to my face or directly into my ear to make me want to murder them all in horrible ways. I'd need a new xistera attachment for damn sure and I'd gladly pay the daddy tax for it.
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It would take a single goat bleat to my face or directly into my ear to make me want to murder them all in horrible ways. I'd need a new xistera attachment for damn sure and I'd gladly pay the daddy tax for it.
What they did to Prepotente was absolutely fucked up. He is going to make them suffer before he kills them. And I am here for it.
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I've read all of these as they came out, and I know I've suffered for it. So many things that I don't remember that get referenced, and even if he sort of fills you in, it definitely isn't the same as just having read it. Trying to keep all the details and schemes straight is impossible for me.
I might have to do a full re-read for the next one, since there is no way I'm waiting until the whole series is done.
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Khane
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Welp, finished book 7. Read all 7 in ~2 weeks?
Great series. I think the only storyline I was sour on was
Minor gripe but I thought those two characters were being set up for way more than that.
Great series. I think the only storyline I was sour on was
Katia and Bautista. I'm pretty sure this only was a storyline because he doesn't want Carl to have a love interest or romance side plot, because they usually detract from the main story, but in book 7 it becomes clear he kinda wanted to write it that way but just hamfisted the Bautista thing in there. Which is kind of a shame because Bautista gets heavily sidelined as a character and becomes a trope and an afterthought, and Katia as a character stops being interesting and becomes predictable.
Minor gripe but I thought those two characters were being set up for way more than that.
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Also, pretty sure I'm going to immediately reread these but at a slower pace because I read them way too fast and way too late into the night. 5, 6 and 7 are some of the longest books I've ever read and I still ripped right through them. Definitely missed some things.
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Unless she has fangs and horns.Khane Carl is weird that way, the fact he has zero libido has to make for easier writing but I still find it strange.
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