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“Bad Llama. Level 3. It’s a llama, but it’s bad. If he were human, he’d be covered in prison tattoos and would be hanging out in front of the Circle K hitting on 14-year-old girls.”

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

August 3, 2025 by Malin 1 Comment

CBR17 Bingo: Rec’d (I honestly don’t know how many people have raved about this book, on CBR, other review sites on the internet, as well as in my IRL book club) By now, most people who are even vaguely interested in this series probably know what it’s about, but I’ll try to give a brief summary. Carl is wandering around, half-dressed in the snow, looking for his ex-girlfriend’s prize-winning Persian cat, when Earth is suddenly attacked by aliens. All the buildings collapse in an instant […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, audiobook, Cats, cbr17, cbr17bingo, Dungeon crawler Carl, Dystopian, funny, games, Jeff Hayes, LitRPG, Malin, Matt Dinniman, rec'd

Malin's CBR17 Review No:44 · Genres: Audiobooks, Comedy/Humor, Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, #Science Fiction, audiobook, Cats, cbr17, cbr17bingo, Dungeon crawler Carl, Dystopian, funny, games, Jeff Hayes, LitRPG, Malin, Matt Dinniman, rec'd ·
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Carl and Donut’s Guide to Dungeon Crawling as Reality TV

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

February 8, 2025 by CoffeeShopReader Leave a Comment

I’ve had Dungeon Crawler Carl on my TBR for a while (picked it up as retail therapy not too long ago, but it’s been on a list for good bit longer), and then there was a spike of reviews on here, so now here’s my take. I kind of do get the hype; there’s humor but it’s kind of dark by necessity, there’s hope in the midst of tragedy and chaos, and it’s mostly pretty entertaining. The basic story feels kind of like a mish-mash […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction Tagged With: #fantasy, apocalyptic, Cats, D&D, deadliest game, dungeon crawl, Dungeon crawler Carl, dungeons, dystopia, Matt Dinniman, sci-fi, speculative

CoffeeShopReader's CBR17 Review No:8 · Genres: Fantasy, Speculative Fiction · Tags: #fantasy, apocalyptic, Cats, D&D, deadliest game, dungeon crawl, Dungeon crawler Carl, dungeons, dystopia, Matt Dinniman, sci-fi, speculative ·
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Carl and Donut become warlords

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride by Matt Dinniman

This Inevitable Ruin by Matt Dinniman

January 12, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

In this set of novels, we really start seeing more and more of the external impact, and some of the bigger picture. There are still so many questions but the story is continuing to grow bigger as we learn more. So many more lawsuits and injunctions about decisions and actions in the game that play but they are mostly just irritating the ever more off the rails AI. Book 6: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride – floor 7&8 First a maze and then a […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Dungeon crawler Carl, LitRPG, Matt Dinniman, Princess donut

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:11 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Dungeon crawler Carl, LitRPG, Matt Dinniman, Princess donut ·
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Carl and Donut’s Continued Adventures

The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook by Matt Dinniman

The Gate of the Feral Gods by Matt Dinniman

The Butcher’s Masquerade by Matt Dinniman

January 12, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I am having a bit of a hard time remembering when some of the “outside of dungeon” events occurred in relation to each book so going to do this one as more general review with some details about each book. Dinniman keeps adding more details to the world building beyond the dungeon and I might like that broader picture even more than the dungeon. We get to see things like CrawlerCon (so fun) but also see hints of the larger politics and how the crawl […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Dungeon crawler Carl, LitRPG, Matt Dinniman, Princess donut

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:9 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Dungeon crawler Carl, LitRPG, Matt Dinniman, Princess donut ·
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That time Princess Donut saved Carl from the alien invasion

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman

Carl’s Doomsday Scenario by Matt Dinniman

January 12, 2025 by Jen K Leave a Comment

After seeing 2 Cannonballers more or less start the year with these, I was very curious. Add a narfna endorsement in the comments, and, of course, I was going to check it out. And then immediately burned through all the existing novels – I hear the audiobooks are incredible so might do a reread soon that way but I am not sure I would have had the patience for a 26+ hour audio book as a first read through (for some of the later books). […]

Filed Under: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction Tagged With: Dungeon crawler Carl, LitRPG, Matt Dinniman, Princess donut

Jen K's CBR17 Review No:6 · Genres: Fantasy, Fiction, Science Fiction · Tags: Dungeon crawler Carl, LitRPG, Matt Dinniman, Princess donut ·
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