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abirchtealeaf's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? It's complicated
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.25
How I ended up in the dungeon with nothing but my cat, underwear, and dynamite.
Taking this book as what it is. It's tremendous fun. The action goes fast enough to almost make you forget how horribly bleak the setting is. It's a decent take on the genre and compared to something like solo leveling, omvient readers viewpoint, or even any power scaling dungeon, crawling book it comes off less serious and more lovable.
Now to be clear this book comes with a pretty big list of trigger warnings. If none of those bother you and you want something fun. It's a pretty good read.
Graphic: Death, Drug abuse, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Slavery, Violence, Blood, Kidnapping, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Gaslighting, War, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Child death, and Blood
The book goes fast and doesn't linger but it's a dark setting. It's seems intentional that everything is awful and yet there is no time to longer on it.steph_sosa's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
5.0
I can’t imagine the kind of dedication it took to have this whole juggle of this game system, inventory, and remembering all the little tid-bitty details, but it had a very cool result. Every so often you would kind of fall into the excitement of the story, and it was so intense when the author had placed Carls dedication to not being broken and loosing himself that felt like being pulled to the surface for a quick breather.
If you like video games or D&D, and if you are a comedy lover or even a mood reader, pick up this book.
Graphic: Forced institutionalization
Minor: Child death, Drug use, and Grief
peachmoni's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Animal cruelty, Child death, Genocide, Blood, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
Minor: Cursing, Drug use, Fatphobia, Gun violence, Homophobia, Sexual content, Slavery, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Xenophobia, Excrement, Vomit, Medical content, Dementia, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Classism
wowsmeows's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? N/A
- Flaws of characters a main focus? N/A
5.0
Minor: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Cursing, Death, Gore, Gun violence, Violence, Blood, Dementia, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Injury/Injury detail, and Deportation
ashleynp24's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.75
Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Drug use, Genocide, Gore, Gun violence, Blood, Excrement, Grief, Medical trauma, Murder, Alcohol, and Injury/Injury detail
miguelito_juanito's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.75
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Gore, Blood, and Vomit
Moderate: Ableism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, Body shaming, Death, Genocide, Gun violence, Infidelity, Toxic relationship, Xenophobia, Grief, and Cultural appropriation
trying_ceratops's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? It's complicated
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
Graphic: Body horror, Death, Genocide, Gore, Violence, Blood, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
Moderate: Confinement, Cultural appropriation, and Gaslighting
Minor: Animal cruelty, Body shaming, Sexual content, Grief, Murder, and Fire/Fire injury
miguelito_juanito's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Character
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
4.75
Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Death, Gore, Violence, Forced institutionalization, Blood, and Cultural appropriation
Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Drug abuse, Genocide, Infidelity, Suicide, Grief, Abandonment, Colonisation, and Injury/Injury detail
jes7037's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
5.0
Princess Donut is clearly the best character, but Carl is also great and pretty relatable. I'm looking forward to seeing more Mongo in the next book, especially when he starts to get bigger.
The voice acting was also really good, and they conveyed Carl's exasperation (usually with Donut) just perfectly.
I can't wait to continue the series.
Graphic: Death, Gore, and Blood
Moderate: Body horror, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail
Minor: Drug use, Gun violence, Infidelity, Dementia, and Grief
nick13's review against another edition
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes
4.5
Graphic: Child abuse, Child death, Death, Gore, Suicide, Toxic relationship, Grief, Murder, and Abandonment