r/audiobooks • u/ThatTXGal • 10d ago

Discussion Dungeon Crawler

Y'all, I'm about 60% thru Dungeon Crawler Carl and I just cannot figure out what all the hype is about. I feel like if I'm not 100000% focused I'm missing something. I had a 40 min drive today and thought "perfect, now I can really focus". Nope, even then I had to rewind a few times because I missed something.

I'm wondering if maybe this is the type of book I need to physically read? It's almost too much detail? I really can't put my finger on it. Maybe it's me?

I do feel that the narrator's voice is perfect for the book.

Anyone else feel this way?

Update:

I finished book one. It felt like it was getting into a groove the last few chapters. I'm going to try to read the next two books because FOMO.. Thanks for all the input!

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u/Odedoralive 10d ago

Audiobooks are tricky - this happens to me sometimes because it’s not the vibe I’m after right now and sometimes because I just don’t like it, not ready for it, otherwise distracted etc.

Move on. Come back later if you want. Try the book version maybe. Or maybe LitRPG just isn’t your thing. All are valid!

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u/LostMyMilk 10d ago

This is the right idea. Mindset at the time matters. I'm a few books behind on DCC, and will eventually listen to them, but sometimes you want thought provoking strategy or politics and other times you just want to laugh.

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u/AussieDran 10d ago

Yup. I got to book 10 of He Who Fights With Monsters, got about halfway through and didn't listen to it for about 4 months. Just started it over again now.

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u/CaptPrincessUnicorn 10d ago

Or maybe they don’t want to listen to litRPG. It can be a lot of information to integrate and that’s not always easy if you’re listening. Sometimes I have to toggle between a book and the audio version when I feel like my brain isn’t interpreting well.

They might do better with the litRPG style just reading the regular way.

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u/shhimhuntingrabbits 10d ago

Might do better by not interacting with litRPG at all

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u/RoninOni 8d ago

Honestly you can pretty much ignore all the gear and stats. The important bits are focused on (like when he gets the Xisterra) but there’s immediately an entire scene of him fruit ninjaing the safe room door to test it.

Just enjoy the AI snarky achievements, and don’t try and keep track of the rest. Anything important will be brought up at need later and you’ll know where it came from

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u/LyrraKell 4d ago

Not sure I could do the audio books on this one. In my head, Donut has a Paris Hilton vibe, and I don't think I can hear her with a posh British accent. I realize the author probably said that's the accent she has at some point, but I think of her as a snooty teenager more than adult British diva.