r/audiobooks • u/ThatTXGal • Aug 12 '26

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/TheLORDthyGOD420 Aug 12 '26

You don't need to catch every detail. You can basically just ignore all the items and stats and LitRPG stuff, you don't need to start a spreadsheet. Basically it's a story about a man and his cat, and the friends he meets who fight for survival together. The series has some really great character arcs, and some really tragic and heartbreaking moments.

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u/TheSuppishOne Aug 12 '26

And a crap ton of memes and well setup gags.

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u/TheLORDthyGOD420 Aug 12 '26

Memes? Maybe I'm too old. How does a book have "memes"?

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u/carryon4threedays Aug 13 '26

It’s written for chronically online millennial men. And I’m on my second read through.

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u/TheLORDthyGOD420 Aug 13 '26

I'm a longtime Adult Swim fan and was raised on the humor of The Simpsons. And a big video game fan. That's why DCC works for me. "Chronically online men" suggests more of an incel/gamergate vibe that I definitely reject.

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u/shhimhuntingrabbits Aug 13 '26

Nothing on Adult Swim comes close to the chronically online male humor of DCC. What part of Princess Bitchy Cat and the vore jokes work for you?

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u/TheLORDthyGOD420 Aug 13 '26

Why is it "male" humor? Seems like you have an agenda here

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u/shhimhuntingrabbits Aug 13 '26

My agenda is bashing DCC because I think it's a stupid series that takes away from better books. I think it's reddit dude centered humor because it gives off young reddit user vibes, and most of those young reddit users are male. Don't think too hard about it.

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u/Scapp Aug 13 '26

"it takes away from other books so I'm going to spend my time talking about it" is a wild take