Well, I've finished reading all of the "Dungeon Crawler Carl" series that's available to date. Not bad, although a little tortuous. But now I need to find something else to read.
I could always reread something, of course. I'm overdue to reread "The Lord of the Rings", for example. But I need to find something that I actually have more of an urge to read. Probably something new.
Any suggestions?
@Quasit I've been listening to the audiobook -- how tortuous we talking?
I got a kick out of Magic 2.0 but I'm not sure I can fully recommend it haha
@llamadog
Well, I'm a storyteller and game master who does a fair amount of writing. So I tend to look at stories from that point of view.
It's been a lot of books, and while there has certainly been some overall plot progression there is a lot of suffering. Basically it feels like the author has to keep them struggling, which is pretty much necessary from the structure; if they don't keep having to struggle, there's no story.
I'll certainly read the rest of the series when it comes out, but great literature this ain't! I see it as a sort of literary fast food.
So now I have to decide what to read next. I could reread one of the great ones, of course. Or look for something new. Publishing and editing standards have gone way down in the last 40 years or so, what with the takeover of the publishing industry by a few small megacorporations. So new books are always a gamble, and a poor one at that.
Quasit
Ryan