I have thoughts on the Dungeon Crawler Carl series and they are only somewhat positive.

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I have Thoughts on the Dungeon Crawler Carl Series

Recently I finished The Gate of the Feral Gods, Book 4 in the Dungeon Crawler Carl series. DCC is real success story, starting out self-published by author Matt Dinniman before...

@sheephorse I'm a bit confused. The whole set-up shouts cyoa gamebook to me, but from what you write it sounds like it's just linear fiction?

@victorgijsbers Dungeon Crawler Carl is a series of sci-fi novels in the litRPG genre (which as apparently a thing).

It is linear fiction but the characters know they are in a game and have access to their character sheets and in-game menus. Things like health and mana points are explicitly commented on. It is quite a trip.

@sheephorse Wow, that's a genre I had never heard of! (Although I remember seeing the 2000 Dungeons & Dragons movie and thinking that it would have been a lot better if it had leaned into 4th wall breaking comedy.) Thanks for explaining!