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Dungeon Crawler Carl

Finished
  • Author: Matt Dinniman
  • Format: 🔉 Audio
  • Genre: Science Fiction
  • Subjects: Veterans
  • Completed in: 2026
  • Rating: ★★★★☆

Summary: You know what’s worse than breaking up with your girlfriend? Being stuck with her prize-winning show cat. And you know what’s worse than that? An alien invasion, the destruction of all man-made structures on Earth, and the systematic exploitation of all the survivors for a sadistic intergalactic game show. That’s what.

Notes

  • Fun tone in the writing. The story is as absurd as the premise, which is okay. The author still finds quiet moments for Carl's introspection and growth.
  • Narrator Jeff Hays has ridiculous range, playing Carl as a stoic homage to Patrick Warburton and Princess Donut exactly how you would imagine a sassy show-cat sounds in your head.
  • Like a lot of LitRPG stuff, the exposition can get a bit technical, which bogs things down a little. The author works around this by characterizing the game system as a snark AI.