Started: 14.3.26
DNF: 22.3.26
Kindle Unlimited (/Audiobook)
TBR Prompt: Continue a series
When I read Dungeon Crawler Carl I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it, although I think I said that I wasn't in a hurry to start book 2. When I pulled out the TBR prompt to 'continue a series' I had a couple of options to choose from, but I'd been hearing so many good things about this, that I decided to give it a go. I really wanted to like it, but I think the gaming aspect of it is just a bit too much for me. I coped with the novelty of it in book one, but this time I found my eyes glazing over a bit with all the AI stuff about classes and points and skills and quests etc. I did try listening to the audiobook for a bit, but I think I'm in a minority as someone who doesn't really enjoy the narrator's voice.
I think that if you're not heavily into the LitRPG genre, or into gaming (I'm not), then reading the first book is probably enough to give you a taste of what it's all about, but continuing with the series is probably unnecessary. When I read all the positive reviews for the whole series so far, I do get a touch of FOMO and feel like I should push through, but I just don't think I can face another 7 books of basically the same thing (ie fighting the enemies to progress to the next level). So this is, quite reluctantly, a DNF.
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