{"id":5881,"date":"2026-03-23T05:05:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5881"},"modified":"2026-03-23T05:05:00","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T05:05:00","slug":"dungeon-crawler-carl-by-matt-dinniman","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/?p=5881","title":{"rendered":"Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Format:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/reviews\/formats\/paperback\/\">Paperback<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/4rOnVCy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Buy on Amazon<\/a> <br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/review\/show\/8398332689\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Goodreads<\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Okay, I get the hype now.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><em>Dungeon Crawler Carl<\/em> is chaotic, weird, hilarious, and way more entertaining than I expected. The premise alone is wild\u2014Earth basically gets turned into a massive, televised dungeon crawl where survival depends not just on staying alive, but on being <em>entertaining<\/em> while you do it. Think deadly game show meets video game logic with a heavy dose of absurd humor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">We follow Carl\u2014who, yes, spends a good portion of this in his boxers\u2014and his ex-girlfriend\u2019s cat as they navigate this insane, monster-filled labyrinth. And while I <em>know<\/em> everyone is going to say the cat steals the show (and okay, fair\u2026 the cat is great), I actually liked Carl the best. There\u2019s something about him that made me root for him immediately, even in the middle of all the chaos.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This story is definitely on the funny side, but it also has that addictive, fast-paced feel where you just want to keep going to see what ridiculous (and dangerous) thing happens next. It\u2019s over-the-top in the best way, and the whole \u201cperform for survival\u201d aspect adds such a unique twist.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019ll be honest\u2014it took me a minute to fully settle into the world, but once I did, I was hooked. It\u2019s one of those books that doesn\u2019t take itself too seriously, which makes it a really fun ride.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">I\u2019ve heard over and over that the audiobook is the <em>best<\/em> way to experience this series, so I\u2019m officially convinced\u2014book two will 100% be an audio listen for me.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><strong>If you\u2019re looking for something completely different, darkly funny, and super entertaining, this is absolutely worth picking up.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56791389-dungeon-crawler-carl#CommunityReviews\"><\/a><\/h3>\n<p class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.goodreads.com\/book\/show\/56791389-dungeon-crawler-carl#CommunityReviews\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">\n<div class=\"ubb-final-rating\"><\/div>\n<\/p><p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/dungeon-crawler-carl-by-matt-dinniman\/\">Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman<\/a> appeared first on <a href=\"https:\/\/booknookbuzz.com\/\">Book Nook Buzz<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Format: Paperback Buy on Amazon Goodreads Okay, I get the hype now. Dungeon Crawler Carl is chaotic, weird, hilarious, and way more entertaining than I expected. The premise alone is wild\u2014Earth basically gets turned into a massive, televised dungeon crawl where survival depends not just on staying alive, but on being entertaining while you do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":5882,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5881","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5881"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5881\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/5882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5881"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5881"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bookloves.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5881"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}