As you may (or may not) have noticed on my reading list, that I’ve picked up on the Dungeon Crawler Carl series of books. I’m burning my way through the 4th book (of 8!) my wife is steaming through number 2 and my son is right on my heels at the end of 3. We’re all enjoying the series throughly. It’s not it’s Isekai-esque story beats, or it’s heroic main character – it’s the completely unhinged situations that our character’s find themselves in, and try to deal with the gruesome consequences, often with lots of black-humor.

I don’t really want to spoil any of this for you, so I’ll just give you the briefest of overviews. I know many will bounce off of it because of the content, but maybe you will find yourself renting it from the library. However, if you find any of these things appealing, I highly recommend it.

Carl is a Coast Guard veteran living with his girlfriend and her prize-winning persian cat, Donut. When his girlfriend goes on a girl’s vacation in the Bahama’s, leaving Carl alone taking care of her cat, Aliens arrive and shenanigan’s ensue. Lots of video game and table-top RPG elements are referenced and intermixed, bringing this surreal book to life.

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