Hooked, Dragged, and Emotionally Mugged

September 2025 DABS Book Club Pick

Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman
My rating: 5 of 5 stars

It has been quite a long time since I read a book that hooked and reeled dragged me in like this one did. This book has it all: wild adventure, buckets of gore (and pus, ew), ROFL moments, and gut-punches of emotion. There are also glimpses of HUMANITY, and there are the first delicious sparks of revolt against the SYSTEM.

There is a cat (a very good one), a vicious pet, and SO MANY villains -- which are not necessarily to be confused with actual, true ENEMIES. This is an absolutely FLAWLESS first book. I'm starting the next one immediately.

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