Yep. Book 1-3 is the dungeon happening to Carl. 4-7+ is Carl happening to the dungeon*
 Previous Message Previous Message Writing there is also not great, and they are utterly derivative. But the first two were an entertaining mashup of various other genres, and the humor elevated them. The third book was terrible, though. Totally convoluted mess that lost almost all the fun bits from the first two. I’ll come back and try 4, but I’m not in any rush. Previous Message
read the book first, because people said the book was great and gives good context that the movie doesn't have.
I'm about 20% of the way through and so far this book sucks. It's not billed as a YA novel, but it's absolutely written like one. Is it just a deliberate choice in the beginning because the story starts from the point of view of a guy with some kind of brain damage?
Any of you book people know whether this gets better?
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 I really liked the movie The Martian, so I'm looking forward to seeing Project Hail Mary. Decided to - doubledown April 9, 2026, 7:15:36
- The Martian was just okay. Would’ve been much better with aliens* - Stu April 18, 2026, 19:44:05
- Finally finished the book. Sorry to say this book is a pile of shit. - doubledown April 18, 2026, 15:02:38
- Meh YMMV* - PapaDels April 9, 2026, 23:07:01
- It's a good story but it’s not a literary read *
 - cpsteine April 9, 2026, 17:39:22
- *bookjack* Started reading the Dungeon Crawler Carl series - DT April 9, 2026, 16:56:49
- IDK I quite liked it. (sp-ish) - tvillini April 9, 2026, 10:44:40
- Just read it. The writing and story are very martian adjacent. - gvibes April 9, 2026, 9:51:08
- did the audiobook and loved it. it's better than the martian* - VIV April 9, 2026, 8:20:15
- The Martian was great but I have 0 interest in Project Hail Mary.* - TarheelIllini April 9, 2026, 7:55:35
- why?* - VIV April 9, 2026, 9:36:07
- just keep reading* - shua April 9, 2026, 7:21:56
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on April 9, 2026, 17:08:34, in reply to "people struggle with the train. they get way better* "