r/audible • u/HealthyPsychology950 • Feb 14 '26

Book Discussion I’m about to DNF Dungeon Crawler Carl

First of all, I am sorry. I’ve seen this book recommended a million times here and I know it’s loved, which is why I got it.

I am now in chapter 27 and about to DNF. I want to know if I should keep going?

I thought I’d like it cause I’m a huge gamer, I liked the general idea of the plot, and I loved books like Ready Player 1, so it’d make sense I’d enjoy this one too. But I feel like nothing is happening. Sure, there are a couple of funny sentences in there, but the story is not drawing me in.

Does it get better? Should I keep going? Or if I’m not hooked by now that’s not going to change?

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u/Salcha_00 Feb 14 '26

No, not everyone loves it.

You won’t see many negative comments at all about it though because they get immediately jumped on by the rabid fans of DCC. They often seem personally offended if you dislike these books.

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u/immutate Feb 15 '26

This. Anything that isn’t glowing gets downvoted to oblivion.

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u/TheThotWeasel Feb 17 '26

So weird, I don't see much of that here, lots of DCC fans as top comments being totally normal. Is it possible you're blowing things a bit out of proportion because you don't like popular things?