REVIEW: Dungeon Crawler Carl

 Dungeon Crawler Carl
Author: Matt Dinniman

A friend recommended this LitRPG series to me, and I had no idea when I started the first audio book that I was going to end up binging most of the series back to back. Love these books! Jeff Hays is a talented narrator who brings the characters and entertaining plot to life. He has rapidly risen the top of my favorite narrators list! So talented!!

The basics:  Carl is minding his own business and actively trying to lure his ex's spoiled cat back into the house when everything crashes down around him...literally. Aliens invade earth and smash every structure to pancake piles of rubble in seconds. Portals open....those who survived can choose to stay on Earth's surface and die, or venture into the dungeon and become part of the most watched reality television show in the galaxy. 18 floors of monsters, dangerous games, traps and tricks. The surviving humans have to navigate each floor and find a staircase down to the next level before time runs out and the floor collapses. 

Carl and his sidekick cat Princess Donut don't have anything to lose....so they learn to fight and survive. 

The audio book is 13.5 hours long and Jeff Hays does a phenomenal job of voice acting! The voices he does for each character are perfect. 

This is the first series by Matt Dinniman that I've read/listened to. I'm definitely reading more! I love the mix of fantasy with a gaming/RPG twist and humor. So fun to listen to!