Scott's Take: The Eye of the Bedlam Bride (Dungeon Crawler Carl) by Matt Dinniman

 

The Eye of the Bedlam Bride: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman is a weird book even for this series. This is also the sixth book in a series that must be read in order.

 

So, the Crawlers are sent back to a copy of Earth before Earth’s destruction. Our heroes are sent to Cuba. There is now a new battle system in place based on cards. Donut, now as squad leader, must use cards to battle the monsters on this copy of Earth. There are quite a few new characters added to the squad on this level. That includes my favorite two new characters -- Uzi Jesus and the Yule Cat. 

 

On this copy of Earth, Crawlers can defeat enemies, and flag them before they die in order to put them in their own squads Pokémon style. Donut and Carl decide to recruit one of the most dangerous creatures to help them. The Bedlam Bride, a Demigod Spider Woman sort of thing, with her own plans and own motivations is the one they want. Of course, things get worse for our heroes.

 

This is an action-packed adventure that sees Donut and Carl traumatized even further.  This is even darker book than what has gone on before as there is drug use, bestiality, child abuse, suicide, and more in this read. There is also plenty of humor as there has been all along in the series.

 

The third act consists of twists upon twists upon twists. While there are always twists upon twists, in this case it was ridiculous. There are way too many twists in my opinion. Most of them are based on information the readers do not have.  That was annoying.

 

I read parts of The Eye of the Bedlam Bride: Dungeon Crawler Carl by Matt Dinniman by way of the eBook and parts by way of the physical hardback. By having the hardback arrive from the library after I was more than halfway through the library eBook, I had access to the bonus short story. A tale that I thought was awful, but also included yet another twist, only included there, so it would be helpful to read for this series. 

 

The seventh book is in my library TBR pile and it is titled, This Inevitable Ruin: Dungeon Crawler Carl, where the Faction Wars have begun. So, its armies vs armies now as the Crawlers have formed one faction and various alien groups have formed factions of their own. The AI continues to go crazy. It now has agreed to turn the safeties off for the alien leaders. That means that the alien leaders can die just like Donut and the others. The result is a more level playing field. Now it is kill or be killed for everyone. Can Warlord Donut and friends win?

 

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While both formats came by way of the Dallas Public Library System, my hardback reading copy came from the White Rock Hills Branch of the Dallas Public Library System.

 

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