How well written are they? I've tried a lot of popular books lately and they've been full of plot holes, gratuitous fan fic and exposition plus loads of other shit an editor should have caught.

[–] Wiwiweb@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Your mileage may vary. I find the writing crude but I still enjoy the books as light reading.

My main (but not only) beef is that the narration of the dungeon (the "ai") talks like a 16yo boy. Lots of swearing, sexual allusions, whores and bitches, etc. Then the main character rolls his eyes or makes a comment to show disapproval. But it's still in the book, constantly, so you're supposed to find it funny.

No plot holes as far as I can tell, though.

[–] Ruthalas@infosec.pub 2 points 3 days ago

I found the prose to be serviceable, the plotting/pacing to be quite good, and the characters of varied complexity. It's a fun romp and a light read. The sibling comment about juvenile humor is accurate, you'll have to tolerate a certain level of ongoing sexdoll/fart/gore jokes. It's relatively benign.

The author does seem to think the interior of any living being is made of spaghetti though, based on his description of every injury sustained by any creature.

ymmv

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (1 children)

Just follow the 50-page system.

If DCC hasn't grabbed you by 50 pages in, you can be reasonably sure you won't like the rest of it. Trust me.

This is my system with any book, in fact. There are too many good books waiting to be read for me to power through something I'm not enjoying at all.

[–] TheLastRadiant@lemmy.today 2 points 1 day ago

I have never heard of that rule before but I love the idea, I will def final start to implement that into my reading because I have stuck through books longer than I needed to and took me too long to realize I didn’t care to read them!

[–] cynar@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

The first book feels a bit forced at the very beginning. Once he hits his groove, it's one of my favourite series. The first book is good, the later books get better.

[–] cytokine0724@sh.itjust.works 1 points 4 days ago

They are excellent. The first few books are relatively simple, but well-written. The books subsequent to that are brilliant blends of character growth and plot-driven action-comedy-horror.

And the audiobooks are so good.