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malmahmeed's review
3.0
"When you have only one option remaining, you have no options at all."
3.5
I did not like the development in this book, tbh. Stakes-wise, moving the focus to saving the world instead of defeating the Big Bad™ necro hoard sounds very generic. The story seemed all over the place too.
Ah, well. It seems a trilogy is really the golden number of books for a series. Heh.
“Sometimes, things happen for a reason. Perhaps that reason is that you are weak.”
3.5
I did not like the development in this book, tbh. Stakes-wise, moving the focus to saving the world instead of defeating the Big Bad™ necro hoard sounds very generic. The story seemed all over the place too.
Ah, well. It seems a trilogy is really the golden number of books for a series. Heh.
“Sometimes, things happen for a reason. Perhaps that reason is that you are weak.”
brianbell7's review
4.0
just notes for myself... i'd rate this for me somewhere between 3.5 and 3.75 stars. worth the read, not super mind-blowing. felt like a million things either got taken care of or happened out of nowhere in the last few chapters.
rustygorrilla420's review against another edition
adventurous
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? A mix
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
jessbuzzard's review against another edition
2.0
Dakota...I'm so sorry.
It pains me to rate this so low but this book is a flaming dumpster. The scale of conquering tries to go too big, too quickly from book 3 to 4. Things start to make absolutely no sense and become ridiculous.
Though I found Dani rather annoying most of the series, she deserved better than becoming a lowly whining housewife dammit!!! We spent all of book 3 trying to rescue her and now that we have her back, she does NOTHING except be a bitchy housewife to the dungeon for 3/4 of this book. The female representation is crushing. Dani deserved better for everything she's done for Cal and this series.
HOW IS THE BAD GUY SUDDENLY AN ALLY. THIS BOOK MAKES NO SENSE.
Things felt so rushed and again, it feels like the push to move to a bigger scale was way too fast.
Rules for magic set in previous books were repeatedly broken in this book and readers were just supposed to ignore all of that I guess?
Ugh. I LOVE Dakota Krout. I do. But this book was NOT good. It just wasn't. Luckily, there is only one left in this series, and I'm just gonna hope it's a little better than this. (I doubt it though because Cal is making a dungeon inside a dungeon that resembles Earth, and I'm pretty sure that's how the game Eternium in CC comes to be *sigh* can't wait to see what utter nonsense gets us there).
It pains me to rate this so low but this book is a flaming dumpster. The scale of conquering tries to go too big, too quickly from book 3 to 4. Things start to make absolutely no sense and become ridiculous.
Though I found Dani rather annoying most of the series, she deserved better than becoming a lowly whining housewife dammit!!! We spent all of book 3 trying to rescue her and now that we have her back, she does NOTHING except be a bitchy housewife to the dungeon for 3/4 of this book. The female representation is crushing. Dani deserved better for everything she's done for Cal and this series.
HOW IS THE BAD GUY SUDDENLY AN ALLY. THIS BOOK MAKES NO SENSE.
Things felt so rushed and again, it feels like the push to move to a bigger scale was way too fast.
Rules for magic set in previous books were repeatedly broken in this book and readers were just supposed to ignore all of that I guess?
Ugh. I LOVE Dakota Krout. I do. But this book was NOT good. It just wasn't. Luckily, there is only one left in this series, and I'm just gonna hope it's a little better than this. (I doubt it though because Cal is making a dungeon inside a dungeon that resembles Earth, and I'm pretty sure that's how the game Eternium in CC comes to be *sigh* can't wait to see what utter nonsense gets us there).
bookslikegranola's review against another edition
3.75
The best book yet of the series that finally fixes a lot of the weakness of the previous volumes while emphasizing the strengths. The huge, world ending stakes finally fit, Cal is a lot more sympathetic as a character and has established relationships with people beyond Dani, and Dale’s progression gets some much needed attention. I do have some gripes, such as Dani’s change in character and the weird rushed wedding at the end.
myriadofcolour's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
hopeful
inspiring
reflective
sad
medium-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? Yes
- Loveable characters? Yes
- Diverse cast of characters? Yes
- Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated
4.0
traditionson's review against another edition
4.0
The series is not the same. There are characters coming in that don’t make as much sense and never really get expanded upon. It was nice to see the ending to the necromancer wars. It was also good to see the growth of Cal and Dale but feels a little as if the author is forgetting some of the laws that they put in place in the earlier books.
saidinmilamber's review
5.0
This was INSANE
Loved this! The stakes went from naught to a million and flipped all expectation out the window!! I cannot wait to launch straight into the next one! Great characters and clever, fun writing style. Fantastic narration as per usual!
Loved this! The stakes went from naught to a million and flipped all expectation out the window!! I cannot wait to launch straight into the next one! Great characters and clever, fun writing style. Fantastic narration as per usual!
bethanytomerlinprince's review
3.0
Enjoyed the previous books but maybe the time has come for this story to reach its end. I do enjoy the perspective of the dungeon core though.
xeni's review
Dear Daddy Dungeon, please go back to being cool. Before you supposedly "gave birth", you had a personality, and a lovely plot to go with it. Now you're barely in the book, everyone around you (including you) is a caricature, and your apparently "other half" is a piece of furniture that moves and likes to smash sentient life for no reason other than it gives him a buzz. I guess it's goodbye for us now.
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On top of all that, the plot was very disjointed up to where I read (about halfway?), our Dungeon acted like all the worst parts of fatherhood were the best, Dani become a different person (because we all need a cringy naggy wife character), everyone else became a flatter person (that's the solution to lack of plot - flatten everyone), and the 'big bad' is so overpowered and also can't decide who he is (a necromancer who isn't a necromancer anyone?) that it just ruins everything.
When Dale was protecting the dungeon and they were working together but not willingly it was the best parts. When we had Cal showing us how to grow and become bigger and make cooler rooms, that was the best part. This book? Not the best part.
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On top of all that, the plot was very disjointed up to where I read (about halfway?), our Dungeon acted like all the worst parts of fatherhood were the best, Dani become a different person (because we all need a cringy naggy wife character), everyone else became a flatter person (that's the solution to lack of plot - flatten everyone), and the 'big bad' is so overpowered and also can't decide who he is (a necromancer who isn't a necromancer anyone?) that it just ruins everything.
When Dale was protecting the dungeon and they were working together but not willingly it was the best parts. When we had Cal showing us how to grow and become bigger and make cooler rooms, that was the best part. This book? Not the best part.