(jokes aside, DCC is genuinely one of the best series I’ve read in a very long time.
The premise is super dark. 99.99% of the world’s population is dead by chapter 1, and the rest are forced to battle it out in a “world dungeon game show” for the universe’s entertainment. And the whole dungeon is run by a sadistic AI that turns up the crazy to 11 for views.
It’s funny, and the humor gives way for the emotional gut punches to hit harder.
In terms of literary value, it’s got some political commentary, and makes some incredibly based statements about the late stage capitalist hellscape we live in, but they’re pretty obvious and not any kind of deep symbolism.
It’s a popcorn action movie about a guy in his underwear and his ex girlfriend’s cat. It’s great.)
Princess_Donut_The_Queen_Anne_Chonk@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
crawlerscookbook.com/what-is-dcc/
Karl@literature.cafe 3 weeks ago
Is it actually good, or do people find it ironically funny?
Princess_Donut_The_Queen_Anne_Chonk@pawb.social 3 weeks ago
OBVIOUSLY ITS GREAT, I’M THE MAIN CHARACTER
(jokes aside, DCC is genuinely one of the best series I’ve read in a very long time.
The premise is super dark. 99.99% of the world’s population is dead by chapter 1, and the rest are forced to battle it out in a “world dungeon game show” for the universe’s entertainment. And the whole dungeon is run by a sadistic AI that turns up the crazy to 11 for views.
It’s funny, and the humor gives way for the emotional gut punches to hit harder.
In terms of literary value, it’s got some political commentary, and makes some incredibly based statements about the late stage capitalist hellscape we live in, but they’re pretty obvious and not any kind of deep symbolism.
It’s a popcorn action movie about a guy in his underwear and his ex girlfriend’s cat. It’s great.)