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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Retros_x" data-source="post: 9778960" data-attributes="member: 7033171">My initial impression flattened a bit. I finished it yesterday and while the strenghts remain, I must say that unfortunately the author took something from videogames that I could've been good without: level grinding. In the middle of the book there are some boring passages where Carl and Princess Donut just slam boring fights to level up or loot and its just a bit... lame. That took to much inspiration from some games haha. I also didn't like that the book just ended. A lot of storylines opened, some are even hinted to conclude or just continue much down further the line, and none storyline really finished. It honestly felt so much like a collection volume of a continous story published on a blog or something that I seriously wonder if that is the case? I also wonder a bit about pacing, the dungeon is said to have 18 floors and the book series is supposed to end on volume 10. That means at some point the floors must finished in less page count, which feels weird because I was hoping the coming floors would be more complex than just some bland tunnels and rooms. But that is under the assumption that we see all 18 floors, maybe Carl breaks out at some point and starts a revolution. The hinted world seems really fun though and I can't wait to discover more in the next volumes.</blockquote>