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@mostlybree.kitrocha.com

I am now on book #7 and I regret to inform all of you who told me that the books got worse that I actually think they're getting better. Or maybe I'm just way more interested in intergalactic politics than I am in loot boxes. 🤣

Ghostly Bree@mostlybree.kitrocha.com

I've been bopping in & out in between reading other things, but I did just finish book 3 and have downloaded book 4, for those keeping track of my DCC journey! I have a lot of chores/organizing/cleaning to do over the next week so I may make it through this book faster than the last one. We'll see!

27/10/26, 4:19 am0 reposts54 likes

Hannah Bowman

@hannahnpbowman.com

Yeah they definitely get better. Although floors 4 and 5 are more interesting than 6-8. 9 and 10 are good though

Sheryl Nantus

@sherylnantus.bsky.social

It really takes the bigger view, and it's crazy. And heart-breaking. And crazy before breaking your heart again. I have to admit, it's a hell of a ride. :)

Amyville Hoyrror

@amyhoy.bsky.social

they definitely got MUCH better. somewhere book 6 or 7 i was like “did he finally get an editor?”

Ghostly Bree

@mostlybree.kitrocha.com

oh, I don't think that is why they're better. LOL like, if anything, in my author group chats we're talking about how these books are proof that we can ignore the growing push to strip everything down & microexplain it, because the later books are SPRAWLING EVERYWHERE.

Amyville Hoyrror

@amyhoy.bsky.social

ha! yes. i didn’t mean on a developmental or focus type of editing, but his individual sentences and paragraphs got much more nicely written. the first few books, he would reuse the exact same pattern in paragraphs over & over and he stopped that entirely in the final ~3 books.

Amyville Hoyrror

@amyhoy.bsky.social

that’s the sort of thing i’d fix when i do copy editing. i’ve never had a novel edited obviously

Ghostly Bree

@mostlybree.kitrocha.com

in my defense, I don't even like loot boxes when I'm actually playing games. I am the person they had to create armor skins for because I refused to wear the good armor if it wasn't pretty.

"Do not be daunted by the enormity of the world's grief."

@nocatsnomasters.bsky.social

This is why I always look for mods that let me apply any armor look from the game to any armor piece. I will _not_ be actually looking like I'm wearing Lionel's Armor, Elden Ring, I don't care how good the stats are. I'd rather be naked.

Ghostly Bree

@mostlybree.kitrocha.com

shout out to Veilguard for letting me go into every battle tits-out like a melodramatic goth bird while also wearing a tiara. a legendary game.

shana 😋 (andreia gaita)

@shana.spoiledcat.com

They definitely get better! I don't particularly like some of the later dungeons tbh, but the character development is absolutely off the charts.

Regemor

@regemor.bsky.social

Book 5 is my favorite because I'm biased towards rich assholes getting killed by people they didn't think were people. But in general, I like that the series pulls back from Carl & Donut's immediate survival and gets into the alien politics happening in the background