I just started Dungeon Crawler Carl. In it he fights a Spanish speaking boss. The Spanish is not translated (so far) and if you can read it, it really changes the mood and impact of the entire scene.
Are there any other books that hide significant plot points behind the use of foreign language?
I haven’t read the series, but after seeing more context of the scene…wow. That’s really bleak for what I assumed would be a more light hearted romp. It does make me actually want to read the books now, but damn.
Oh, it was a taste of what the book series has. DCC is a horror series under the mask of a light hearted dungeon crawler
Exactly, everyone has so much PTSD. Everyone you have ever known and cared about is already dead and your fighting for your life, is no way to go through a dungeon Carl.
Worth a reminder that Matt considers himself a horror writer, not a fantasy writer
In my head, that scene is much darker than almost anything that follows. There’s a lot where if you take a step back and think about it, ooof. But that’s scene is the most inescapable gut punch (if you know some Spanish.)
Great series though, mixes the light heartedness with an eventually pretty heavy undertone.
I don’t know, in the same book “There sure were a lot of babies in there, Carl” which hits pretty hard on how much murder Carl is doing and on how Donut really isn’t a human being.
It’s a dark and political story wearing the skin of a light hearted romp like a serial killer with their victim’s face.
It takes a book or 2 for the mask to really slip (hence the hammyness of the first book or 2). It’s an excellent story, though a little marmite like (you either love it or hate it).