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The Slime Dungeon Chronicles #2
The Dungeon's Town
In the aftermath of the demonic invasion, everyone is left to recover. Claire is worries about Doc's unending sleep. Fiora and her adventurers have split up, and the royal family mourns the loss of the Prince and Princess.
Meanwhile, people are baying for blood as news spread, and the church comes in to eliminate any demonic forces remaining. Tensions rise as the clergy begin their own agenda with the dungeon. Through it all, a town comes together with a unique bond to Doc.
The uneasy peace won't last long however, because in this world of adventure, trouble comes in all shapes and sizes.
Meanwhile, people are baying for blood as news spread, and the church comes in to eliminate any demonic forces remaining. Tensions rise as the clergy begin their own agenda with the dungeon. Through it all, a town comes together with a unique bond to Doc.
The uneasy peace won't last long however, because in this world of adventure, trouble comes in all shapes and sizes.
367 pages, Kindle Edition
First published September 24, 2016
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December 27, 2017
I wanted this series to turn out well as it had promise so I decided to wait until I had finished all three books before giving a review. I read all three novels and listened to the audible counterparts. I will be as spoiler free as I can so it may be vague in parts. Although, honestly I think many of the problems have been covered by other reviewers, with that said I'll be brief.
1. These novels lack the most basic rule of writing. Show don't tell. In some of what should have been the most important points for character development, plot, and intense combat scenes the author glosses over them and "tells" the readers what happens or what the characters are feeling instead of showing them. The issue is that as a result the author fails to take advantage of all the suspense and tension that lead up to that point and combat feels lack luster.
2. The cast of characters are forgettable at best with many of them being far too similar in attitude and speech. Although there are characters of various races and backgrounds I kept wanting to facepalm as they acted or said things a reader would find in middle age novels or colonial literature from the early 18 century, e.g. "Jare the beast-man."
For example, in this style of writing the characters that aren't white, in this case "human," refer to themselves through the lens of the white, "human," prospective. It's like the early writings about Africa where the African men referred to themselves as "Tom the blackman." In this way the beast-man have human names and refer to themselves by a human standard even among one another. The worst part is that the author fails to show in these cases and instead tells. Instead of showcasing a different culture and people that are the beast-man tribes the author has them act nearly identical as humans and constantly has to remind the reader that the characters are "beast-man" nearly every time one of them says or does something. Few people walk around identifying themselves by their race or color and less so for people raised inside their own culture or speaking to someone from their native culture/race. The author could have gotten around this by having the beast-men identify themselves through a name other than beast-man and had the humans refer to them as beast-man as a derisive term. Humans are notoriously racist in both fantasy and sci-fi and constantly referring to other races in terms of lessor being and not by their chosen name for their race so this could have solved the issue and added depth to the narrative.
3. The trials the characters face are little more then poorly used tropes and the character development is handled poorly as well. Other reviewers have mentioned this so I don't feel the need to expand on it.
4. The humor falls flat in most instances where the characters laugh without anything warrantying the outburst of emotion.
5. The cast, not just one or two, respond to situations in a cavalier manner that someone, even career soldiers, facing a life or death situation would not. The manner in which the character respond to death and trauma, PTSD in a few cases, is glossed over as well or handled in a trope like manner.
These novels were barely above the standard of a fan fiction, but worst of all is that the author didn't improve his writing at all over the course of the three novels. I understand that no writer starts out great but the lack of improvement is the biggest reason for the low rating and not the other failings. Although these issues distracted from the narrative and left me feeling almost cheated by the author's lack of capitalizing on the opportunities for both the character and plot development I had hope his writing would improve by the end of the third novel. In the end it wasn't even a B ranked series.
1. These novels lack the most basic rule of writing. Show don't tell. In some of what should have been the most important points for character development, plot, and intense combat scenes the author glosses over them and "tells" the readers what happens or what the characters are feeling instead of showing them. The issue is that as a result the author fails to take advantage of all the suspense and tension that lead up to that point and combat feels lack luster.
2. The cast of characters are forgettable at best with many of them being far too similar in attitude and speech. Although there are characters of various races and backgrounds I kept wanting to facepalm as they acted or said things a reader would find in middle age novels or colonial literature from the early 18 century, e.g. "Jare the beast-man."
For example, in this style of writing the characters that aren't white, in this case "human," refer to themselves through the lens of the white, "human," prospective. It's like the early writings about Africa where the African men referred to themselves as "Tom the blackman." In this way the beast-man have human names and refer to themselves by a human standard even among one another. The worst part is that the author fails to show in these cases and instead tells. Instead of showcasing a different culture and people that are the beast-man tribes the author has them act nearly identical as humans and constantly has to remind the reader that the characters are "beast-man" nearly every time one of them says or does something. Few people walk around identifying themselves by their race or color and less so for people raised inside their own culture or speaking to someone from their native culture/race. The author could have gotten around this by having the beast-men identify themselves through a name other than beast-man and had the humans refer to them as beast-man as a derisive term. Humans are notoriously racist in both fantasy and sci-fi and constantly referring to other races in terms of lessor being and not by their chosen name for their race so this could have solved the issue and added depth to the narrative.
3. The trials the characters face are little more then poorly used tropes and the character development is handled poorly as well. Other reviewers have mentioned this so I don't feel the need to expand on it.
4. The humor falls flat in most instances where the characters laugh without anything warrantying the outburst of emotion.
5. The cast, not just one or two, respond to situations in a cavalier manner that someone, even career soldiers, facing a life or death situation would not. The manner in which the character respond to death and trauma, PTSD in a few cases, is glossed over as well or handled in a trope like manner.
These novels were barely above the standard of a fan fiction, but worst of all is that the author didn't improve his writing at all over the course of the three novels. I understand that no writer starts out great but the lack of improvement is the biggest reason for the low rating and not the other failings. Although these issues distracted from the narrative and left me feeling almost cheated by the author's lack of capitalizing on the opportunities for both the character and plot development I had hope his writing would improve by the end of the third novel. In the end it wasn't even a B ranked series.
October 2, 2016
Just as good as the first
If you enjoyed the first in the series you'll like this one too. Looking forward to the sequel.. . .
If you enjoyed the first in the series you'll like this one too. Looking forward to the sequel.. . .
March 15, 2019
I guess with a name like "Dungeon Town", we can't have our protagonist (who can't leave) sit in a cave all day AND explore the town at the same time... But multiple POVs are truly the bane of modern fantasy.
I'm here to read about a dungeon doing wacky stuff. Not three bears being schooled by a human blacksmith about life, and whatever you put in is what you also take out of it. Jeez.
Well I don't think I will continue this series.
For one, there are too many POVs. I'm sure more time is spent on other characters than the dungeon of itself. I don't have the energy to confirm this though.
Second. The dialogue is horrible. I think these authors try to use taunts, quips and conversations while fighting because it was something that happens in DnD games? I wouldn't know because I never played any DnD games. But it seems like a staple of these "adventuring parties" to fill the pages with unwanted talk, or in this author's case, use it to tell the reader information of a creature or attack.
I just realised that it's one of the bear men on the cover, and him being there tells that the story is about him/ his group? Because it sure isn't about the Dungeon Core with the little amount POV time we saw.
There are a bunch of other things that irked or annoyed me, but I didn't write them down when it occurred, so I can't recall them at the moment.
Also, I think it was only because I read another dungeon story (the Dungeon Born Series), that I understood what was going on. I don't think the author goes into any detail explaining the metaphysics of the dungeon, or maybe he did and I can't recall because I'm drowning my experience from another book?
Wow. The author self inserted himself into this novel as an all powerful magus. Who helped the dungeon evolve. If you write yourself into your own book, I don't think you should make it obvious. As "Falcon" did, when he made the Magus Falcon.
The book ended with questions I actually wanted to know the answers of, but I don't trust this author to follow through. he might make the next book three quarters about something else, and only a quarter about actual dungeon stuff.
I understand that what happened was to strengthen and improve the dungeon, but it didn't interest me.
If I'm short on material and desperate, I might give the next book a try in the future (when I forget what happened). But for now I'm dropping the series.
2/5 Stars
I'm here to read about a dungeon doing wacky stuff. Not three bears being schooled by a human blacksmith about life, and whatever you put in is what you also take out of it. Jeez.
Well I don't think I will continue this series.
For one, there are too many POVs. I'm sure more time is spent on other characters than the dungeon of itself. I don't have the energy to confirm this though.
Second. The dialogue is horrible. I think these authors try to use taunts, quips and conversations while fighting because it was something that happens in DnD games? I wouldn't know because I never played any DnD games. But it seems like a staple of these "adventuring parties" to fill the pages with unwanted talk, or in this author's case, use it to tell the reader information of a creature or attack.
I just realised that it's one of the bear men on the cover, and him being there tells that the story is about him/ his group? Because it sure isn't about the Dungeon Core with the little amount POV time we saw.
There are a bunch of other things that irked or annoyed me, but I didn't write them down when it occurred, so I can't recall them at the moment.
Also, I think it was only because I read another dungeon story (the Dungeon Born Series), that I understood what was going on. I don't think the author goes into any detail explaining the metaphysics of the dungeon, or maybe he did and I can't recall because I'm drowning my experience from another book?
Wow. The author self inserted himself into this novel as an all powerful magus. Who helped the dungeon evolve. If you write yourself into your own book, I don't think you should make it obvious. As "Falcon" did, when he made the Magus Falcon.
The book ended with questions I actually wanted to know the answers of, but I don't trust this author to follow through. he might make the next book three quarters about something else, and only a quarter about actual dungeon stuff.
I understand that what happened was to strengthen and improve the dungeon, but it didn't interest me.
If I'm short on material and desperate, I might give the next book a try in the future (when I forget what happened). But for now I'm dropping the series.
2/5 Stars
October 2, 2016
My favorite Dungeon is back!
I loved the first book in this series, and I am glad to see it continue. Good action, though less dungeon building, which is a little sad, I like seeing Doc get cool new toys
SPOILER :
but it was SO COOL to see that team up! That's what makes good guys awesome!
Thanks for writing this Falcon!
I loved the first book in this series, and I am glad to see it continue. Good action, though less dungeon building, which is a little sad, I like seeing Doc get cool new toys
SPOILER :
but it was SO COOL to see that team up! That's what makes good guys awesome!
Thanks for writing this Falcon!
October 14, 2016
So very cool!
Both of these books were a surprise and a joy. Writing about an RPG with the dungeon as an active player is brilliant. I am so glad I didn't pass these up.
Both of these books were a surprise and a joy. Writing about an RPG with the dungeon as an active player is brilliant. I am so glad I didn't pass these up.
October 26, 2017
I'm seeing a lot more parallels be the dungeon born series and Slime Dungeon with this one and might have been an inspiration for it. Book 2 of the Slime Dungeon, though an improvement over the first, is still something of a difficult read. There are a lot of good ideas here, but the narrative is a big janky and the writing is a bit amateurish. The whole thing feels a bit like a cleaned up table top RP session in book form.
I'll read on to 3, to see how this author improves.
I'll read on to 3, to see how this author improves.
August 29, 2020
Note: I have a backlog of reviews so what follows is short and to the point. Spoilers will not be called out. Typos likely since I won’t be proof reading.
Books 2-4 all get the same review.
Re-reading this series did not do it any favors. I was apparently more taken with this genre when I first read it. Upon re-reading I found it somewhat lacking in inspiration, albeit well told especially for the "dungeon" genre that draws amatuer authors. Still the tropes are annoying: bad guys repeatedly underestimating the force needed to accomplish their goals so they keep failing to invade the dungeon. King gets credible information of impending attack on the capital but does nothing because surely that can't happen here.
Bottom line: probably better than average for the genre but still has some major flaws, including the series is never actually resolved, instead the author just turns this series into a lead-in for his next series which is way over-the-top in a bad way.
Books 2-4 all get the same review.
Re-reading this series did not do it any favors. I was apparently more taken with this genre when I first read it. Upon re-reading I found it somewhat lacking in inspiration, albeit well told especially for the "dungeon" genre that draws amatuer authors. Still the tropes are annoying: bad guys repeatedly underestimating the force needed to accomplish their goals so they keep failing to invade the dungeon. King gets credible information of impending attack on the capital but does nothing because surely that can't happen here.
Bottom line: probably better than average for the genre but still has some major flaws, including the series is never actually resolved, instead the author just turns this series into a lead-in for his next series which is way over-the-top in a bad way.
March 28, 2018
A decent story marred
I really enjoyed the first book in this series. This follow-up tested my nerves every page I read. The offending piece want the plot or how unrelated sections would be James together without a separator. No, this book created its ultimate soon simply in its horrendous formatting. There entire bloody novel is center justified. To what point or purpose? Even specifying left justification didn't change the display. Though I have several other gripes with this work, they pale in comparison. Unless you enjoy looking at an adolescent experiment in being "novel," I recommend staying away. Go read the Dungeon Madness series instead.
I really enjoyed the first book in this series. This follow-up tested my nerves every page I read. The offending piece want the plot or how unrelated sections would be James together without a separator. No, this book created its ultimate soon simply in its horrendous formatting. There entire bloody novel is center justified. To what point or purpose? Even specifying left justification didn't change the display. Though I have several other gripes with this work, they pale in comparison. Unless you enjoy looking at an adolescent experiment in being "novel," I recommend staying away. Go read the Dungeon Madness series instead.
April 7, 2021
Dungeons Can Engage In War With One Another.
It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows and so to can warfare. When the Dungeon Town finds itself caught between two Dungeons the Adventurers consider the impossible and make an alliance with one Dungeon to defeat the other.
Mr. Lotus has a habit of writing surprise reveals as part of his character development and plot advancement which make sense in retrospect, from previously revealed clues -- which are usually so subtly presented that I do not recognize them as clues.
This series of books will likely appeal to fans of the Fantasy, Dungeon Core, and LitRPG genres, as well as fans of playing RPGs.
It is said that politics makes strange bedfellows and so to can warfare. When the Dungeon Town finds itself caught between two Dungeons the Adventurers consider the impossible and make an alliance with one Dungeon to defeat the other.
Mr. Lotus has a habit of writing surprise reveals as part of his character development and plot advancement which make sense in retrospect, from previously revealed clues -- which are usually so subtly presented that I do not recognize them as clues.
This series of books will likely appeal to fans of the Fantasy, Dungeon Core, and LitRPG genres, as well as fans of playing RPGs.
August 31, 2025
A decent concept let down by weak execution. The world-building is intriguing, but the characters feel like cardboard cutouts reciting generic lines from a "how-to write a LitRPG" book. The Dungeon's Town Slime Dungeon #2 doubles down on the first book's biggest flaws: the dialogue is stilted and unnatural, and the characters lack any real depth or motivation beyond what the plot demands. It's a shame because the core idea has a lot of potential, but it's buried under a mound of uninspired prose. If you're looking for a good dungeon core story, you can find better ones with more engaging characters and believable interactions. This is where my journey ends with this series.
April 29, 2020
Excellent story
Another excellent story in this series! There is action, some drama (not too much), soke scenes are inspiring scenes while others briefly induce grief, and at times triumph! I enjoy following all of the characters and watching them grow and evolve; even when their decisions result in permanent serious consequences, as that is the way it is sometimes.
Note: there are places where the incorrect word is used, such as site instead of sight, but they are infrequent and not too much of a distraction.
I'm really looking forward to the rest of the series.
Another excellent story in this series! There is action, some drama (not too much), soke scenes are inspiring scenes while others briefly induce grief, and at times triumph! I enjoy following all of the characters and watching them grow and evolve; even when their decisions result in permanent serious consequences, as that is the way it is sometimes.
Note: there are places where the incorrect word is used, such as site instead of sight, but they are infrequent and not too much of a distraction.
I'm really looking forward to the rest of the series.
March 7, 2018
3.7 Stars.
I didn't like this installment as much as the first book. I felt this book was one giant chapter broken up into segments (called chapters). It was really short too!
I saw the character progression, but then felt it stagnated. It picked up at the end with the "trials," but I didn't get the feeling the characters grew from the situation. I am also perplexed by the addition of the bear-beast-men either.
I didn't like this installment as much as the first book. I felt this book was one giant chapter broken up into segments (called chapters). It was really short too!
I saw the character progression, but then felt it stagnated. It picked up at the end with the "trials," but I didn't get the feeling the characters grew from the situation. I am also perplexed by the addition of the bear-beast-men either.
May 20, 2020
Sorry, enjoyed the first book, but this one was extremely rough. Very incoherent and jumpy, almost childish in tone and pacing, needs a really strong hand in editing. Very rushed. Will not be reading the rest, a shame since the first book had potential..
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June 23, 2024
Good sequel. I think a bit more focus on fewer protagonists might be a good idea. The dungeon development at the start felt a bit slow due the many points of view, but I have never been an overly big fan of the writing style even if it is unavoidable because a dungeon in itself would be a bit static. Really liked the second part and curious about Lady.
March 29, 2018
Still fun
This book felt alot shorter than the first, it was also long on questions and short on answers, I'm hopeful that the next one will start to answer things. Still a good series though.
This book felt alot shorter than the first, it was also long on questions and short on answers, I'm hopeful that the next one will start to answer things. Still a good series though.
July 22, 2020
So so on character development
The dungeon core is lacking as a character and the pixie Is getting stale. The story seems to focus on the kingdom instead. It makes for an okay book but not the greatest as a series addition.
The dungeon core is lacking as a character and the pixie Is getting stale. The story seems to focus on the kingdom instead. It makes for an okay book but not the greatest as a series addition.
July 28, 2020
Good, but some formatting issues
While the story sets a good pace and is still interesting, there is an issue with mobile formatting that forces the text to be center aligned on my phone. Hopefully the next books don't have that issue.
While the story sets a good pace and is still interesting, there is an issue with mobile formatting that forces the text to be center aligned on my phone. Hopefully the next books don't have that issue.
November 28, 2020
Loved it
Wow now that is how you write a book you don't want to stop reading. Fast paced page turner with interesting characters that you can instantly root for. Highly recommend this series. If book three is as good as book two I will not be going to work today
Wow now that is how you write a book you don't want to stop reading. Fast paced page turner with interesting characters that you can instantly root for. Highly recommend this series. If book three is as good as book two I will not be going to work today
October 16, 2023
The Dungeon is our friend
Building a town around the Dungeon was a good idea because it gave the adventurers that survived a place to rest and get better gear. I loved the final battle.
Building a town around the Dungeon was a good idea because it gave the adventurers that survived a place to rest and get better gear. I loved the final battle.
July 2, 2018
Fun
It was a fun read. That said all the text was centered, and there were many more editing problems than in the last book. Still I look forward to the next book.
It was a fun read. That said all the text was centered, and there were many more editing problems than in the last book. Still I look forward to the next book.
March 6, 2024
An 8hr audio book. This book follows the same idea as the first, and jumps right in to some life threating issues. I enjoyed this book and think this might make a great anime.
March 12, 2017
A good sequel
A good sequel not a great one but I'm biased cause I wanted more Claire and Doc but there was a lot less so ugh.
A good sequel not a great one but I'm biased cause I wanted more Claire and Doc but there was a lot less so ugh.
February 9, 2018
Yeah, so this book wasn't as good as I hoped. I liked the first, but this one spends way too much time on the non-dungeon characters, there were too many out-of-world things (like characters doing that anime thing of yelling the names of their attacks, even though it clearly wasn't needed to activate them), there were also long sections of just descriptions of concepts or things, like 16 (yes, 16) different slimes after each other, or 3 different systems of magic after each other. Still, I enjoyed some of the humor, even the sort of double-meta humor that occured, and the story still has some potential, so I might pick up the third book at a later time.
July 8, 2024
This has been a fun series to get into. I like reading it from the perspective of the dungeon versus the perspective of the adventurers and how this dungeon seems to be a bit different than other dungeons in this realm (because reincarnation obviously). We also get the perspective of the adventurers and some other people around the town that has popped up around the dungeon. It has been throughly entertaining so far and I am trying to pace myself as I go through the series.
September 29, 2016
Love this series.
September 30, 2016
Well it's pretty much what I expected
As always this narrator has a lot of spelling errors and it's hard to keep up with the characters when they bounce back and forth and the only way to tell is to remember there names which isn't easy to do with the bloated cast of useless characters that don't do anything for several chapters only to come back later to turn out to actually be important through some obscure thing they did at the beginning or check even the last book. Very confusing with all that. Also the story really fell apart close to the end with several errors per page and sloppy writing making unintelligible sentences. If all that could be overlooked then there is still more problems as the main character Doc is treated almost as a side character giving very little screen time. The previous book was decent with some of the same problems but this book really amped it up with the issues. Sadly it really looks like they just gave up at the end.
As always this narrator has a lot of spelling errors and it's hard to keep up with the characters when they bounce back and forth and the only way to tell is to remember there names which isn't easy to do with the bloated cast of useless characters that don't do anything for several chapters only to come back later to turn out to actually be important through some obscure thing they did at the beginning or check even the last book. Very confusing with all that. Also the story really fell apart close to the end with several errors per page and sloppy writing making unintelligible sentences. If all that could be overlooked then there is still more problems as the main character Doc is treated almost as a side character giving very little screen time. The previous book was decent with some of the same problems but this book really amped it up with the issues. Sadly it really looks like they just gave up at the end.
October 22, 2016
Great sequel!
I had a blast reading this book. Sometimes on sequels I worry that I won't enjoy it like it's predecessor. Or that it will just plain suck. Luckily, that wasn't the case here.
I love the direction the author is taking by sticking with his original monsters and evolving them to something better. In many dungeon books it feels like the author is an ADD kid bouncing from one new monster to the next. Before you know it you have tons of boring animals that I could care less about. Granted there are some outliers, but you can tell they serve a specific purpose and don't take away from the story.
Great book! I can't wait for book 3!!!
I had a blast reading this book. Sometimes on sequels I worry that I won't enjoy it like it's predecessor. Or that it will just plain suck. Luckily, that wasn't the case here.
I love the direction the author is taking by sticking with his original monsters and evolving them to something better. In many dungeon books it feels like the author is an ADD kid bouncing from one new monster to the next. Before you know it you have tons of boring animals that I could care less about. Granted there are some outliers, but you can tell they serve a specific purpose and don't take away from the story.
Great book! I can't wait for book 3!!!
September 28, 2016
Not bad, could have been a better read.
Things I enjoyed
Seeing more interaction between the dungeon and the town inhabitants
More dungeon growth
Things I could have done without
The 'bro' frat brothers.
The signs of insufficient proof reading. For example, a character throws her spear, it gets cut in half, and then she is inexplicably holding one of the halves. Also, a character uses the phrase "dat there".
Things I enjoyed
Seeing more interaction between the dungeon and the town inhabitants
More dungeon growth
Things I could have done without
The 'bro' frat brothers.
The signs of insufficient proof reading. For example, a character throws her spear, it gets cut in half, and then she is inexplicably holding one of the halves. Also, a character uses the phrase "dat there".
October 31, 2016
Another great dungeon story!
I loved this book! This story focused more on the dungeon town as the name implied and I like how thee author has the town growing stronger as the dungeon gets stronger. Favorite thing about this story had to be Jare and his brothers. Great characters who were fun to read.
I loved this book! This story focused more on the dungeon town as the name implied and I like how thee author has the town growing stronger as the dungeon gets stronger. Favorite thing about this story had to be Jare and his brothers. Great characters who were fun to read.
September 27, 2016
An excellent book 2
Great story, sad now that I have to wait for book 3 but I am sure it will be worth the wait.
Great story, sad now that I have to wait for book 3 but I am sure it will be worth the wait.
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