Dungeon World 4 (Dungeon World, #4) by Jonathan Brooks

Dungeon World 4 (Dungeon World, #4) Reviews

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  Jonathan

  Noooooooo!
  
  Come on! Fred was rocking the discoveries and gaining power and the book stops?! Slam on the brakes after getting me up to speed?! Come on! It’s fast paced and a great continuation. The world gains more depth and you have a bit of fun, but the biggest prize is the information not centered on Fred. Enjoy the book.
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  ryan thomson

  Love this series!
  
  This book continues the story of the previous books, including all of my favorite elements of base building, tower defense, protagonist getting stronger to beat the odds and rich world building that leave great mental pictures. I recommend this to anyone who red the last few and i think this book is better than the second one and closer to the first in exploration of the world and the protagonists dungeon abilities.
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  GaiusPrimus

  The best in the series
  
  This particular book is slightly different than previous ones in the series. We get to see the other side of the conflict for the first time and we finally have a significant amount of time where Fred remains in one place.
  
  This enables us to see a lot of fleshing out taking place around the world, and really start seeing some further advancements around the main cast of characters.
  
  Overall, a change from the break neck pace of the previous books, but ultimately for the better.
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  Victor Tempest

  Dungeon Core
  
  Ok see now that was worth the wait. Mr Brooks you did it again. Damn man that was one hell of a read. You know a book is good when you hate coming to the end of it. My only advice to you the people, is for you to read this book.
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  Scott

  I was a bit hesitant to read this book after the previous instalment but I'm happy to say that this one really hit it out of the park.
  
  After the slight cliffhanger ending of the previous book, our crew gets back to what they do best, building dungeons and fighting armies. Due to their new location, they have an ideal spot for a dungeon and this book really focuses on that through the creation of new and interesting traps, as well as bending the rules in every way, shape, and form! But that's not all since our crew has to deal with large army battles to the point they never have a minute to themselves. Then if that wasn't enough, the author introduces new WMD style attacks for our crew, and new ways of the enemy attacking them, which shakes up the status quo and prevents the cast from falling back onto old tried and true methods.
  
  The character growth in this book is vastly improved with the main cast fleshed out near perfectly by this point, as well as adding additional main and supporting characters. Looking back, I don't know how the author fit so much quality content into this one novel. Apart from the first book, this has been my favourite so far.
  
  I have to make special mention of the enemies in this book though. The big bad group is given a lot more focus this time around and the reader can finally get a real handle on the fight this time. While some of them still seem to be evil just for the sake of having an evil overlord pulling strings, we get a bit more shades of grey added to our black and white universe.
  
  In the end, I can't say enough good stuff about this book. From dungeon building, to character growth, to universe building, this book has given back my hope for the series! I would recommend this book to any fans of Dungeon Building, LitRPG, or even some Fantasy fans.
• 
  Colin Rowlands

  Getting the obvious points out of the way first, this is book four in a series and as such would not be a good starting point for anyone considering this series, but in any case the first three are all highly entertaining listens and well worth picking up first.
  
  This book did a good job overall when it came to offering the reader a varied range of action, both in and out of dungeons, while also delivering plenty of progression on both the character and personal level for the main cast. One area that also worked well in this book was the way the author spent some time developing the personalities of the other cores, so that they became less of a one-dimensional evil enemy, even though their actions (with one notable exception) did not change significantly overall.
  
  The narrator gave a good performance overall with a good range of voices for the cast, I did find the make voices to be a stronger part of the performance, but do not agree with some of the negative comments made by some of the people reviewing the previous book that his female voices are bad.
  
  Overall, this was a highly enjoyable listen as was clearly evidenced by the way I went through it in only a day and will unfortunately now have to wait for the fifth (or possibly 5th and 6th) book to be released to complete the series.
  
  [Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
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  Travis

  I liked this installment in the series. The author says there will be another book, where he will try to wrap up everything, but I tend to think it will take more than one book to finish it all out. We'll of course see, but this part of the story adds lots of interesting occurrences, and some of them are bordering on world changing, I just don't see how all that can be packed into one more book for the complete series. We'll of course see.
  In any case, if you have been reading this series, then jump right in, you'll want to get to this one as soon as you can. If you haven't yet read this series, you might want to pick up the first one and begin reading there, because if you start with this one, there's a lot of things that won't make much sense, though if consistency isn't your thing, then it should be just as good a read as any other book in the series, but I strongly recommend reading them in order, this book puts a lot of the previous world building to good use here, and you'd be selling yourself short if you didn't get to enjoy all of it coming together like it does in this book.
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  Charles Daniel

  Fredwynklemossering Becomes An Adult.
  
  As the cover illustration plainly shows, Fredwynklemossering acquires control over his sixth element -- in an unconventional way -- and his seventh element -- in an even more surprising manner. In addition he learns some interesting ways to combine different kinds of manna for some spectacular results.
  
  
  As always, when looking at a book which is part of a series, it is best to read the previous, in this case three, books before reading the current book.
  
  This series will likely appeal to those who are fans of the Fantasy and LitRPG genres and to those who play RPGs.
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  Johnny

  Book four
  
  Mistakes: I found four. The first two are early in the book and are singular when they need to be plural. The other two mistakes are later in the book and are words used twice in a sentence instead of the needed once.
  Plot: This is basically a siege book. Fred and crew are trapped under a city and trying to defend against all the other dungeons.
  There are parts of this book where things are overly explained.
  Characters: I still find Fred to be a little to innocent when it comes to relationships.
  8/10
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  Scott Lea

  The first book was okay, the second really stretched my patience, the third book was grating and a slog; this book was the final straw. I won't be finishing the book or reading the 5th.
  Slow, too many unnecessary back and forth dialog about nothing to progress the story or plot. Childish. The supporting characters were like nails on a chalkboard... started skipping any scene where it wasn't Fred's inner dialogue. Still bad. I wanted to like this book and author because I like dungeon core books and he writes a lot of them. However, I think I'll skip Mr. Brooks from now on.
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  Laurel

  This book allows us to see the conflict from the side of the Core Alliances for the first time and we have a significant amount of time where Fred remains is in one place while he's defending Allroads from all of the Core's trying to defend the Convergences.
  
  The character growth in this book is really good, with the main cast fleshed out further, as well as adding several additional main and supporting characters.
  
  **The stats are a LOT in this series, but Brooks knows this and puts them in a separate small chapters, so I just skipped the worst of the stats chapters.
• 
  Javier Medero

  Wonderful storyline continues to improve
  
  Characters and their interactions are detailed and humorous. Action is well written and the combat is thought out and enjoyable. The entire series is well worth reading. Looking forward to the next book.
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  Steve

  Good book, it's just that I don't get as into the dungeon mechanics as some people do. Yes, I know what kind of books these are. Anyway, if you have followed the series to this point you'll probably like this one too.
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  Mark Barnett

  Captivating Read
  
  I have been reading this series since it started. I am very happy with the development of this series and wish I had the next one right now. Great job Mr. Brooks! cant wait for the next one.
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  Vincent Archer

  Okay entry, but little of anything exciting.
  
  The overall book setting remains locked into the same city as we got in book 3. There's a few plot points that advance, and we're getting at last an important antagonist. But I did not get very excited by the book. A solid, but not imaginative one.
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  Richin109

  Great book and series
  
  Normally when I read two or three books in a series I have to put it down and pick it up later. This series I have not been able to put it down. Well written. Extremely interesting. Recommend it to anyone.