| Title | : | The Crafters Dungeon (Dungeon Crafting #1) |
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| ISBN | : | - |
| Language | : | English |
| Format Type | : | Kindle Edition |
| Number of Pages | : | 419 |
| Publication | : | First published June 27, 2019 |
Unfortunately, Sandra was born with a deformity in her hands that made them appear frozen in a claw-like pose; as a result, she couldn’t grip anything with any sort of strength or dexterity, meaning that she wasn’t able to craft anything but the most simple of things that required very little in the way of hand-based manipulation. To top it off, while most people could access and manipulate at least one or two of the basic elemental energies, she could see them all – but was unable to manipulate a single one.
Despite these setbacks, Sandra spent the majority of her twenty-six years of life visually learning the processes, techniques, and secret formulas for every aspect of crafting she could discover. And it was that pursuit of knowledge that ultimately led to her untimely death.
Reborn in the shape of a tiny Dungeon Core, Sandra learned about the purpose behind dungeons and Cores from an assigned dungeon helper; at the same time, she also discovered that she had much more freedom than most other Dungeon Cores. The repercussions of her mere existence could end up being far-reaching, but the most important thing she learned had nothing to do with the other Cores, the different races, or even the real purpose behind her being brought back to life as a strange glowing gem.
Sandra didn’t care about any of that, though – all she cared about was that she could finally do some crafting.
This Dungeon Core story contains LitRPG/GameLit elements such as statistics and leveling and a heavy crafting emphasis. No profanity and no harems.
The Crafters Dungeon (Dungeon Crafting #1) Reviews
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DNF
I don't even understand what the hell went on this book. I'm sure it makes sense for anyone who knew what they were getting into, but I didn't and it was weird and not good. a regular story about a woman who has messed up hands who .. turns into a dungeon? yeah ok. not. -
If you're like me, and really like the crafting side of LitRPG, then you definitely don't want to miss this book. Generally, I'm a bit hesitant about reading dungeon core books, because there isn't a lot of crafting, very little problem solving (well, beyond the how to build more deadly traps for unsuspecting adventurers), and other than minor story progression, not much seems to happen in them. However, after seeing the description of this one, I just had to give it a try, and honestly, I can't complain in the least about the decision. This was one really good story. Of course, if you're not the crafting type, then this one won't appeal to you quite as much, but I've never seen a dungeon core book where crafting played a major role, and I find I really like it. I have gathered up other dungeon books by this author, and shall give those a try too now, though I'd pretty much stopped reading dungeon core books because of their distinct lack of things I enjoy so much in LitRPG titles, though it may be time to re-examine that decision.
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The dungeon core style of gamelit books already adds a twist to the basic genre, but the author does a good job with this take on the sub-genre with the attitude and personality of his main character carrying the book through what is obviously the earlier stages of a much bigger story.
The narrator's performance was notably stronger with the female characters, but was still sufficiently distinctive with the rest of the cast and served to nicely enhance my overall enjoyment of the book.
Overall, this was an enjoyable listen, but will probably seem even stronger when placed in the context of a larger series and I will look out for further books in the series.
[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.] -
Sandra is a young woman, the daughter of a traveling merchant, who loves crafting. She tries to learn everything she can in theory, because her hands are deformed, and she can't actually do the things she learns. Then she dies and reincarnates as a dungeon core.
Usually, only the worst people become dungeon cores, but Sandra is something new. She's only interested in crafting, but goes along with her mentor, Winx, and works on expanding, and defending her dungeon, which is her home.
It was a pleasant read, and I liked both Sandra and Winx. The crafting angle was a fun change of pace. I liked the creativity of the world building, and I'm interested in seeing where the story goes. I want to know why Sandra was turned into a dungeon core, and I want to know more about Kelerim. -
3.5 stars, not a bad start to a series. Not a 4 as it has to build for sure but a good start. It was a little light on action at times but still enjoyable. I will continue with the series...
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Fast read. Enjoyed this creatively advanced story based on dungeons and dragons games. Bought the first three volumes from Amazon kindle.
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Are asking yourself, "What IS A Dungeon Core Novel?"
What IS A Dungeon Core Novel? It's a fair question, I think. I had never even heard of "A Dungeon Core" before this novel appeared in my Amazon recommendations a week or so ago.
The answer to the question is both quite simple and quite complex really. A Dungeon Core, at least in this series of books, is the soul of a deceased person; who is given the powers, responsibility, and task to build a Dungeon by a Deity called The Creator. That's the simple answer. The complex, and far more interesting answer, is the novel you are looking at.
This novel is a subset of the LitRPG genre. I would say that if you've ever enjoyed being the GM of a Tabletop RPG or playing the computer game "Dungeon Keeper," you will likely enjoy this novel. -
A great book
I have read a few litRPG books but this is my first dungeon core style book. After going speaking with the super friendly author and while getting both the ebook and audio book free, I couldn't put off reading it any longer. Once I did I read somewhere t in one go. It was fantastic! I didn't put it down and I'm anxious to start the next. -
I do t know why I keep trying to read. Dungeon core books. I got 82% of the way in and just didn't care enough to finish it. It's well written but it's just not for me.
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Quite enjoyable, although listening to this was made harder by the abundance of tables, listening to the narrator repeats practically the same table over and over for some minor change is tiring.
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This series is ok but not as good as the author’s other series. While I enjoyed the premise of the books, there were a few really annoying things about Sandra the MC and her fairy that detracted significantly from the story and is the reason I rated it only 3 stars.
First, the fairy is virtually useless, for some ridiculous reason she is prevented from explaining a lot of things to the dungeon, and some really important things which she can tell the dungeon, she forgets to tell Sandra. I would have preferred that she be omitted completely than for the author to have introduced such an annoying and incompetent character.
Second, Sandra often comes off as a bit stupid or incompetent herself. She doesn’t make common sense optimal decisions designed to protect herself and as such often barely survives numerous situations. This makes the story seem contrived in many places because it feels like many of the close call situations could have easily been avoided with better planning and decisions.
The final issue I have with the audiobook is that the narrator is awful especially when compared with the male reader of the other books by this author. She has a very poor range of voices and the voices she uses do not match what you would imagine the characters to sound like.
It is a shame that an otherwise really interesting series is ruined by these things. -
An excellent start to an excellent series
I read a lot of books, and in fact I read this one some time ago and I usually don't review the first book in a series until either it's past book 4 or the series is over since I've been disappointed too many times. Seeing as book five is out and I adore book four let me run this down. The Crafter's Dungeon is the dungeon core novel you didn't know you wanted. It blows Dakota Krout's Dungeon Series out of the water. The main character Sandra really is loveable and adorable and dangerous. The other characters added over the course of time are just as enigmatic and entertaining and unlike many series they grow in importance. They develop and so does Sandra, she's not just one dimensional like some dungeon cores in other series, and she has a purpose that she sticks too.
The series as on the whole is a great deal of fun, as Sandra works to help people who despise her for some existing (not that anyone can blame them). I won't spoil the plot but if you like good writing, good fantasy, or are just looking for something to take you away to a world where magic is life and dangers abound then I highly suggest Jonathan Brooks' The Crafter's Dungeon. -
This was by far one of most difficult books to rate. By reading the summary I thought the book will be ok (3 stars maybe 4). Once I realized the summary doesnt really have much to do with the majority of the book, the book got a lot more interesting. Then I got bored with how slowly the events were developing, and that's when I thought "yeah 2 stars, 3 at best." Then I realized how much attention to detail the author put into that book. Personally I think the last quarter of the book should have accounted for more than a quarter. If I could rate the book 4.5 stars I would.
Overall, although the plot developed a little slow, overall the book is really good! The author was able to paint a really good picture of what the world is like the boundaries of all the fantasy elements. (Still half considering to rate it 5 stars.)
edit: changed the review to 5 stars after seeing some of the unjust 2 and 1 star reviews. -
Crafter's Paradise
Dungeon Core books, so far, haven't been something that I enjoy. But, with Jonathan Brooks' writing style, excellent editing, and world building (dungeon building?) techniques, I gave The Crafter's Dungeon a chance. By combining dungeons and crafting, Brooks found a way to pull concepts from of the best of both worlds. Were I to.find a place where I could craft in peace, learn new/old techniques, be healed if hurt... Wow! The only thing this dungeon lacks is a great library! -
The book had moments that were so surprising and thrilling. I cheated and did the audiobook and the reader was really good. I'm not sure if I would have been into this otherwise. It would work as anime, and manhwa better I think. I would have love to see more of the orc life style and more orc stuff to be honest. I'm REALLY REALLY looking forward to her creating bodies that can at least write humanoid bodies.
I've always been into the symbiotic nature of dungeons. So, for me this was.......... kind of everything. I have over 50 max level characters in warcraft mostly for crafting on my dead server LMaoooooooooo. Where I basically was the server at one point.
update- I made it to book 6 and am Still VERY interested in the series. I found myself even a little mad that I caught up and no new book.
It has it's slow moments and you find yourself wanting more views of this or that person more than Sandy which an be a little slow. But every book normally pays off. In very person-relatable ways. You never have the feel that you don't care about the things that the person cares about because the author did such a good job making you care about it. -
A Different Kind of Dungeon
Dungeons are made to kill, right? Then why does this one hate that job? It would rather make the weapons that do the killing of things than directly have to kill something. So weird, but SO good. Our differences make us unique and our MC is as different as they get, pretty much every way possible, but in all the good ways, believe it or not. -
Kind of boring
It's just incredibly slow paced, and it feels like the MC and supporting characters suffer from brain trauma. They just aren't very bright, and it seems to be something everyone in the story suffers from. Not a fan of stupid characters, especially mopey types like the MC.
