Dungeon Crawler Carl is a great series. It’s one of the best LitRPG style books I’ve read. Most of the humor can be actually laugh out loud funny at tjmes, but also the overall theme of the series is relevant and it can even get pretty deep. I think I even cried once.
If you’re mildly interested in it, jump in. I don’t think you will regret it.
I’m rereading Red Rising now. I had a hard time with it when I first read it too. I had to take breaks because it was too intense.
I also didn’t like the narrator at first, but after 5 books, I think I’d be upset if it wasn’t him.
No spoilers, but there are a lot of moments in the whole series that are hard to read. Not bad, I mean overwhelming. That said, it’s now one of my favorite set of book.