Cliquer sur une vignette pour aller sur Google Books.
Chargement... An Orc on the Wild Side (2019)par Tom Holt
Aucun Chargement...
Inscrivez-vous à LibraryThing pour découvrir si vous aimerez ce livre Actuellement, il n'y a pas de discussions au sujet de ce livre. that was just... no.. NO. This was a gift and I really didn't need another fantasy comedy in my life, and certainly not a parody sequel to LotR's with a real world crossover satire. Didn't need any of that... HOWEVER! I was still going to give this one 4 stars, just on a nuts and bolts level, based on the first third. But as it went on it got less funny to the point it was genuinely unpleasant to read during the middle section. Then the author realised he was using too many pages and just crammed the story into whatever non-sensical shape he could to make it fit. The last third is interesting at times but mostly, so random, so quick, so messy and so utterly lacking in effort. Look it isn't awful, but i'm genuinely confused as to whether it supposed to be a comedy, satire or something else entirely. In any case i found it to be unpleasant, messy and rushed. This is a Tolkien satire, and that's certainly a topic ripe for spoofing. This book misses few opportunities for absurdity, and it's great fun, for awhile. Problem is, it's a one-note joke that just kind of goes on and on and on. I think this would have been far more effective as a novella or novelette, rather than a 14-hour tome. Still, the brilliant bits are brilliant indeed. aucune critique | ajouter une critique
"Being the Dark Lord and Prince of Evil is not as much fun as it sounds, particularly if you are a basically decent person. King Mordak is just such a person. Technically he's more goblin than person, but the point is that he is really keen to be a lot less despicable than his predecessors. Not the other goblins appreciate Mordak's attempts to redefine the role. Why should they when his new healthcare program seems designed to actually extend life expectancy, and his efforts to end a perfectly reasonable war with the dwarves appear to have become an obsession? With confidence in his leadership crumbling, what Mordak desperately needs is a distraction. Perhaps some of these humans moving to the Realm in search of great homes at an affordable price will be able to help?"--Provided by publisher. Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
Discussion en coursAucunCouvertures populaires
Google Books — Chargement... GenresClassification décimale de Melvil (CDD)823.914Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1945-1999Classification de la Bibliothèque du CongrèsÉvaluationMoyenne:
Est-ce vous ?Devenez un(e) auteur LibraryThing. |
Starts strong and slowly loses steam. The ending is a little rushed and anticlimactic, but some fun Tolkien jokes throughout. I do think holt/Parker is best at the novella length. ( )