Reviews - How to become the Dark Lord and die trying

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How to become the Dark Lord and die trying

Django Wexler

3.85 AVERAGE

flossbossbooks's review against another edition

4.0

slow-paced

Maybe 3.5 but it was fun

elise_lem's review against another edition

4.75

adventurous funny lighthearted medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Yes

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

booksonthefloor's review against another edition

4.0

3.5 stars, but I round up.

20% into the book, i was having pretty serious doubts about this book. As other people said, Davi is presented as a fairly sex-obsessed, overly crude and confident, driven-by-her-sexual-impulses character. She is also bisexual and that just kinda sucks for bi representation. The stereotype of the constantly-horny bi girl is very, very overdone. And this book is also written by a man... and the constantly-horny, always ready for sex, sarcastic and overly confident bi girl written by a man... gawd that's just WAY overdone. And 20% of the book is a LONG time to live in that stereotype.

Okay, but hear me out. THAT Davi seems a bit necessary so you can meet the much more nuanced Davi at the end of the book. When Davi realizes that in this timeline, things matter, the book actually gets really interesting and depth is shown in Davi's character that makes the horny bi-girl trope more of a facade that Davi has had to wear, as opposed to her actual personality. (I also appreciate that Davi does not have a "come to Jesus" moment where she realizes monogamy is the only way forward. Rather, her desire for sex was part of her just having a really bizarre life, that only she can really understand, that has been going on for nearly a thousand years, so why not play it super fast and loose if you are going to be alone forever?)

Now, should the reader have had an understanding that Davi's nonchalance could be altered by the timeline she was in having actual consequences before we reached 85% of the way through the book? Yes. This book is about 70 pages too long. But based on the way this book ends, will I read the 2nd one? Hell yes.

tonis_bookshelf's review against another edition

2.75

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

Plot or Character Driven: A mix

Strong character development: Complicated

Loveable characters: No

Diverse cast of characters: Yes

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

hoyajen's review against another edition

5.0

Loved this! Read for FTP bookclub and didn't have it done before our meeting. Everyone else rated it 5/5, so my scoreight be a little influenced by that. But I really liked the characters and plot even though I could kind of see where some of it was going.