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jholloed's review against another edition
4.0
Very, very funny fantasy books.
If you are okay with laughing at the usual stereotypes, and want a quick, light read this is good. The hero is not quite heroic, the princess does not really behave and the villain is just a little off.
Fun!
If you are okay with laughing at the usual stereotypes, and want a quick, light read this is good. The hero is not quite heroic, the princess does not really behave and the villain is just a little off.
Fun!
nightravyn's review against another edition
4.0
This is a light read, but a funny one. If you're looking for funny fantasy, try this one out. Hero? Yep, but not the over-muscled one you might be thinking of. Princess? Yep, but one hell of a brain and curves to match. Evil Overlord? Yep, but check the minions first. They're the ones with the smarts. Much love for this book. :)
lskywalker918's review against another edition
4.0
Just what I needed. I short quick read. My unread books are packed at away at my parents' house, so here I am browsing the used book store at the library.
First off, that title. Really? Heroics for Beginners? I read the back of the book. Prince Kevin? What kind of fantasy hero name is that? I have to read this!
This book has the humor of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, but it goes way more overboard on the satire. A quote like "Any other valley this charming would have contented cows. These were the most disgruntled cows Kevin had ever seen..." I need to keep reading this and see what happens to Prince Kevin and Princess Becky. The humor might be a bit much for some people, but if you need a quick laugh for 200 pages, you might want to give this book a try.
First off, that title. Really? Heroics for Beginners? I read the back of the book. Prince Kevin? What kind of fantasy hero name is that? I have to read this!
This book has the humor of Terry Pratchett's Discworld, but it goes way more overboard on the satire. A quote like "Any other valley this charming would have contented cows. These were the most disgruntled cows Kevin had ever seen..." I need to keep reading this and see what happens to Prince Kevin and Princess Becky. The humor might be a bit much for some people, but if you need a quick laugh for 200 pages, you might want to give this book a try.
sam_smith_of_tencendor's review against another edition
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
slow-paced
1.0
kerush's review against another edition
funny
lighthearted
fast-paced
- Plot- or character-driven? Plot
- Strong character development? No
- Loveable characters? No
- Diverse cast of characters? No
- Flaws of characters a main focus? No
3.5
mokey81's review against another edition
4.0
Absolutely hilarious! You will laugh through the entire thing. Loved it.
jackdoud's review against another edition
1.0
This book isn't funny.
I was expecting something with wit and humor along the lines of Pratchett or Asprin. What I got was an outline of a book that was going to be funny with a few scenes and "jokes" filled in but then the author gave up writing the rest and sent it to an editor for publishing.
I expected it to be about someone reading a book on "heroics for beginners" and bumbling along on a misadventure. What you get is a Marty Stu reading the book once off camera then doing everything right except for when the plot demanded it. The use of tropes was only as subtle as "here's a trope" and the lampooning of the trope was then weak.
Seriously, don't waste your time with this book. If you're a comedic fantasy fan you'll be disappointed and if you're trying to be a comedic fantasy fan there are much better authors out there.
I was expecting something with wit and humor along the lines of Pratchett or Asprin. What I got was an outline of a book that was going to be funny with a few scenes and "jokes" filled in but then the author gave up writing the rest and sent it to an editor for publishing.
I expected it to be about someone reading a book on "heroics for beginners" and bumbling along on a misadventure. What you get is a Marty Stu reading the book once off camera then doing everything right except for when the plot demanded it. The use of tropes was only as subtle as "here's a trope" and the lampooning of the trope was then weak.
Seriously, don't waste your time with this book. If you're a comedic fantasy fan you'll be disappointed and if you're trying to be a comedic fantasy fan there are much better authors out there.
fastfinge's review against another edition
1.0
This book tries so, so hard to be funny. Unfortunately, it fails. This is probably because the author is unable to detect the fine difference between funny[return]and silly. The difference is hard to explain. The problem this book has is that all the jokes it tries to make are old and overused. Everyone has seen[return]how silly the things the author pokes fun at are, and has already laughed about them. Now they're just silly; all the fun has been removed by other and[return]better authors.