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Kings of the Wyld by Nicholas Eames

17 reviews

nikki_saulnier's review

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted fast-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

4.25

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Gore, Murder, War, Cursing, Domestic abuse, Grief, Violence, Death, Infidelity, Cannibalism, Blood, Child abuse, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy, Slavery, and Terminal illness

avacadosocks's review against another edition

adventurous funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Blood and Violence

Moderate: Fatphobia and Domestic abuse

Minor: Gore

valjeanval's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

Funny for a couple hundred pages, but the jokes just repeat and the flaws get more noticeable as it goes on. The female characters lack and depth and the run of duck jokes and fat jokes just goes on and on.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Sexism, Body shaming, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Cursing, Drug use, Misogyny, Alcohol, Alcoholism, Blood, Death, Death of parent, Animal death, Fatphobia, Infidelity, Kidnapping, Domestic abuse, Drug abuse, Gore, Grief, Injury/Injury detail, Medical trauma, Murder, Terminal illness, Violence, and War

onthesamepage's review

adventurous funny slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

3.0

There's nothing wrong with this book. It just doesn't do anything particularly fresh or memorable.

I think the biggest issue is how easy and convenient everything feels. A large portion of this book is spent on the gang getting back together, and we're constantly told that the Wyld is so dangerous that it's almost suicidal to consider going there. For all that they are old and very worried about how they'll survive the journey, they don't seem to land in anything they can't handle. I don't even necessarily see that their age is hampering them. Not that the journey is super smooth, but I guess I was expecting more disasters? I felt like they got through it way too easy, and that was kind of the theme for the entire book for me: our heroes, conveniently, win against all odds, every single time. Nothing has consequences:

terminal illnesses without a cure miraculously get cured, limbs that get chopped off miraculously regrow, etc.

There are a few amusing moments, but I wouldn't say the book is over the top hilarious or anything. The moments that resonated most with me were the ones where Gabe was stepping up for his daughter. Some of those were really touching, and I liked getting to see him go all out to try and save her. 

The last 20% really picks up. Overall, an enjoyable read if you're looking for something a little less serious.

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Domestic abuse

Minor: Genocide, Rape, Sexual assault, and Child death

skyeuqx's review against another edition

emotional funny fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Moderate: Alcoholism, Cannibalism, Infidelity, Domestic abuse, and Gore

kliberty21's review against another edition

adventurous dark funny hopeful fast-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

5.0

Phenomenal book that I regret finishing. This book had me giggling in one chapter, then immediately panicking the next. With so many tales of "coming of age", it's fascinating to read a story of "getting the band back together one more time".

Clay Cooper is a fantastic lead, who is so human and relatable, and the entire group is just incredibly unique and I loved their interactions together along the journey.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Violence, Blood, and Death

Moderate: Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, and Addiction

Minor: Physical abuse, Terminal illness, and Cannibalism

vivavia's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful inspiring lighthearted sad 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? No

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Alcohol, Gore, Kidnapping, War, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Child abuse, Blood, Death, Infidelity, Murder, Physical abuse, Terminal illness, Violence, Body horror, Cannibalism, Injury/Injury detail, and Fire/Fire injury

ollie_again's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny medium-paced

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: War, Violence, and Death

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Domestic abuse, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Cannibalism

Minor: Ableism, Genocide, Homophobia, Slavery, Child abuse, and Drug abuse

seanml's review against another edition

adventurous funny hopeful lighthearted fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? No

4.25

One of the most uniquely enjoyable experiences I’ve had in fantasy in a long time. Eames doesn’t try to be overly clever; the tropes and archetypes that populate this book are laid out front and center. The characters are all lovely in their own way, and legitimately hilarious. Longtime readers of fantasy should enjoy everything in here. 8.5/10. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Blood, Death, Gore, Injury/Injury detail, Murder, and Violence

Moderate: Alcohol, Alcoholism, Confinement, Death of parent, Domestic abuse, Fire/Fire injury, Genocide, Grief, Kidnapping, Physical abuse, and Terminal illness

Minor: Bullying, Cannibalism, Child abuse, Homophobia, Infidelity, and Panic attacks/disorders

mmefish's review against another edition

adventurous funny lighthearted relaxing fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

It started out as a 5 star read; but halfway through the book I got tired of the recycled jokes (there is only so many times I can read about dying bards without sighing) and the lack of consequences for the characters (

losing a limb is not a problem: you can literally grow a new hand. And don’t you worry about getting an INCURABLE deadly disease: you will stumble upon a cure accidentally

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“Kings of the Wyld” is something of a fantasy equivalent to Becky Chambers’ Wayfarer series: everyone is a friend, nothing truly bad happens, and you can be sure there is a happy ending waiting.

P.S. “Clay let out a breath he didn't know he'd been holding.” 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Cursing

Moderate: Animal death and Domestic abuse

Minor: Animal cruelty