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3.99 AVERAGE
3.99 AVERAGE
I really wanted to like this book, but I feel like it was trying too hard to be funny. A lot of the humor felt forced. I ended up abandoning it about 20% in.
Scrappymags 3 word review: Punny as hell.
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Genre: Fantasy/magical/humor
A short summary: This is a crazy summary but here goes: there’s a princess who wakes with a beard (and some really long nails!) but instead of waiting for a prince, she escapes and runs away, becoming a pirate under the captainship of a one-eyed pirate. Oh, and the pirate? Is a parrot. Mix in a myriad of other characters - a misogynistic centaur who is also a magical tea and cake maker, a dryad who wants to study law, an elf who just isn’t “elf” enough... It’s one heck of a story.
My thoughts: I’m not sure what I expected but I received a book that was so much more - Not a retelling of The Princess Bride (but plenty of inside jokes that nod toward it). Rapt from the get go, I dove into this book and savored it. There are many puns and double entendres that kept me laughing throughout. What was exceptional was the character development - I felt that needed connection and the book delivered. It’s kinda fairy tale and kinda adventure with pop references built in and nothing routine or stale. I laughed out loud several times and loved the pop culture references (as well as a few bawdy ones). Fresh, fun, an enchanting romp.
Recommend to readers who like: Fantasy/humor but something different. Def. a Gen X pick!
Not recommended to: I’m Gen X and wonder if much of the allusion would be missed by younger folk.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Ballantine and the authors for an advanced copy (and for making me laugh so hard people side-eyed me heavily in public.)
All my reviews available at scrappymags.com
Genre: Fantasy/magical/humor
A short summary: This is a crazy summary but here goes: there’s a princess who wakes with a beard (and some really long nails!) but instead of waiting for a prince, she escapes and runs away, becoming a pirate under the captainship of a one-eyed pirate. Oh, and the pirate? Is a parrot. Mix in a myriad of other characters - a misogynistic centaur who is also a magical tea and cake maker, a dryad who wants to study law, an elf who just isn’t “elf” enough... It’s one heck of a story.
My thoughts: I’m not sure what I expected but I received a book that was so much more - Not a retelling of The Princess Bride (but plenty of inside jokes that nod toward it). Rapt from the get go, I dove into this book and savored it. There are many puns and double entendres that kept me laughing throughout. What was exceptional was the character development - I felt that needed connection and the book delivered. It’s kinda fairy tale and kinda adventure with pop references built in and nothing routine or stale. I laughed out loud several times and loved the pop culture references (as well as a few bawdy ones). Fresh, fun, an enchanting romp.
Recommend to readers who like: Fantasy/humor but something different. Def. a Gen X pick!
Not recommended to: I’m Gen X and wonder if much of the allusion would be missed by younger folk.
Thanks to NetGalley and Random House Ballantine and the authors for an advanced copy (and for making me laugh so hard people side-eyed me heavily in public.)
I’m not gonna lie, this one wasn’t my favorite. I still liked it but if this had been the first book in the world of Pell I probably wouldn’t have continued.
I liked this one a lot better than No Country for Old Gnomes (and I still really liked No Country for Old Gnomes). I’d I had to rank them, this one goes even above Kill the Farm Boy. I loved the characters and the growth and the little episodes. It felt very much like a whole journey.
It is true that if you combine Kevin Hearne's writing and Luke Daniels' narration I am there for it, but these Pell books are particularly wonderful. They have large casts of varied yet complete characters, plots that cover important current issues, in this case mostly environmental and terrible/terrific (it is a very fine line) puns.
I love them all. I will probably reread them all frequently.
READ THIS!
I love them all. I will probably reread them all frequently.
READ THIS!
"Trying too hard."
"Too many puns and poo jokes."
"Fails to fulfill my learned and highly swole expectations for worthwhile literature."
Well, yeah -- of course -- and it won.
It's pissing victorious.
"Too many puns and poo jokes."
"Fails to fulfill my learned and highly swole expectations for worthwhile literature."
Well, yeah -- of course -- and it won.
It's pissing victorious.
adventurous
funny
lighthearted
medium-paced
adventurous
funny
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
adventurous
funny
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